Not to be confused with Christopher Ford (screenwriter).
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Christopher Ashley Ford
Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs
Acting
In office October 21, 2019 – January 8, 2021
President
Donald Trump
Preceded by
Andrea L. Thompson
Succeeded by
C.S. Eliot Kang (acting)
In office January 9, 2018 – April 30, 2018
President
Donald Trump
Preceded by
C.S. Eliot Kang (acting)
Succeeded by
Andrea L. Thompson
Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Nonproliferation
In office January 9, 2018 – January 8, 2021
President
Donald Trump
Preceded by
C.S. Eliot Kang (acting)
Succeeded by
C.S. Eliot Kang (acting)
Personal details
Born
1967 (age 56–57)
Political party
Republican
Education
Harvard University (BA) Christ Church, Oxford (MA, DPhil) Yale University (JD)
Christopher Ashley Ford (born 1967) is an American lawyer and government official who served from January 2018 until January 2021 as Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Non-Proliferation. He was nominated to that position by President Donald Trump,[1] and confirmed unanimously by the U.S. Senate on December 21, 2017.[2] After October 21, 2019, Ford also, by delegation from Secretary of State Michael Pompeo, performed the duties of the Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security until his resignation from the Department of State on January 8, 2021.
Before his appointment as Assistant Secretary of State, Ford served in the Trump administration as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Weapons of Mass Destruction and Counterproliferation on the United States National Security Council staff, and a senior U.S. State Department official in the George W. Bush administration working on issues of nuclear proliferation and arms control verification and compliance policy.[3] He has also worked as a Senate staffer, as well as for the Hudson Institute.
^"President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Personnel to Key Administration Posts". The White House. October 31, 2017. Archived from the original on November 1, 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2017. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^"PN1204 — Christopher Ashley Ford — Department of State". U.S. Congress. December 21, 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
^Rogin, Josh (January 25, 2017). "Trump team narrowing search for State Department's No. 2 official". Washington Post. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
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