About Christopher W.S. Ross
Born 1943. Christopher W.S. Ross is an American diplomat.
Christopher W. S. Ross (born October 4, 1943) is an Ecuadorian-born American former diplomat who served as United States Ambassador to Algeria and Syria. On January 7, 2009, he was appointed as the UN envoy to Western Sahara. He resigned in March 2017.
He was until recently a special adviser for the Middle East and North Africa at the U.S. mission to the United Nations. His father was Ambassador Claude Gordon "Tony" Ross. In 2003 he was the US State Department Senior Adviser for Arab World Public Diplomacy.
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When was Christopher W.S. Ross born?
Christopher W.S. Ross was born on 3 March 1943 in Quito.
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Christopher W.S. Ross is a diplomat.
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Christopher W.S. Ross is American.
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