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Riley is a career member of the [[Senior Foreign Service]], class of Minister-Counselor. He currentlypreviously servesserved as Ministerminister Counselorcounselor for Economic Affairs at the United States Embassy in [[Ottawa]], Canada]]. Rileyand previously servedalso as Consulconsul Generalgeneral at the U.S. Consulateconsulate Generalgeneral in [[Peshawar]], Pakistan]]. He has also served inas variousthe [[Charge d'affaires]] and [[deputy chief of mission]] roles at the U.S. Embassyembassy in [[Oslo]], Norway]], asassistant wellchief asof severalmission rolesat the U.S. embassy in [[AfghanistanKabul]]., OtherAfghanistan, assignments includeand Deputydeputy Chiefchief of Missionmission at the U.S. Embassyembassy in [[Sana’aSanaa]], Yemen]]. Riley also performed leadership roles during multiple tours in both Iraq and Afghanistan, serving as Senior Civilian Representative (SCR) for the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Nangarhar province, Afghanistan and two tours of duty in Iraq, both in Nassiriyah (Dhi Qar) province and at the U.S. embassy in Baghdad. His other leadership roles in the U.S. Foreign Service have included, Deputydeputy Directordirector of the Office of Egypt and Levant Affairs at the [[United States Department of State]], andas variouswell roles within [[Iraq]]. Riley has also hadas assignments in [[London]], England]], [[Moscow]], Russia]], [[Beijing]] and [[Chengdu, China]], as well as [[Kingston, Jamaica]]. Riley also has extensive private sector experience, having worked as a Strategy Consultant for both Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and PriceWaterhouseCoopers, LLC in Hong Kong and San Francisco, California, following earning his MBA at Harvard in 1997.

On March 27, 2023, President [[Joe Biden]] nominated Riley to be the next ambassador to Somalia.<ref name="WHBio" /> His nomination iswas pendingconfirmed beforeby the [[United States Senate Foreignvia Relations[[voice Committeevote]] on May 2, 2023. He was sworn into office on May 8, 2024.<ref name="Arrival">{{citeCite web |titledate=PN485June —17, 2024 |title=Ambassador Richard H. Riley IV — Department of State 118th Congress (2023-2024) |url=https://wwwso.congressusembassy.gov/nominationambassador-richard-h-riley/118th |access-congressdate=August 26, 2024 |website=U.S. Embassy in Somalia |language=en-US}}</485?qref> He arrived in Mogadishu on June 17, 2024.<ref name=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22somalia%22%5D%7D&s"Arrival" /> He presented his credentials to President [[Hassan Sheik Mohamud]] on June 21, 2024.<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1&r1804209182079352869 |user=1US2SOMALIA |websitetitle=USToday, Congressnew U.S. Ambassador to Somalia, Richard H. Riley, presented his Letters of Credence to His Excellency President @HassanSMohamud . 🇺🇸🤝🇸🇴 |access-date=29June April21, 20232024}}</ref>