John W. Dinkelman
John Dinkelman | |
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Dinkelman in 2024 | |
| Assistant Secretary of State for Administration | |
| Acting January 20, 2021 – December 6, 2021 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Carrie Cabelka |
| Succeeded by | Alaina B. Teplitz |
| Acting March 12, 2019 – August 20, 2019 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Nicole Nason |
| Succeeded by | Carrie Cabelka |
| United States Chargé d'affaires to The Bahamas | |
| In office November 21, 2011 – July 9, 2014 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Nicole Avant |
| Succeeded by | Lisa A. Johnson (Charge d'affaries) |
| Personal details | |
| Spouse |
Elizabeth Newman (m. 1993) |
| Children | Three |
| Parent(s) | Alice Marie Dinkelman (DiDonato) John H. Dinkelman |
| Education | Brigham 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.