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Mills Jr.</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Richard_M._Mills_Jr.,_U.S._Ambassador_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Richard_M._Mills_Jr.%2C_U.S._Ambassador_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Richard_M._Mills_Jr.%2C_U.S._Ambassador_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="294" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Richard_M._Mills_Jr.%2C_U.S._Ambassador_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Richard_M._Mills_Jr.%2C_U.S._Ambassador_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Richard_M._Mills_Jr.%2C_U.S._Ambassador_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-Richard_M._Mills_Jr.%2C_U.S._Ambassador_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1667" data-file-height="2224" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">Mills in 2024</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Ambassador_to_Nigeria" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Ambassador to Nigeria">United States Ambassador to <span class="nowrap">Nigeria</span></a> </th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><b><a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />July 25, 2024</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_ambassadors_appointed_by_Joe_Biden" title="List of ambassadors appointed by Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mary_Beth_Leonard" title="Mary Beth Leonard">Mary Beth Leonard</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Ambassador_to_the_United_Nations" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Ambassador to the United Nations">United States Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />November 9, 2020 – June 21, 2024<div style="line-height:normal; padding-top:0.2em; padding-bottom:0.1em">Serving with <a href="/wiki/Jeffrey_Prescott" title="Jeffrey Prescott">Jeffrey Prescott</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Ned_Price" title="Ned Price">Ned Price</a></div></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_R._Cohen" title="Jonathan R. Cohen">Jonathan Cohen</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Dorothy_Shea" title="Dorothy Shea">Dorothy Shea</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Ambassador_to_the_United_Nations" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Ambassador to the United Nations">United States Ambassador to the United Nations</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><b><a href="/wiki/Charg%C3%A9_d%27Affaires" class="mw-redirect" title="Chargé d'Affaires">Chargé d'Affaires</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 20, 2021 – February 25, 2021</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kelly_Craft" title="Kelly Craft">Kelly Craft</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Linda_Thomas-Greenfield" title="Linda Thomas-Greenfield">Linda Thomas-Greenfield</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Ambassador_to_Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Ambassador to Canada">United States Ambassador to Canada</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><b>Chargé d'Affaires</b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />August 23, 2019 – November 9, 2020</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kelly_Craft" title="Kelly Craft">Kelly Craft</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Katherine Brucker (Chargé d'Affaires)</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Ambassador_to_Armenia" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Ambassador to Armenia">United States Ambassador to Armenia</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />February 15, 2015 – October 17, 2018</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_A._Heffern" title="John A. Heffern">John A. Heffern</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lynne_M._Tracy" title="Lynne M. Tracy">Lynne M. Tracy</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Richard Merrill Mills Jr.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1959-02-23</span>) </span>February 23, 1959<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 65)</span><sup id="cite_ref-Marriage_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Marriage-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><a href="/wiki/Louisiana" title="Louisiana">Louisiana</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Georgetown_University" title="Georgetown University">Georgetown University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/University_of_Texas,_Austin" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Texas, Austin">University of Texas, Austin</a> (<a href="/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor">JD</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/National_Defense_University" title="National Defense University">National Defense University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Master_of_Science" title="Master of Science">MS</a>)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Richard Merrill Mills Jr.</b> (born February 23, 1959)<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is an American diplomat serving as the <a href="/wiki/List_of_ambassadors_of_the_United_States_to_Nigeria" title="List of ambassadors of the United States to Nigeria">United States ambassador to Nigeria</a> since July 2024. He served as the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Ambassador_to_the_United_Nations" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Ambassador to the United Nations">United States deputy ambassador to the United Nations</a> from 2020 to 2024 and, in that capacity, served as the U.S. Chargé d'Affaires and Acting Permanent Representative to the United Nations between January 20, 2021, and February 24, 2021, when <a href="/wiki/Linda_Thomas-Greenfield" title="Linda Thomas-Greenfield">Linda Thomas-Greenfield</a> became ambassador. He previously served as the <a href="/wiki/List_of_ambassadors_of_the_United_States_to_Canada" title="List of ambassadors of the United States to Canada">U.S. Chargé d'Affaires for Canada</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_M._Mills_Jr.&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Mills was born in <a href="/wiki/Louisiana" title="Louisiana">Louisiana</a>, and grew up in <a href="/wiki/Michigan" title="Michigan">Michigan</a>. He received a Bachelor of Arts from <a href="/wiki/Georgetown_University" title="Georgetown University">Georgetown University</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor">Juris Doctor</a> from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Texas_School_of_Law" title="University of Texas School of Law">University of Texas School of Law</a>, and a Master of Science in National Security Strategy from the <a href="/wiki/National_Defense_University" title="National Defense University">National Defense University</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_M._Mills_Jr.