Robert Jackson
United States Ambassador to Ghana
In office
November 30, 2015 – July 27, 2018
PresidentBarack Obama
Donald Trump
Preceded byMelinda Tabler-Stone (Acting)
Succeeded byStephanie S. Sullivan
United States Ambassador to Cameroon
In office
October 19, 2010 – October 5, 2013
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byJanet Garvey
Succeeded byMichael Hoza
Personal details
Born1956 (age 67–68)
Tennessee, U.S.
Alma materBowdoin College
George Washington University
National Defense University

Robert Porter Jackson (born 1956 in Paris, Tennessee)[1][2] is a retired American foreign service officer and diplomat. He was a career member of the Senior Foreign Service with the rank of Minister-Counselor.

Education

He received his B.A. from Bowdoin College, his M.A. from The George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs and his M.S. from National Defense University.[3] [4]

Career

After earning his B.A., Jackson taught English and American Civilization at the University of Clermont II in Clermont-Ferrand, France. He worked briefly for the U.S. Department of Commerce and the Internal Revenue Service before becoming an English teacher at Institut Montana in Zugerberg, Switzerland.

Jackson began his Foreign Service career in 1982, serving as a Consular and Economic Officer at the U.S. Consulate General in Montreal, Canada. In 1985, he transferred to the U.S. Embassy in Bujumbura, Burundi, where he developed a lifelong passion for Africa.

He was a career member of the Senior Foreign Service with the rank of Minister-Counselor. From 2016 to 2018 he was United States Ambassador to Ghana. From 2013 to 2015 he was Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs. He was also the United States Ambassador to Cameroon.[5] Prior to that he was Deputy Chief of Mission and Chargé d'Affaires, a.i., at the U.S. Embassies in Morocco and Senegal. Mr. Jackson has also served as Director of the Office for the Promotion of Human Rights and Democracy; Coordinator of the Entry-Level Officer Training Program; and Country Officer for Botswana, Nigeria and Zimbabwe. His other overseas postings include Côte d'Ivoire, Portugal and Zimbabwe.

Notes

  1. ↑ Robert Porter Jackson (1956–)
  2. ↑ "U.S. Ambassador to Ghana: Who Is Robert Jackson?". AllGov. January 22, 2016. Retrieved April 1, 2016.
  3. ↑ "President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts, 06/25/10". whitehouse.gov. 25 June 2010. Retrieved 2011-06-11 – via National Archives.
  4. ↑ "President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts, 07/30/2015". whitehouse.gov. 30 July 2015. Retrieved 2023-12-13.
  5. ↑ "List of Chiefs of Mission as of June 6, 2011" (PDF). U.S. Department of State. Retrieved 2011-06-07.


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