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{{About||John Ordway (c.1775 – c.1817), member of the Lewis and Clark expedition|John Ordway}}
{{Infobox Ambassador
|name         = John M. Ordway
|image        = John M Ordway.jpg

|country       = Kazakhstan
|president    = [[George W. Bush]]
|ambassador_from = United States
|term_start   = May 12, 2004 
|term_end     = October 7, 2008
|predecessor  = [[Larry C. Napper]]
|successor    = [[Richard E. Hoagland]]

|country2       = Armenia
|ambassador_from2 = United States
|president2    = [[George W. Bush]]
|term_start2  = November 5, 2001 
|term_end2    = July 31, 2004 
|predecessor2  = [[Michael Craig Lemmon]]
|successor2    = [[John Marshall Evans]]

|birth_date         = {{birth year and age|1950}}
|birth_place        = 
|death_date         = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} or {{Death-date and age|Month DD, YYYY|Month DD, YYYY}} (death date then birth date) -->
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|alma_mater         = [[Stanford University]];<br/> [[University of California]]
}}
'''John Malcolm Ordway''' (born 1950, in [[California]]) retired from the [[United States Foreign Service]] in 2008 as a [[Senior Foreign Service]] officer. Prior to his retirement, he served as the [[United States Ambassador to Kazakhstan]] from August 30, 2004 to October 7, 2008, and as the [[United States Ambassador to Armenia]] from November 2001 to August 2004.<ref>[http://bciu.org/wip06/online_event_invitation.asp?currentorpast=&eventsorprograms=tbl_events&IDNumber=1067&ProgramIDNumber=0&Keycode=4523432 Kazakhstan: Luncheon with The Honorable John Ordway - Houston, Texas] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005001126/http://bciu.org/wip06/online_event_invitation.asp?currentorpast=&eventsorprograms=tbl_events&IDNumber=1067&ProgramIDNumber=0&Keycode=4523432 |date=2013-10-05 }}</ref><ref>[http://2001-2009.state.gov/outofdate/bios/o/36242.htm Biography John M. Ordway]</ref><ref>[http://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/ordway-john-malcolm John Malcolm Ordway (1950-)]</ref>

==Career==
Following his retirement, the [[United States Department of State]] tapped Mr. Ordway to serve as interim [[Chargé d'Affaires]] at five United States embassies: [[Kathmandu, Nepal|Kathmandu]], [[Nepal]] (December 2009 – January 2010), [[Sofia, Bulgaria|Sofia]], [[Bulgaria]] (August 2009 – November 2009), [[Vienna]], [[Austria]] (May 2009 – July 2009), [[Prague]], [[Czech Republic]] (May 2010 – August 2010), and [[Astana, Kazakhstan|Astana]], [[Kazakhstan]] (January 2011 – July 2011, and again from October 2013 - December 2014).

Mr. Ordway’s distinguished career with the Foreign Service began in 1975. He has an extensive background in Soviet and Russian affairs, as well as experience in European security affairs, conflict resolution, and peacekeeping operations. Prior becoming a Senior Foreign Service officer, Mr. Ordway served abroad at the U.S. Embassies in Prague (1978–1981), Moscow (1985–87), and in Brussels at the U.S. Mission to NATO (1993–1995). He was in Moscow from 1996 to 2001, serving the last two years as Deputy Chief of Mission. While in Moscow, he also was chairman of Anglo-American School Board during the successful construction of a new 1200-student facility.

In Washington, Mr. Ordway worked in the State Department’s Press Office, the Office of Southern African Affairs, and twice in the Office of Soviet Union Affairs. He served twice as Director of African Affairs for the National Security Council (NSC). During this period, he was a member of the U.S. negotiating team that achieved and then helped implement the agreement that led to Cuban withdrawal from Angola and the independence of Namibia. At the NSC, he was deeply involved in the decision-making process in 1992–1993 that led to American military participation in efforts to overcome starvation in Somalia.

==Life==
Ordway graduated from [[Stanford University]] in 1972 and the [[University of California]]'s Hastings College of Law in 1975. He speaks [[Russian language|Russian]], [[French language|French]], [[Italian language|Italian]], [[Czech language|Czech]], [[Kazakh language|Kazakh]], and [[Armenian language|Armenian]].

==References==
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==External links==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100527093255/http://prague.usembassy.gov/charge.html U.S. Embassy in Prague, Czech Republic: Biography of John M. Ordway]

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{{succession box | before = [[Michael Craig Lemmon]] | title = [[United States Ambassador to Armenia]]  | years = 2001–2004 | after = [[John Marshall Evans]] }}
{{succession box | before = [[Larry C. Napper]] | title = [[United States Ambassador to Kazakhstan]]  | years = 2004–2008 | after = [[Richard E. Hoagland]] }}
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[[Category:People from Gilroy, California]]