Christopher W. S. Ross Explained

Order:7th
Ambassador From:United States
Country:Algeria
Term Start:August 12, 1988
Term End:August 14, 1991
Predecessor:L. Craig Johnstone
Successor:Mary Ann Casey
Ambassador From2:United States
Country2:Syria
Term Start2:August 2, 1991
Term End2:March 22, 1998
Predecessor2:Edward Djerejian
Successor2:Ryan Crocker
Birth Date:3 March 1943
Birth Place:Quito, Ecuador
Profession:Diplomat, Career Ambassador
Office3:10th Coordinator for Counterterrorism
Term Start3:March 30, 1998
Term End3:December 13, 1998
Preceded3:Philip C. Wilcox Jr.
Succeeded3:Michael A. Sheehan

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 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]

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Notes and References

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