Donald L Heflin was born on 1958 and is an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Cape Verde from 2015 to 2018.
12 Facts About Donald Heflin
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In 1992, Donald Heflin was moved to be deputy principal officer in Hermosillo, Mexico and the next year, in his first African posting, he was assigned to the embassy in Lusaka, Zambia as consul.
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Donald Heflin was recalled to Washington in 1995 as desk officer for Rwanda and Burundi and two years later to be the coordination division officer in the Bureau of Consular Affairs.
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In 1999, Donald Heflin was again posted overseas as a consul in the embassy in London, United Kingdom, staying there until 2004, when he returned to the US to work as deputy director for the Office of West African Affairs.
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Donald Heflin returned to Mexico in 2009 to work as principal officer and Consul General in Nuevo Laredo.
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Donald Heflin left Mexico for another stint in Washington in 2012, when he started as the managing director of the Consular Affairs Visa Office.
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Donald Heflin remained in this post until he was nominated for the ambassadorship for Cape Verde in June 2014.
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Donald Heflin presented his credentials to Jorge Carlos Fonseca, the President of Cape Verde on 5 February 2015.
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Donald Heflin left the post in early September 2018 and was succeeded by Marissa Scott as Chargee d'affaires and in 2019 by Jeff Daigle, the new US Ambassador.
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Donald Heflin later served as Minister-Counselor for Consular and Consulate Affairs in Mexico, overseeing the nine American Consulates in the country, as well as Charge d'affaires at the US Embassy in New Delhi, India.
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Donald Heflin has a daughter, Sara, and can speak Spanish and Portuguese.
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Donald Heflin is a supporter of the Crimson Tide, the football team of his law school alma mater, University of Alabama.