Mark B. Childress

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Mark B. Childress
United States Ambassador to Tanzania
In office
May 22, 2014 – October 25, 2016
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byAlfonso Lenhardt
Succeeded byVirginia Blaser (Acting)
White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Planning
In office
January 2012 – May 22, 2014
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byKristie Canegallo
(Policy Implementation)
Personal details
Born
Mark Bradley Childress

1959 (age 64–65)
Asheville, North Carolina, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
EducationYale University (BA)
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (JD)

Mark Bradley Childress (born 1959) is the former

United States Ambassador to Tanzania and former Deputy Chief of Staff for Planning in the administration of President Obama.[1] Previously, he served in the Department of Health and Human Services and on Capitol Hill.[2]

On July 8, 2013, President

United States Ambassador to Tanzania.[3] On July 9, 2013, his nomination was sent to the Senate.[4]

He received a hearing before the

Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete on May 22, 2014.[6] On October 25, 2016, Childress stepped down as the U.S. ambassador to Tanzania.[7]

References

  1. ^ "2012 Annual Report to Congress on White House Staff". White House Office. 2012. Archived from the original on February 3, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
  2. Wall Street Journal
    . Retrieved November 17, 2012.
  3. National Archives
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  4. National Archives
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  5. ^ "Nominations". United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
  6. ^ "Mark Childress, U.S. Ambassador to the United Republic of Tanzania". Archived from the original on 2013-10-29.
  7. ^ "Previous Ambassadors | Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania - Embassy of the United States". tanzania.usembassy.gov. Archived from the original on 2017-03-19. Retrieved 2017-03-18.

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Political offices
New office White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Planning
2012–2014
Succeeded by
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
United States Ambassador to Tanzania

2014–2016
Succeeded by
Virginia Blaser
Acting
† Remained from previous administration.