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3 unusual facts about Donald Yamamoto


Donald Yamamoto

From April 22–23, 2006, Yamamoto met with current Chadian President Idriss Déby to discuss Chad's dispute with the World Bank over allocation of its petroleum funds and the possibility of a U.S.-led, United Nations-monitored peace keeping force to end the Chadian-Sudanese conflict.

Yamamoto met with Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi on April 22, 2006, to discuss the ongoing process of democratization in Ethiopia and the Ethio-Eritrea boundary dispute.

Yamamoto became acting Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs on March 30, 2013, replacing Johnnie Carson.



see also

United States Ambassador to Ethiopia

Note: Vicki J. Huddleston served as the Chargé d'Affaires ad interim at the embassy in Addis Ababa until Donald Yamamoto became the ambassador.