Gail D. Mathieu

Gail D. Mathieu
7th United States Ambassador to Namibia
In office
November 15, 2007 – September 4, 2010
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Barack Obama
Preceded byJoyce Anne Barr
Succeeded byWanda Nesbitt
16th United States Ambassador to Niger
In office
October 3, 2002 – September 30, 2005
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byBarbro A. Owens-Kirkpatrick
Succeeded byBernadette Allen
Personal details
Born1951
Alma materAntioch College
Rutgers University-Newark

Gail Dennise Thomas Mathieu (born 1951)[1] is the former political advisor to the Commander, United States Transportation Command, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. She is the former United States Ambassador to Namibia and former United States Ambassador to Niger.[2][3]

Life and education

Mathieu is a native of New Jersey, but earned a B.A. degree from Antioch College. She returned to New Jersey and earned her J.D. degree from Rutgers University-Newark.[3]

Career

She was initially an assistant prosecutor for the city of Newark, New Jersey, but then began a career in the Foreign Service.[3]

Other diplomatic posts

  • 2013-2015 – Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs for Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Island Affairs[4]
  • 1999–2002 – Deputy Chief of Mission in Accra, Ghana[3]
  • 1997–1999 – Deputy Director of the Office of West African Affairs[3]
  • 1995–1997 – Deputy Director of the Office of Pacific Island Affairs[3]

References

  1. ^ Gail Dennise Thomas Mathieu (1951–)
  2. ^ "Gail Dennise Thomas Mathieu". Office of the Historian, Bureau of Public Affairs, United States Department of State. Retrieved 9 June 2010.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Biography – Gail D. Mathieu". US Department of State. 9 January 2008. Retrieved 9 June 2010.
  4. ^ "Biography – Gail D. Mathieu". US Department of State. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by U.S. Ambassador to Namibia
2007–2010 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Barbro A. Owens-Kirkpatrick
 U.S. Ambassador to Niger
2002–2005 		Succeeded by