Jeanine E. Jackson

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Jeanine Jackson
United States Ambassador to Burkina Faso
In office
March 24, 2006 – March 7, 2009[1]
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byJ. Anthony Holmes
Succeeded byGayleatha B. Brown
Personal details
Born1949
Sheridan, Wyoming
SpouseMark Jackson
ProfessionDiplomat

Jeanine E. Jackson (born 1949)[2] is an American diplomat. She was the ambassador to Burkina Faso from 2006 to 2009 and to the Republic of Malawi from 2011 to 2014.

Life

Jeanine Jackson was born in Wyoming.[3] She is of European descent, and graduated from Hastings College with a BA in Art Education in 1971,[4] and the Florida Institute of Technology with a MBA.[5]

Career

Prior to entering the

United States Ambassador to Burkina Faso by George W. Bush in 2006, where she achieved a bilateral agreement with the state that enabled U.S. Special Operations Command to regularize and accelerate its counter-terrorism work against Al Qaeda in that region, and remained in that post until 2009.[9]

President

United States Ambassador to Malawi, and she was then confirmed by Congress on June 30, 2011.[10] She ended her post in Malawi in 2014 and used the opportunity to highlight the US Skills Training programs and commend the Malawi government for its peace-keeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[11] She served as ambassador to Malawi during the administration of Malawi President Joyce Banda and witnessed the progress the country made under her leadership in establishing greater gender equality. In an interview Jackson compared Malawi to the U.S. in terms of women's participation in government: "I note that there is a greater percentage of women in the Malawian Parliament than in the U.S. Congress."[7]

Jackson received the Secretary of State's Distinguished Honor Award for her work in the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad.[12][13]

Personal

Jackson is married. She and her husband, Mark, a retired Foreign Service Officer, served together in Nigeria and Saudi Arabia.[10]

References

  1. ^ https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/jackson-jeanine-elizabeth
  2. ^ Jeanine Elizabeth Jackson (1949–)
  3. ^ a b "Jackson Named African Ambassador". Cumberland Times News. 5 May 2006. Retrieved 29 March 2016 – via Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "Ambassador Jackson '71 Builds Relationships Around the World". Hastings College. 13 November 2013. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  5. ^ "Jeanine Jackson". Nndb.com. Retrieved 2011-11-25.
  6. ^ "Government In The Lab | Blog | Ambassador to Malawi: Who is Jeanine Jackson?". govinthelab.com. Archived from the original on 2011-08-12.
  7. ^ a b An Interview with Jeanine Jackson, U.S. Ambassador to Malawi The Politic, August 15, 2013
  8. ^ "Brennan, Richard, "Ending the U.S. War in Iraq: The Final Transition, Operational Maneuver, and Disestablishment of United States Forces-Iraq ", RAND Corporation (November 15, 2013), p. 245
  9. ^ "Ambassador | Embassy of the United States Lilongwe, Malawi". Lilongwe.usembassy.gov. 2010-07-29. Archived from the original on 2011-11-16. Retrieved 2011-11-25.
  10. ^ a b Ambassador to Malawi: Jeanine Jackson AllGov, accessed April 2, 2016
  11. AllAfrica.com
    . Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  12. ISBN 978-1329056275
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  13. ^ "Retired U.S. Ambassador Jackson '71 to Provide Commencement Address". Hastings College. 10 April 2015. Retrieved 29 March 2016.

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Preceded by
United States Ambassador to Burkina Faso

2006–2009 		Succeeded by
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