United States Ambassador to Cameroon

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Formation January 1, 1960		Website U.S. Embassy - Yaounde

Nominator The President of the United States Inaugural holder Bolard More as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim

This is a list of ambassadors from the United States to Cameroon. The American Embassy at Yaounde was established on January 1, 1960, with Bolard More as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim.

Ambassadors

Leland Barrows

State of Residency: Kansas

Foreign Service officer

Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

Appointment: April 20, 1960

Presentation of Credentials: June 9, 1960

Termination of Mission: Left post, September 6, 1966

Note: Accredited also to Togo and resident at Yaounde.

Robert L. Payton

State of Residency: Missouri

Non-career appointee

Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

Appointment: January 26, 1967

Presentation of Credentials: March 4, 1967

Termination of Mission: Left post, May 27, 1969

Lewis Hoffacker

State of Residency: District of Columbia

Foreign Service officer

Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

Appointment: December 2, 1969

Presentation of Credentials: December 20, 1969

Termination of Mission: Left post, June 6, 1972

Note: Also accredited to Equatorial Guinea and resident at Yaounde.

C. Robert Moore

State of Residency: Washington

Foreign Service officer

Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

Appointment: June 27, 1972

Presentation of Credentials: July 22, 1972

Termination of Mission: Left post, July 28, 1975

Note: Also accredited to Equatorial Guinea and resident at Yaounde.

Herbert J. Spiro

State of Residency: Pennsylvania

Non-career appointee

Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

Appointment: July 24, 1975

Presentation of Credentials: September 1, 1975

Termination of Mission: Left post, May 7, 1977

Note: Accredited also to Equatorial Guinea until Mar 14, 1976; resident at Yaounde.

Mabel M. Smythe

State of Residency: Connecticut

Non-career appointee

Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

Appointment: May 11, 1977

Presentation of Credentials: October 1, 1977

Termination of Mission: Left post, February 24, 1980

Note: Also accredited to Equatorial Guinea, December 17, 1979.

Hume A. Horan

State of Residency: New Jersey

Foreign Service officer

Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

Appointment: June 30, 1980

Presentation of Credentials: July 29, 1980

Termination of Mission: Left post, May 17, 1983

Note: Also accredited to Equatorial Guinea until September 29, 1981

Myles Robert Rene Frechette

State of Residency: Washington

Foreign Service officer

Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

Appointment: May 26, 1983

Presentation of Credentials: September 8, 1983

Termination of Mission: Left post, July 30, 1987

Mark L. Edelman

State of Residency: Missouri

Non-career appointee

Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

Appointment: July 31, 1987

Presentation of Credentials: September 9, 1987

Termination of Mission: Left post, March 19, 1989

Frances D. Cook

State of Residency: Florida

Foreign Service officer

Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

Appointment: November 21, 1989

Presentation of Credentials: December 21, 1989

Termination of Mission: Left post, January 1, 1993

Harriet Winsar Isom

State of Residency: Oregon

Foreign Service officer

Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

Appointment: August 17, 1992

Presentation of Credentials: January 19, 1993

Termination of Mission: Left post January 17, 1996

Charles H. Twining

State of Residency: Maryland

Foreign Service officer

Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

Appointment: December 19, 1995

Presentation of Credentials: February 28, 1996

Termination of Mission: Left post August 17, 1998

Note: Also Accredited to Equatorial Guinea and resident at Yaounde.

John Melvin Yates

State of Residency: Washington

Foreign Service officer

Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

Appointment: October 22, 1998

Presentation of Credentials: January 5, 1999

Termination of Mission: Left post November 4, 2001

Note: Also Accredited to Equatorial Guinea and resident at Yaounde.

George McDade Staples

State of Residency: Kentucky

Foreign Service Officer

Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

Appointment: September 5, 2001

Presentation of Credentials: December 21, 2001

Termination of Mission: Left post, July 10, 2004

Note: Also accredited to Equatorial Guinea; resident at Yaounde.

R. Niels Marquardt

State of Residency: California

Foreign Service Officer

Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

Appointment: July 2, 2004

Presentation of Credentials: October 29, 2004

Termination of Mission: April 9, 2007

Note: Also accredited to Equatorial Guinea; resident at Yaounde.

Janet E. Garvy

State of Residency: Massachusetts

Foreign Service Officer

Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

Appointment: May 30, 2007

Presentation of Credentials: November 9, 2007

Termination of Mission: August 1, 2010

Note: Also accredited to Equatorial Guinea; resident at Yaounde.

Robert P. Jackson

Foreign Service Officer

Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

Appointment: September 17, 2010

Presentation of Credentials: October 12, 2010

Termination of Mission: September 24, 2013

Note: Also accredited to Equatorial Guinea; resident at Yaounde

Michael Hoza

Foreign Service Officer

Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

Appointment: July 31, 2012

Presentation of Credentials: August 22, 2014

Termination of Mission: Incumbent

Note: Also accredited to Equatorial Guinea; resident at Yaounde

References

United States Ambassador to Cameroon Wikipedia

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