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| Ammbassador Stephen J. Nolan |
Ambassador of the United States of America to the Republic of Botswana
U.S. Ambassador Stephen J. Nolan arrived in Botswana on September 19, 2008 and presented his credentials to President Khama on October 6, 2008. Ambassador Nolan most recently served as Executive Director of the Bureau of African Affairs at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, a position he held since May 2004. Immediately prior to that assignment, he was Staff Director of the Foreign Service Board of Examiners. Mr. Nolan served as U.S. Consul General in Cape Town, South Africa from August 2000 to July 2003. Before that, he attended the Department of State’s Senior Seminar at the National Foreign Affairs Training Center in Arlington, Virginia.
A career Foreign Service officer, Ambassador Nolan joined the State Department in 1976 and has spent most of his career in Africa. He served two tours at the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, first as Supervisory General Service Officer from 1988-1991, then as Counselor for Administrative Affairs from 1997-1999. Ambassador Nolan was assigned as Administrative Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Harare, Zimbabwe from 1993-1997. Over the course of his career he has also worked in Dakar, Berlin and Jerusalem as well as a variety of assignments in Washington, D.C.
Ambassador Nolan is a recipient of the Department of State’s Superior Honor Award and the Award for Heroism.
Ambassador Nolan was born in Pennsylvania. He received his Bachelor’s of Science degree from Villanova University in 1975, and a Master of Business Administration degree from the American Graduate School of International Management (AGSIM) in 1978. He is married to Judy Nolan, his wife of 31 years.
US Ambassador Stephen J. Nolan
