Michael A. Raynor | |
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United States Ambassador to Senegal | |
Assumed office March 10, 2022 | |
President | Joe Biden |
Preceded by | Tulinabo S. Mushingi |
United States Ambassador to Guinea-Bissau | |
Assumed office April 20, 2022 | |
President | Joe Biden |
Preceded by | Tulinabo S. Mushingi |
United States Ambassador to Ethiopia | |
In office September 29, 2017 – January 20, 2021 | |
President | Donald Trump |
Preceded by | Patricia M. Haslach |
Succeeded by | Geeta Pasi |
United States Ambassador to Benin | |
In office September 13, 2012 – May 29, 2015 | |
President | Barack Obama |
Preceded by | James Knight |
Succeeded by | Lucy Tamlyn |
Personal details | |
Born | 1962 (age 61–62) |
Spouse | Kathleen |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | Lafayette 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.