Donald E. Booth | |
---|---|
![]() | |
United States Special Envoy for Sudan | |
In office June 10, 2019 –present | |
President | Donald J. Trump |
Preceded by | himself |
United States Special Envoy to Sudan and South Sudan | |
In office August 28,2013 –January 20,2017 | |
President | Barack Obama |
Preceded by | Princeton Lyman |
Succeeded by | himself |
United States Ambassador to Ethiopia | |
In office April 21,2010 –August 16,2013 | |
President | Barack Obama |
Preceded by | Donald Yamamoto |
Succeeded by | Patricia Haslach |
United States Ambassador to Zambia | |
In office October 23,2008 –March 17,2010 | |
President | George W. Bush Barack Obama |
Preceded by | Carmen Martinez |
Succeeded by | Mark Storella |
United States Ambassador to Liberia | |
In office August 9,2005 –July 11,2008 | |
President | George W. Bush |
Preceded by | John Blaney |
Succeeded by | Linda Thomas-Greenfield |
Personal details | |
Born | Elmira,New York,U.S. | July 13,1952
Alma mater | Georgetown University Boston University National Defense University |
Donald E. Booth (born 13 July 1952) is an American diplomat who is serving as the U.S. Special Envoy for Sudan. Between August 2013 and January 2017,he was the U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan and South Sudan. Prior to his appointments as special envoy,Booth served as the Ambassador of the United States to Liberia,Zambia,and Ethiopia.
Booth attended Georgetown University,where he earned a bachelor's degree in foreign service;Boston University,where he earned an MBA;and the National War College,where he earned a master's degree in national security studies. [1]
Booth initially served in a number of diplomatic posts,including Economic Counselor in Athens,Division Chief of Bilateral Trade Affairs at the State Department,International Relations Officer in the Office of Eastern European Affairs,desk officer for the Office of Egyptian Affairs and the Office of East African Affairs,and various positions at the U.S. embassies to Romania,Gabon,Liberia,and Belgium. [2]
Immediately prior to his appointment as ambassador to Liberia in 2005,he had served as Deputy Director of the Office of Southern African Affairs,Director of the Office of West African Affairs,and Director of the Office of Technical and Specialized Agencies in the State Department's Bureau of International Organization Affairs. [2]
Booth was appointed Ambassador to Liberia by George W. Bush in 2005;he was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on June 16,2005,and arrived in Liberia on July 29. [2] On June 4,2008,he was confirmed as the new U.S. ambassador to Zambia. [1] He left his post in Liberia on July 11, [2] and took up the post in Zambia on September 19. [1]
He was nominated to become Ambassador to Ethiopia by President Barack Obama on December 9,2009,and was confirmed by the U.S. Senate. [3] He was nominated to become the U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan and South Sudan by President Obama on Wednesday,August 28,2013. [4] [5] Booth served as the US Envoy to Sudan and South Sudan until 2017. He led the U.S. government's effort to "normalize relations" with the government of Sudan [6] [7] [8]
The Trump administration re-appointed Donald Booth to be the Special Envoy for Sudan on June 10,2019,and announced his appointment two days later. [9]
In the United States government,the Bureau of African Affairs (AF) is part of the U.S. Department of State and is charged with advising the Secretary of State on matters of Sub-Saharan Africa. The bureau was established in 1958. It is headed by the Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs who reports to the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs. Molly Phee is the current Assistant Secretary.
David Michael Satterfield is an American diplomat and ambassador,who has served extensively in the Middle East,including the Persian Gulf area,Lebanon,and Iraq. He later served as a senior advisor on Iraq for Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and was director general of the Multinational Force and Observers,the peacekeeping force for the Sinai Peninsula from June 2009 until August 2017. He was chargéd'affaires to Egypt from August 2013 to January 2014 and was subsequently Special Advisor to the Secretary of State for Libya. From September 2017 to June 2019 he served as the acting assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs,and was confirmed as U.S. ambassador to Turkey on June 27,2019.
David Maclain Hale is an American diplomat and career ambassador,who previously served as the United States Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs. He is currently a Distinguished Diplomatic Fellow at the Wilson Center,on detail from the Department of State.
