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Contact: Carolyn Gonzales 277-5920
cgonzal@unm.edu

Nov. 29, 2007

Valle Named UNM’s New Diplomat in Residence

Senior Foreign Service officer Vicente Valle with the U.S. Department of State is the University of New Mexico’s new Diplomat in Residence.

“As Diplomat in Residence, my job is to work to attract the best and the brightest to represent the United States to the rest of the world. I advise students and others on career opportunities in State’s Civil and Foreign Service and on internship and fellowship opportunities and guide candidates on the application and examination process,” he said.

He extends an invitation to speak to classes, professional organizations and local groups about the State Department and the work that they do to carry out and coordinate U.S. foreign policy and defend U.S. citizens and interests around the world.

Valle has 27 years in Foreign Service, most of them spent abroad. Valle joined the U.S. Foreign Service in 1980 as an economic officer. He served as deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire from 2004 to 2007. Between 2002 and 2004, he was deputy director of the Office of Central African Affairs at the U.S. Department of State. 

Previously, he served as deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Asmara, Eritrea from 2000 to 2002. He was detailed to the Office of the United States Trade Representative from 1998 to 1999, where he was director for Africa.

Vicente served as DCM at the U.S. Embassy in Brazzaville, Congo, in 1996-97.  In previous assignments, he served as Economic officer in Caracas, Venezuela and Paris, France and at the Department’s Bureau of Inter-American Affairs. He was consul and economic officer in Medan, Indonesia and Maputo, Mozambique, vice consul in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and financial management and security assistance officer in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Valle earned a bachelor’s in psychology and social relations from Harvard College, a diploma in public administration from the Ecole Nationale d’Administration in Paris, France, and a master’s in national security studies and strategy from the National War College in Washington, DC.  In addition to English, he speaks Spanish, French and Portuguese.

“ I am happy to share my perspectives of living and working abroad and interacting with a wide variety of government, non-government and international institutions,” he said.

Valle’s office is in Career Services. His number is 277-7801. His email is vvalle@unm.edu.

 
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