# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-e-ward
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:11:02.211Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-e-ward"
name: "William E. Ward"
slug: "william-e-ward"
description: "William E. \"Kip\" Ward is a retired United States Army general officer who served as the inaugural Commander of United States Africa Command from 1 October 2007 to 8 March 2011. During his long career in public service, he has taught international affairs and relations at West Point, US Military Academy; served as Commander of Stabilization Force, Operation Joint Forge, Sarajevo, Bosnia; was appointed the Secretary of State's Security Coordinator to the Israel - Palestinian Authority; Deputy Commander, Headquarters US European Command, Stuttgart, Germany; and many other progressively responsible assignments. He later retired and served as President and chief operating officer of the logistics, IT, and engineering business, V2X."
tagline: "United States general"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/General_Kip_Ward_November_2009.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1949-03-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump