Michael Hoza is new U.S. Ambassador to Cameroon

Michael Hoza

The Senate of the United States of America has confirmed the nomination of Michael Hoza, a graduate from Georgetown University, as U.S. Ambassador to Cameroon.
    The 57-year-old career diplomat, married and a father of two sons was nominated by President Barack Obama on July 30, 2013, but internal wrangling in the U.S. Senate delayed his posting to Yaounde.     This left the central African country without a full U.S. diplomatic representative, especially at the height of insurgent attacks from Boko Haram in its northern borders with neighbouring Nigeria.
    However, a July 29, 2014 Senate voice vote in Washington D.C. validated the appointments of Michael Hoza to Cameroon; Larry Andre to Mauritania; and Joan A. Polaschik to Algeria.

    Before his nomination, Hoza had been Management Counsellor at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow. He would replace Robert P. Jackson who served in Cameroon from September 2010.Hoza joined the Foreign Service in 1990 after a stint at the Washington Post.
    He has worked in the following diplomatic ranks; Post Management Officer in the Bureau of African Affairs in Luanda, Angola, and Mogadishu, Somalia, from 1991 to 1993; Administrative Officer in Asmara, Eritrea, from 1993 to 1997; Deputy Chief of Mission in Mbabane, Swaziland, from 1997 to 2000; Management Officer and Acting Deputy Chief of Mission in Kathmandu, Nepal, from 2000 to 2002; Human Resources Officer in Paris, France, from 2002 to 2004; Management Counsellor in Madrid, Spain, from 2004 to 2007; Management Counsellor and Acting Deputy Chief of Mission in Nairobi, Kenya, from 2007 to 2010.