Todd Philip Haskell
Todd Philip Haskell is an American diplomat and career Foreign Service Officer who currently serves as the United States Ambassador to the Republic of the Congo. Prior to assuming his current position, he served as Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of African Affairs at the United States Department of State from 2015 to 2017. In February 2017, President Donald Trump nominated Haskell for the position of United States Ambassador to the Republic of the Congo. Haskell had originally been nominated for the position by outgoing President Barack Obama in January 2017. When Trump took office, he withdrew Haskell's nomination before reinstating his nomination. Haskell was confirmed for the position by the United States Senate on May 18, 2017.
Haskell has held diplomatic posts in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Johannesburg, South Africa, Burkina Faso, Mexico City, Tel Aviv, Israel, Poznań, Poland, the Sinai Peninsula, Manila, Philippines, and Karachi, Pakistan. Haskell speaks French, Spanish, and Hebrew.
