Chargé d'Affaires

Chargé d'Affaires, a.i., R. Barrie Walkley

Chargé d'Affaires, a.i. R. Barrie Walkley.

R. Barrie Walkley arrived in Mauritius on November 23, 2009.

A retired career member of the Senior Foreign Service, R. Barrie Walkley served as Ambassador to the Gabonese Republic (2004-2007), accredited concurrently as Ambassador to the Republic of Sao Tome and Principe. He was also Ambassador to the Republic of Guinea (2001-2004). Previously, he served as Deputy Chief of Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1998-2001).
 
In addition to assignments at the State Department in Washington, D.C., Ambassador Walkley has served in Yaounde, Lahore, Pretoria, Islamabad and London. In 1993, he was seconded to the United Nations and sent to Somalia, where he served as U.N. Spokesman in Mogadishu.
 
Ambassador Walkley holds degrees from the University of California Santa Barbara, the University of California Los Angeles and the University of Southern California.  He is the recipient of two U.S. Presidential Awards, as well as numerous Superior Honor and other awards.