Stephen Mull | |
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| Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Acting | |
| In office June 5, 2018 – August 29, 2018 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Tom Shannon |
| Succeeded by | David Hale |
| Coordinator for Iran Nuclear Implementation | |
| In office September 25, 2015 – August 2017 | |
| President | Barack Obama Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Joseph Macmanus (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Brian Hook (Special Representative for Iran) |
| United States Ambassador to Poland | |
| In office November 8, 2012 – August 29, 2015 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Lee Feinstein |
| Succeeded by | Paul Jones |
| Executive Secretary of the Department of State | |
| In office June 21, 2009 – October 5, 2012 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Daniel Smith |
| Succeeded by | John Bass |
| Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs Acting | |
| In office January 11, 2007 – August 8, 2008 | |
| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | John Hillen |
| Succeeded by | Mark Kimmitt |
| United States Ambassador to Lithuania | |
| In office August 26, 2003 – June 16, 2006 | |
| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | John Tefft |
| Succeeded by | John Cloud |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 30, 1958 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.
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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.[citation needed] The Mulls have one child, Ryan.[citation needed]
Stephen Mull was appointed the United States Ambassador to Poland on October 24, 2012. He speaks Polish fluently.[8]
