Ensher, Henry S., 1959-

Henry S. Ensher (1959-) is an American Career Foreign Service Officer who served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Algeria from 2011 until 2014. He also served as deputy assistant secretary at the State Department's Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs. As Deputy Assistant Secretary for Central Asia and Afghanistan at the U.S. Department of State, Ensher oversaw U.S. policy towards and diplomatic relations with the five Central Asian states and Afghanistan. Mr. Ensher joined the Foreign Service in 1983 and his overseas assignments include Hermosillo, Mexico, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Muscat, Oman, Damascus, Syria, Vienna, Austria, Algiers, Algeria, Tel Aviv, Israel, and Baghdad, Iraq. He also directed political affairs for Iraq within the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs in 2006.

Ensher received his B.A. from Loyola Marymount University.