David R. Gilmour

Gilmour is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, with the rank of Minister-Counselor. He was the Chargé d’Affaires a.i. at the U.S. Embassy in N’Djamena, Chad. He has served in the Bureau of African Affairs at the Department of State as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Central Africa, Director of East African Affairs, and Director of Public Diplomacy for Africa. He was Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. embassies in Panama and Malawi, and Counselor for Public Affairs at the U.S. Mission in Geneva. Other overseas assignments have included Australia, Costa Rica, South Africa, and Cameroon.^[4][5]

Gilmour was the United States ambassador to Togo from November 7, 2015, to March 9, 2019.

On August 6, 2021, President Joe Biden nominated Gilmour to be the U.S. ambassador to Equatorial Guinea.^[4] The Senate Foreign Relations Committee held hearings on his nomination on October 20, 2021. The committee reported the nomination favorably on November 3, 2021. On December 18, 2021, Gilmour was confirmed by the Senate via voice vote.^[6] He presented his credentials to President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo on May 22, 2022.^[7]

Gilmour speaks French and Spanish.^[4]