Judith Beth Cefkin (1953–)

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Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: Colorado

Concurrent Appointments
1. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Fiji)
  Appointed: December 11, 2014
  Presentation of Credentials: February 3, 2015
  Termination of Mission: February 25, 2018
  - Also accredited to Kiribati, Tonga, Nauru, and Tuvalu; resident at Suva.
2. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Kiribati)
  Appointed: December 11, 2014
  Presentation of Credentials: February 23, 2015
  Termination of Mission: February 25, 2018
  - Also accredited to Fiji, Tonga, Nauru, and Tuvalu; resident at Suva.
3. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Tonga)
  Appointed: December 11, 2014
  Presentation of Credentials: April 22, 2015
  Termination of Mission: February 25, 2018
  - Also accredited to Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, and Tuvalu; resident at Suva.
4. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Nauru)
  Appointed: December 11, 2014
  Presentation of Credentials: August 12, 2015
  Termination of Mission: February 25, 2018
  - Also accredited to Fiji, Kiribati, Tonga, and Tuvalu; resident at Suva.
5. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Tuvalu)
  Appointed: December 11, 2014
  Presentation of Credentials: May 12, 2015
  Termination of Mission: February 25, 2018
  - Also accredited to Fiji, Kiribati, Tonga, and Nauru; resident at Suva.