Michael A. Raynor

Michael A. Raynor
United States Ambassador to Senegal
Incumbent
Assumed office
March 10, 2022
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byTulinabo S. Mushingi
United States Ambassador to Guinea-Bissau
Incumbent
Assumed office
April 20, 2022
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byTulinabo S. Mushingi
United States Ambassador to Ethiopia
In office
September 29, 2017 – January 20, 2021
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byPatricia M. Haslach
Succeeded byGeeta Pasi
United States Ambassador to Benin
In office
September 13, 2012 – May 29, 2015
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byJames Knight
Succeeded byLucy Tamlyn
Personal details
Born1962 (age 61–62)
SpouseKathleen
Children2
Alma materLafayette College
Columbia University

Michael Arthur Raynor (born 1962) is an American Foreign Service Officer specializing in relations with Africa who has served as the United States ambassador to Senegal and the United States ambassador to Guinea-Bissau since 2022. He was the United States ambassador to Ethiopia[1] until January 2021.[2] He previously served as the Director of the Office of Career Development and Assignments in the Bureau of Human Resources of the United States Department of State.[3][4] Raynor served as United States Ambassador to Benin from 2012 to 2015 after being nominated by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the U.S. Senate. Prior to his post in Benin, he was deputy executive director and then executive director of the Bureau of African Affairs.

  1. ^ "PN519 — Michael Arthur Raynor — Department of State". U.S. Congress. August 3, 2017. Retrieved August 5, 2017.
  2. ^ Firew, Eskinder (January 26, 2021). "Departing US Envoy Warns Ethiopia Against Violence". VOA News. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  3. ^ Fantahun, Arefayné (May 27, 2017). "Trump nominated career diplomat as ambassador to Ethiopia". Ethiopia Observer. Retrieved June 7, 2017.
  4. ^ "PN519 — Michael Arthur Raynor — Department of State". Congress.gov. Retrieved May 29, 2017.