Ambassador of the United States to Sierra Leone | |
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Seal of the United States Department of State | |
Incumbent Bryan David Hunt since September 11, 2023 | |
Nominator | The President of the United States |
Inaugural holder | Herbert Reiner as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim |
Formation | April 27, 1961 |
Website | U.S. Embassy - Freetown |
The United States ambassador to Sierra Leone is the official representative of the government of the United States to the government of Sierra Leone.
Ambassadors
Name | Title | Appointed | Presented credentials | Terminated mission | Notes |
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Herbert Reiner – Career FSO | Chargé d'Affaires ad interim | April 27, 1961 | N/A | 1961 | |
A. S. J. Carnahan – Political appointee | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | May 11, 1961 | June 9, 1961 | July 13, 1963 | |
Andrew V. Corry - Career FSO | January 29, 1964 | February 25, 1964 | May 19, 1967 | ||
Robert Graham Miner - Career FSO | November 7, 1967 | December 7, 1967 | June 16, 1971 | ||
Clinton Louis Olson - Career FSO | June 27, 1972 | July 4, 1972 | November 11, 1974 | ||
Michael Anthony Samuels - Political appointee | December 20, 1974 | February 14, 1975 | May 25, 1977 | ||
John Andrew Linehan - Career FSO | June 24, 1977 | August 30, 1977 | May 9, 1980 | ||
Theresa Ann Healy - Career FSO | August 27, 1980 | September 18, 1980 | July 13, 1983 | ||
Arthur Winston Lewis - Career FSO | May 17, 1983 | August 17, 1983 | June 5, 1986 | ||
Cynthia Shepard Perry - Political appointee | June 16, 1986 | July 16, 1986 | August 30, 1989 | ||
Johnny Young – Career FSO | October 10, 1989 | November 29, 1989 | July 23, 1992 | ||
Lauralee M. Peters - Career FSO | June 15, 1992 | October 8, 1992 | July 6, 1995 | ||
John Lewis Hirsch - Career FSO | August 14, 1995 | September 13, 1995 | June 17, 1998 | ||
Joseph Melrose - Career FSO | October 22, 1998 | November 20, 1998 | September 10, 2001 | ||
Peter R. Chaveas - Career FSO | July 12, 2001 | October 12, 2001 | May 24, 2004 | ||
Thomas Neil Hull - Career FSO | May 12, 2004 | August 19, 2004 | August 27, 2007 | ||
June Carter Perry - Career FSO | July 7, 2007 | October 8, 2007 | January 2, 2009 | ||
Michael S. Owen – Career FSO | August 9, 2010 | September 30, 2010 | October 2, 2013 | ||
John Hoover - Career FSO | September 12, 2014 | December 4, 2014 | July 2, 2017 | ||
Maria Brewer - Career FSO | August 3, 2017 | October 5, 2017 | February 22, 2021 | ||
David Dale Reimer - Career FSO | December 22, 2020 | March 24, 2021 | August 24, 2023 | ||
Bryan David Hunt - Career FSO | July 27, 2023 | September 11, 2023 | Incumbent |
See also
- Sierra Leone – United States relations
- Foreign relations of Sierra Leone
- Ambassadors of the United States
References
- "Ambassador Bryan Hunt has presented his credentials today to the government of Sierra Leone". 13 September 2023.
- "The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR CLINTON L. OLSON" (PDF). Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training. 17 April 1996. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 July 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
- "The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR JOHN A. LINEHAN, JR" (PDF). Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training. 6 April 1993. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 July 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
- "The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR ARTHUR W. LEWIS" (PDF). Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training. 6 September 1989. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 June 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
- "The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR THOMAS N. HULL III" (PDF). Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training. 8 January 2010. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 July 2024. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
- United States Department of State: Background notes on Sierra Leone
- This article incorporates public domain material from U.S. Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets. United States Department of State.
External links
- United States Department of State: Chiefs of Mission for Sierra Leone
- United States Department of State: Sierra Leone
- United States Embassy in Freetown