Gail D. Mathieu
Order7th
Ambassador fromUnited States
CountryNamibia
Term startNovember 15, 2007
Term endSeptember 4, 2010
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Barack Obama
PredecessorJoyce Anne Barr
SuccessorWanda Nesbitt
Order 216th
Ambassador from 2United States
Country 2Niger
Term start 2October 3, 2002
Term end 2September 30, 2005
President 2George W. Bush
Predecessor 2Barbro A. Owens-Kirkpatrick
Successor 2Bernadette Allen
Birth date1951
Alma materAntioch College
Rutgers University-Newark

Gail Dennise Thomas Mathieu (born 1951)[1] is the former political advisor to the Commander, United States Transportation Command, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. She is the former United States Ambassador to Namibia and former United States Ambassador to Niger.[2][3]

Life and education

Mathieu is a native of New Jersey, but earned a B.A. degree from Antioch College. She returned to New Jersey and earned her J.D. degree from Rutgers University-Newark.[3]

Career

She was initially an assistant prosecutor for the city of Newark, New Jersey, but then began a career in the Foreign Service.[3]

Other diplomatic posts

  • 2013-2015 – Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs for Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Island Affairs[4]
  • 1999–2002 – Deputy Chief of Mission in Accra, Ghana[3]
  • 1997–1999 – Deputy Director of the Office of West African Affairs[3]
  • 1995–1997 – Deputy Director of the Office of Pacific Island Affairs[3]

References

  1. ^ Gail Dennise Thomas Mathieu (1951–)
  2. ^ "Gail Dennise Thomas Mathieu". Office of the Historian, Bureau of Public Affairs, United States Department of State. Retrieved 9 June 2010.
  3. ^ "Biography – Gail D. Mathieu". US Department of State. 9 January 2008. Retrieved 9 June 2010.
  4. ^ "Biography – Gail D. Mathieu". US Department of State. Archived 13 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 13 April 2014.