R. Nicholas Burns - People - Department History
R. Nicholas Burns (1956–)
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Career Foreign Service Officer
States of Residence: Virginia, Maryland, Massachusetts
States of Residence: Virginia, Maryland, Massachusetts
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Greece)
Appointed: November 4, 1997
Presentation of Credentials: December 22, 1997
Termination of Mission: Left post on July 29, 2001 - U.S. Permanent Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization
Appointed: August 7, 2001
Termination of Mission: March 7, 2005 - Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
Appointed: March 18, 2005
Entry on Duty: March 18, 2005
Termination of Appointment: February 29, 2008