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.
Thomas Alfred Shannon Jr. is an American diplomat who served as Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs from 2016 to 2018. In early 2017,Shannon served as acting United States Secretary of State until President Donald Trump's nominee,Rex Tillerson,was confirmed. He was also acting Deputy Secretary of State of the United States until the Senate confirmed President Trump's nominee,John J. Sullivan.
Equatorial Guinea –United States relations are bilateral relations between Equatorial Guinea and the United States.
Philip Thomas Reeker is an American diplomat and career foreign service officer with the Department of State who currently serves as the senior advisor for Caucasus negotiations. He was previously Chargéd'affaires of the United States mission to the United Kingdom from 2021 to 2022 and acting assistant secretary of state in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs from 2019 to 2021.
Mary Burce Warlick is a Papua New Guinean-born,American diplomat who was appointed Deputy Executive Director of the International Energy Agency in May 2021. A former United States career diplomat,she served as the United States Ambassador to Serbia from January 2010 to September 2012,as the U.S. Consul General in Melbourne,Australia from October 2012 to July 2014,as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Energy Resources at the Department of State from August 2014 to September 2017,and as Acting Special Envoy and Coordinator for International Energy Affairs from January to September 2017.
Roberta S. Jacobson is an American diplomat who was the United States Ambassador to Mexico from June 2016 to May 2018. She previously served as the Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs from March 30,2012,to May 5,2016. The United States Senate approved her nomination as U.S. Ambassador to Mexico on April 28,2016. In March 2018,Jacobson announced her resignation effective May 5. Foreign Policy reported on January 18,2021 that Jacobson would be in charge of Mexico–United States border affairs at the National Security Council under President Joe Biden.
Maureen Elizabeth Cormack is an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2015 to 2019. She served as acting Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs from August to September 2021.
Robin Diallo is an American diplomat who is the current Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Haiti,serving under President Donald Trump.
W. Patrick Murphy is a career U.S. diplomat. A Senior Foreign Service Officer,he served as the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs from 2018 to 2019,fulfilling the duties of Acting Assistant Secretary,and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Southeast Asia and Multilateral Affairs,2016–2018. He previously served as Chargéd'affaires and Deputy Chief of Mission in the Kingdoms of Thailand and Lesotho. He was nominated on January 16,2019 to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Cambodia.
Eric Seth Rubin is an American diplomat who served as United States Ambassador to Bulgaria from 2016 to 2019.
Dereck J. Hogan is an American diplomat who served as United States Ambassador to Moldova. He currently serves as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs.
Sarah-Ann Lynch is the United States ambassador to Guyana. She was nominated by President Donald Trump on September 13,2018 and presented her credentials on March 13,2019 to President David Granger. Ambassador Lynch was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on January 2,and was sworn in on January 11,2019.
John Jefferson "Jeff" Daigle is an American diplomat who serves as the United States Ambassador to Cabo Verde,being sworn in on June 28,2019. Immediately prior to his Ambassadorship,Daigle served as Acting Executive Director for the U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy and Chief of Staff for the Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs. Daigle is one of five LGBT appointed ambassadors under the Trump administration.
Simon Henshaw was an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Guinea from 2019 until his death.
Peter Haymond is an American diplomat who has served as the United States Ambassador to Laos since 2020.
Julie D. Fisher is an American diplomat who served as the United States ambassador to Belarus from 2020 to 2022. In 2022,she was confirmed to serve as the United States ambassador to Cyprus. She previously served as a deputy assistant secretary of state.
Sandra Eliane Clark is an American diplomat currently serving as the United States Ambassador to Burkina Faso.
Cynthia Kierscht is an official at the United States Department of State who has served as the United States Ambassador to Mauritania since June 22,2021.
David R. Gilmour is an American diplomat who is serving as the United States Ambassador to Equatorial Guinea since 2022.
