| Eric P. Whitaker | |
| Office1: | United States Ambassador to Niger |
| President1: | Donald Trump Joe Biden |
| Term Start1: | January 26, 2018 |
| Term End1: | December 1, 2021 |
| Predecessor1: | Eunice S. Reddick |
| Successor1: | Kathleen A. FitzGibbon |
| Birth Place: | DeKalb, Illinois[1] |
| Birth Date: | 24 January 1957 |
| Education: | University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign University of Pittsburgh Princeton University |
Eric Paul Whitaker[2] (born January 24, 1957) is an American diplomat and career member of the Senior Foreign Service who served as the United States Ambassador to Niger from 2018 to 2021. He was sworn in on December 15, 2017 and presented his credentials to President Mahamadou Issoufou on January 26, 2018. He left office in December 1, 2021.[3]
Whitaker has a BS in biology and an MS in community health education from the University of Illinois, a Master of Public Administration degree from the University of Pittsburgh, and a Master of Public Policy degree from the Wilson School at Princeton University.
Whitaker has served as an American diplomat since 1990, including a tenure as the Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Africa and the Sudans in the Bureau of African Affairs at the United States Department of State. A two-time deputy chief of mission, he has served at U.S. embassies in ten African countries and was a Peace Corps volunteer in the Philippines.[4] [5]
Whitaker has a BS in biology and an MS in community health education from the University of Illinois, a Master of Public Administration degree from the University of Pittsburgh, and a Master of Public Policy degree from the Wilson School at Princeton University.
Whitaker speaks Spanish, Portuguese, French, Visayan, and Korean.