John Bass | |
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Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs | |
Acting | |
Assumed office March 22, 2024 | |
President | Joe Biden |
Preceded by | Victoria Nuland |
16th Under Secretary of State for Management | |
Assumed office December 29, 2021 | |
President | Joe Biden |
Preceded by | Brian Bulatao |
22nd United States Ambassador to Afghanistan | |
In office December 12, 2017 – January 6, 2020 | |
President | Donald Trump |
Preceded by | P. Michael McKinley |
Succeeded by | Ross Wilson (chargé d'affaires) |
United States Ambassador to Turkey | |
In office October 20, 2014 – October 15, 2017 | |
President | Barack Obama Donald Trump |
Deputy | Philip Kosnett |
Preceded by | Francis J. Ricciardone Jr. |
Succeeded by | David M. Satterfield |
24th Executive Secretary of the Department of State | |
In office October 8, 2012 – July 18, 2014 | |
President | Barack Obama |
Preceded by | Stephen Mull |
Succeeded by | Joseph Macmanus |
United States Ambassador to Georgia | |
In office October 16, 2009 – July 17, 2012 | |
President | Barack Obama |
Preceded by | John F. Tefft |
Succeeded by | Richard Norland |
Personal details | |
Born | 1964 (age 59–60) New York, U.S. |
Spouse | Holly Holzer |
Education | Syracuse University (BA) |
John Rodney Bass II[1] (born 1964) is an American diplomat, who has served as the under secretary of state for management since December 2021. He was the United States ambassador to Afghanistan from 2017 to 2020, the United States ambassador to Turkey from 2014 to 2017 and the United States ambassador to Georgia from 2009 to 2012.[2][3]