Joyce Anne Barr
| Joyce Barr | |
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| File:Joyce A Barr.jpg | |
| Assistant Secretary of State for Administration | |
| Assumed office December 19, 2011 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Rajkumar Chellaraj |
| United States Ambassador to Namibia | |
| In office October 27, 2004 – July 31, 2007 |
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| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Kevin McGuire |
| Succeeded by | Gail Mathieu |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1951 (age 72–73) |
| Alma mater | Pacific Lutheran University Harvard University National Defense University |
Joyce Anne Barr is an American diplomat and a career foreign service officer in the Department of State. She currently is an Assistant Secretary of State for Administration and Chief Freedom of Information Act Officer. Prior to that, Barr was the International Affairs Advisor at the Industrial College of the Armed Forces.[1] Her previous assignment was as the Executive Director for East Asian and Pacific Affairs (EAP) within the State Department.[2] She served as the ambassador to Namibia from 2004 to 2007.[3]
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Education
Assistant Secretary Barr received a B.A. in Business Administration from Pacific Lutheran University graduating Magna Cum Laude. She has also received a M.P.A. from Harvard University and an M.S. in National Resource Strategy from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces.
Career
Assistant Secretary Barr is a career diplomat having joined the Department of State in 1979. She has held assignments in Stockholm (1980), Budapest (1982), Nairobi (1985), Khartoum (1989), Ashgabat (1998), and Kuala Lumpur, where she was Counselor for Management Affairs.
Assistant Secretary Barr has also had domestic assignments in Washington, D.C. She worked for the Department of State’s Bureau of Personnel, Bureau of Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs, and while Bureau of International Organizations in the U.S. Industrial Development Organization and the World Tourism Organization.
Assistant Secretary Barr has also participated in the Department of State Domestic Assignment Program, also known as the Pearson Program. This program was begun in the 1970s where Foreign Service officers are assigned outside the department in order to develop their knowledge of foreign affairs legislation and of public concerns. The program also permits a better public understanding of U.S. foreign policy.[4] As part of this assignment, she worked with Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan and Congressman Bennie Thompson.
On December 17, 2011, the United States Senate confirmed Barr to be an assistant secretary of state.[5]
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| Diplomatic posts | ||
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| Preceded by | United States Ambassador to Namibia 2004–2007 |
Succeeded by Gail Mathieu |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by | Assistant Secretary of State for Administration 2011–present |
Incumbent |
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Government document "U.S. Department of State: Biography of Joyce Anne Barr".
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- 1951 births
- African-American diplomats
- Ambassadors of the United States to Namibia
- American women diplomats
- John F. Kennedy School of Government alumni
- Living people
- Pacific Lutheran University alumni
- American expatriates in Kenya
- United States Assistant Secretaries of State
