Mr Christopher William Dell

Deputy Chief of Mission in Kabul, Afghanistan

Date of Birth: 1956

Education: BA Political Science, Columbia College, Columbia University; 19-74-78; MPhil International Relations, Balliol College, Oxford University, United Kingdom, 1978-80. He is fluent in Spanish, Portuguese, and Bulgarian.

Career: Vice Consul, US Consulate Matamoros, Mexico, 1981-83; Vice Consul, US Consulate Oporto, Portugal, 1983-84; Political Officer, US Embassy Lisbon, Portugal, 1984-85; Staff Assistant, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, 1985-86; Desk Officer for Spain and Portugal, Bureau of European and Canadian Affairs, 1986-87; Executive Assistant to the Special Negotiator for Greek Bases Agreement, Bureau of European and Canadian Affairs, 1987-89; Special Assistant to the Under Secretary for International Security Affairs, 1989-91; Deputy Chief of Mission, US Embassy, Maputo, Mozambique, 1991-94; Deputy Director, Office of Regional Political Affairs, Bureau of European and Canadian Affairs, 1994-96; Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Embassy Sofia, Bulgaria, 1997-00; Chief of Mission, US Office, Pristina, Kosovo, 2000-01; US Ambassador to Angola, 2001-04; US Ambassador to Zimbabwe, 2004-07; Deputy Chief of Mission, Afghanistan, 2007-09; US Ambassador to Kosovo, 2009-11.