John W. Dinkelman

John Dinkelman
Dinkelman in 2024
Assistant Secretary of State for Administration
Acting
January 20, 2021 – December 6, 2021
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byCarrie Cabelka
Succeeded byAlaina B. Teplitz
Acting
March 12, 2019 – August 20, 2019
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byNicole Nason
Succeeded byCarrie Cabelka
United States Chargé d'affaires to The Bahamas
In office
November 21, 2011 – July 9, 2014
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byNicole Avant
Succeeded byLisa A. Johnson
(Charge d'affaries)
Personal details
Spouse
Elizabeth Newman
(m. 1993)
ChildrenThree
Parent(s)Alice Marie Dinkelman (DiDonato)
John H. Dinkelman
EducationBrigham Young University
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John Walter Dinkelman (born 1961) is president of the American Foreign Service Association (AFSA). He was one of 264 members of the United States Foreign Service dismissed from employment in the largest single reduction in force ever conducted by the U.S. Department of State on July 11, 2025. Prior to his separation from the service, Dinkelman had served thirty-seven years as a Foreign Service officer.