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1 Early life and education  





2 Career  



2.1  U.S. ambassador to Burkina Faso  







3 Personal life  





4 See also  





5 References  














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Sandra E. Clark
United States Ambassador to Burkina Faso
In office
September 25, 2020 – December 18, 2023[1]
PresidentDonald Trump
Joe Biden
Preceded byAndrew Robert Young
Personal details
NationalityAmerican
EducationSwarthmore College (BA)
Columbia University (JD)

Sandra Eliane Clark[2] is an American diplomat who served as the United States ambassador to Burkina Faso between 2020-2023.[3]

Early life and education

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Clark earned her Bachelor of Arts from Swarthmore College and her Juris Doctor from Columbia University School of Law.[4]

Career

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Clark is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of Minister-Counselor. During her diplomatic and State Department career, she has held many positions including Director of the Office of West African Affairs in the Bureau of African Affairs, Senior Fellow at the German Marshall Fund, Deputy Chief of Mission of the United States Embassy Dakar, Senegal, Deputy Coordinator of Assistance to Europe and Eurasia, and as Director of the Office of Economic Policy and Public Diplomacy.[4]

She has also served as the Economic Counselor at the United States Embassy in London, England, Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment, and as Deputy Director in the Office of North Central European Affairs.

U.S. ambassador to Burkina Faso

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On August 6, 2019, President Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Clark to be the next United States Ambassador to Burkina Faso. On September 9, 2019, her nomination was sent to the United States Senate.[5] On May 13, 2020, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Foreign Relations Committee.[6] Her nomination was confirmed on August 6, 2020 by voice vote.[3] She was sworn in on August 12, 2020.[7] She presented her credentials to President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré on September 25, 2020.[8]

Personal life

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Clark speaks French and Russian.[4]

See also

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References

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  • ^ "PN72-1 — Foreign Service, 114th Congress (2015-2016)". www.congress.gov. 2015-03-27. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  • ^ a b "PN1045 - Nomination of Sandra E. Clark for Department of State, 116th Congress (2019-2020)". www.congress.gov. 2020-08-06. Retrieved 2020-08-25.
  • ^ a b c "President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Individual to a Key Administration Post" White House, August 6, 2019 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • ^ "Seventeen Nominations and Two Withdrawals Sent to the Senate", The White House, September 9, 2019
  • ^ "NOMINATION HEARING: Nominations", United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, May 20, 2020
  • ^ "Sandra E. Clark - People - Department History - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  • ^ "Ambassador Sandra E. Clark". U.S. Embassy in Burkina Faso. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  • Diplomatic posts
    Preceded by

    Andrew Robert Young

    United States Ambassador to Burkina Faso
    2020–2023
    Incumbent

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