Draft:H. Dean Pittman

H. Dean Pittman (born 1956) is an American diplomat, and a former U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Mozambique.

Education
Pittman holds a B.A. from Millsaps College in Mississippi and an M.A. from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.

Career
Pittman is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor. He presented his credentials to the Government of Mozambique on February 18, 2016. Prior to this role, Pittman held various significant positions within the U.S. Department of State. From 2013 to 2014, he served as Acting Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of International Organization Affairs, following his tenure as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary from 2010 to 2013.

Pittman's extensive diplomatic career includes serving as Senior Diplomacy Advisor to the Department's Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (2009–2010), and as a member of the Secretary's Office of Policy Planning (2007–2009). He was the Consul General of the U.S. Consulate General in Belfast (2004–2007), and deputy director for Governance on a detail to the Coalition Provisional Authority in Baghdad (2003–2004). His other notable roles include Special Assistant to the Deputy Secretary of State (2002–2003), Director for Balkan Affairs at the National Security Council (2000–2002), Political Counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina (1999–2000), and Legislative Management Officer for East Asia and Pacific Affairs (1997–1999).

Pittman was detailed to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe in 1996 and served as Political Officer in Maputo, Mozambique from 1991 to 1993. Before joining the Foreign Service, he worked as a Legislative Assistant for U.S. Congressman Wayne Dowdy, a reporter, and was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Gabon.