Robert E. Whitehead

Retired Ambassador Robert E. Whitehead (born Crawfordsville, Indiana) was the US Chargé d'Affaires in Gabon, as well as Ambassador to the Togolese Republic (2012- 2015) and Chief of Mission in Khartoum, Sudan (that position ended in July 2011 when the Republic of South Sudan became an independent country. He served as the first American Consul-General to Juba, South Sudan in 2006.[1]

Biography

Whitehead graduated from Taylor University (1972) and earned an M.A. in English Literature and linguistics from Southern Illinois University Carbondale, where he was a graduate fellow.[1], [2]

Career

After 33 years in the Foreign Service, Whitehead retired in 2015. Since then, he's been called back several times to serve as Chargé d'Affaires at Embassy in Burundi (2016), six months as Chargé d'Affaires at the Embassy in Kinshasa (2017) and four months as Counselor at the Embassy in Bangui, Central African Republic (2018).[1] in 2019, he is the incumbent Chargé d'Affaires in São Tomé and Príncipe.

References
  1. "Robert E. Whitehead". US Embassy in Gabon. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  2. "His Excellency Robert Whitehead". The Washington Diplomat. Retrieved 2 December 2019.


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