Gail D. Mathieu Explained

Gail D. Mathieu
Order:7th
Ambassador From:United States
Country:Namibia
Term Start:November 15, 2007
Term End:September 4, 2010
President:George W. Bush
Barack Obama
Predecessor:Joyce Anne Barr
Successor:Wanda Nesbitt
Order2:16th
Ambassador From2:United States
Country2:Niger
Term Start2:October 3, 2002
Term End2:September 30, 2005
President2:George W. Bush
Predecessor2:Barbro A. Owens-Kirkpatrick
Successor2:Bernadette Allen
Birth Date:1951
Alma Mater:Antioch 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

Notes and References

  1. https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/mathieu-gail-dennise-thomas Gail Dennise Thomas Mathieu (1951–)
  2. Web site: Gail Dennise Thomas Mathieu. Office of the Historian, Bureau of Public Affairs, United States Department of State. 9 June 2010.
  3. Web site: Biography – Gail D. Mathieu. US Department of State. 9 June 2010.
  4. Web site: Biography – Gail D. Mathieu. US Department of State. 13 April 2014 . https://archive.today/20140413125041/http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/bureau/213499.htm . 13 April 2014.