Marcie Berman Ries (born August 25, 1950) is an American diplomat who served as the

United States Ambassador to Bulgaria The United States Ambassador to Bulgaria ( bg, Посланик на САЩ в България) is the ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary from the United States to Bulgaria. Ambassadors Diplomatic Agent Envoy Extraordinary and M ...

Career

A specialist in national security issues and arms control, Ries worked as the Director of the Office of United Nations Political Affairs from 2001 to 2003, and then served as the Chief of Mission in

Pristina Pristina, ; sr, / (, ) is the capital and largest city of Kosovo. The city's municipal boundaries in Pristina District form the largest urban center in Kosovo. After Tirana, Pristina has the second largest population of ethnic Albanians an ...

Kosovo Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), officially the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Republika e Kosovës, links=no; sr, Република Косово, Republika Kosovo, links=no), is a partially recognised state in Southeast Euro ...

from 2003 to 2004. In 2005, she was appointed as American ambassador to

Albania Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea and shares ...

, and held that position until 2007. She left Albania in 2007 to become the Minister-Counselor for Political-Military Affairs in

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, the Persian Gulf and K ...

. Upon returning to

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, she became the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs at the

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, and then went on to serve as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Nuclear and Strategic Policy.

Life

Ries obtained her Bachelor's from Oberlin College, and her master's degree from the

School of Advanced International Studies The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) is a graduate school of Johns Hopkins University based in Washington, D.C., United States, with campuses in Bologna, Italy, and Nanjing, China. It is consistently ranked one of th ...

Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University (Johns Hopkins, Hopkins, or JHU) is a private research university in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1876, Johns Hopkins is the oldest research university in the United States and in the western hemisphere. It consi ...

. She is married to Charles P. Ries, a former U.S. ambassador to

Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders ...

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, - , - {{DEFAULTSORT:Ries, Marcie Berman 1950 births Living people People from Boston Oberlin College alumni Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies alumni American women ambassadors Ambassadors of the United States to Albania Ambassadors of the United States to Bulgaria United States Foreign Service personnel 21st-century American diplomats 21st-century American women