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Careers In Foreign Policy
Thursday, October 20
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Uzra Zeya was sworn as Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, & Human Rights by Secretary Blinken July 14, 2021. On December 20, 2021, Secretary Blinken announced her designation to serve concurrently as the U.S. Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues. From 2019 to 2021, she served as president & CEO of the Alliance for Peacebuilding, a non-partisan global network of more than 130 organizations working in more than 180 countries to end conflict by peaceful means.

During her distinguished 27-year Foreign Service career, Zeya served as deputy chief of mission & charge d'affaires in Paris; principal deputy assistant secretary & acting assistant secretary in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, & Labor; chief of staff to the Deputy Secretary of State; political minister-counselor in New Delhi; & deputy executive secretary to Secretaries of State Rice & Clinton. She also served in Syria, Egypt, Oman, Jamaica, & in various policy roles at the Department of State.

Zeya speaks Arabic, French & Spanish. She has a bachelor's degree from Georgetown University & is the recipient of several State Department Superior Honor & Senior Performance awards, the Presidential Rank Award, & the French Legion d'Honneur.

IN-PERSON - Skadden Room, NAC 4/133
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