{"id":181886,"date":"2016-01-15T14:15:03","date_gmt":"2016-01-15T14:15:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=181886"},"modified":"2016-01-15T14:15:03","modified_gmt":"2016-01-15T14:15:03","slug":"181886","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/01\/181886\/","title":{"rendered":"New U.S. Ambassador arrives in Ghana today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Robert Porter Jackson will arrive in Ghana on Friday, January 15, 2016 to take over from Gene Cretz as the ambassador of the United States of America.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ambassador Robert Porter was\u00a0sworn \u00a0by President Barack Obama in November.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He will assume his full duties upon presentation of his letter of credentials to President John Dramani Mahama.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ambassador Jackson has served as the U.S. Department of State\u2019s Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for African Affairs since October 2013. From 2010 to 2013 he was the U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Cameroon.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ambassador Jackson\u2019s previous overseas assignments include:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Deputy Chief of Mission and Charge d\u2019Affaires, a.i., Rabat, Morocco<\/li>\n<li>Deputy Chief of Mission and Charge d\u2019Affaires, a.i., Dakar, Senegal<\/li>\n<li>Political\/Economic Counselor, Abidjan, Cote d\u2019Ivoire<\/li>\n<li>Political-Military Officer, Lisbon, Portugal<\/li>\n<li>Chief of the Political Section, Harare, Zimbabwe<\/li>\n<li>Political\/Economic Officer in Bujumbura, Burundi<\/li>\n<li>Consular\/Economic Officer in Montreal, Canada<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He has also served in Washington, D.C., as the Director of the Office for the Promotion of Human Rights and Democracy; as the Country Officer for Zimbabwe, Botswana and Nigeria; and as the Coordinator of the Entry-Level Officer Training Program and Deputy Director of the Orientation Division at the Department of State\u2019s Foreign Service Institute.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Prior to joining the U.S. Foreign Service in 1982, Ambassador Jackson taught French and English as a foreign language at the Institute Montana in Zugerberg, Switzerland.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He had previously taught English and American Civilization at the University of Clermont in Clermont-Ferrand, France. Ambassador Jackson earned his M.S. in National Resource Strategy from National Defense University, his M.A. in International Affairs from the George Washington University in Washington, D.C., and his B.A. in Government and Legal Studies from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine. Ambassador Jackson speaks French and Portuguese.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Source: U.S Embassy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robert Porter Jackson will arrive in Ghana on Friday, January 15, 2016 to take over from Gene Cretz as the ambassador of the United States of America. Ambassador Robert Porter was\u00a0sworn \u00a0by President Barack Obama in November. He will assume his full duties upon presentation of his letter of credentials to President John Dramani Mahama. 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