George Moose

George Moose
Representative to the United Nations in Geneva
In office 1997–2001
President	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Daniel L. Spiegel
Succeeded by	James Brendan Foley
11th Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs
In office 1993–1997
President	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Herman Jay Cohen
Succeeded by	Susan E. Rice
United States Ambassador to Senegal
In office 1988–1991
President	George H. W. Bush Ronald Reagan
Preceded by	Lannon Walker
Succeeded by	Katherine Shirley
United States Ambassador to Benin
In office 1983–1986
President	Ronald Reagan
Preceded by	James B. Engle
Succeeded by	Walter Edward Stadtler
Personal details
Born	George Edward Moose (1944-06-23) June 23, 1944 (age 80) New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Diplomat

George Edward Moose (born June 23, 1944) is an American diplomat who has served as the chair of the board of directors of the United States Institute of Peace since 2021. He formerly served as Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs from 1993 to 1997,[1] Representative to the United Nations in Geneva from 1997 to 2001,[2] and as Ambassador to the Republics of Benin and Senegal in the 1980s and 1990s. He is primarily known for serving as Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs in the Clinton Administration during the Rwandan genocide.

Biography

George Moose was born in New York City in 1944 and was raised in Denver, Colorado. He earned a degree from Grinnell College and attended the Maxwell School of Syracuse University before entering the Foreign Service in 1967. Ambassador Moose had early assignments in Washington D.C., Barbados, Vietnam, and the U.N. in New York. He speaks Vietnamese and French.

Secretary Moose headed the American delegation which participated in the first Tokyo International Conference on African Development in October 1993.[3]

In 2002 he was promoted to the rank of Career Ambassador.[4]

Moose is currently teaching a course at the George Washington University Elliott School of International Affairs entitled "Reinventing the United Nations" and is currently a fellow at the Harvard University Institute of Politics, where he leads a study group on Africa in the multilateral system. He has served on the Board of Directors of Search for Common Ground since 2003.

References

1. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs
2. "Representatives of the U.S.A. to the European Office of the United Nations (Geneva)". United States Department of State. Retrieved August 14, 2011.
3. Japan, Ministry for Foreign Affairs: 12 donor countries + EC
4. "Career Ambassadors". United States Department of State. Retrieved August 22, 2011.

External links

• Legacy Archived 2012-12-20 at archive.today Ambassador George E.Moose donated high-definition audiovisual life story interviews to Legacy.
• United States Department of State: Career of George Edward Moose
• Appearances on C-SPAN

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by James B. Engle	U.S. Ambassador to Benin 1983–1986	Succeeded by Walter Edward Stadtler
Preceded by Lannon Walker	U.S. Ambassador to Senegal 1988–1991	Succeeded by Katherine Shirley
Preceded by Daniel L. Spiegel	U.S. Representative to U.N. in Geneva 1997–2001	Succeeded by James B. Foley
Political offices
Preceded by Herman Jay Cohen	U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs 1993–1997	Succeeded by Susan E. Rice