US Administration Appoints New Ambassador to Sudan

U.S. Ambassador John T. Godfrey has concluded his tenure as the first American Ambassador to Sudan in a quarter century.
In a Town Hall meeting on Thursday, Ambassador Godfrey thanked the Mission Sudan staff. “I am deeply proud of the unflinching determination of Mission Sudan’s staff in supporting the safe evacuation of Americans and citizens of allied countries when fighting erupted, and in working from a number of locations since then to facilitate humanitarian assistance, engage the belligerents to protect civilians, secure ceasefires, document atrocities, and support the Sudanese people. When this conflict ends, it is Sudan’s people who will make all the difference in the difficult task of rebuilding the country in a way that realizes their aspirations for freedom, peace, and justice.”

Former Ambassador Daniel Rubinstein has assumed Chargé d’Affaires, ad interim.

Ambassador Rubinstein, who recently led the U.S. Delegation at the Jeddah Talks on Sudan, previously served as Chargé d’Affaires, a.i. at the U.S. Embassy in Cairo from August, 2022-March, 2023. He served previously as Ambassador to Tunisia from 2015 to 2019.

Earlier, he served as Special Envoy for Syria; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research; Consul General and Chief of Mission in Jerusalem; Chief of the Civilian Observer Unit in the Multinational Force and Observers in Sinai, Egypt; and Deputy Chief of Mission in Amman, Jordan.

Ambassador Rubinstein is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley.