Phillip Carter (ambassador)

Phillip Carter III
United States Ambassador to Ivory Coast
In office
September 24, 2010  August 27, 2013
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byWanda Nesbitt
Succeeded byTerence McCulley
United States Ambassador to Guinea
In office
November 7, 2007  August 19, 2008
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byJackson McDonald
Succeeded byPatricia Moller
Personal details
Born1959 (age 6566)
NationalityAmerican
SpouseAmanda Carter
Alma materDrew University
Yale University

Phillip Carter III (born 1959) is a Senior Foreign Service American diplomat and was United States Ambassador to Ivory Coast from 2010 to 2013. Carter holds the diplomatic rank of Minister Counselor. As of November, 2013 he is Deputy to the Commander for Civil Military Engagements, United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) in Stuttgart, Germany.