Elizabeth Moore Aubin is an American diplomat and

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official who has served as

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since February 9, 2022. She previously served as acting principal deputy assistant secretary and deputy assistant secretary for regional multilateral affairs from January 20, 2021 to June 7, 2021. In June 2024, Aubin was nominated to serve as the United States ambassador to Cameroon.

Early life and education

Aubin is a native of

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. She attended Langley High School, graduating in 1983. Aubin earned her

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from

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in 1987 and did graduate work at the

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Career

Aubin, a career member of the

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, class of Minister-Counselor, served as the acting principal deputy assistant secretary in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs at the

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from January 20 to June 7, 2021. Other senior leadership roles held by Aubin during her three decades of service are executive director of the Joint Executive Office of the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs and the

Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs The Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs (SCA) is an agency within the United States Department of State that is responsible for the U.S. government's relations with countries in the South and Central Asian region. The bureau is headed by t ...

, deputy chief of mission of the United States Embassy in Ottawa, Canada in 2017; from 2014 to 2016 she was the executive director of the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs; and deputy chief of mission of the U.S. Embassy in

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. Additional roles in her career include when she also served as the management counselor for embassy in

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; international resource management officer for USNATO in

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; management officer at the Consulate General in

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; and as a general services officer at the Consulate General in

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. Her two entry-level tours were at the United States embassy in Rome and at the Consulate General in

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United States ambassador to Algeria

On April 15, 2021, President

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nominated Aubin to be the next United States ambassador to Algeria. Hearings on her nomination were held before the

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on June 9, 2021. The committee reported her favorably to the Senate floor on June 24, 2021. On December 18, 2021, the

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confirmed her by

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. Aubin presented her credentials to President

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on February 9, 2022.

Nomination as U.S. ambassador to Cameroon

On June 13, 2024, President

nominated Aubin to serve as the United States ambassador to Cameroon. On June 18, 2024, her nomination was sent to the Senate. Her nomination is pending before the

Personal life

Aubin speaks French and

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