Nancy Jo Powell

{{Short description|American diplomat (born 1947)}} {{BLP sources|date=December 2012}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Nancy Jo Powell | image = Nancy Jo Powell.jpg | image_size = | country = India | predecessor = [[Tim Roemer]] | successor = [[Richard Verma]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://in.usembassy.gov/united-states-charge-daffaires-ambassador-kathleen-stephens-arrives-in-new-delhi-2/ |website=in.usembassy.gov |access-date=September 17, 2023 |title= United States Chargé d'Affaires, Ambassador Kathleen Stephens, Arrives in New Delhi|date=6 June 2014 }}</ref> | president = [[Barack Obama]] | term_start = April 19, 2012 | term_end = May 21, 2014 | ambassador_from = United States | country1 = Nepal | predecessor1 = [[James F. Moriarty]] | successor1 = [[Scott H. DeLisi]] | president1 = [[George W. Bush]]<br>[[Barack Obama]] | term_start1 = July 16, 2007 | term_end1 = March 12, 2010 | ambassador_from1 = United States | country2 = Pakistan | predecessor2 = [[Wendy Chamberlin]] | successor2 = [[Ryan C. Crocker]] | president2 = [[George W. Bush]] | term_start2 = August 2, 2002 | term_end2 = November 5, 2004 | ambassador_from2 = United States | country3 = Ghana | predecessor3 = [[Kathryn Dee Robinson]] | successor3 = [[Mary Carlin Yates]] | president3 = [[George W. Bush]] | term_start3 = July 16, 2001 | term_end3 = May 26, 2002 | ambassador_from3 = United States | country4 = Uganda | predecessor4 = [[E. Michael Southwick]] | successor4 = [[Martin George Brennan]] | president4 = [[Bill Clinton]] | term_start4 = November 7, 1997 | term_end4 = July 9, 1999 | ambassador_from4 = United States | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1947}} | birth_place = [[Cedar Falls, Iowa]], U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | party = | spouse = | relations = | children = | alma_mater = [[University of Northern Iowa]] | occupation = | profession = Career Diplomat | signature = | website = | footnotes = | office5 = 28th [[Director General of the Foreign Service]] | term_start5 = August 3, 2009 | term_end5 = January 6, 2012 | preceded5 = [[Harry K. Thomas Jr.]] | succeeded5 = [[Linda Thomas-Greenfield]] }}

'''Nancy Jo Powell''' (born 1947, [[Cedar Falls, Iowa|Cedar Falls]], [[Iowa]]) was the [[United States Ambassador to India]] from April 2012 to May 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://newdelhi.usembassy.gov/ambpowellnj.html |title=United States Ambassador Nancy J. Powell {{!}} Embassy of the United States |access-date=2012-04-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701101453/http://newdelhi.usembassy.gov/ambpowellnj.html |archive-date=2016-07-01 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Powell was Director General of the United States Foreign Service, a position she assumed after serving as the [[U.S. Ambassador to Nepal]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090818011213/http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/127061.htm Biography] from [[United States Department of State]]</ref> Powell is a career member of the [[United States Foreign Service|Senior Foreign Service]]. Powell joined the [[United States Foreign Service]] in 1977, and has held assignments in [[Africa]] and [[South Asia]].<ref name="bio from 2005 Nancy Jo Powell"/>

Media reports conjectured that Powell's resignation was inevitable after the officials of the [[Government of India]] stopped accepting to meet her, following the [[Devyani Khobragade incident]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Daniel|first1=Frank Jack|last2=Brunnstrom|first2=David|date=31 March 2014|title=U.S. ambassador to India Nancy Powell resigns after diplomatic row|publisher=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/india-usa-ambassador-powell/u-s-ambassador-to-india-nancy-powell-resigns-after-diplomatic-row-idINDEEA2U0EM20140331}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=US Ambassador to India Nancy Powell announces retirement in May|url=http://news.biharprabha.com/2014/04/us-ambassador-to-india-nancy-powell-announces-retirement-in-may/|work=IANS|publisher=news.biharprabha.com|access-date=31 March 2014}}</ref>

==Previous positions== *United States Ambassador to India, 2012–2014 *[[Director General of the United States Foreign Service]], 2009–2012 *Ambassador to [[Nepal]], July 16, 2007{{spaced ndash}}2009 *National Intelligence Officer for South Asia, National Intelligence Council, 2006–2007 *Senior Coordinator for Avian Influenza and Infectious Diseases, 2006 (?) *Acting Assistant Secretary of State for the [[Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs]], March 14{{spaced ndash}}November 25, 2005<ref name="bio from 2005 Nancy Jo Powell">[https://2001-2009.state.gov/outofdate/bios/p/44153.htm Older biography] from [[United States Department of State]], released April 4, 2005</ref> *Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary and the Acting [[Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs]], November 2004{{spaced ndash}}March 2005 *Ambassador to Pakistan, August 9, 2002{{spaced ndash}}October 2004 *Ambassador to Ghana, August 14, 2001{{spaced ndash}}May 2002 *Acting [[Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs|Assistant Secretary for African Affairs]], January 2001{{spaced ndash}}June 2001 *Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for African Affairs, July 1999{{spaced ndash}}January 2001 *Ambassador to [[Uganda]], 1997–1999 *Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Dhaka, [[Bangladesh]], 1995–1997 *Political Counselor at the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi, [[India]], 1993–1995 *Consul General in Calcutta, India, 1992–1993 *Deputy Chief of Mission in Lome, [[Togo]], 1990–1992 Other overseas assignments have included Islamabad, Pakistan; Kathmandu, Nepal; and Ottawa, Canada; and previous Washington assignments were those of Nepal Desk Officer and Refugee Assistance Officer.<ref>[https://2001-2009.state.gov/outofdate/bios/p/6658.htm Older biography] from [[United States Department of State]], released December 5, 2001</ref>

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==External links== {{commons category}} *[https://www.afsa.org/leader-mentor-diplomat-ambassador-nancy-j-powell Foreign Service Journal article on her Lifetime Contributions to American Diplomacy Award.] *[http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/us-envoy-nancy-powell-resigns-114033101116_1.html] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110517233238/http://nepal.usembassy.gov/ U.S. Embassy in Kathmandu, Nepal] *[https://2001-2009.state.gov/r/pa/ei/ask/104149.htm Ask the Ambassador] an online interactive forum with U.S. Ambassador to Nepal Nancy Powell, April 28, 2008 *{{C-SPAN|1001392}}

{{s-start}} {{s-dip}} {{succession box|title=[[United States Ambassador to Uganda]]|before=[[E. Michael Southwick]]|after=[[Martin George Brennan]]|years=1997–1999}} {{succession box|title=[[United States Ambassador to Ghana]]|before=[[Kathryn Dee Robinson]]|after=[[Mary Carlin Yates]]|years=2001–2002}} {{succession box|title=[[United States Ambassador to Pakistan]]|before=[[Wendy Chamberlin]]|after=[[Ryan C. Crocker]]|years=2002–2004}} {{succession box|title=[[United States Ambassador to Nepal]]|before=[[James F. Moriarty]]|after=[[Scott H. DeLisi]]|years=2007–2010}} {{succession box|title=[[United States Ambassador to India]]|before=[[Peter Burleigh]]|after=[[Richard Rahul Verma]]|years=2012–2014}} {{s-end}}

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