Paul W. Jones arrived in Manila on September 15, 2005, to assume the duties of Deputy Chief of Mission for the U.S. Embassy in Manila. He is a career member of the State Department's Senior Foreign Service.

Mr. Jones served previously as United States Deputy Representative to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in Vienna, Austria; Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Skopje, Macedonia; as well as assignments in Russia, Colombia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. In the State Department, Mr. Jones was Director of the Executive Secretariat Staff, supporting the Secretary of State, and Director of the Office of South Central Europe, responsible for U.S. policy in the Balkans. He also server as Desk Officer for The Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg, and Watch Officer in the Operating Center.

Mr. Jones is a graduate of the State Department's premier education and training program, the Senior Seminar. He received a master’s degree in National Security Studies from the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island, graduating with Highest Distinction and receiving the Middendorf Award. He holds a master’s degree in public administration from the University of Virginia. Mr. Jones graduated from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, with a bachelor’s degree in history.

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