| Stephen Mull | |
| Office: | Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Acting |
| President: | Donald Trump |
| Term Start: | June 5, 2018 |
| Term End: | August 29, 2018 |
| Predecessor: | Tom Shannon |
| Successor: | David Hale |
| Office1: | Coordinator for Iran Nuclear Implementation |
| President1: | Barack Obama Donald Trump |
| Term Start1: | September 25, 2015 |
| Term End1: | August 2017 |
| Office2: | United States Ambassador to Poland |
| President2: | Barack Obama |
| Term Start2: | November 8, 2012 |
| Term End2: | August 29, 2015 |
| Predecessor2: | Lee Feinstein |
| Successor2: | Paul Jones |
| Office3: | 23rd Executive Secretary of the Department of State |
| President3: | Barack Obama |
| Term Start3: | June 21, 2009 |
| Term End3: | October 5, 2012 |
| Predecessor3: | Daniel Smith |
| Successor3: | John Bass |
| Office4: | Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs |
| President4: | George W. Bush |
| Term Start4: | January 11, 2007 |
| Term End4: | August 8, 2008 |
| Predecessor4: | John Hillen |
| Successor4: | Mark Kimmitt |
| Office5: | United States Ambassador to Lithuania |
| President5: | George W. Bush |
| Term Start5: | August 26, 2003 |
| Term End5: | June 16, 2006 |
| Predecessor5: | John Tefft |
| Successor5: | John Cloud |
| Birth Date: | 30 April 1958 |
| Birth Place: | Reading, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Alma Mater: | Georgetown University |
Stephen D. Mull (born April 30, 1958) is a Senior Foreign Service officer who was most recently the Acting Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs. He previously served as United States Ambassador to Poland, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs and United States Ambassador to Lithuania.[1] [2]
Ambassador Mull holds the rank of Career Ambassador, the highest diplomatic rank in the United States Foreign Service.[3]
On September 18, 2015, Mull was appointed as the United States Lead Coordinator for Iran Nuclear Implementation, tasked with carrying out the terms of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action by United States Secretary of State John Kerry.[4]
Mull was born in Reading, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Georgetown University with a Bachelor of Science degree in International Politics in 1980.
Mull is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service in the class of Career Ambassador. He previously served as the Deputy Chief of Mission in Jakarta, Indonesia, and has served as a Consular or Political Officer for the U.S. Missions in Poland, the Bahamas, and South Africa since the beginning of his career in the Foreign Service in 1982.Prior to his assignment in Jakarta, Mull worked as Deputy Director of the State Department Operations Center, as Political Counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Warsaw, Poland, as Director of the Office of Southern European Affairs in the Bureau of European Affairs, and as Deputy Executive Secretary in the Office of the Secretary of State.
On March 10, 2003, then-U.S. President George W. Bush nominated Mull as the U.S. Ambassador to Lithuania.[5] After being confirmed by the Senate, he assumed his position on August 26, 2003. He completed his tour of duty on July 18, 2006.[6]
On April 30, 2009, Mull testified before the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee on international efforts to combat piracy off the coast of Somalia.[7]
Mull is married to Cheri Stephan. The Mulls have one child, Ryan.
Stephen Mull was appointed the United States Ambassador to Poland on October 24, 2012. He speaks Polish fluently.[8]
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