Susan L. Ziadeh

Retired US Ambassador Susan L. Ziadeh (1951-)[1] is a member of the Middle East Institute’s Board of Governors who served as the U.S. Ambassador to Qatar from 2011-2014. Her rank was as a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of Minister-Counselor.[2]

Education

Ziadeh earned a PhD in history from the University of Michigan, an M.A. from the American University of Beirut, and a B.A. from the University of Washington. In 2004, she graduated with distinction from the National War College, National Defense University with an M.S. in National Security Strategy.[2] Ziadeh was a Fulbright scholar in Egypt and Lebanon. [3]

Career

Before retiring after 23 years in the Foreign Service, Ziadeh served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Arabian Peninsula Affairs in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs. Other posts included Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Riyadh, Official Spokesperson at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, and Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Bahrain. [2]. She is also a is a non-resident fellow at the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington and an adjunct professor at Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service’s[3] Center for Contemporary Arab Studies (CCAS).

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References
  1. "Susan L. Ziadeh". Office of the Historian. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  2. "Susan L. Ziadeh". Middle East Institute. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  3. "Ambassador Susan L. Ziadeh". The Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
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