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Formation
  
September 26, 1980

United States Ambassador to Djibouti

Nominator
  
The President of the United States

Inaugural holder
  
Jerrold M. North as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

Website
  
U.S. Embassy - Djibouti

This is a list of Ambassadors from the United States to the Republic of Djibouti.

The area on the Horn of Africa on which Djibout is situated had been under French control since 1885 as part of the protectorate of French Somaliland. The area was ruled by the Vichy (French) government from the fall of France in 1940 until December 1942, but Free French and the Allied forces recaptured Djibouti at the end of 1942. In 1957 the colony was given a large measure of self-government and became the French Territory of the Afars and the Issas. In a May 1977 referendum the populace chose independence from France. The Republic of Djibouti was established on June 27, 1977.

The United States immediately recognized the new nation of Djibouti and moved to establish diplomatic relations. The embassy in Djibouti was established June 27, 1977, with Walter S. Clarke as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim pending the appointment of an ambassador. The first ambassador, Jerrold M. North, was appointed on September 26, 1980.

Ambassadors

  • Jerrold M. North – Career FSO
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: September 26, 1980
  • Presented credentials: October 27, 1980
  • Terminated mission: Left post August 27, 1982
  • Alvin P. Adams – Career FSO
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: April 28, 1983
  • Presented credentials: July 16, 1983
  • Terminated mission: Left post, August 20, 1985
  • John Pierce Ferriter – Career FSO
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: August 1, 1985
  • Presented credentials: September 30, 1985
  • Terminated mission: Left post, August 27, 1987
  • Note: The post was vacant August 1987–September 1988. John E. McAteer served as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim during that period.
  • Robert South Barrett IV – Career FSO
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: July 11, 1988
  • Presented credentials: September 5, 1988
  • Terminated mission: Left post, April 18, 1991
  • Charles R. Baquet, III – Career FSO
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: March 25, 1991
  • Presented credentials: October 10, 1991
  • Terminated mission: Left post, December 9, 1993
  • Martin L. Cheshes – Career FSO
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: November 22, 1993
  • Presented credentials: January 19, 1994
  • Terminated mission: Left post, July 30, 1996
  • Note: President Clinton’s nomination of Stanley Schrager of May 6, 1996, was withdrawn and he was not appointed.
  • Note: The post was vacant July 1996–January 1998. During that period the following officers served as Chargés d’Affaires ad interim: Joseph Philippe Gregoire (July–September 1996) and Terri Robl (September 1996–January 1998).
  • Lange Schermerhorn – Career FSO
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: November 10, 1997
  • Presented credentials: January 26, 1998
  • Terminated mission: Left post November 17, 2000
  • Donald Y. Yamamoto – Career FSO
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: September 15, 2000
  • Presented credentials: December 9, 2000
  • Terminated mission: Left post June 16, 2003
  • Marguerita Dianne Ragsdale – Career FSO
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: December 12, 2003
  • Presented credentials: February 23, 2004
  • Terminated mission: 2006(?)
  • W. Stuart Symington – Career FSO
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: August 18, 2006
  • Presented credentials: Unknown
  • Terminated mission: c. October 2008
  • James C. Swan
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: October 3, 2008
  • Presented credentials: Unknown
  • Terminated mission: June 2011
  • Geeta Pasi
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: September 12, 2011
  • Presented credentials: Unknown
  • Terminated mission: June 2014
  • Thomas P. Kelly III
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: June 26, 2014
  • Presented credentials: Unknown
  • Terminated mission: Incumbent

    • References

    United States Ambassador to Djibouti Wikipedia
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