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Christopher Teal

Consul General
U.S. Department of State

Christopher Teal is a career diplomat with the U.S. State Department and a member of the Senior Foreign Service with the rank of Minister Counselor.
Prior to his assignment as Consul General in Tijuana, Mexico, Chris was the director of the State Department’s Career Development and Assignments Mid-Level Division. Chris also served a faculty assignment at the Inter-American Defense College in Washington, D.C., teaching graduate classes to senior-level Latin American officials.

Prior to that, he was awarded the Una Chapman Cox Fellowship, where he directed, wrote, and produced a documentary on the first African American diplomat, Ebenezer D. Bassett. The film, A Diplomat of Consequence , tells the story of this groundbreaking diplomat 150 years after his appointment.

He has a B.A. from the University of Arkansas and an M.A. from George Washington University.

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