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A few days later, Equatorial Guinea's foreign ministry sent a telegram to the State Department announcing that the two U.S. diplomats were barred from returning to the country. [ 3 ] [ 2 ] Relations were normalized again on December 19, 1979, upon the credential presentation of Mabel Murphy Smythe-Haith as American Ambassador.
In 1963 limited autonomy was granted to Spanish Guinea and the people were able to elect members to its own legislature. In March 1968, under pressure from Equatorial Guinean nationalists and the United Nations, Spain announced that it would grant independence to Equatorial Guinea. A constitutional convention produced an electoral law and draft ...
On August 6, 2021, President Joe Biden nominated Gilmour to be the U.S. ambassador to Equatorial Guinea. [4] The Senate Foreign Relations Committee held hearings on his nomination on October 20, 2021. The committee reported the nomination favorably on November 3, 2021. On December 18, 2021, Gilmour was confirmed by the Senate via voice vote. [6]
She then served as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the State Department's Bureau of Public Affairs. [4] Stevenson was nominated by President Donald Trump on September 13, 2018, and was confirmed as ambassador to the Republic of Equatorial Guinea on January 2, 2019. [4] She left her post in September 30, 2021. [9]
In 1962, Smythe-Haith was appointed to the State Department's Advisory Council for African American Affairs by President John F. Kennedy. [5] President Jimmy Carter chose Smythe-Haith as U.S. Ambassador to Cameroon and the Republic of Equatorial Guinea in 1977. [6] She was only the second African-American women to be an ambassador. [1]
2009 July - Nominated as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Equatorial Guinea; confirmed by the US Senate on December 24, 2009. [31] 2012 March - Coordinator for Strategic Counterterrorism Communications (CSCC). 2015 May - retires from the Department of State. 2015 May - Vice-president, MEMRI.
U.S. Department of State Facilities and Areas of Jurisdictions. The United States has the second largest number of active diplomatic posts of any country in the world after the People's Republic of China, [1] including 271 bilateral posts (embassies and consulates) in 173 countries, as well as 11 permanent missions to international organizations and seven other posts (as of November 2023 [2]).
The Bureau of African Affairs (AF) is part of the United States Department of State and is charged with advising the Secretary of State on matters of Sub-Saharan Africa. The bureau was established in 1958. It is headed by the Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs who reports to the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs.