Earl R. Miller

Miller graduated from the University of Michigan with a Bachelor of Arts in 1981.{{cite web | title=Miller, Earl R - Republic of Botswana - 6- 2014 | website=U.S. Department of State | url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/m/dghr/coc/2014/228364.htm | access-date=2018-01-15}}

Miller served as a United States Marine Corps officer where served on active duty until 1984 and in the reserves until 1992 where he took part in the Persian Gulf War. He joined the United States Department of State in 1987 where he initially worked as a desk officer in the agency's Southern Africa section. He then joined the Diplomatic Security Service as a special agent in Miami, San Francisco, and assistant regional security officer in El Salvador. In 1995, Miller became the regional security officer (RSO) for the U.S. embassy in Gaborone, Botswana. He served in this capacity in a number of countries including Malaysia, Indonesia, Iraq, and India.{{cite web | title=U.S. Ambassador to Botswana: Who Is Earl R. Miller? | website=AllGov | date=2002-08-31 | url=http://www.allgov.com/news?news=854366 | access-date=2018-01-15}} While posted in Malaysia, Miller took part in the investigation of an ambush in eastern Indonesia that saw two U.S. schoolteachers murdered.{{cite web | last=Bonner | first=Raymond | title=U.S. Links Indonesian Troops to Deaths of 2 Americans | website=The New York Times | date=2003-01-30 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/30/world/us-links-indonesian-troops-to-deaths-of-2-americans.html | access-date=2018-01-15}}{{cite web|title=Ambassador Earl R. Miller|url=https://bw.usembassy.gov/our-relationship/our-ambassador/|website=U.S. Embassy in Botswana|accessdate=January 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013173045/https://bw.usembassy.gov/our-relationship/our-ambassador/|archive-date=October 13, 2017|url-status=dead}} He was the Consul General of the United States to South Africa in Johannesburg from 2011 to 2014.{{cite web|title=Earl R. Miller|url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/241340.htm|website=United States Department of State|accessdate=January 13, 2018}}{{cite book|author=IBP, Inc.|title=Botswana Investment and Business Guide Volume 1 Strategic and Practical Information|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9jm4DAAAQBAJ&pg=PA30|date=11 September 2015|publisher=Lulu.com|isbn=978-1-5145-2879-2|pages=30–}}

Starting December 18, 2014, Miller served as the United States Ambassador to Botswana. In January 2018, Miller was asked by Botswana government officials if the State Department regarded Botswana as a "shithole" country after President Donald J. Trump was reported to have used that word to refer to African nations in a private meeting on immigration with lawmakers.{{cite news|last1=Bentson|first1=Clark|title=World leaders slam Trump's 's---hole countries' remarks: 'Offensive,' 'shocking,' 'shameful'|url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/world-leaders-slam-trumps-hole-countries-remarks-offensive/story?id=52309707|accessdate=January 13, 2018|work=ABC News|date=January 12, 2018}} Miller was awarded the Award for Heroism from the Diplomatic Security Service, the Shield of Bravery from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Secretary's Distinguished Service Award from Secretary of State Antony Blinken on May 20, 2022.{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/State_SCA/status/1527696403199406083?cxt=HHwWhsC91Zvyu7MqAAAA|accessdate=2022-05-20|title=Secretary Blinken presents Distinguished Service Award}} He is fluent in Indonesian, French, and Spanish.

In July 2018, Miller was nominated by President Donald Trump to be the next U.S. Ambassador to Bangladesh.{{cite web | title=PN2324 — Earl Robert Miller — Department of State | website=U.S. Congress | date=2018-07-23 | url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/115th-congress/2324 | access-date=2018-07-24}}

During the 2018 Bangladesh election violence he expressed his concern and played a crucial role in restoring peace and end violence.{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/us-concerned-over-violence-election-day-in-bagnladesh-us-ambassador-earl-robert-miller-1679530|title=US concerned over pre-polls violence in last two weeks: US envoy|date=2018-12-27|work=The Daily Star|language=en|access-date=2018-12-28}}{{Cite news |title=US envoy Miller leaves Bangladesh with no audience by president, PM|url=https://www.newagebd.net/article/160596/us-envoy-miller-leaves-bangladesh-with-no-audience-by-president-pm|access-date=2022-01-22|work=New Age |language=en}} Miller left Bangladesh on January 21, 2022.{{Cite tweet |number=1484511395446198281 |user=USAmbBangladesh |title=It has been one of the great honors and joys of my life to serve as the U.S. Ambassador to Bangladesh the past three years. I depart with wonderful memories and a grateful heart. |date=2022-01-21 |access-date=2022-01-23 }}

Miller was previously married to Ana Miller, originally an El Salvadoran national. They have two sons, Alexander and Andrew.{{cite web|title=Testimony of Earl Miller Ambassador-Designate to the Republic of Botswana|url=https://www.foreign.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Miller%20Testimony.pdf|website=Senate Committee on Foreign Relations|publisher=United States Department of State|accessdate=January 13, 2018|date=July 29, 2014|quote=I am also deeply grateful for the support of my wife, Ana, and sons, Andrew and Alexander.}} Miller speaks French, Spanish, and Indonesian.

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