Christopher W. S. Ross

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Christopher W. S. Ross
Ross in 2011
United States Ambassador to Algeria
In office
August 12, 1988 – August 14, 1991
Preceded byL. Craig Johnstone
Succeeded byMary Ann Casey
United States Ambassador to Syria
In office
August 2, 1991 – March 22, 1998
Preceded byEdward Djerejian
Succeeded byRyan Crocker
Personal details
Born (1943-03-03) March 3, 1943 (age 81)
Quito, Ecuador
ProfessionDiplomat, Career Ambassador

Christopher W. S. Ross (born October 4, 1943) is an Ecuadorian-born American former diplomat who served as United States Ambassador to Algeria and Syria. On January 7, 2009, he was appointed as the UN envoy to Western Sahara. He resigned in March 2017.[1]

He was until recently[when?] a special adviser for the Middle East and North Africa at the U.S. mission to the United Nations. His father was Ambassador Claude Gordon "Tony" Ross. In 2003 he was the US State Department Senior Adviser for Arab World Public Diplomacy.[2]

Notes and references

  1. ^ "L'Émissaire de l'ONU pour le Sahara occidental démissionne". Le Monde.fr. 6 March 2017.
  2. ^ US State Department profile on Ross

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Diplomatic posts
Preceded by U.S. Ambassador to Algeria
1988–1991 		Succeeded by
Preceded by U.S. Ambassador to Syria
1991–1998 		Succeeded by


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