John R. Dinger

Who is John R. Dinger?

John R. Dinger

During a career of more than 30 years in the United States Foreign Service, John Dinger held leadership positions in the Department of State as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Intelligence and Research, Chair of State’s Cyber Policy Group, Deputy Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Ambassador to Mongolia, and Director of the State Department Office of Press Relations.

Ambassador Dinger has been a Senior Inspector in the State Department’s Office of the Inspector General since 2013. He was Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Intelligence and Research 2006-2012. He led some 300 staff and managed a $60 million budget to supply Secretaries of State Hillary Clinton and Condoleezza Rice with expert analysis of every country and every issue in the world. While in that position, he established State’s first Office of Cyber Affairs, chaired its Cyber Policy Group, and pioneered the foreign policy of cyberspace.

Ambassador Dinger was Deputy Coordinator for Counterterrorism at the State Department 2003–2005. He developed significant portions of U.S. counterterrorism policy.