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Chargé d'Affaires Larry André
Larry André, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, began serving as Chargé d'Affaires on January 20, 2009. He will lead the U.S. Mission until the arrival of the next American Ambassador to the United Republic of Tanzania.
In the interim, Mr. André will continue to strengthen the partnership between the American and Tanzanian peoples and their governments. That partnership has made great progress in reducing and treating malaria and HIV/AIDS, improving Tanzania’s infrastructure, promoting economic development, and enhancing the security of Tanzanians and of their guests, who visit this beautiful country in such large numbers.
Mr. André arrived in Tanzania in February 2008 to assist with the historic visit by President Bush. Mr. André has spent nearly his entire career in the U.S. State Department's Bureau of African Affairs. He served as the Political Counselor at U.S. Embassy Nairobi, Kenya (2006-08), Deputy Director in the Office of West African Affairs (2004-06), Deputy Chief of Mission at U.S. Embassy Freetown, Sierra Leone (2002 -04), Regional Environment Officer for East Africa covering 14 countries from Addis Ababa (2000-02) and as Management Officer at U.S. Embassy Conakry, Guinea (1998-2000). He also served at U.S. Missions to Iraq, Bangladesh, Cameroon and Nigeria.
Prior to joining the Foreign Service, Mr. André worked in Chad on a refugee resettlement project (1988-90) and served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Senegal (1983-85). He holds an M.B.A. from the Thunderbird School of Global Management (1988) and a B.A. in Political Science from Claremont McKenna College (1983). Mr. André speaks French and Wolof.