Michael Stephen Hoza (born 1957[1] in Goldsboro, North Carolina) is an American diplomat. From 2014 to 2017 Hoza served as the United States Ambassador to Cameroon.[2][3][4][5][6]
Michael Hoza | |
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| United States Ambassador to Cameroon | |
| In office August 22, 2014 – September 11, 2017 | |
| President | Barack Obama Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Robert P. Jackson |
| Succeeded by | Peter Barlerin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1957 (age 66–67) Goldsboro, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Georgetown University |
He received his Bachelor of Science degree from Georgetown University in 1979. After working with the Washington Post Company in Washington, D.C., for six years Hoza joined the Foreign Service.
Consular career
editAfter joining the State Department in 1985, Hoza was first posted to the U.S. embassy in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire as a Regional Budget and Fiscal Officer. In 1987, he was moved to the U.S. consulate in the French West Indies, where he stayed for two years before being moved to Maputo, Mozambique to be an Administrative Officer. In 1991, Hoza was recalled to work with at the Bureau of African Affairs.[7]
Two years later, Hoza was given a post at the U.S. embassy in Asmara, Eritrea before being made Deputy Chief of Mission at the embassy in Mbabane, Swaziland in 1997. He remained in the post for three years before taking a similar job in Kathmandu, Nepal. In 2002, Hoza was made the Human Resources Officer at the U.S. embassy in Paris, France and in 2004 he became the Management Counselor in Madrid, Spain.[7]
He stayed in Madrid until 2007 when he moved to be the Management Counselor and Acting Deputy Chief of Mission in Nairobi, Kenya. In 2010, Hoza moved to be the Management Counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow.[8]
References
edit- ^ "Michael Stephen Hoza (1957–)". Office of the Historian, U.S. Department of State. Retrieved 2018-10-21.
- ^ "Pentagon Investigating if U.S. Troops Knew of Torture at Cameroonian Base". Foreign Policy. 27 July 2017. Retrieved 2017-08-01.
- ^ "Trip across the Atlantic Complements Students' Africana Studies Course Work | St. John's University". www.stjohns.edu. Retrieved 2017-08-01.
- ^ "Cameroon: Boko Haram suspects killed, tortured in custody - Amnesty - Vanguard News". Vanguard News. 2017-07-20. Retrieved 2017-08-01.
- ^ "Cameroon-Info.Net:: Cameroun - Accusations d'Amnesty International sur l'armée: Le Gouvernement américain enquête sur le Cameroun". www.cameroon-info.net (in French). Retrieved 2017-08-01.
- ^ Djarmaila, Grégoire (2017-04-28). "Cameroon: Michael S. Hoza - 'The Best Path Forward Is Peaceful Dialogue'". Cameroon Tribune (Yaoundé). Retrieved 2017-08-01.
- ^ a b "President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts". whitehouse.gov. 2013-07-30. Retrieved 2017-08-01.
- ^ "Hoza, Michael S." U.S. Department of State. Retrieved 2017-08-01.
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