Stephen D. Mull

Stephen Mull
Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Acting
In office June 5, 2018 – August 29, 2018
President	Donald Trump
Preceded by	Tom Shannon
Succeeded by	David Hale
Coordinator for Iran Nuclear Implementation
In office September 25, 2015 – August 2017
President	Barack Obama Donald Trump
Preceded by	Joseph Macmanus (Acting)
Succeeded by	Brian Hook (Special Representative for Iran)
United States Ambassador to Poland
In office November 8, 2012 – August 29, 2015
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Lee Feinstein
Succeeded by	Paul Jones
23rd Executive Secretary of the Department of State
In office June 21, 2009 – October 5, 2012
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Daniel Smith
Succeeded by	John Bass
Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs Acting
In office January 11, 2007 – August 8, 2008
President	George W. Bush
Preceded by	John Hillen
Succeeded by	Mark Kimmitt
United States Ambassador to Lithuania
In office August 26, 2003 – June 16, 2006
President	George W. Bush
Preceded by	John Tefft
Succeeded by	John Cloud
Personal details
Born	(1958-04-30) April 30, 1958 Reading, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Alma mater	Georgetown University

Stephen D. Mull (born April 30, 1958) is a Senior Foreign Service officer who was most recently the Acting Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs. He previously served as United States Ambassador to Poland, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs and United States Ambassador to Lithuania.

Ambassador Mull holds the rank of Career Ambassador, the highest diplomatic rank in the United States Foreign Service.

On September 18, 2015, Mull was appointed as the United States Lead Coordinator for Iran Nuclear Implementation, tasked with carrying out the terms of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action by United States Secretary of State John Kerry.

Biography

Mull was born in Reading, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Georgetown University with a Bachelor of Science degree in International Politics in 1980.

Mull is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service in the class of Career Ambassador. He previously served as the Deputy Chief of Mission in Jakarta, Indonesia, and has served as a Consular or Political Officer for the U.S. Missions in Poland, the Bahamas, and South Africa since the beginning of his career in the Foreign Service in 1982.

Mull poses with Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo during a flag ceremony at the Department of State in Washington, D.C., on July 27, 2018.

Prior to his assignment in Jakarta, Mull worked as Deputy Director of the State Department Operations Center, as Political Counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Warsaw, Poland, as Director of the Office of Southern European Affairs in the Bureau of European Affairs, and as Deputy Executive Secretary in the Office of the Secretary of State.

On March 10, 2003, then-U.S. President George W. Bush nominated Mull as the U.S. Ambassador to Lithuania. After being confirmed by the Senate, he assumed his position on August 26, 2003. He completed his tour of duty on July 18, 2006.

On April 30, 2009, Mull testified before the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee on international efforts to combat piracy off the coast of Somalia.

Mull is married to Cheri Stephan. The Mulls have one child, Ryan.

Ambassador to Poland

Stephen Mull was appointed the United States Ambassador to Poland on October 24, 2012. He speaks Polish fluently.

Awards

• Director General's Award for Political Reporting, 1988
• Superior Honor Award (four times)
• Balker-Wilkins Award
• Presidential Meritorious Service Award, 2003
• Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland (5th Class), 1997
• Order for Merits to Lithuania (3rd Class), 2006
• Order of Polonia Restituta (2nd Class), 2015

External links

• Appearances on C-SPAN