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Nancy Jo Powell


United States Ambassador to India
In office April 19, 2012 – May 21, 2014
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Peter Burleigh (Acting)
Succeeded by	Kathleen Stephens (Acting)
United States Ambassador to Nepal
In office July 16, 2007 – March 12, 2010
President	George W. Bush Barack Obama
Preceded by	James F. Moriarty
Succeeded by	Scott H. DeLisi
United States Ambassador to Pakistan
In office August 2, 2002 – November 5, 2004
President	George W. Bush
Preceded by	Wendy Chamberlin
Succeeded by	Ryan C. Crocker
United States Ambassador to Ghana
In office July 16, 2001 – May 26, 2002
President	George W. Bush
Preceded by	Kathryn Dee Robinson
Succeeded by	Mary Carlin Yates
United States Ambassador to Uganda
In office November 7, 1997 – July 9, 1999
President	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	E. Michael Southwick
Succeeded by	Martin George Brennan
28th Director General of the Foreign Service
In office August 3, 2009 – January 6, 2012
Preceded by	Harry K. Thomas Jr.
Succeeded by	Linda Thomas-Greenfield

Personal details
Born	1947 (age 77–78) Cedar Falls, Iowa
Nationality	American
Alma mater	University of Northern Iowa
Profession	Career Diplomat

Nancy Jo Powell (born 1947, Cedar Falls, Iowa) was the United States Ambassador to India from April 2012 to May 2014.

Powell was Director General of the United States Foreign Service, a position she assumed after serving as the U.S. Ambassador to Nepal. Powell is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service. Powell joined the United States Foreign Service in 1977, and has held assignments in Africa and South Asia.

Media reports conjectured that Powell's resignation was inevitable after the officials of the Government of India stopped accepting to meet her, following the Devyani Khobragade incident.

Previous positions

United States Ambassador to India, 2012-2014
Director General of the United States Foreign Service, 2009-2012
Ambassador to Nepal, July 16, 2007 – 2009
National Intelligence Officer for South Asia, National Intelligence Council, 2006–2007
Senior Coordinator for Avian Influenza and Infectious Diseases, 2006 (?)
Acting Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, March 14 – November 25, 2005
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary and the Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs, November 2004 – March 2005
Ambassador to Pakistan, August 9, 2002 – October 2004
Ambassador to Ghana, August 14, 2001 – May 2002
Acting Assistant Secretary for African Affairs, January 2001 – June 2001
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for African Affairs, July 1999 – January 2001
Ambassador to Uganda, 1997–1999
Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1995–1997
Political Counselor at the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi, India, 1993–1995
Consul General in Calcutta, India, 1992–1993
Deputy Chief of Mission in Lome, Togo, 1990–1992

Other overseas assignments have included Islamabad, Pakistan; Kathmandu, Nepal; and Ottawa, Canada; and previous Washington assignments were those of Nepal Desk Officer and Refugee Assistance Officer.

References

"United States Chargé d'Affaires, Ambassador Kathleen Stephens, Arrives in New Delhi". in.usembassy.gov. 6 June 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
"United States Ambassador Nancy J. Powell | Embassy of the United States". Archived from the original on 1 July 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
Biography from United States Department of State
^ Older biography from United States Department of State, released April 4, 2005
Daniel, Frank Jack; Brunnstrom, David (31 March 2014). "U.S. ambassador to India Nancy Powell resigns after diplomatic row". Reuters.
"US Ambassador to India Nancy Powell announces retirement in May". IANS. news.biharprabha.com. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
Older biography from United States Department of State, released December 5, 2001

External links

Foreign Service Journal article on her Lifetime Contributions to American Diplomacy Award.
U.S. Embassy in Kathmandu, Nepal
Ask the Ambassador an online interactive forum with U.S. Ambassador to Nepal Nancy Powell, April 28, 2008
Appearances on C-SPAN

Diplomatic posts
Preceded byE. Michael Southwick	United States Ambassador to Uganda 1997–1999	Succeeded byMartin George Brennan
Preceded byKathryn Dee Robinson	United States Ambassador to Ghana 2001–2002	Succeeded byMary Carlin Yates
Preceded byWendy Chamberlin	United States Ambassador to Pakistan 2002–2004	Succeeded byRyan C. Crocker
Preceded byJames F. Moriarty	United States Ambassador to Nepal 2007–2010	Succeeded byScott H. DeLisi
Preceded byPeter Burleigh	United States Ambassador to India 2012–2014	Succeeded byRichard Rahul Verma

v t e United States ambassadors to Pakistan
Alling Warren Hildreth Langley Rountree McConaught Locke Oehlert Farland Byroade Hummel Spiers Hinton Raphel Oakley Platt Monjo Simon Milam Chamberlin Powell Crocker Patterson Munter Olson Hale Blome

v t e United States ambassadors to Ghana
Chargé d'Affaires	Lamm Rutter
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	Flake Russell Mahoney Williams McElhiney Hadsel Black R. P. Smith T. W. M. Smith Fritts Lyne Ewing Brown Brynn Robinson Powell Yates Bridgewater Teitelbaum Cretz Jackson Sullivan Palmer

v t e United States ambassadors to India
Grady Henderson Bowles Allen Cooper Bunker Galbraith Bowles Keating Moynihan Saxbe Goheen Barnes Dean Hubbard Clark Pickering Wisner Celeste Blackwill Mulford Roemer Powell Verma Juster Garcetti

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