14 Facts About Jeffrey Davidow

Jeffrey S Davidow was born on January 26,1944 and is a career foreign service officer from the US state of Virginia.

Jeffrey Davidow was one of the few people to hold the rank of Career Ambassador.

Jeffrey Davidow did postgraduate work in India 1968 on a Fulbright travel grant.

Jeffrey Davidow joined the US Foreign Service in 1969 and began his career as a junior officer at the American Embassy in Guatemala City, Guatemala, from 1970 to 1972.

Jeffrey Davidow returned to Washington, DC in 1976 to take a position as a desk officer in the Office of Southern African Affairs, and he went on to be a Congressional fellow from 1978 to 1979.

Jeffrey Davidow later became the head of the liaison office at the US Embassy in Harare, Zimbabwe, from 1979 to 1982.

Jeffrey Davidow returned shortly thereafter to pursue a fellowship at Harvard University, as well as to take-over as Director of the Office of Southern African Affairs in 1985.

On May 5,1988, President Ronald Reagan nominated Jeffrey Davidow to be US Ambassador to Zambia, a position he held until 1990.

In 1993, President Bill Clinton nominated Jeffrey Davidow to be US Ambassador to Venezuela.

Jeffrey Davidow held this post from August 5,1998, until September 14,2002.

Jeffrey Davidow assumed the presidency of the Institute of the Americas on June 1,2003.

In 2004, Davidow was among 27 retired diplomats and military commanders called Diplomats and Military Commanders for Change who publicly said the administration of President George W Bush did not understand the world and was unable to handle "in either style or substance" the responsibilities of global leadership.

Jeffrey Davidow has served as adviser to President Barack Obama for the Summit of the Americas.

Jeffrey Davidow is a member of the advisory board for the Mexico Institute.