Trump Nominates Career Diplomat and Former JSOC Advisor Henry Wooster as Ambassador to Kenya

President Donald Trump nominated career diplomat Henry Wooster to serve as the next United States Ambassador to Kenya. S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee. If approved by the committee, the nomination will proceed to a full Senate confirmation vote before Wooster can assume duties in Nairobi.

Wooster's prior postings include service in Baghdad, Islamabad, Moscow, and at NATO headquarters. S. Joint Special Operations Command.

Before entering diplomacy, Wooster served as an Army officer. He holds a Master of Arts degree from Yale University and a Bachelor of Arts from Amherst College. S. Embassy in Nairobi is one of Washington's most critical diplomatic missions in sub-Saharan Africa.

Kenya plays a central role in regional security cooperation, counter-terrorism operations in East Africa, and trade relations under the African Growth and Opportunity Act. Wooster's nomination forms part of a broader wave of diplomatic appointments transmitted by the White House covering posts across Africa, Latin America, Asia, and Europe.