Professional Affiliation

Chargé d’Affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Uruguay

Expert Bio

Brad Freden is the Chargé​ d’Affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Montevideo, Uruguay, having previously served as Deputy Chief of Mission since July 2013. He came to Montevideo from the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island, where he served as the State Department Faculty Advisor and taught a course on Strategy & Policy. His previous assignments include Deputy Chief of Mission and Chargé d’Affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Ljubljana, Slovenia; Counselor for Political and Economic Affairs in Sofia, Bulgaria; Political-Military Affairs Officer in Prague, Czech Republic; Political Officer in Colombo, Sri Lanka; and Vice Consul in Mérida, Mexico. He also served in Washington in the State Department Operations Center and the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs.  Freden received his commission as a Foreign Service Officer in 1990, and in 2012 he was promoted into the Senior Foreign Service. He completed his undergraduate studies in International Politics at Georgetown University and holds a Master’s degree in National Security and Strategic Studies from the Naval War College, as well as a Master’s in International Relations from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.