Ambassador Robert H. Pelletreau entered the
Foreign Service in 1962. From 1973 to 1975 Ambassador Pelletreau was a Political Officer in
Algiers, Algeria; and served in several capacities in Jordan, Lebanon, Mauritania and Morocco. He became Deputy Chief of Mission in
Damascus, Syria in 1975. He remained in that position until 1978. A year later he became the
Ambassador to the State of Bahrain until 1980. He became the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Near East and South Asia at the
Pentagon, 1980–1981. He was Country Director for Arabian Peninsula Affairs at the
Department of State, 1981–1982, and from 1983–1985 the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs at the Department of State. He appeared before the Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East of the House Foreign Affairs Committee on September 26, 1983, addressing
Major U.S. Interests in the Middle East. He was Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense from 1985–1987. Afterwards, he was
Ambassador to the Republic of Tunisia from 1987 to 1991. Prior to his most recent position, Ambassador Pelletreau had served as
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Arab Republic of Egypt on July 31, 1991. Mr. Pelletreau, Jr. was sworn in as
Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs on February 18, 1994. ==Family==