David Bruce Wharton (born in
Basel
, french: link=no, Bâlois(e), it, Basilese
, neighboring_municipalities= Allschwil (BL), Hégenheim (FR-68), Binningen (BL), Birsfelden (BL), Bottmingen (BL), Huningue (FR-68), Münchenstein (BL), Muttenz (BL), Reinach (BL), Riehen (BS ...
,
Switzerland) is an American former diplomat who served as acting
from December 8, 2016, to July 2017. Wharton graduated from the
University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public research university in Austin, Texas. It was founded in 1883 and is the oldest institution in the University of Texas System. With 40,916 undergraduate students, 11,07 ...
and entered the
United States Foreign Service
The United States Foreign Service is the primary personnel system used by the diplomatic service of the United States federal government, under the aegis of the United States Department of State. It consists of over 13,000 professionals carry ...
in 1985, working in U.S. embassies in Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Guatemala. He served as the Bureau of African Affairs Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Diplomacy, African Affairs Director of the Office of Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, and Deputy Coordinator of the Department of State’s Bureau of International Information Programs. He was the
U.S. Ambassador to Zimbabwe from September 2012 to November 2015. Wharton retired in 2017.
Wharton speaks Spanish and German. He was the 2011 recipient of the
Edward R. Murrow Award for Excellence in Public Diplomacy.
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Living people
United States Under Secretaries of State
University of Texas at Austin alumni
Ambassadors of the United States to Zimbabwe
Year of birth missing (living people)
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