William T. Monroe, Deputy Chief of Mission

William T. Monroe

William T. Monroe assumed his duties as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Mission to the OECD in May, 2009. Prior to his arrival at the Mission, Mr. Monroe served as Director of the Senior Level Division of the Office of Career Development and Assignments in the Bureau of Human Resources at the Department of State; the U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of Bahrain from 2004 to 2007; and Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassies in Islamabad and Kuwait.

A career economic officer, Mr. Monroe joined the U.S. Foreign Service in 1978 and has served in a variety of positions at U.S. Embassies in the Middle East and Asia, including Egypt, Iraq, Burma, Oman, China, Singapore, Kuwait, Pakistan, and Bahrain. While Ambassador to Bahrain, he received the Department of State’s Cordell Hull Award for Economic Achievement by Senior Officers for his work in helping ratify, implement, and promote the U.S.-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement. Prior to joining the Department of State, Mr. Monroe worked for three years as an International Trade Specialist at the Department of Commerce. He undertook long-term Arabic language training in Tunis and Chinese in Taipei.

Mr. Monroe received his B.A. in history from Stanford University and his M.A. in international relations from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.