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Charles P. Ries (born 1951) is the vice president, International at the Rand Corporation.

Diplomatic career

Ries joined the foreign service in 1975. He was the United States Minister for Economic Affairs and Coordinator for Economic Transition in Iraq, serving at American Embassy Baghdad.

Ries served as U.S. Ambassador to Greece (2004–07) and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs (2000–04), in the latter capacity overseeing the U.S.-European Union relationship, economics, energy, and public diplomacy.

Ries had earlier assignments in London, Brussels, Ankara and the Santo Domingo. He was detailed to USTR as Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for North American Affairs and was a member of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) negotiating team. At State Department headquarters, Ries worked on international energy and G-7/G-8 Summits, among other issues.

Education

He attended Asheville School. Ries holds B.A. and M.A. degrees from the Johns Hopkins University.

Personal

Ries is married to Marcie Berman Ries, the former U.S. ambassador to Bulgaria.

See also

• Embassy of the United States in Baghdad
• Embassy of the United States in Athens
• United States Ambassador to Greece

References

1. "Charles P. Ries - RAND Profile". RAND. Retrieved February 21, 2014.
2. "The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR CHARLES P. RIES" (PDF). Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training. 27 April 2010. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 July 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.

External links

• Appearances on C-SPAN

v t e United States ambassadors to Greece
Kingdom of Greece (1868–1924)	Tuckerman J. Francis Read Schuyler Fearn Snowden Beale Alexander Rockhill Hardy C. Francis Jackson Pearson Moses Schurman Williams Droppers Capps
Second Hellenic Republic	Laughlin Skinner MacVeagh
Kingdom of Greece (1935–1973) Military junta (1967–1974)	MacVeagh Biddle Kirk MacVeagh Grady Peurifoy Cannon Allen Riddleberger Briggs Labouisse Talbot Tasca
Junta-declared Republic (1973–1974) Third Hellenic Republic (1974–present)	Tasca Kubisch McCloskey Stearns Keeley Sotirhos Niles Burns Miller Ries Speckhard Smith Pearce Pyatt Tsunis

• Johns Hopkins University alumni
• Ambassadors of the United States to Greece
• 1951 births
• Living people
• Asheville School alumni
• Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies alumni