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Terrence P. McCulley
Ambassador, Mali
Term of Appointment: 07/19/2005 to present

Terence McCulley is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, currently holding the rank of Counselor. He was nominated by President Bush to be the next U.S. Ambassador to Mali in May 2005 and was confirmed by the Senate in June of that year. From June 2004, he was the Deputy Coordinator for Iraq Assistance in the State Department's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs. Before this Washington assignment, Mr. McCulley served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassies in Togo, Senegal and Tunisia from 1995-2004.

Mr. McCulley joined the Foreign Service in 1985, and in his first three tours he was posted to Niger, South Africa and Chad, working in management, consular and political reporting positions. Following his assignment to Chad, he served as Consul at the U.S. Consulate General in Mumbai, India. Returning to the Department in 1993, Mr. McCulley worked as the desk officer for Zaire in the Office of Central African Affairs, working on issues in Zaire during the Rwanda genocide, the massive influx of refugees into eastern Zaire and the beginnings of the conflict in Africa's Great Lakes region. He is the recipient of four Department of State Superior Honor Awards.

Mr. McCulley was born in Medford, Oregon, and he grew up in Eugene, where he attended the University of Oregon, graduating in 1979 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in European History and French Language and Literature. He attended the Université de Haute Bretagne in Rennes, France, from 1979-1980 as a Rotary Foundation Graduate Fellow, and he also attended the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. Mr. McCulley is fluent in French, and speaks some Zulu and Wolof.

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Released on January 5, 2007

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