The Washington Diplomat

Appointments - June 2006

Bahamas
Chet Donovan Neymour assumed the position of counselor (economic and commerce) on Feb. 1. Neymour previously served as principal liaison for multilateral financial institutions and as deputy director of economic planning at the Ministry of Finance.

Barbados
Pamela Crawford assumed the position of attaché on March 27, replacing Felicia Hackett, who departed the post in December.

Indonesia
Ridwan Hassan assumed the position of counselor in March.

Laos
Phomma Sidsena assumed the position of counselor on Jan. 1. Sidsena holds a master’s degree in international relations and is married with two children.

Seng Soukhathivong departed the post of minister-counselor on Feb. 8.

Uganda
Perezi Kamunanwire became ambassador of Uganda to the United States on May 15. Ambassador Kamunanwire previously served as his country’s permanent representative to the United Nations in New York (1988-96) and as ambassador to Germany (1986-88). Educated at Columbia University in New York, in recent years Ambassador Kamunanwire has been an educator and scholar. He taught at the City College of the City University of New York, where he also directed programs in black studies and international relations. Starting in 2003, he served as an adjunct professor at the Center for Conflict Management and Organizational Research associated with Sophia University in Bulgaria. He co-edited “A Study Guide to Uganda” and contributed the foreword to “We, the PanAfrikans: Essays on the Global Black Experience,” in addition to writing many other scholarly articles in the field of international relations. Ambassador Kamunanwire is fluent in English and five African languages, including Lingala, Swahili, and Kinyrwanda.