Robin R. Sanders

{{Short description|American diplomat}}

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|name = Robin Renee Sanders

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|ambassador_from = United States

|country = Republic of Congo

|president = George W. Bush

|term_start = February 13, 2003

|term_end = July 16, 2005

|predecessor = David H. Kaeuper

|successor = Robert Weisberg

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|ambassador_from2 = United States

|country2 = Nigeria

|term_start2 = October 29, 2007

|term_end2 = August 27, 2010

|predecessor2 = John Campbell

|successor2 = Terence McCulley

|president2 = George W. Bush
Barack Obama

|birth_date = {{birth year and age|1954}}

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|nationality = American

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| alma_mater= Hampton University
Ohio University
Robert Morris University

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Robin Renee Sanders (born 1954) is the former U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of the Congo (Congo-Brazzaville) from 2003 to 2005, and to Nigeria from 2007 to 2010. She is a 2010 D.Sc. graduate of Robert Morris University"[http://allafrica.com/stories/201011300716.html Nigeria: HIV/Aids - Gains of Partnership With the U.S.]", AllAfrica.com, 30 November 2010. Retrieved 16 November 2013"US ambassador to Nigeria earns Robert Morris degree", pittsburghlive.com, May 8, 2010 and served as Deputy Commandant at the Eisenhower Resource College at the National Defense University in Washington, D.C. She has received numerous awards for her work with and advocacy for African small businesses and African Diaspora issues, and six awards from the United States Department of State. She also served twice as the Director for Africa at the National Security Council at the White House, and received the medal of honor from the President of the Republic of Congo.