Richard M. Mills Jr.

Richard M. Mills Jr.
Mills in 2024
United States Ambassador to Nigeria
Assumed office
July 25, 2024
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byMary Beth Leonard
United States Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations
In office
November 9, 2020 – June 21, 2024
PresidentDonald Trump
Joe Biden
Preceded byJonathan Cohen
Succeeded byDorothy Shea
United States Ambassador to the United Nations
In office
January 20, 2021 – February 25, 2021
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byKelly Craft
Succeeded byLinda Thomas-Greenfield
United States Ambassador to Canada
Chargé d'Affaires
In office
August 23, 2019 – November 9, 2020
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byKelly Craft
Succeeded byKatherine Brucker (Chargé d'Affaires)
United States Ambassador to Armenia
In office
February 15, 2015 – October 17, 2018
PresidentBarack Obama
Donald Trump
Preceded byJohn A. Heffern
Succeeded byLynne M. Tracy
Personal details
Born
Richard Merrill Mills Jr.[1]

(1959-02-23) February 23, 1959 (age 65)[2]
Louisiana, U.S.
EducationGeorgetown University (BA)
University of Texas, Austin (JD)
National Defense University (MS)

Richard Merrill Mills Jr. (born February 23, 1959)[3] is an American diplomat serving as the United States ambassador to Nigeria since July 2024. He served as the United States deputy ambassador to the United Nations from 2020 to 2024 and, in that capacity, served as the U.S. Chargé d'Affaires and Acting Permanent Representative to the United Nations between January 20, 2021, and February 24, 2021, when Linda Thomas-Greenfield became ambassador. He previously served as the U.S. Chargé d'Affaires for Canada.[4]

  1. ^ "PN962 – Foreign Service". U.S. Congress. April 27, 1988. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Marriage was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Richard M. Mills Jr. – People – Department History – Office of the Historian". history.state.gov.
  4. ^ "Chargé d'Affaires Richard Mills Jr". U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Canada. Retrieved September 20, 2019.