Phillip Carter (ambassador)

Phillip Carter III
Official photograph of Ambassador Phillip Carter
United States Ambassador to Ivory Coast
In office
September 24, 2010 – August 27, 2013
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byWanda Nesbitt
Succeeded byTerence McCulley
United States Ambassador to Guinea
In office
November 7, 2007 – August 19, 2008
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byJackson McDonald
Succeeded byPatricia Moller
Personal details
Born1959 (age 64–65)
NationalityAmerican
SpouseAmanda Carter[1]
Alma materDrew University
Yale University

Phillip Carter III (born 1959) is a Senior Foreign Service American diplomat and was United States Ambassador to Ivory Coast from 2010 to 2013.[2] Ambassador Carter holds the diplomatic rank of Minister Counselor.[3] As of November, 2013 he is Deputy to the Commander for Civil Military Engagements, United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) in Stuttgart, Germany.[4]

  1. ^ "STATEMENT OF PHILLIP CARTER III AMBASSADOR-DESIGNATE TO THE REPUBLIC OF COTE D'IVOIRE BEFORE THE SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE" (PDF). United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
  2. ^ "Phillip Carter 3rd (1959–)". Department of State.
  3. ^ "Biography of Phillip Carter III". U.S. Department of State. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
  4. ^ "Biography of Phillip Carter III". U.S. Africa Command. Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 5 Feb 2014.