James W. Pardew (born 5 February 1944) is an American diplomat and former U.S. ambassador to Bulgaria.
He was born in Memphis, Tennessee. Pardew is a graduate of the U.S. Army War College and earned a B.S. degree in Journalism at Arkansas State University in 1966 and an M.A. in Political Science at Loyola University of Chicago in 1973.
He began his career in military. Pardew served as Director of Foreign Intelligence and Chief of Current Intelligence, Army General Staff, from 1988 to 1992 during the collapse of the Soviet Union and the war with Iraq.
Pardew directed the Military Train and Equip Program for Bosnia from 1996 to 1999, and represented the Secretary of Defense on the U.S. negotiating team that concluded the Dayton Peace Agreement ending the war in Bosnia.
From 1999-2001 he served as Deputy Special Advisor to President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State for Democracy in the Balkans during the conflict in Kosovo and subsequent peace implementation.
He was also the U.S. negotiator of the Framework Agreement in Macedonia.
Between 2002-2005 Pardew served as the U.S. ambassador to Bulgaria.
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| Preceded by Richard Miles |
United States Ambassador to Bulgaria 2002–2005 |
Succeeded by John Beyrle |