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Simon Henshaw (October 7, 1960 – June 9, 2020) was an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Guinea from 2019 until his death.
Henshaw was a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of Minister-Counselor, and served as an American diplomat since 1985. He served in senior leadership positions at the Department of State, including, from 2013 to 2018 at the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration, first as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary and, starting in 2017, as Acting Assistant Secretary. From 2011 to 2013, he served as Director of the Office of Andean Affairs, and, from 2008 to 2011, he served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the United States Embassy in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. He also served at five other overseas diplomatic posts. Prior to his ambassadorship he was a senior advisor to the Health Incidents Response Task Force for the Cuba Accountability Review Board at the Department of State, coordinating efforts to respond to a series of health and security incidents affecting United States diplomats in Cuba and China.
On August 10, 2018,
Education
He graduated from The Bromfield School in 1978. Henshaw earned aBachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts (abbreviated B.A., BA, A.B. or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is the holder of a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the liberal arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts deg ...
from the University of Massachusetts Amherst
The University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst) is a public land-grant research university in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States. It is the flagship campus of the University of Massachusetts system and was founded in 1863 as the ...
and a Master of Science
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from the National War College
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History
The National ...
."President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Personnel to Key Administration Posts" White House, August 10, 2018Career
Henshaw was a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of Minister-Counselor, and served as an American diplomat since 1985. He served in senior leadership positions at the Department of State, including, from 2013 to 2018 at the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration, first as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary and, starting in 2017, as Acting Assistant Secretary. From 2011 to 2013, he served as Director of the Office of Andean Affairs, and, from 2008 to 2011, he served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the United States Embassy in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. He also served at five other overseas diplomatic posts. Prior to his ambassadorship he was a senior advisor to the Health Incidents Response Task Force for the Cuba Accountability Review Board at the Department of State, coordinating efforts to respond to a series of health and security incidents affecting United States diplomats in Cuba and China.
On August 10, 2018, President Trump
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announced his intent to nominate Henshaw as the next United States Ambassador to Guinea. On August 16, 2018, his nomination was sent to the United States Senate
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. On September 26, 2018, he appeared before the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
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. On January 2, 2019, his nomination was confirmed in the Senate by voice vote
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. He presented his credentials to President Alpha Condé on March 4, 2019.
Personal life
Henshaw spoke French,Spanish
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* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many countries in the Americas
**Spanish cuisine
**Spanish history
**Spanish culture
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, basic Russian
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*Russians (), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries
*A citizen of Russia
*Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages
*''The Russians'', a b ...
, and basic Portuguese. He died of a heart attack on June 9, 2020, in Guinea while serving as the U.S. Ambassador.
See also
* List of ambassadors of the United StatesReferences
External links
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Henshaw, Simon 1960 births 2020 deaths 20th-century American diplomats 21st-century American diplomats Ambassadors of the United States to Guinea National War College alumni Place of birth missing People from Massachusetts United States Foreign Service personnel University of Massachusetts Amherst alumni