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Donald Burnham Ensenat
28th Chief of Protocol of the United States
In office June 6, 2001 – February 18, 2007
President	George W. Bush
Preceded by	Mary Mel French
Succeeded by	Nancy Brinker
United States Ambassador to Brunei
In office August 11, 1992 – June 13, 1993
President	George H. W. Bush Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Christopher H. Phillips
Succeeded by	Theresa Anne Tull
Personal details
Born	(1946-02-04) February 4, 1946 (age 78)
Political party	Republican
Alma mater	Yale University (BA) Tulane University (JD)

Donald Burnham Ensenat (born February 4, 1946) is a retired American diplomat. Until his retirement in 2007, he served as United States Chief of Protocol at the United States Department of State.

Personal

Ensenat is a native of New Orleans, Louisiana. He is a graduate of the Isidore Newman School in New Orleans, Yale University, and the Tulane University Law School. As an undergraduate, he was a roommate of George W. Bush at Yale College. In the 1960s and 1970s, Ensenat served as a military reservist.

Career

Ensenat is a lawyer, and formerly served as Ambassador to Brunei.

External links

• Office of the Chief of Protocol Website
• Photo
• "Ambassador Donald Burnham Ensenat". White House.

v t e Chiefs of protocol of the United States
James Clement Dunn F. Lammot Belin Warren Delano Robbins James Clement Dunn Richard Southgate George T. Summerlin Stanley Woodward John F. Simmons Wiley T. Buchanan Jr. Angier Biddle Duke Lloyd Nelson Hand James W. Symington Angier Biddle Duke Tyler Abell Emil Mosbacher Marion Hartzog Smoak Henry E. Catto Jr. Shirley Temple Black Evan Dobelle Edith H. J. Dobelle Abelardo L. Valdez Morgan Mason Leonore Annenberg Selwa Roosevelt Joseph Verner Reed Jr. John Giffen Weinmann Molly M. Raiser Mary Mel French Donald Ensenat Nancy Brinker Capricia Marshall Natalie Jones Peter A. Selfridge Sean Lawler Mary-Kate Fisher Cam Henderson Asel Roberts Rufus Gifford
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v t e United States ambassadors to Brunei
King Ferguson Phillips Ensenat Tull Rase Stanfield Christy Skodon Todd McIntyre (a.i.) Shields Allen Matthews Woodard (a.i.) Fleckner (a.i.) McClelland

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