Jerry P. Lanier
U.S. Ambassador
Jerry P. Lanier (January 19, 1952 – August 16, 2022) He was a career diplomat with the Department of State. Lanier was a former acting U.S. Ambassador to Sudan. He was in this position from May 13, 2014 to February 26, 2016. He was the Acting Coordinator for Counterterrorism in the Bureau of Counterterrorism, at the Department of State from December 2012 to February 2014. He was a former Ambassador from the United States of America to the Republic of Uganda.
Career
A career diplomat, Jerry P. Lanier held numerous positions within the State Department prior to assignment in Kampala. Lanier joined the State Department in 1983, and his first assignment was to Embassy of the United States of America to the Republic of the Philippines in Manila. From 1986 to 1989 he served as a Political Officer in Kenya, and then traveled to Washington, D.C. to serve as Special Assistant to Assistant Secretary for African Affairs. From 1990 to 1992 he served as Desk Officer for the Republic of Korea, before transferring to Bangkok, Thailand from 1993 to 1997. He spent several years back in Washington, D.C. services as Deputy Director for the Office of West African Affairs and as a Legislative Management Officer for Africa.
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