James P. Zumwalt
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| United States Ambassador to Senegal | |
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In office February 3, 2015 – January 19, 2017 |
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| President |
Barack Obama Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Lewis Lukens |
| United States Ambassador to Guinea-Bissau | |
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In office March 10, 2015 – January 19, 2017 |
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| President |
Barack Obama Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Lewis Lukens |
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| Born | 1956 (age 60–61) El Cajon, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater |
University of California, Berkeley National War College |
James Peter Zumwalt (born 1956) is an American diplomat with expertise in trade, economy, and East Asia. On November 19, 2014 he was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Senegal and to the Republic of Guinea-Bissau. Previously, he worked as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, covering Japan and Korea. Until December 2011, he was the Deputy Chief of Mission of the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo, Japan where he also served as chargé d'affaires ad interim during the absence of an Ambassador from January 15, 2009 till August 20, 2009. He coordinated the U.S. Embassy's response to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.
Zumwalt became the CEO of Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA, a think tank dedicated to the U.S.-Japan relationship, on February 20, 2017.
Zumwalt came from El Cajon, California.
In 1973 in his high school days Zumwalt, as one of the exchange students of the AFS program, stayed with a host family in Yokohama and learned at Komaba Toho High School in Tokyo. Though he had a great difficulty in learning Japanese language at first, with the help of patient teachers he got used to Japanese language and culture.
Graduating from high school, Zumwalt entered U.C. Berkeley where he received a bachelor of arts in American History and in Japanese Language in 1979.
Within the State Department in Washington, D.C, Zumwalt worked as an expert on Asia, especially East Asia. He is proficient in Japanese, as well as French and Mandarin Chinese.
In 1998 he earned a master's degree in International Security Studies from the National War College.
When Barack Obama became the President and the US Ambassador to Japan, Tom Schieffer, resigned, Zumwalt worked as the chargé d'affaires ad interim from January 15, 2009 until August 20, 2009 when John Roos became ambassador. Zumwalt again served as the Deputy Chief of Mission of US Embassy in Japan from 2008-2012.
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