Frankie Annette Reed (born 1954, Baltimore)[1] is an American diplomat. She is currently the United States Consul-General in Melbourne. From 2011 to 2015 she was the United States Ambassador to Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga, and Tuvalu.[2] She has a BA in journalism from Howard University and a doctorate in law from the University of California, Berkeley.
Frankie A. Reed | |
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| United States Ambassador to Fiji | |
| In office October 13, 2011 – January 18, 2015 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | C. Steven McGann |
| Succeeded by | Judith Beth Cefkin |
| United States Ambassador to Kiribati | |
| In office April 30, 2012 – January 18, 2015 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | C. Steven McGann |
| Succeeded by | Judith Beth Cefkin |
| United States Ambassador to Nauru | |
| In office July 16, 2012 – January 18, 2015 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | C. Steven McGann |
| Succeeded by | Judith Beth Cefkin |
| United States Ambassador to Tuvalu | |
| In office October 30, 2011 – January 5, 2015 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | C. Steven McGann |
| Succeeded by | Judith Beth Cefkin |
| United States Ambassador to Tonga | |
| In office November 14, 2011 – January 18, 2015 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | C. Steven McGann |
| Succeeded by | Judith Beth Cefkin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Francesca Annette Reed 1954 (age 69–70) |
| Occupation | Diplomat |
Before her appointment as ambassador, Reed was a deputy assistant secretary in the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, responsible for relations with Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. She was previously a lecturer and diplomat-in-residence at the University of California at Berkeley.[3]
Career
editReed was deputy chief of mission in Apia, Samoa, from 1999 to 2002, and then in Conakry, Guinea from 2003 to 2005. From 2005 to 2008 she was consul general and deputy U.S. observer to the Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France.
She has also been deputy director in the Office of Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Island Affairs,[clarification needed] political section chief in Dakar, Senegal and a political officer in Nairobi, Kenya and in Yaounde, Cameroon.Frankie A. Reed arrived in Melbourne in March 2015 to assume the position of Consul General at the U.S. Consulate General Melbourne.
References
edit- ^ "Frankie Annette Reed - People - Department History - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
- ^ "Appointments and Resignations - Ambassador to Fiji, Tonga, Kiribati, Tuvalu and Nauru: Who is Frankie Reed? - AllGov - News". Retrieved 2014-04-28.
- ^ "Berkeley Law - News Archive". Archived from the original on 2013-07-20. Retrieved 2014-04-28.
This article incorporates public domain material from "Biography:Frankie Reed". U.S. Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets. United States Department of State.
External links
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- Ambassador Frankie A. Reed biography, Embassy of the United States