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Susan M. Burns
Chargé d’Affaires Susan M. Burns
Chargé d’Affaires, U.S. Embassy Nairobi
Chargé d’Affaires Susan M. Burns
Chargé d’Affaires, U.S. Embassy Nairobi
Susan M. Burns is the Chargé d’Affaires of the United States Embassy in Kenya. She was previously the Principal Officer in Ho Chi Minh City, Director for the Office of Mainland Southeast Asia, as well as other postings in Uganda, Nepal, Poland, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, Ghana, and Taiwan.
Chargé d’Affaires Susan M. Burns

Susan M. Burns
Susan M. Burns
Chargé d’Affaires Susan M. Burns
Chargé d’Affaires, U.S. Embassy Nairobi
Donald J. Trump
President of the United States
JD Vance
Vice President of the United States
Marco Rubio
U.S. Secretary of State
Donald J. Trump
President of the United States
Donald J. Trump serves as the 47th President of the United States. He also served as the 45th.
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JD Vance
Vice President of the United States
JD Vance serves as the 50th Vice President of the United States.
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Marco Rubio
U.S. Secretary of State
Marco Rubio serves as the 72nd United States Secretary of State.
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Donald J. Trump
President of the United States
Donald J. Trump
President of the United States
Donald J. Trump serves as the 47th President of the United States. He also served as the 45th.
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JD Vance
Vice President of the United States
JD Vance
Vice President of the United States
JD Vance serves as the 50th Vice President of the United States.
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Marco Rubio
U.S. Secretary of State
Marco Rubio
U.S. Secretary of State
Marco Rubio serves as the 72nd United States Secretary of State.
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Policy & History

U.S.-Kenya Relationship

The U.S. Embassy to Kenya opened in 1964.

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History

From 1895 until 1963, the area that later became modern Kenya was under British rule.

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