Deputy Chief of Mission
Brad Freden
Mr. Freden assumed his current position as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Ljubljana, Slovenia, in August 2008. His previous assignments include Counselor for Political and Economic Affairs in Sofia, Bulgaria; Political-Military Affairs Officer in Prague, Czech Republic; Political Officer in Colombo, Sri Lanka; and Vice Consul in Merida, Mexico. He also served in Washington in the State Department’s Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs and the State Department Operations Center. Prior to joining the Foreign Service, Mr. Freden was in the U.S. Air Force for four years.
Mr. Freden is a graduate of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, where he received a master’s degree in International Relations, and Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service, where he majored in International Politics. He is originally from California. Mr. Freden’s wife, Piedad, is a bacteriologist by training. They have two school-age children.