Jerry P. Lanier

Jerry Lanier
United States Ambassador to Sudan
Acting
In office May 13, 2014 – February 26, 2016
President	Barack Obama Donald Trump
Preceded by	Joseph Stafford (Acting)
Succeeded by	Steven Koutsis (Acting)
Coordinator for Counterterrorism
Acting
In office December 12, 2012 – February 18, 2014
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Daniel Benjamin
Succeeded by	Tina Kaidanow
United States Ambassador to Uganda
In office January 24, 2010 – June 11, 2012
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Steven A. Browning
Succeeded by	Scott H. DeLisi
Personal details
Born	(1952-01-19)January 19, 1952 Chadbourn, North Carolina, U.S.
Died	August 16, 2022(2022-08-16) (aged 70) Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.
Alma mater	University of North Carolina, Pembroke University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Jerry P. Lanier (January 19, 1952 – August 16, 2022)^[1] He was a career diplomat with the Department of State.^[2] Lanier was a former acting U.S. Ambassador to Sudan. He was in this position from May 13, 2014 to February 26, 2016. He was the Acting Coordinator for Counterterrorism in the Bureau of Counterterrorism, at the Department of State from December 2012 to February 2014.^[3] He was a former Ambassador from the United States of America to the Republic of Uganda.