Consul General

Bruce Williamson
Consul General of the United States of America

Consul General Bruce Williamson

Bruce Williamson joined the State Department in 1985 and is a member of the Senior Foreign Service.  He has been posted to a variety of assignments overseas and domestically.  From September 2004 to July 2007, he was assigned as Economic Counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Brasilia.  In that capacity, he was responsible for overseeing reporting on, and analysis of, the full range of economic, trade, financial, and energy issues by the Embassy and U.S. Consulates in Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, and Recife.   

Previously to that assignment, from 2003 to 2004 he served as a Senior Advisor in the Latin America Office of the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement, focusing on issues involving Brazil and Peru.  Mr. Williamson also served as both Deputy Director, and Acting Director, of the Department’s Office of Economic Sanctions Policy from 2000 to 2002 and Economic/Commercial Counselor in El Salvador from 1997 to 2000.  He was assigned as Political Officer at the U.S. Consulate in Sao Paulo, Brazil from 1994 to 1997.  He served as the Desk Officer for the Department’s Office of Andean Affairs from 1991 to 1994.  Previous tours include stints as an Economic Officer in Oslo, Norway (1987-1989) and Vice-Consul in Kingston, Jamaica (1985-1986).    

Mr. Williamson has a M.S. in Strategic Studies from the National War College (2003), a J.D. from Harvard Law School (1981), and a B.A. in Economics & Political Science from Yale University (1978).  His foreign languages are Portuguese, Spanish, and Norwegian.

Currently he is Consul General of the United States in Monterrey, Mexico.  He arrived in Monterrey in August 2007, accompanied by his wife, Liliane, and his daughter, Grace.