John Wolf, a member of the Senior Foreign Service, was sworn in as Assistant Secretary of State for Nonproliferation on October 2, 2001. Prior to this appointment, Mr. Wolf served from 1999-2000 as Special Adviser to the President and Secretary of State for Caspian Basin Energy Diplomacy.

Mr. Wolf, who joined the Foreign Service in 1970, has served in Australia, Vietnam, Greece, and Pakistan as well as in Washington. He was Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs from 1989-1992. He served as Ambassador to Malaysia from 1992-1995. He was designated as APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) Coordinator in January, 1996, and confirmed as Ambassador to APEC in February, 1997.

Mr. Wolf graduated from Dartmouth College (B.A. 1970) and was a Mid-career Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University (1978-79). Mr. Wolf won the President's Meritorious Service Award in 1992, and in 1993, the Department of State's Charles E. Cobb, Jr. Award for Initiative and Success in Trade Development. In 1996, he received the annual APCAC Award from the Asia Pacific Council of American Chambers of Commerce. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is married and has two children.