Daniel H. Simpson
Male, Person
1939 –
Who is Daniel H. Simpson?
Daniel Howard Simpson is a former American Foreign Service Officer. He was the United States Ambassador to the Central African Republic, Special Envoy to Somalia and the United States Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo as well as undertaking other overseas assignments in Burundi, South Africa, Zaire Iceland, Lebanon and Bosnia-Herzegovina. He also served as the Deputy Commandant of the United States Army War College and on the Board of directors as the Vice President of the National Defense University for the United States Institute of Peace.
Before joining the United States Foreign Service and becoming a diplomat in 1966, Simpson studied English literature at Yale University and African studies at Northwestern University, before travelling Africa to teach at the Eghosa Anglican Boys’ School in Benin City, Nigeria, and at the Libyan Army Military College in Benghazi, Libya.
After retirement from the Department of State in 2001, Simpson has been a writer and columnist for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and The Blade as well as a member of the American Academy of Diplomacy.
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- Born
- Jul 9, 1939
United States of America - Also known as
- Daniel Simpson
- Education
- Yale University
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on July 23, 2013
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