Sudan–United States relations are the bilateral relations between Sudan and the United States. The United States government has been critical of Sudan's human rights record and has dispatched a strong UN Peacekeeping force to Darfur. Relations between both countries in recent years have greatly improved,with Sudan's post-revolutionary government compensating American victims of al-Qaeda terror attacks,the removal of Sudan from the State Department's blacklist of state sponsors of terrorism and the United States Congress having reinstated Sudan's sovereign immunity in December 2020.
Jonathan Scott Gration is a former United States Air Force officer who worked as a policy advisor to President Barack Obama.
Richard Rahul Verma is an American diplomat,who serves as the deputy secretary of state for management and resources,a position he has held since April 5,2023. He served as the assistant secretary of state for legislative affairs from 2009 to 2011,and as the U.S. ambassador to India from 2014 to 2017. He served as the chief legal officer and head of global public policy at Mastercard,from 2020 to 2023,and as the vice chair of the Asia Group from 2017 to 2020,where he oversaw the firm's South Asia practice. He also practiced law for many years at Steptoe &Johnson LLP in Washington DC,and served as a Senior Counselor and Lead of the India and South Asia practice at Albright Stonebridge Group.
The Office of the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism is an office of the Under Secretary for Civilian Security,Democracy,and Human Rights at the United States Department of State. The office "advances U.S. foreign policy on antisemitism" by developing and implementing policies and projects to support efforts to combat antisemitism.
Sung Yong Kim is an American diplomat of Korean descent who has served as the United States Special Representative for North Korea Policy since 2021,and previously from 2014 to 2016. He has also served as the acting Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs from January to June 2021.
African-Americans in foreign policy in the United States catalogs distinguished African Americans who have and continue to contribute to international development,diplomacy,and defense through their work with the U.S. Department of State,the U.S. Agency for International Development,the U.S. Information Agency,and the U.S. Congress,and other notable agencies and non-governmental organizations. The creators acknowledge the presence of the interagency contributions to the foreign affairs realm,and welcome additional content to showcase the achievements of African-Americans in other relevant USG agencies.
South Sudan–United States relations are the bilateral relations between the Republic of South Sudan and the United States of America.
Michael A. Hammer is an American diplomat who is serving as the United States Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa as of 2022. A career member of the United States Foreign Service,Hammer previously served as the United States ambassador to Chile from 2014 to 2016 and the United States ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 2018 to 2022.
Joseph Estey Macmanus is an American diplomat who served as Executive Secretary of the United States Department of State from 2014 to 2017. Prior to that,he served as the U.S. Ambassador to International Organizations in Vienna from 2012 to 2014,as well as interim coordinator for efforts to implement President Barack Obama's Iran Nuclear Deal in 2015.
Lucy Tamlyn is an American diplomat who has served as the United States ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo since February 2023. She previously served as chargéd'affaires to Sudan;as United States ambassador to the Central African Republic;and as United States ambassador to Benin.
Mary Catherine "Molly" Phee is an American diplomat who has served as assistant secretary of state for African affairs since September 2021. She previously served as the U.S. ambassador to South Sudan from 2015 to 2017. She is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service with the rank of minister counselor.
Deborah Ruth Malac is an American diplomat,who served as the United States Ambassador to Uganda. She was nominated by President Barack Obama and was confirmed by the Senate Nov. 19,2015. She previously served as United States Ambassador to Liberia.
Michael Arthur Raynor is an American Foreign Service Officer specializing in relations with Africa who has served as the United States ambassador to Senegal and the United States ambassador to Guinea-Bissau since 2022. He was the United States ambassador to Ethiopia until January 2021. He previously served as the Director of the Office of Career Development and Assignments in the Bureau of Human Resources of the United States Department of State. Raynor served as United States Ambassador to Benin from 2012 to 2015 after being nominated by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the U.S. Senate. Prior to his post in Benin,he was deputy executive director and then executive director of the Bureau of African Affairs.
Michael A. McCarthy is an American diplomat who had served as the United States Ambassador to Liberia from January 22,2021 to July 12,2023.
David John Young is an American diplomat who was the United States Ambassador to Malawi.