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| Affiliation | Nonpartisan |
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| Name | Margaret Scobey |
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, Tennessee , United States |
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| Contributor | Ben |
| Last Modifed | Juan Croniqueur
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| Info | Margaret Scobey was confirmed as the U.S. Ambassador to Syria on December 9, 2003 and was sworn in on December 22, 2003.
Ms. Scobey served as Minister Counselor at the United States Embassy, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from September 11, 2001 through November 2003. Prior to assuming her duties in Riyadh, Ms. Scobey was the Director of Arabian Peninsula Affairs in the Near East Bureau of the Department of State. She participated in the Department of State’s Senior Seminar for 1999-2000. She began her career in the Foreign Service in 1981 and has focused primarily on the Middle East. She served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa, Republic of Yemen, and as chief of the political sections in the U.S. Embassy in Kuwait, and the U.S. Consulate General in Jerusalem. Early assignments included Lima, Peru and Peshawar, Pakistan.
In the Department of State, Ms. Scobey has been staff assistant to the Assistant Secretary for Near East and South Asian Affairs, watch officer in the Operations Center, political-military officer of Israel and Arab-Israeli Affairs, and deputy director of the Secretariat Staff.
Ms. Scobey was born in Memphis, Tennessee. She graduated with a degree in History from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, where she also received her Master’s. She pursued doctoral studies in History at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
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