The day before Niger's independence on August 3, 1960, the first American Chargé d'Affaires ad interim, Donald R. Norland, presented his credentials to take effect the following day. The first United States ambassador to Niger, R. Borden Reams was appointed that October 14 and presented his credentials on November 23.
Note: Donald R. Norland (resident in Abidjan) presented credentials as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim, August 2, 1960, to take effect from August 3, 1960. During Reams' tenure as non-resident Ambassador, the Embassy in Niamey was established February 3, 1961, with Joseph W. Schutz as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim.
R. Borden Reams - Career FSO
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: October 14, 1960
Presentation of Credentials: November 23, 1960
Termination of Mission: Superseded, August 2, 1961
Mercer Cook - Political appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: June 22, 1961
Presentation of Credentials: August 2, 1961
Termination of Mission: Left post May 30, 1964
Robert J. Ryan - Career FSO
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: July 9, 1964
Presentation of Credentials: August 24, 1964
Termination of Mission: Left post August 19, 1968
Samuel C. Adams, Jr. - Political appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: July 24, 1968
Presentation of Credentials: September 10, 1968
Termination of Mission: Left post October 3, 1969
Roswell D. McClelland - Career FSO
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: July 8, 1970
Presentation of Credentials: July 27, 1970
Termination of Mission: Left post July 7, 1973
L. Douglas Heck - Career FSO
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: March 22, 1974
Presentation of Credentials: May 30, 1974
Termination of Mission: Left post July 20, 1976
Charles A. James - Political appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: September 16, 1976
Presentation of Credentials: December 11, 1976
Termination of Mission: Left post July 5, 1979
James Keough Bishop - Career FSO
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: July 2, 1979
Presentation of Credentials: September 1, 1979
Termination of Mission: Left post May 29, 1981
William Robert Casey, Jr. - Political appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: March 9, 1982
Presentation of Credentials: April 3, 1982
Termination of Mission: Left post July 29, 1985
Richard Wayne Bogosian - Career FSO
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: August 1, 1985
Presentation of Credentials: October 11, 1985
Termination of Mission: Left post August 7, 1988
Carl Copeland Cundiff - Career FSO
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: August 12, 1988
Presentation of Credentials: September 9, 1988
Termination of Mission: Left post July 10, 1991
Jennifer C. Ward - Career FSO
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: March 25, 1991
Presentation of Credentials: August 16, 1991
Termination of Mission: Left post May 28, 1993
John S. Davison - Career FSO
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: August 9, 1993
Presentation of Credentials: October 23, 1993
Termination of Mission: July 28, 1996
Charles O. Cecil - Career FSO
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: June 11, 1996
Presentation of Credentials: September 6, 1996
Termination of Mission: Left post August 13, 1999
Barbro A. Owens-Kirkpatrick - Career FSO
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: August 9, 1999
Presentation of Credentials: October 11, 1999
Termination of Mission: Left post July 12, 2002
Gail Dennise Thomas Mathieu - Career FSO
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: October 3, 2002
Presentation of Credentials: December 4, 2002
Termination of Mission: Left post September 30, 2005
Bernadette M. Allen - Career FSO
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: February 21, 2006
Presentation of Credentials: April 19, 2006
Termination of Mission: Unknown
Bisa Williams - Career FSO
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: October 29, 2010
Presentation of Credentials: October 29, 2010
Termination of Mission: June 30, 2014
Eunice S. Reddick - Career FSO
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: June 30, 2014
Presentation of Credentials: July 21, 2014
Termination of Mission: Incumbent
