John R. Bass

John Bass
Bass in 2024
Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
Acting
Assumed office
March 22, 2024
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byVictoria Nuland
16th Under Secretary of State for Management
Assumed office
December 29, 2021
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byBrian Bulatao
22nd United States Ambassador to Afghanistan
In office
December 12, 2017 – January 6, 2020
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byP. Michael McKinley
Succeeded byRoss Wilson (chargé d'affaires)
United States Ambassador to Turkey
In office
October 20, 2014 – October 15, 2017
PresidentBarack Obama
Donald Trump
DeputyPhilip Kosnett
Preceded byFrancis J. Ricciardone Jr.
Succeeded byDavid M. Satterfield
24th Executive Secretary of the Department of State
In office
October 8, 2012 – July 18, 2014
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byStephen Mull
Succeeded byJoseph Macmanus
United States Ambassador to Georgia
In office
October 16, 2009 – July 17, 2012
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byJohn F. Tefft
Succeeded byRichard Norland
Personal details
Born1964 (age 59–60)
New York, U.S.
SpouseHolly Holzer
EducationSyracuse 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]

  1. ^ "PN962 — Foreign Service". U.S. Congress. April 27, 1988. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  2. ^ "Ambassador Biography". Embassy of the United States Ankara, Turkey. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  3. ^ "Former Ambassadors". U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Turkey. Retrieved 2018-07-07.