Christopher W. S. Ross
Christopher W. S. Ross | |
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Ross in 2011 | |
| 7th United States Ambassador to Algeria | |
| In office August 12, 1988 – August 14, 1991 | |
| Preceded by | L. Craig Johnstone |
| Succeeded by | Mary Ann Casey |
| United States Ambassador to Syria | |
| In office August 2, 1991 – March 22, 1998 | |
| Preceded by | Edward Djerejian |
| Succeeded by | Ryan Crocker |
| 10th Coordinator for Counterterrorism | |
| In office March 30, 1998 – December 13, 1998 | |
| Preceded by | Philip C. Wilcox Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Michael A. Sheehan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 3, 1943 Quito, Ecuador |
| Profession | Diplomat, Career Ambassador |
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.