Ambassador Donald Ernest Booth (Ret.)

Last Name: Booth

First Name: Donald 

Middle Name: Ernest

Nickname: Don

Medals and Honors: Presidential Distinguished Service Award, Herbert Salzman Award for Excellence in International Economic Reporting, numerous State Department Superior and Meritorious Honor Awards

ACNSL Offices and Committees: Africa Strategic Committee

Rank: Senior Foreign Service

Service/Department: U.S. Department of State

Last or Significant Assignment: Special Envoy for Sudan and South Sudan

Areas of Expertise: Africa, International Public Health, International Relations and Diplomacy, International Trade and Sanctions

Donald E. Booth was appointed U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan and South Sudan on August 28, 2013. Prior to this appointment, he served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.

Ambassador Booth, a member of the Senior Foreign Service, previously served as Ambassador to the Republic of Zambia from 2008-2010 and Ambassador to the Republic of Liberia from 2005-2008. Prior to that, he was Director of the Office of Technical and Specialized Agencies at the Department of State's Bureau of International Organization Affairs. Ambassador Booth has also served as Director of the Office of West African Affairs, Deputy Director of the Office of Southern African Affairs, Economic Counselor in Athens, and Division Chief for Bilateral Trade Affairs at the Department of State. He has attended the National War College and served as a desk officer in the Office of Egyptian Affairs and the Office of East African Affairs. Ambassador Booth was also stationed at embassies in Bucharest, Brussels and Libreville.

Ambassador Booth earned a bachelor's degree in Foreign Service from Georgetown University, a master's degree in Business Administration from Boston University and a master's degree in National Security Studies from the National War College.