| BIOGRAPHY James C. Swan Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of African Affairs Term of Appointment: 12/18/2006 to present James Swan has been Deputy Assistant Secretary for African Affairs since December 2006. In this capacity, he is responsible for the Bureau's offices for Central Africa, East Africa and Regional Security Affairs. Immediately prior to this assignment, Mr. Swan was the Director of Analysis for Africa in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research (2005-2006).
A career member of the Senior Foreign Service, Mr. Swan has devoted most of his professional life to countries facing complex political transitions, notably in Africa. His overseas assignments have included service as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassies in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (2001-2004) and in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo (1998-2001). Earlier in his career he was the Somalia Watcher in Nairobi, Kenya (1994-1996) and Chief of the Political Section in Yaounde, Cameroon (1992-1994). He has also served in Port-au-Prince, Haiti and Managua, Nicaragua. In Washington, he was the Zaire (later Democratic Republic of the Congo) Desk Officer (1996-1998). Mr. Swan holds a Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service from Georgetown University, a Master of Arts in International Relations from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, and a Master's degree in Security Studies from the National War College, where he was a 2005 Distinguished Graduate. AF Homepage | Released on January 22, 2007 |
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