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Stuart East. Jones graduated from Duke University and received a Juris Doctor from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.
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He has served as the United States Ambassador to Iraq since September 17, 2014, and previously served as the United States Ambassador to Jordan from July 21, 2011 to July 28, 2014. He joined the United States Foreign Service as a career diplomat. He served as Governorate Coordinator in First Rate (at Lloyd's) Anbar Province in Iraq, and at the National Security Council as Country Director for Iraq.
From 1994 to 1996, he was special assistant to the United States. Permanent Representative to the United Nations.
He has also served in Turkey, El Salvador and Colombia. From 2005 to 2008, he served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the American Embassy in Cairo, Egypt.
From 2008 to 2010, he served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State at the State Department’s Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs. He also served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the American Embassy in Baghdad.
On July 21, 2011, he was appointed United States Ambassador to Jordan.
On May 8, 2014, President Obama nominated Jones to be the United States Ambassador to Iraq. On June 26, 2014, the United States. Senate confirmed Jones in a 93-0 vote. He was sworn in by United States Secretary of State John Kerry on September 17, 2014.
