Secretary of State Antony Blinken appointed Eric William Stromayer, the former U.S. ambassador to the Togolese Republic, as chargé d’affaires in Port-au-Prince.
Eric W. Stromayer is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of Minister-Counselor. He has served as an American diplomat since 1989.
Eric Stromayer has served six tours at U.S. Missions overseas and in senior leadership positions at the United States Department of State, including as Chargé d'Affaires and Deputy Chief of Mission in Madagascar, Executive Director of the Bureau of African Affairs, Desk Officer at the Office of West African Affairs in the Bureau of African Affairs, and as General Services Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
Eric W. Stromayer earned a B.A. from Northwestern University (1982) and a M.A. from Johns Hopkins SAIS (1986).
He is the recipient of numerous awards from the State Department. Mr. Stromayer speaks fluent French, in addition to Haitian Creole, Italian, Hungarian, Wolof, and some Spanish.
He and his wife have three daughters.