Tracey Ann Jacobson | |
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| United States Ambassador to Iraq | |
Nominee | |
| Assuming office Awaiting confirmation by US Senate | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Succeeding | Alina Romanowski |
| Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs | |
Acting | |
| In office January 20, 2017 – October 2017 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Bathsheba Crocker |
| Succeeded by | Mary Catherine Phee |
| United States Ambassador to Kosovo | |
| In office April 2, 2012 – July 10, 2015 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Deputy | Jennifer Bachus |
| Preceded by | Christopher Dell |
| Succeeded by | Greg Delawie |
| United States Ambassador to Tajikistan | |
| In office September 4, 2006 – July 27, 2009 | |
| President | George W. Bush Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Richard E. Hoagland |
| Succeeded by | Kenneth E. Gross Jr. |
| United States Ambassador to Turkmenistan | |
| In office August 25, 2003 – July 14, 2006 | |
| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Laura E. Kennedy |
| Succeeded by | Robert E. Patterson Jr. |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1965 (age 58–59) |
| Education | Johns Hopkins University (BA, MA) |
Tracey Ann Jacobson (born 1965)[1] is an American diplomat and a former United States ambassador to Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kosovo and Ethiopia.[2] She served as the Acting Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs from January 2017 through October 2017.[3][4][5] She retired then returned to active duty in 2021 as the State Department's Director of the Afghanistan Task Force,[6][7] and then as Chargé d’Affaires, ad interim, at the Embassy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. In January 2024, she was nominated by President Joe Biden to serve as the United States ambassador to Iraq.
- ^ "Tracey Ann Jacobson (1965–)". U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Retrieved November 19, 2015.
- ^ "Ambassador Tracey Ann Jacobson". Embassy of the United States, Pristina. November 24, 2014. Retrieved November 19, 2015.
- ^ Lynch, Colum (August 27, 2017). "Top State Department Officials Step Down in "Black Friday" Exodus". Foreign Policy. Retrieved August 27, 2017.
- ^ "IO Senior Officials". U.S. Department of State. Retrieved March 18, 2017.
- ^ "Jacobson, Tracey Ann: Biography". U.S. Department of State. Retrieved March 18, 2017.
- ^ Alex Thompson and Tina Sfondeles, "Afghanistan blame game" POLITICO Aug 16, 2021
- ^ Lara Seligman, "Biden directs evacuation flights for Afghan interpreters to begin late July" POLITICO July 14, 2021