Reuben Brigety

Reuben Brigety
Official portrait, 2022
United States Ambassador to South Africa
In office August 11, 2022 – January 3, 2025[1]
President	Joe Biden
Preceded by	Lana Marks
Succeeded by	Dana M. Brown (Chargé d'affaires ad interim)
Vice-Chancellor and President of Sewanee: The University of the South
In office June 17, 2020 – December 21, 2021
Preceded by	John McCardell Jr.
Dean of the Elliott School of International Affairs at the George Washington University
In office October 1, 2015 – May 30, 2020
Succeeded by	Alyssa Ayres
United States Ambassador to the African Union
In office October 7, 2013 – September 24, 2015
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Michael Battle
Succeeded by	Mary Beth Leonard
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs
In office November 14, 2011 – September 3, 2013
President	Barack Obama
Secretary	Johnnie Carson Donald Yamamoto Linda Thomas-Greenfield
Personal details
Born	Reuben E. Brigety II (1973-09-07) September 7, 1973 (age 51) Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.
Spouse	Leelie Selassie
Education	United States Naval Academy (BS) Cambridge University (MA, PhD)
Military service
Branch/service	United States Navy

Reuben E. Brigety II (born September 7, 1973) is an American diplomat and academic who had served as the United States ambassador to South Africa. He was the vice-chancellor and president of the University of the South, in Sewanee, Tennessee, from June 2020 to December 2021, the shortest presidency in the history of the college. Previously, Brigety served as dean of the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University. Prior to that, Brigety has served as United States ambassador to the African Union, as a deputy assistant secretary of state, and as permanent representative to the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa.