On July 11, 2022, President Joe Biden announced his intention to nominate Richard Mills, Jr., Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Federal Republic of Nigeria. On July 28, 2022, the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee received the nomination.
Richard Mills, Jr., a career member of the Senior Foreign Service with the rank of Minister-Counselor, currently serves as the U.S. Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations. Previously, he was Deputy Chief of Mission and then Chargé d’Affaires a.i. at the U.S. Mission to Canada.
Before that, Mills served as U.S. Ambassador to Armenia. He has also served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, and as Deputy Chief of Mission and Chargé d’Affaires a.i. At U.S. Embassy Valetta, Malta. Other assignments include Senior Democracy Advisor at U.S. Embassy Baghdad, Political Counselor at U.S. Embassy London, and Political Officer at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations.
Before joining the Foreign Service, Mills was an Associate Attorney with the Duncan, Allen, and Mitchell firm in Washington, D.C. A native of Louisiana, Mills earned a B.A. in Foreign Service from Georgetown University, a J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law, and an M.S. in National Security Policy from the National Defense University. He receives multiple State Department awards and speaks French and Russian.
