John Dimitri Negroponte is an American diplomat. In 2018, he was a James R. Schlesinger Distinguished Professor at the Miller Center for Public Affairs at the University of Virginia. He is a former J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Professor of International Affairs at the George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs. Prior to this appointment, he served as a research fellow and lecturer in international affairs at Yale University's Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, United States Deputy Secretary of State (2007–2009), and the first ever Director of National Intelligence (2005–2007).
Official portrait, 2007
John Negroponte at the Military Camp in Honduras in April 1984
John D. Negroponte's remarks at swearing in ceremony as new U.S. Ambassador to Iraq
Negroponte's swearing in ceremony as DNI.
Elliott School of International Affairs
The Elliott School of International Affairs is the professional school of international relations, foreign policy, and international development of the George Washington University, in Washington, D.C. It is highly ranked in international affairs and is the largest school of international relations in the United States.
The Elliott School is located across the street from the U.S. Department of State, U.S. Department of the Interior, the American Red Cross headquarters, and the General Services Administration and only blocks away from the White House.
An Elliott School event with the 2019 International Women of Courage recipients.
View from the Elliott School, with the Washington Monument in the back and the U.S. Department of the Interior & American Red Cross headquarters in the foreground.
Rawlins Park sits between the Elliott School & the U.S. Department of the Interior.