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|term_startterm_end =1996 1999

|term_end president =1999 [[Bill Clinton]]

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|preceded succeeded = [[IrvinTibor P. HicksNagy]]

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1940|6|9}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1987/081187a.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151215211240/www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1987/081187a.htm|archive-date=2015-12-15|title=Nomination of David H. Shinn To Be United States Ambassador to Burkina Faso August 11, 1987}}</ref>

|succeeded =[[Tibor P. Nagy, Jr.]]

|birth_place = [[Yakima, Washington]]▼

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|spouse = Judy Shinn

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|children = Chris Shinn, Steve Shinn

|residence = Washington D.C

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|office3 = Director for East African Affairs, [[United States Department of State ]]

|term_start3 = 1993

|term_end3 = 1996

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|office4 = Deputy Task Force Director and Coordinator for Somalia, [[United States Department of State]]

|term_start4 = 1992

|term_end4 = 1993

|order5 = 10th

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|office5 = [[United States Ambassador to Burkina Faso]]

|term_start5 = 1987

|term_end5 = 1990

|preceded5 = [[Leonardo Neher]]

|succeeded5 = [[Edward P. Brynn]]

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'''David H. Shinn''' (b.born 1940,June [[Yakima9, Washington]]1940) is an AdjunctAmerican Professordiplomat and professor. He is an adjunct professor of International Affairs at [[The George Washington University|The George Washington University's]] [[Elliott School of International Affairs]]. His diverse career in the [[United_States_Foreign_ServiceUnited States Foreign Service|foreign service]] of the [[United States]] has included [[Ambassador|ambassadorships]] to [[Ethiopia]] and [[Burkina Faso]]. Shinn is also a frequent commentator in the news media on political issues, and has provided consultancy to the U.S. government on [[Horn of Africa]] related matters as well as [[Sino-African relations]].▼

▲'''David H. Shinn''' (b. 1940, [[Yakima, Washington]]) is an Adjunct Professor of International Affairs at [[The George Washington University|The George Washington University's]] [[Elliott School of International Affairs]]. His diverse career in the [[United_States_Foreign_Service|foreign service]] of the [[United States]] has included [[Ambassador|ambassadorships]] to [[Ethiopia]] and [[Burkina Faso]].

Shinn is a frequent commentator in the news media on [[East Africa|East African Affairs]] and is often called to testify in front of the [[United States Congress]] on such topics as the [[Horn of Africa]], particularly [[Sino-African relations]], [[Piracy in Somalia]], and [[Harakat al-Shabaab Mujahideen]].

==Education==

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==Government Service==

Shinn served for 37 years in the [[United States Foreign Service]] with assignments at embassies in [[Lebanon]], [[Kenya]], [[Tanzania]], [[Mauritania]], [[Cameroon]], [[Sudan]], and as ambassador to [[Burkina Faso]] and [[Ethiopia]].

==Philanthropy==

Shinn is active in several non-governmental organizations focused on the Horn of Africa and the African Great Lakes region. He serves on the board of directors for [[Adeso]], an NGO founded by the Somali environmentalist [[Fatima Jibrell]]. It conducts programs in [[Somalia]], [[Kenya]] and [[South Sudan]]. Additionally, Shinn is on the board of directors of the [[Phi Theta Kappa]] Foundation.

==Awards==

*1994 1995– - InternationalNational Alumnus of the Year by, [[PhiAmerican ThetaAssociation Kappaof Community Colleges]], the community college scholastic honor society

*1995 – International Alumnus of the Year by [[Phi Theta Kappa]], the community college scholastic honor society

==Notes==

* 1994 - National Alumnus of the Year, [[American Association of Community Colleges]]

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==See also==

*[[Phi Theta Kappa]]

*[[United Nations]]

*[[U.S. Foreign Service]]

*[[The George Washington University]]

==External links==

*[http://elliott.gwu.edu/faculty/parttime_s.cfm#shinn David Shinn bio] provided by George Washington University

*[http://davidshinn.blogspot.com/ David Shinn blog]

*[httphttps://wwwweb.gwuarchive.eduorg/web/20110719205438/http:/explore/gwtoday.gwu.edu/aroundtheworldtheworld/gwprofessorlooksbackonforeignservicecareer Profile of David Shinn ] in [[GW Today]]

*{{C-SPAN|31923}}

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{{succession box |title=[[United States Ambassador to Ethiopia|U.S. Ambassador to Ethiopia]] | before=[[Irvin Hicks]] | after=[[Tibor P. Nagy, Jr.]] | years=1996 - 19991996–1999}}

{{succession box |title=[[United States Ambassador to Burkina Faso|U.S. Ambassador to Burkina Faso]] | before=[[Leonardo Neher]] | after=[[Edward P. Brynn ]] | years=1987 - 19901987–1990}}

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