Ambassador
Former Consul General Brian L. Browne
Mr. Browne was born February 8 in Huntsville, Alabama. He resides in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Mr. Browne graduated from the Elliot School of International Affairs, George Washington University with a B.A. in International Politics in 1980. He also attended the national Law Center, George Washington University where he received a J.D. in 1983.
Mr. Browne practiced law for five years in Southern Florida, specializing in commercial litigation. He joined the Foreign Service in 1988. His first assignment was in Panama in 1988-89 as a Consular Officer. After Panama, he was assigned to Lagos from 1989-1991 where he served in the Consular and Political Sections. From 1991-1994, Mr. Browne served in Liberia as Political Officer and Acting Political Counselor. From 1994-95, he worked in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor as Staff Assistant and Acting Special Assistant. He served in the office of the Secretary of State as a Special Assistant from 1995-96. He was assigned as the Liberia Desk Officer from 1996-98.
In 1998, Mr. Browne was the recipient of the Una Chapman Cox Fellowship. In 1999, he was appointed Deputy Chief of Mission to the Gambia, where he served until 2001. From 2001-03, he was the Political Counselor in Abuja.
He attended the National War College from 2003 to 2004 where he received a M.SC in National Security Strategy.
Brian L. Brown Programs and Speeches
