Minister-Counselor
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. McCulley was nominated by President
Barack Obama
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to this post on June 26, 2013, and presented his credentials to Ivorian President
Alassane Ouattara
Alassane Dramane Ouattara (; ; born 1 January 1942) is an Ivorian politician who has been President of Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) since 2010. An economist by profession, Ouattara worked for the International Monetary Fund (IMF)Ambassador to Nigeria from 2010 to 2013. Before that, he was Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Copenhagen, Denmark from 2008-2010 and served as U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Mali from 2005-2008. From 2004-2005, he worked at the State Department in Washington, helping to coordinate reconstruction efforts in Iraq. He has been the Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassies in
Tunisia
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and also served as Consul in
Mumbai, India
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.
Joining the Foreign Service in 1985, McCulley started his career in Niger, followed by assignments in
South Africa
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and
Chad
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. Returning to Washington in 1993, he worked for two years on Central African affairs. According to the State Department, McCulley is the recipient of four Department of State Superior Honor Awards.
Ambassador McCulley was born in
Medford, Oregon
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, and grew up in Eugene, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in European History and French Language and Literature from the
University of Oregon
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. As a
Rotary Foundation
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Rennes, France
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. In addition, he attended the
Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
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. McCulley is fluent in
French
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** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents
** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...