User:Amustard

I am a retired U.S. diplomat. My last overseas posting was as U.S. ambassador to Turkmenistan, where I served from January 2015 to June 2019. My languages, aside from English, are Russian (R-4+, S-4+), German (R-3, S-3), and very basic (never tested) Turkish, Spanish, and Turkmen.

Click here for Wikipedia work history, which includes

Created from scratch: Agricultural attaché | Allen F. Johnson | Charles J. O'Mara | Chief Agricultural Negotiator | Dünýägözel Gulmanowa | Great grain robbery | Gregory M. Frazier | Institute of International Relations (Turkmenistan) | International University of Humanities and Development | Leslie A. Wheeler | Ministry of Agriculture (Russia) | Patricia M. Haslach | Pavel Poltoratskiy | Ralph Hunter | Richard T. Crowder | SAGARPA | Senior Foreign Service | Stanley Andrews (journalist)

Expanded from stubs: Foreign Agricultural Service | Nury Halmammedov | Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services

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 * File:1916-Africa-physical-map.png
 * File:1916-Africa-political-map.jpg
 * File:1916 physical map of Asia.jpg
 * File:1916-Asia-political-map.jpg
 * File:1916 physical map Europe.jpg
 * File:1916 political map of Europe.jpg
 * File:Bust of Nury Halmammedov in Dayna village, Turkmenistan.jpg
 * File:Halmammedov-grave-smaller.jpg
 * File:Interior view Dayahatyn caravansarai Turkmenistan.jpg
 * File:Dinosaur-plateau.jpg