John Negroponte
John Dimitri Negroponte ( /ˌnɛɡroʊˈpɒnti/; born July 21, 1939) is a British-born American diplomat. He is currently a research fellow and lecturer in international affairs at Yale University's Jackson Institute for Global Affairs. Prior to this appointment, he served as the United States Deputy Secretary of State and as the first ever Director of National Intelligence.
Negroponte served in the United States Foreign Service from 1960 to 1997. From 1981 to 1996, he had tours of duty as United States ambassador in Honduras, Mexico, and the Philippines. After leaving the Foreign Service, he subsequently served in the Bush Administration as U.S. permanent representative to the United Nations from 2001 to 2004, and was ambassador to Iraq from June 2004 to April 2005. In November, 2010, some of Negroponte's letters were released on the website WikiLeaks.
Read more about John Negroponte: Background, Ambassador To Honduras (1981–1985), Ambassador To Mexico (1989–1993), Ambassador To The UN (2001–2004), Ambassador To Iraq (2004–2005), Director of National Intelligence (2005–2007), Awards Received
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