Elizabeth Aubin

Elizabeth Moore Aubin is an American diplomat and State Department official who had served as U.S. ambassador to Algeria. She previously served as acting principal deputy assistant secretary and deputy assistant secretary for regional multilateral affairs from January 20, 2021 to June 7, 2021. In June 2024, Aubin was nominated to serve as the United States ambassador to Cameroon.

Early life and education

Aubin is a native of Great Falls, Virginia. She attended Langley High School, graduating in 1983. Aubin earned her Bachelor of Arts from Barnard College in 1987 and did graduate work at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs of Syracuse University.

Career

Aubin, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of Minister-Counselor, served as the acting principal deputy assistant secretary in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs at the Department of State from January 20 to June 7, 2021. Other senior leadership roles held by Aubin during her three decades of service are executive director of the Joint Executive Office of the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs and the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, deputy chief of mission of the United States Embassy in Ottawa, Canada in 2017; from 2014 to 2016 she was the executive director of the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs; and deputy chief of mission of the U.S. Embassy in Algiers, Algeria.

Aubin presented her credentials to President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on February 9, 2022.

Nomination as U.S. ambassador to Cameroon

On June 13, 2024, President Joe Biden nominated Aubin to serve as the United States ambassador to Cameroon. On June 18, 2024, her nomination was sent to the Senate. Her nomination is pending before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

Personal life Aubin speaks French and Italian.