Jeffrey Hawkins

Jeffrey J. Hawkins (born 1966) is an academic and former American diplomat who served as United States Ambassador to the Central African Republic from 2015 to 2017. He was the director of the American Library in Paris from 2017 to 2018, and since then has taught at Sciences Po Paris(campus de Paris and Reims), Sciences Po Lille, Sciences Po Saint-Germain-en-Laye and Leiden University.

Consular career Hawkins joined the State Department in 1994 and was first posted to Abidjan, Ivory Coast as a political officer. He was moved to be deputy consular section chief in Chennai, India in 1996, and to Islamabad, Pakistan as a political officer in 1999. He was confirmed for the post on October 8, 2015.

Hawkins retired from the Foreign Service in 2017, leaving his post as ambassador in September and being succeeded by David P. Brownstein as charge d'affairs at the consulate.

Post-consular career After his retirement from the Foreign Service in September 2017, Hawkins took up the post of director at the American Library in Paris, succeeding Charles Trueheart. By 2020, Hawkins was teaching at Sciences Po Saint-Germain-en-Laye, and by 2022 at Leiden University.

Personal life Hawkins has three children with his current wife, Annie Chansavang, named Maxime, Alexandre, and Raphael. He can speak Portuguese and French fluently.