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United States Ambassador to Sierra Leone

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Formation
  
April 27, 1961

United States Ambassador to Sierra Leone

Nominator
  
The President of the United States

Inaugural holder
  
Herbert Reiner as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim

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

  • Herbert Reiner – Career FSO
  • Title: Chargé d'Affaires ad interim
  • Appointed: April 27, 1961
  • Presented credentials: N/A
  • Terminated mission: Left post, 1961
  • A. S. J. Carnahan – Political appointee
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: May 11, 1961
  • Presented credentials: June 9, 1961
  • Terminated mission: Left post, July 13, 1963
  • Andrew Vincent Corry - Career FSO
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: January 29, 1964
  • Presented credentials: February 25, 1964
  • Terminated mission: Left post, May 19, 1967
  • Robert Graham Miner - Career FSO
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: November 7, 1967
  • Presented credentials: December 7, 1967
  • Terminated mission: Left post, June 16, 1971
  • Clinton Louis Olson - Career FSO
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: June 27, 1972
  • Presented credentials: July 4, 1972
  • Terminated mission: Left post, November 11, 1974
  • Michael Anthony Samuels - Political appointee
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: December 20, 1974
  • Presented credentials: February 14, 1975
  • Terminated mission: Left post, May 25, 1977
  • John Andrew Linehan - Career FSO
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: June 24, 1977
  • Presented credentials: August 30, 1977
  • Terminated mission: Left post, May 9, 1980
  • Theresa Ann Healy - Career FSO
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: August 27, 1980
  • Presented credentials: September 18, 1980
  • Terminated mission: Left post, July 13, 1983
  • Arthur Winston Lewis - Career FSO
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: May 17, 1983
  • Presented credentials: August 17, 1983
  • Terminated mission: Left post, June 5, 1986
  • Cynthia Shepard Perry - Political appointee
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: June 16, 1986
  • Presented credentials: July 16, 1986
  • Terminated mission: Left post, August 30, 1989
  • Johnny Young – Career FSO
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: October 10, 1989
  • Presented credentials: November 29, 1989
  • Terminated mission: Left post, July 23, 1992
  • Lauralee M. Peters - Career FSO
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: June 15, 1992
  • Presented credentials: October 8, 1992
  • Terminated mission: Left post, July 6, 1995
  • John Lewis Hirsch - Career FSO
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: August 14, 1995
  • Presented credentials: September 13, 1995
  • Terminated mission: Left post, June 17, 1998
  • Joseph Melrose - Career FSO
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: October 22, 1998
  • Presented credentials: November 20, 1998
  • Terminated mission: Left post, September 10, 2001
  • Peter R. Chaveas - Career FSO
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: July 12, 2001
  • Presented credentials: October 12, 2001
  • Terminated mission: Left post, May 24, 2004
  • Thomas Neil Hull - Career FSO
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: May 12, 2004
  • Presented credentials: August 19, 2004
  • Terminated mission: Left post, August 27, 2007
  • June Carter Perry - Career FSO
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: July 7, 2007
  • Presented credentials: October 8, 2007
  • Terminated mission: Left post, 2010
  • Michael S. Owen – Career FSO
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: August 16, 2010
  • Presented credentials: Unknown
  • Terminated mission: Unknown
  • John Hoover - Career FSO
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Nominated: July 9, 2013
  • Appointed: August 2, 2013
  • Presented credentials: Unknown
  • Terminanted Mission: Incumbent

    • References

    United States Ambassador to Sierra Leone Wikipedia
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