Alexander Russel Vershbow - People - Department History
Alexander Russel Vershbow (1952–)
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Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: District of Columbia
State of Residence: District of Columbia
- U.S. Permanent Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization
Appointed: November 10, 1997
Termination of Mission: July 9, 2001 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Russia)
Appointed: July 12, 2001
Presentation of Credentials: October 17, 2001
Termination of Mission: Left post on July 22, 2005 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Korea)
Appointed: October 12, 2005
Presentation of Credentials: October 17, 2005
Termination of Mission: Left post on September 18, 2008