
The office of the US Secretary of State has announced that Ambassador Henry Wooster will take on the role of Chargé d’Affaires at the United States Embassy in Haiti beginning 12 June 2025. Ambassador Wooster has been charged with leading a whole-of-government approach to US policy on Haiti. The US Secretary of State says that he is will work with the US partners across the globe, who are providing critical support to Haitian security forces.
The US Secretary of State office explains that Ambassador Wooster has had a long and distinguished career, including service at US Embassy in Port-au-Prince, Haiti and as Ambassador to Jordan. He has also served in the United States Army. He holds an M.A. from Yale University and a B.A. from Amherst College.
Wooster is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of Minister-Counselor. He previously was Deputy Chief of Mission at the US Embassy in Paris, France. He served as Deputy Chief of Mission and then Chargé d’Affaires at the US Embassy in Amman, Jordan from 24 March 2017 to 30 July 2018.
Since 14 August 2023, he had been serving as principal deputy assistant secretary of the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs.
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2 June 2025