Tulinabo S. Mushingi

Tuli Mushingi
Tuli Mushingi
United States Ambassador to Senegal
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; August 4, 2017[1]
President	Donald Trump
Preceded by	James P. Zumwalt
United States Ambassador to Guinea-Bissau
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; August 4, 2017
President	Donald Trump
Preceded by	James P. Zumwalt
United States Ambassador to Burkina Faso
	In office; September 17, 2013 – November 7, 2016
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Thomas Dougherty
Succeeded by	Andrew Robert Young
Personal details
Born	August 4, 1956; Congo-Kinshasa
Spouse(s)	Rebecca Mushingi
Children	1 daughter
Alma mater	Higher Pedagogical Institute; Howard University; Georgetown University

Tulinabo Salama Mushingi (born August 4, 1956)[2] is an American diplomat who currently serves a joint appointment as United States Ambassador to Senegal and United States Ambassador to Guinea-Bissau. He previously served as the United States Ambassador to Burkina Faso from 2013 to 2016. He also served in the executive offices of Secretaries of State John F. Kerry and Hillary Clinton.[3] In February 2017, President Donald Trump nominated Mushingi to serve concurrently as United States Ambassador to Senegal and United States Ambassador to Guinea-Bissau. Mushingi had originally been nominated for the position by outgoing President Barack Obama in January 2017. When Trump took office, he withdrew Mushingi's nomination before renominating him for the same position.[4][5] He was confirmed by the United States Senate by voice vote on May 18, 2017.

Biography

Early career

Mushingi started his career with the US Peace Corps and served in Papua New Guinea, DR Congo, Niger, and the Central African Republic. He earned a master's degree from Howard University and a PhD. from Georgetown University. He was also a visiting lecturer at Dartmouth College for many years and taught at Howard University, before being hired as an instructor at the U.S. State Department's Foreign Service Institute (FSI).[6]

Foreign Service career

After being accepted into the foreign service, Mushingi served a series of domestic and overseas assignments including Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Maputo, Mozambique; Lusaka, Zambia; Casablanca, Morocco; and tours in Washington D.C. in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research; the Bureau of International Organization Affairs and the Bureau of Human Resources.

From 2003 to 2006, he served as the management officer assigned to travel with Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage, and from 2006 to 2009, Mushingi worked as management counselor of the U.S. Embassy in Tanzania.

In 2009, he was promoted to Deputy Chief of Mission, and served as chargé d'affaires for the U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. From 2011 to 2013, he served in the Executive Offices of Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and later John F. Kerry.[7]

In early 2017, President Barack Obama nominated Mushingi to serve as United States Ambassador to Senegal and concurrently United States Ambassador to Guinea-Bissau. The nomination was withdrawn by President Donald Trump, who subsequently renominated Mushingi to the same position.[8][9] He was confirmed by the United States Senate by voice vote on May 18, 2017. He presented his credentials to Senegalese President Macky Sall on August 4, 2017.[10]

Decorations

Officer of the National Order of Burkina-Faso

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References

"L'Ambassadeur Mushingi présente ses lettres de créances au Président Macky Sall". Africa Newsroom. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
Tulinabo Salama Mushingi, nouvel Ambassadeur des USA au Burkina (in French)
"Tulinabo S. Mushingi Share". U.S. Department of State. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
"PN7 — Tulinabo Salama Mushingi — Department of State". Congress.gov. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
"PN84 — Civilian". Congress.gov. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
U.S. Department of State(March 12, 2014). .
U.S. Department of State (March 12, 2014). .
"PN7 — Tulinabo Salama Mushingi — Department of State". United States Congress.
"PN84 — Tulinabo Salama Mushingi — Department of State". United States Congress.
"L'Ambassadeur Mushingi présente ses lettres de créances au Président Macky Sall | Ambassade des États-Unis au Sénégal". Ambassade des États-Unis au Sénégal (in French). 2017-08-07. Retrieved 2017-12-05.

External links

Biography at U.S. Embassy in Senegal

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Thomas Dougherty	United States Ambassador to Burkina Faso 2013–2016	Succeeded by Andrew Robert Young
Preceded by James P. Zumwalt	United States Ambassador to Senegal 2017–present	Incumbent
Preceded by James P. Zumwalt	United States Ambassador to Guinea-Bissau 2017–present	Incumbent

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[1] "L'Ambassadeur Mushingi présente ses lettres de créances au Président Macky Sall". Africa Newsroom. Retrieved 9 August 2017.

[2] Tulinabo Salama Mushingi, nouvel Ambassadeur des USA au Burkina (in French)

[3] "Tulinabo S. Mushingi Share". U.S. Department of State. Retrieved 2 May 2017.

[4] "PN7 — Tulinabo Salama Mushingi — Department of State". Congress.gov. Retrieved 2 May 2017.

[5] "PN84 — Civilian". Congress.gov. Retrieved 2 May 2017.

[6] U.S. Department of State(March 12, 2014). .

[7] U.S. Department of State (March 12, 2014). .

[8] "PN7 — Tulinabo Salama Mushingi — Department of State". United States Congress.

[9] "PN84 — Tulinabo Salama Mushingi — Department of State". United States Congress.

[10] "L'Ambassadeur Mushingi présente ses lettres de créances au Président Macky Sall | Ambassade des États-Unis au Sénégal". Ambassade des États-Unis au Sénégal (in French). 2017-08-07. Retrieved 2017-12-05.