Tulinabo S. Mushingi

Tulinabo Salama Mushingi (born August 4, 1956 in Democratic Republic of Congo)[2] is an American diplomat who currently serves as the United States Ambassador to Angola and is the designate to serve as the United States Ambassador to São Tomé and Príncipe. He previously served as the United States Ambassador to Burkina Faso from 2013 to 2016, and a joint appointment as United States Ambassador to Senegal and United States Ambassador to Guinea-Bissau from 2017 to 2022. 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.

Tuli Mushingi
United States Ambassador to Angola
Assumed office
March 10, 2022
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byNina Maria Fite
United States Ambassador to São Tomé and Príncipe
Designate
Assuming office
TBD
PresidentJoe Biden
SucceedingRobert E. Whitehead
Chargé d'Affaires
United States Ambassador to Senegal
In office
August 4, 2017[1] – January 2022
PresidentDonald Trump
Joe Biden
Preceded byJames P. Zumwalt
Succeeded byMichael A. Raynor
United States Ambassador to Guinea-Bissau
In office
August 4, 2017 – January 2022
PresidentDonald Trump
Joe Biden
Preceded byJames P. Zumwalt
Succeeded byMichael A. Raynor
United States Ambassador to Burkina Faso
In office
September 17, 2013 – November 7, 2016
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byJ. Thomas Dougherty
Succeeded byAndrew Robert Young
Personal details
Born (1956-08-04) August 4, 1956
Congo-Kinshasa
Spouse(s)Rebecca Mushingi
Children1 daughter
Alma materHigher Pedagogical Institute
Howard University
Georgetown University

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 Clinton and later John Kerry.[7]

Ambassador to Senegal

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.[4][5] 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.[8]

Ambassador to Angola and São Tomé and Príncipe

On April 15, 2021, President Joe Biden nominated Mushingi to be the next United States Ambassador to Angola and United States Ambassador to São Tomé and Príncipe.[9] On April 19, 2021, his nomination was sent to the Senate.[10] On December 18, 2021, he was confirmed in the United States Senate by a voice vote.[11][12]

Mushingi presented his credentials to President of Angola João Lourenço on March 10, 2022.[13] He is awaiting his presentation of credentials to the government of São Tomé and Príncipe.

Awards and Decorations
  • Officer of the National Order of Burkina-Faso

Personal life

Mushingi speaks Portuguese, French, and Swahili.

See also

References
  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". aOuaga.com.
  3. "Tulinabo S. Mushingi Share". U.S. Department of State. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  4. "PN7 — Tulinabo Salama Mushingi — Department of State". Congress.gov. 28 February 2017. 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. "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.
  9. "President Biden Announces His Intent to Nominate Nine Career Members of the Senior Foreign Service as Ambassadors" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. April 15, 2021. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  10. "Nominations Sent to the Senate". The White House. April 19, 2021.
  11. Kim, Lisa. "Senate Confirms Biden Ambassadors Held Up By GOP, Before Breaking With Many Democratic Goals Unachieved". Forbes.
  12. "PN382 - Nomination of Tulinabo S. Mushingi for Department of State, 117th Congress (2021-2022)". www.congress.gov. December 18, 2021. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
  13. "Tulinabo Mushingi, novo embaixador dos EUA" (in Portuguese). Embassy of the Republic of Angola in Turkey. 2022-03-10. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
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