High Representative Christian Schmidt welcomed the appointment of Jonathan Mennuti as the new Principal Deputy High Representative and Brčko District Supervisor today.
“It is my pleasure to welcome Jonathan Mennuti as my Principal Deputy at the Office of the High Representative and as the new Brčko District Supervisor. I am certain that his vast experience and knowledge of the situation in the region will contribute significantly to the implementation of the OHR’s mission.
At the same time, I commend the United States’ unwavering dedication and support to a single, sovereign BiH,” said the High Representative.
He is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of Minister Counselor. Prior to arriving in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mr. Mennuti was acting Chief of Staff to the Under Secretary of State for Management and Director of Career Development and Assignments for the U.S. Foreign Service in Washington, D.C.
Previous assignments in Washington include Deputy Executive Director for the Bureaus of European Affairs and International Organization Affairs, and Deputy Executive Director for the State Department’s Executive Secretariat. His overseas assignments include Istanbul, Turkey; Belgrade, Serbia; Almaty and Astana, Kazakhstan; and Moscow, Russia. Prior to joining the State Department, he worked for the U.S. Department of Commerce at the U.S. Embassies in Athens, Greece and Seoul, South Korea.
Mr. Mennuti holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Foreign Service from Georgetown University and a Master of Arts in International Relations from Yale University. He has studied Bosnian, Turkish, Serbian, Russian, and Greek.
