The United States Ambassador to Haiti, Dennis B. Hankins delivered his cabinet letter to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jean Victor Généus.
The new United States Ambassador to Haiti, Dennis B. Hankins, delivered, this Monday, April 1, his cabinet letter to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Religious Affairs of the Republic of Haiti, Jean Victor Genéus. In the absence of the President of the Republic, it is up to the Chancellor to complete this formality with the Ambassadors accredited in the country.
The American Senate voted – 89 for and 1 against – on Thursday, March 14, the confirmation of Dennis Hankins as United States Ambassador to Haiti, approximately 10 months after President Joe Biden appointed this longtime diplomat. to this post in May 2023, as the country faces escalating violence and political uncertainty.
Since the departure of Ms. Sison, the position has been occupied by the charge d’affaires Eric Stromae. Career Ambassador Dennis B. Hankins also delivered Ambassador Sison’s recall letter to Haitian Chancellor Jean Victor Généus.
According to the State Department, Dennis Hankins served as ambassador to the Republic of Guinea in October 2015. Most recently, he served as consul general at the United States Consulate General in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Previously, Mr. Hankins served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the United States Embassy in Khartoum, Sudan, from 2010 to 2012, and at the United States Embassy in Nouakchott, Mauritania, from 2007 to 2010.
He also served as Deputy Director of the Department of State’s Office of Peacekeeping in the Bureau of International Organizations from 2005 to 2007, Consul General at the United States Embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from 2004 to 2005 and Deputy Chief of Mission at the United States Embassy in Maputo, Mozambique from 2001 to 2004.
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