Tracey Ann Jacobson

Tracey Ann Jacobson (born 1965)[1] is an American diplomat and a former United States ambassador to Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kosovo and Ethiopia.

[3][4][5] She retired then returned to active duty in 2021 as the State Department's Director of the Afghanistan Task Force,[6][7] and then as Chargé d’Affaires, ad interim, at the Embassy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Jacobson is a career member of the United States Foreign Service and served overseas in Seoul, South Korea, Nassau, Bahamas, and Moscow, Russia.

From February 25, 2022 to September 25, 2023, she had served as Chargé d’Affaires, ad interim, at the Embassy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

[10] On January 25, 2024, President Joe Biden nominated Jacobson to serve as the United States ambassador to Iraq.