Denis Hankins Appointed as New US Ambassador to Haiti

The US Senate voted 89 to 1 to confirm Mr. Denis Hankins as the US Ambassador to Haiti against the backdrop of escalating security crisis in Haiti, as reported by American media on Thursday, March 14, 2024. Mr. Hankins has 38 years of experience in the US Foreign Service. Succeeding Michel B. Sison, Denis Hankins has previously worked in Sudan and Congo and served as ambassador to Mali and Guinea. Currently, he is a foreign policy advisor at the Pentagon's National Guard Bureau. President Joe Biden nominated Mr. Hankins in May 2023, at a tim