(Reuters) - Below is the trajectory of Deputy Secretary of State Bill Burns 31-year rise from a consular officer at the U.S. embassy in Amman to the State Department's second-ranking official.
1982 Entered Foreign Service
1982-1984 Consular/Political Officer, Amman, Jordan
1984-1985 Staff Assistant, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs
1985-1986 Special Assistant, Deputy Secretary's office
1986-1989 National Security Council staff, Near East office
1989-1993 Deputy Director, Acting Director, Policy Planning Staff
1993-1994 Russian language training, Garmisch, Germany
1994-1996 Political Counselor, U.S. Embassy Moscow
1996-1998 Special Assistant to the Secretary of State, Executive Secretary, U.S. State Department
1998-2001 Ambassador to Jordan
2001-2005 Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs
2005-2008 Ambassador to Russia
2008-2011 Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
2011-present Deputy Secretary of State
(Reporting By Arshad Mohammed; Editing by Tim Dobbyn)