Biography
Jerry P. Lanier
Ambassador
Uganda
Term of Appointment: 08/10/2009
to present
Jerry P. Lanier is a career diplomat with 26 years of service in the Department of State. Ambassador Lanier was nominated on June 22, 2009 and confirmed on August 4, 2009 as ambassador to Uganda.
Prior to this appointment as the U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Uganda, he served as the Foreign Policy Advisor for U.S. Africa Command headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany. Previously, he was the Director of the Office of Regional and Security Affairs in the Africa Bureau at the State Department. Mr. Lanier has also served in the Philippines, Kenya, Thailand, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Ghana.
At the State Department, he has served as the special assistant to the Assistant Secretary for African Affairs, country officer for the Republic of Korea, Legislative Management Officer for Africa, Deputy Director for the Office of West African Affairs, and Deputy Director for the Office Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh Affairs.
He received his B.A. at Pembroke State University, his M.A. at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and served three years as lecturer in the history department of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
