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Robert Stephen Ford
American diplomat (born 1958)
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Robert Stephen Ford (born 1958) is a retired American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Algeria from 2006 to 2008 and the United States Ambassador to Syria from 2011 to 2014.[1]
Personal life and education
Ford is from Denver, Colorado[2] and now lives in Maryland.[3] He earned a Bachelor of Arts in international studies and a Master of Arts in Middle East studies and economics from Johns Hopkins University.
In addition, he pursued advanced Arabic studies at The American University in Cairo.
In addition to English, Ford speaks German, Turkish, French, and Arabic.[3] A senior advisor to the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq described Ford as being "regarded as one of the best Arabists in the State Department".[4]
Ford is married to A