Stephanie Sullivan | |
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United States Ambassador to the African Union | |
Assumed office August 29, 2024[1] | |
President | Joe Biden |
Preceded by | Jessica Lapenn |
United States Ambassador to Ghana | |
In office January 23, 2019 – April 8, 2022 | |
President | Donald Trump Joe Biden |
Preceded by | Robert P. Jackson |
Succeeded by | Virginia Palmer |
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs | |
In office January 2017[2] – October 2018 | |
President | Donald Trump |
Succeeded by | Geeta Pasi |
United States Ambassador to the Republic of the Congo | |
In office November 26, 2013 – January 20, 2017 | |
President | Barack Obama |
Preceded by | Christopher Murray |
Succeeded by | Todd Haskell |
Personal details | |
Born | United States | September 27, 1958
Spouse | John Sullivan |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | Brown 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]