James P. Zumwalt
James Zumwalt | |
|---|---|
| United States Ambassador to Senegal | |
| In office March 10, 2015 – January 19, 2017 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Lewis Lukens |
| Succeeded by | Tulinabo S. Mushingi |
| United States Ambassador to Guinea-Bissau | |
| In office March 10, 2015 – January 19, 2017 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Lewis Lukens |
| Succeeded by | Tulinabo S. Mushingi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 13, 1956 El Cajon, California, U.S. |
| Education | University of California, Berkeley (BA) National War College |
James Peter Zumwalt (born April 13, 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 the U.S. Ambassador to Senegal and to 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 where he also served as chargé d'affaires ad interim during the absence of an Ambassador from January to August 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 relations, on February 20, 2017. He then was appointed Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Japan-America Society of Washington DC in September 2019.