&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Legal_career">Legal career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_M._Mills_Jr.&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Legal career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Prior to his <a href="/wiki/United_States_Foreign_Service" title="United States Foreign Service">Foreign Service</a> career, Mills was an associate attorney in the Washington, D.C. office of Duncan, Allen and Mitchell, and then at the Washington, D.C. office of Wickwire, Gavin and Gibbs. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Diplomatic_career">Diplomatic career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_M._Mills_Jr.&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Diplomatic career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Mills's first tour as a <a href="/wiki/Foreign_Service_Officer" class="mw-redirect" title="Foreign Service Officer">Foreign Service Officer</a> was at the <a href="/wiki/Embassy_of_the_United_States,_Paris" title="Embassy of the United States, Paris">U.S. embassy in Paris</a> in 1988, where he served as a consular officer and staff assistant to Ambassador <a href="/wiki/Walter_Curley" title="Walter Curley">Walter Curley</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-AllGov_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AllGov-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He has had assignments in the <a href="/wiki/Executive_Secretariat" title="Executive Secretariat">Executive Secretariat</a> at the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_State" title="United States Department of State">Department of State</a> (1996–1998), <a href="/wiki/Dublin" title="Dublin">Dublin</a> (1999–2001), the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Mission_to_the_United_Nations" title="United States Mission to the United Nations">United States Mission to the United Nations</a> in New York City (2001–2003), <a href="/wiki/Islamabad" title="Islamabad">Islamabad</a> (2003–2004), <a href="/wiki/Riyadh" title="Riyadh">Riyadh</a> (2005–2006), London (2006–2009), <a href="/wiki/Baghdad" title="Baghdad">Baghdad</a> (2009–2010), and <a href="/wiki/Valletta" title="Valletta">Valletta</a> (2010–2012).<sup id="cite_ref-Embassy_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Embassy-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-AllGov_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AllGov-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He then served as <a href="/wiki/Deputy_Chief_of_Mission" class="mw-redirect" title="Deputy Chief of Mission">Deputy Chief of Mission</a> at the U.S. embassy in <a href="/wiki/Beirut" title="Beirut">Beirut</a>, from 2012 to 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-Embassy_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Embassy-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-AllGov_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AllGov-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During his career, Mills has also served in the Office of Legislative Affairs, at the U.S. Consulate in <a href="/wiki/Saint_Petersburg" title="Saint Petersburg">Saint Petersburg</a>, and in the now-defunct Bureau of Soviet Union Affairs.<sup id="cite_ref-Embassy_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Embassy-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-AllGov_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AllGov-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In July 2014, Mills was nominated by <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President</a> <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> to be the United States Ambassador to <a href="/wiki/Armenia" title="Armenia">Armenia</a>, a position in which he served until October 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-MillsFarewell_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MillsFarewell-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Mills holds the personal rank of <a href="/wiki/Minister-Counselor" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister-Counselor">Minister-Counselor</a> in the United States <a href="/wiki/Senior_Foreign_Service" title="Senior Foreign Service">Senior Foreign Service</a>. He was a nominee for the Deputy Chief of Mission of the Year Award in 2012, and has received nine <a href="/wiki/Superior_Honor_Award" title="Superior Honor Award">Superior Honor Awards</a> from the Department of State. He speaks fluent French and conversational Russian.<sup id="cite_ref-Embassy_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Embassy-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Ambassador_to_Canada">Ambassador to Canada</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_M._Mills_Jr.&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Ambassador to Canada"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In November 2018, Mills assumed the position of <a href="/wiki/Deputy_Chief_of_Mission" class="mw-redirect" title="Deputy Chief of Mission">Deputy Chief of Mission</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Embassy_of_the_United_States_in_Ottawa" class="mw-redirect" title="Embassy of the United States in Ottawa">Embassy of the United States in Ottawa</a>. Following the resignation of <a href="/wiki/United_States_Ambassador_to_Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Ambassador to Canada">United States Ambassador to Canada</a> <a href="/wiki/Kelly_Craft" title="Kelly Craft">Kelly Craft</a> in August 2019 upon her nomination to be US Ambassador to the UN, he became the acting Ambassador to Canada, with the title of <a href="/wiki/Charg%C3%A9_d%27affaires" title="Chargé d'affaires">Chargé d'affaires</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Deputy_Ambassador_to_the_UN">Deputy Ambassador to the UN</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_M._Mills_Jr.&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Deputy Ambassador to the UN"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In January 2020, Mills was nominated to be the next <a href="/wiki/United_States_Ambassador_to_the_United_Nations" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Ambassador to the United Nations">United States Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations</a>, again serving under now <a href="/wiki/United_States_Ambassador_to_the_United_Nations" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Ambassador to the United Nations">United States Ambassador to the United Nations</a> <a href="/wiki/Linda_Thomas-Greenfield" title="Linda Thomas-Greenfield">Linda Thomas-Greenfield</a>. He was confirmed by the Senate on August 6, 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He arrived on November 8, 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Ambassador_to_Nigeria">Ambassador to Nigeria</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_M._Mills_Jr.