| Robert Pearson Ambassador Pearson, of Tennessee, is the president of IREX, a not-for-profit organization based in Washington, DC which operates in 100 countries focusing on education, civil society development and media development. He is a retired member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Career Minister. His last assignment on active duty was as Director General of the Foreign Service 2003 to 2006. In addition, he has a broad background in European and security issues as well as wide management experience overseas and in Washington. He was the United States Ambassador to Turkey in Ankara from September 21, 2000 through July 2003. Ambassador Pearson was Deputy Chief of Mission of the U.S. Embassy to France from July 1997 to July 2000. He served twice at NATO, from 1993 to 1997 as Deputy Permanent Representative to the U.S. Mission during the Balkan crisis and NATO’s enlargement, and from 1987 to 1990 on the international staff as chair of NATO’s Political Committee. From 1991 to 1993, he was the Executive Secretary of the Department of State. He served as Deputy Executive Secretary of the National Security Council (1985-1987). He served in Beijing, China as a political officer (1981-1983), was staff assistant in the East Asian and Pacific Affairs Bureau, and began his Foreign Service career with a 2-year assignment in Auckland, New Zealand. Ambassador Pearson served in the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General’s Corps from 1969 to 1973, and graduated from the University of Virginia Law School in 1968. He is a member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London. He speaks French, Chinese and Turkish.
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