David Dale Reimer is an American

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and member of the

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. He had served as the United States ambassador to Sierra Leone from 2021 to 2023. He previously served concurrently as the

United States ambassador to Mauritius The United States ambassador to Mauritius is the official representative of the government of the United States to the government of Mauritius. The ambassador is concurrently the ambassador to Seychelles, while resident in Port Louis, Mauritius. ...

and

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from 2018 to 2021. He has also served as Chargé d'affaires ad interim to

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and Chargé d'Affaires ad interim to

Mauritania Mauritania, officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, is a sovereign country in Maghreb, Northwest Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Western Sahara to Mauritania–Western Sahara border, the north and northwest, ...

Education

Reimer is a native of

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. He earned his

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degree in history from

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and his Master of Public and International Affairs from the

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Career

Reimer has served as a diplomat since 1991. In 2015, he became the director of the Office of West African Affairs in the

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at the

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. Reimer is a former deputy chief of mission and office director.

Ambassador to Mauritius and Seychelles

On November 2, 2017, President

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announced his intent to nominate Reimer to be the

and

. On November 2, 2017, his nomination was confirmed by

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in the U.S Senate. He was sworn in as ambassador on December 13, 2017. He left his post on January 15, 2021.

Ambassador to Sierra Leone

On June 10, 2020, President

announced his intent to nominate Reimer to be the next United States ambassador to Sierra Leone. On June 22, 2020, his nomination was sent to the

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. He appeared before the

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on December 2 and was confirmed by voice vote of the full Senate in the early morning hours of December 22, 2020. He presented his credentials to President

Julius Maada Bio Julius Maada Wonie Bio (born 12 May 1964) is a Sierra Leonean politician and former army officer who has served as the 5th president of Sierra Leone since 4 April 2018. He is a retired brigadier in the Sierra Leone Army and was the military ...

on March 24, 2021.

Personal life

Reimer speaks

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, and

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References

Living people Goshen College alumni University of Pittsburgh alumni First Trump administration personnel Ambassadors of the United States to Mauritius Ambassadors of the United States to Seychelles United States Foreign Service personnel People from Smithville, Ohio Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American diplomats {{US-diplomat-stub