Whitehouse.gov (press release), DC
May 23 2006
Personnel Announcement
President George W. Bush today announced his intention to nominate
two individuals to serve in his Administration:
The President intends to nominate Richard E. Hoagland, of the
District of Columbia, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of
Armenia. Ambassador Hoagland, a career member of the Senior Foreign
Service, currently serves as United States Ambassador to the Republic
of Tajikistan. Prior to this, he served as Director of the Office of
Caucasus and Central Asian Affairs at the Department of State.
Earlier in his career, he served as Director of the Office of Public
Diplomacy in the Bureau of South Asian Affairs. Ambassador Hoagland
received his bachelor’s degree from Taylor University and two
master’s degrees from the University of Virginia.