Stephanie S. Sullivan

Stephanie Sullivan
United States Ambassador to the African Union
Assumed office
August 29, 2024[1]
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byJessica Lapenn
United States Ambassador to Ghana
In office
January 23, 2019 – April 8, 2022
PresidentDonald Trump
Joe Biden
Preceded byRobert P. Jackson
Succeeded byVirginia Palmer
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs
In office
January 2017[2] – October 2018
PresidentDonald Trump
Succeeded byGeeta Pasi
United States Ambassador to the Republic of the Congo
In office
November 26, 2013 – January 20, 2017
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byChristopher Murray
Succeeded byTodd Haskell
Personal details
Born (1958-09-27) September 27, 1958 (age 66)
United States
SpouseJohn Sullivan
Children2
Alma materBrown University
National Defense University

Stephanie Sanders Sullivan (née Sanders; born September 27, 1958) is an American diplomat and the previous ambassador to Ghana. She served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Central African Affairs and Security Affairs for the Bureau of African Affairs from January 2017 to November 2018. She previously served as United States Ambassador to the Republic of the Congo, having been nominated by President Obama on June 13, 2013, confirmed by the Senate on August 1, 2013, and served through January 20, 2017.[3][4]

As of August 29, 2024, Sullivan is the US Representative to the African Union.[5][6]

  1. ^ https://www.facebook.com/share/p/CkWvek8M3dE6SSHq/?mibextid=qi2Omg
  2. ^ "Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of African Affairs". Retrieved March 30, 2018.
  3. ^ Stephanie S. Sullivan- Ambassador to the Republic of Congo Embassy of the United States, Republic of the Congo, accessed March 6, 2016
  4. ^ State Department Biography
  5. ^ "President Biden Announces Key Nominees". The White House. 15 June 2022. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
  6. ^ "Ambassador Stephanie S. Sullivan". U.S. Mission to The African Union. Retrieved August 1, 2024.