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American diplomat
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Biography
Introduction
Gail Dennise Thomas Mathieu is the current political advisor to the Commander, United States Transportation Command, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. She is the former United States Ambassador to Namibia and former United States Ambassador to Niger.
Life and education
Mathieu is a native of New Jersey, but earned a B.A. degree from Antioch College. She returned to New Jersey and earned her J.D. degree from Rutgers University.
Career
She was initially an assistant prosecutor for the city of Newark, New Jersey, but then began a career in the Foreign Service.
Other diplomatic posts
- 1999-2002 - Deputy Chief of Mission in Accra, Ghana
- 1997-1999 - Deputy Director of the Office of West African Affairs
- 1995-1997 - Deputy Director of the Office of Pacific Island Affairs
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