&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Ambassador to Nigeria"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On July 11, 2022, President <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a> announced his intent to nominate Mills to be the next <a href="/wiki/List_of_ambassadors_of_the_United_States_to_Nigeria" title="List of ambassadors of the United States to Nigeria">United States ambassador to Nigeria</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-July112022_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-July112022-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On July 28, 2022, his nomination was sent to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">Senate</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His nomination was not acted upon for the rest of the year and was returned to Biden on January 3, 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>President Biden renominated Mills the same day and a hearing on his nomination was held before the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Foreign_Relations" title="United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations">Senate Foreign Relations Committee</a> on March 1, 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-MillsConfirmation_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MillsConfirmation-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The committee favorably reported his nomination on July 13, 2023 and the Senate confirmed his nomination on May 2, 2024 by voice vote.<sup id="cite_ref-MillsConfirmation_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MillsConfirmation-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He arrived in Nigeria on June 22, 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He presented his credentials to President of Nigeria on July 25, 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 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(1990–1993)</li> <li>Political Officer at the U.S. Consulate in St. Petersburg, Russia (1993–1995)</li> <li>Legislative Affairs Officer at the Office of Legislative Affairs, Washington D.C. (1995–1996)</li> <li>Line Director in the Executive Secretariat at the Department of State, Washington D.C. (1996–1998)</li> <li>Economic Counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Dublin, Ireland (1999–2001)</li> <li>Political Officer at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations, New York (2001–2003)</li> <li>Deputy Political Counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan (2003–2004)</li> <li>Energy Attaché and Acting Economic Counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (2005–2006)</li> <li>Political Counselor at the U.S. Embassy in London, United Kingdom (2006–2009)</li> <li>Senior Democracy Advisor at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq (2009–2010)</li> <li>Deputy Chief of Mission and Chargé d'Affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Valletta, Malta (2010–2012)</li> <li>Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon (2012–2014)</li> <li>Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Armenia (2015–2018)</li> <li>Deputy Chief of Mission and Chargé d'Affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Ottawa, Canada (2018–2020)</li> <li>Deputy Representative, with rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, and Chargé d'Affaires at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations in New York, and Deputy Representative to the U.N. Security Council (2020–2021)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_M._Mills_Jr.&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Mills is married to Leigh Gabrielle Carter, a retired U.S. Foreign Service Officer.<sup id="cite_ref-Embassy_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Embassy-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They were married on October 18, 1991, in <a href="/wiki/Arlington_County,_Virginia" title="Arlington County, Virginia">Arlington, Virginia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Marriage_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Marriage-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See 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Heffern">John Heffern</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Ambassador_to_Armenia" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Ambassador to Armenia">United States Ambassador to Armenia</a> </b><br />2015–2018 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Lynne_M._Tracy" title="Lynne M. Tracy">Lynne M. Tracy</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Kelly_Craft" title="Kelly Craft">Kelly Craft</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Ambassador_to_Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Ambassador to Canada">United States Ambassador to Canada</a><br />Acting </b><br />2019–2020 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Katherine_Brucker&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Katherine Brucker (page does not exist)">Katherine Brucker</a><br />Acting</div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_R._Cohen" title="Jonathan R. Cohen">Jonathan Cohen</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Ambassador_to_the_United_Nations" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Ambassador to the United Nations">United States Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations</a> </b><br />2020–2024 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Dorothy_Shea" title="Dorothy Shea">Dorothy Shea</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Kelly_Craft" title="Kelly Craft">Kelly Craft</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Ambassador_to_the_United_Nations" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Ambassador to the United Nations">United States Ambassador to the United Nations</a><br />Acting </b><br />2021 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Linda_Thomas-Greenfield" title="Linda Thomas-Greenfield">Linda Thomas-Greenfield</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Mary_Beth_Leonard" title="Mary Beth Leonard">Mary Beth Leonard</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Ambassador_to_Nigeria" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Ambassador to Nigeria">United States Ambassador to Nigeria</a> </b><br />2024–present </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b>Incumbent</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist 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