Cynthia Grissom Efird served as the United States Ambassador to Angola

Angola

Angola, officially the Republic of Angola , is a country in south-central Africa bordered by Namibia on the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the north, and Zambia on the east; its west coast is on the Atlantic Ocean with Luanda as its capital city...

 from 2004 to 2007. Dan Mozena

Dan Mozena

Dan Mozena is a United States Foreign Service Officer and a member of the Senior Foreign Service. He served as the United States Ambassador to Angola 2007–2010....

 was appointed to replace her.

Education

Efird went to the private Cranbrook Kingswood School, and holds a Bachelor of Science

Bachelor of Science

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 in Foreign Service from the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service

Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service

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 at Georgetown University

Georgetown University

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 and masters degrees from Duke University

Duke University

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 and the National War College

National War College

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 of the National Defense University

National Defense University

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Career

Efird joined the United States Foreign Service

United States Foreign Service

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 in 1977. She served with the U.S. embassies in Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia

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 (1978-1982), the East Germany (1983-1985), and Mozambique

Mozambique

Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique , is a country in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west and Swaziland and South Africa to the southwest...

 (1988-1989). From 1989 until 1993 she was press officer for both the U.S. embassy and the U.S. Delegation to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

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 (OSCE), and volunteered to serve the United Nations peacekeeping forces in Somalia

Somalia

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. In 1997 she was appointed Deputy Counselor for Public Affairs in the US embassy in Moscow

Moscow

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, Russia

Russia

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 until 2000 when she returned to the OSCE to oversee the media sector in Kosovo

Kosovo

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 on behalf of the UN. She has also been Special Adviser to the Associate United States Trade Representative and immediately before her appointment as Ambassador to Angola, she was director of public affairs for the Bureau of African Affairs

Bureau of African Affairs

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 at the United States Department of State

United States Department of State

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External links

• US Department of State: Cynthia G. Efird