Ambassador Holmes Takes Over as Special Advisor on Southeast Europe

Ambassador Holmes was appointed Special Advisor for Southeast Europe on January 11, 2002.  During the previous three years, he was the United States Ambassador to Latvia.  From 1995 to 1998, he was the President's Coordinator for Assistance to Central and Eastern Europe responsible for assistance programs to fourteen Central European states, including start-up of the economic and reconstruction programs in Bosnia and Croatia. 

From 1992 to 1995, Ambassador Holmes was the Deputy Chief of Mission in our Embassy in Ankara.  From 1988 to 1992, he was Deputy Director of the Department of State's Policy Planning Staff with responsibilities for European policy.  He was Director of the Office of Strategic Nuclear Policy in the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs from 1984 to 1988.

Joining the Foreign Service in 1967, Ambassador Holmes and his wife, Constance, have also served in Pakistan, New Zealand, and Norway.  His educational background includes Colgate University, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, and the National War College.