Robert P. Jackson Explained

Robert Jackson
Office:United States Ambassador to Ghana
President:Barack Obama
Donald Trump
Term Start:November 30, 2015
Term End:July 27, 2018
Successor:Stephanie S. Sullivan
Office1:United States Ambassador to Cameroon
President1:Barack Obama
Term Start1:October 19, 2010
Term End1:October 5, 2013
Predecessor1:Janet Garvey
Successor1:Michael Hoza
Birth Place:Tennessee, U.S.
Alma Mater:Bowdoin 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, where he helped to double U.S. exports and promoted entrepreneurship and biodiversity.[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.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/jackson-robert-porter Robert Porter Jackson (1956–)
  2. Web site: U.S. Ambassador to Ghana: Who Is Robert Jackson?. AllGov. January 22, 2016. April 1, 2016.
  3. Web site: President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts, 06/25/10. National Archives. whitehouse.gov. 25 June 2010 . 2011-06-11.
  4. Web site: President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts, 07/30/2015. whitehouse.gov. 30 July 2015 . 2023-12-13.
  5. Web site: List of Chiefs of Mission as of June 6, 2011. U.S. Department of State. 2011-06-07.
  6. Web site: 21 February 2019 . The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR ROBERT JACKSON . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240627031622/https://adst.org/OH%20TOCs/Jackson.Robert.pdf . 27 June 2024 . 12 July 2024 . Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training.