Duane C. Butcher

Duane Clemens Butcher (born 1965) is a retired American diplomat who last served as the Executive Director of the Bureau of African Affairs at the Department of State. Immediately prior, he served as the Director of the Office of Overseas Employment, and before that as the Director of the Office of Planning and Administration. Butcher served as Chargé d'affaires at U.S. Embassy Bucharest from December 2012 to July 2014 and as the Deputy Chief of Mission from August 2011 to July 2012. He also served as Chargé d'affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Tashkent, Uzbekistan from July 2010 to June 2011.