Howard Franklin Jeter (born March 6, 1947) is an American retired diplomat.

Prior to this, Jeter represented the United States in a diplomatic capacity in Botswana, Lesotho, and Namibia.

[1] Jeter was born on March 6, 1947, in Maple Ridge, Union County, South Carolina.

[6] He later served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for African Affairs from June 1999 to July 2000.

After retiring from a 24 year career at the Foreign Service in 2003, Jeter became the Principal at Four Ways Enterprise, LLC.