R. Barrie Walkley

R. Barrie Walkley
United States Ambassador to Gabon
In office
2004–2007
President George W. Bush
United States Ambassador to Guinea
In office
2001–2004
President George W. Bush
Personal details
Born 1944 (age 73–74)
Profession Diplomat

R. Barrie Walkley (born 1944) is a career foreign service officer and the former Special Advisor to Secretary of State Clinton for the Great Lakes and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He was appointed to this position in December 2011 and served until June 18, 2013, when he was replaced by former U.S. Senator Russ Feingold.[1]

Previously, he served as the American ambassador to Gabon and later to concurrent appointments to Guinea and to Sao Tome and Principe.[2] He was called back to service and appointed Chargé d'Affaires for South Sudan at its independence.[3] (Susan D. Page has been nominated as ambassador.) He holds degrees from the University of California, Santa Barbara, the University of California, Los Angeles and the University of Southern California. He and his wife Annabelle were Peace Corps volunteers in Somalia (1967–1969).[4]

Johnnie Carson, Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of African Affairs; Ret. General Colin Powell, former U.S. Secretary of State; Susan E. Rice, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations; and R. Barrie Walkley inaugurating the new U.S. Embassy in Juba, South Sudan on Independence Day, July 9, 2011.

References

  1. ↑ Lee Myers, Steven (June 18, 2013). "Ex-Senator Feingold Chosen as Special Envoy to African Region". The New York Times. Retrieved June 19, 2013.
  2. ↑ https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/walkley-r-barrie
  3. ↑ http://southsudan.usembassy.gov/consul-general.html
  4. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-11-28. Retrieved 2011-11-27.
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Joyce Ellen Leader		 United States Ambassador to Guinea
2001–2004		 Succeeded by
Jackson McDonald
Preceded by
Kenneth Price Moorfield		 United States Ambassador to Gabon
2004–2007		 Succeeded by
Eunice S. Reddick

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