Robert T. Yamate
C’est le lundi 4 août 2014 que le président Barack Obama a nommé le nouvel ambassadeur des Etats-Unis pour Madagascar et l’Union des Comores. Il s’agit de Robert T. Yamate, actuellement ambassadeur au Sénégal. Il est prévu arrivé à Antananarivo vers la fin de ce mois d’août 2014.
En attendant de plus amples informations, voici une présentation en anglais de M. T. Yamate.
Mr. Yamate, actually in Dakar (Sénégal) has previously served as the permanent Charge’ d’Affaires in Apia, Western Samoa, and as Consular Officer in Tokyo, Japan. His other overseas assignments include Management positions in Budapest, Hungary; Antananarivo, Madagascar; Montreal, Canada; AIT Taipei, Taiwan; Harare, Zimbabwe; Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire; and Geneva, Switzerland. His domestic assignments include tours as Deputy Executive Director in the Bureau of Human Resources and Watch Officer for the State Department Operations Center.
Mr. Yamate’s foreign languages are French, Japanese, and Hungarian. His State Department service has been recognized by a Senior Foreign Service Performance Award, three Superior Honor Awards, and five Meritorious Honor Awards.
He is a native of Monterey Park, California and received his Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from the California Polytechnic University. He also has a Masters of Arts degree in Education from the University of LaVerne, California, and a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Mr. Yamate is married to Michiko Yamate. They enjoy tennis, travel, and working with animal rescue organizations abroad.
Jeannot Ramambazafy – 7 août 2014