List of ambassadors of the United States to Niger
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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 on October 14, 1960 and presented his credentials on November 23.
Ambassador of the United States to Niger | |
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since August 19, 2023 | |
Nominator | The President of the United States |
Appointer | The President with Senate advice and consent |
Inaugural holder | R. Borden Reams as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary |
Formation | October 14, 1960 |
Website | U.S. Embassy- Niamey |
Ambassadors
editName | Title | Appointed | Presented credentials | Terminated mission |
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Donald R. Norland - Career FSO | Chargé d'Affaires ad interim | August 3, 1960[a] | N/A | October 14, 1960 |
R. Borden Reams[b][c] - Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | October 14, 1960 | November 23, 1960 | August 2, 1961 |
Mercer Cook - Political appointee | June 22, 1961 | August 2, 1961 | May 30, 1964 | |
Robert J. Ryan - Career FSO | July 9, 1964 | August 24, 1964 | August 19, 1968 | |
Samuel C. Adams, Jr. - Political appointee[1] | July 24, 1968 | September 10, 1968 | October 3, 1969 | |
Roswell D. McClelland - Career FSO | July 8, 1970 | July 27, 1970 | July 7, 1973 | |
L. Douglas Heck - Career FSO | March 22, 1974 | May 30, 1974 | July 20, 1976 | |
Charles A. James - Political appointee | September 16, 1976 | December 11, 1976 | July 5, 1979 | |
James Keough Bishop - Career FSO | July 2, 1979 | September 1, 1979 | May 29, 1981 | |
William Robert Casey, Jr. - Political appointee | March 9, 1982 | April 3, 1982 | July 29, 1985 | |
Richard Wayne Bogosian - Career FSO | August 1, 1985 | October 11, 1985 | August 7, 1988 | |
Carl Copeland Cundiff - Career FSO | August 12, 1988 | September 9, 1988 | July 10, 1991 | |
Jennifer C. Ward - Career FSO | March 25, 1991 | August 16, 1991 | May 28, 1993 | |
John S. Davison - Career FSO | August 9, 1993 | October 23, 1993 | July 28, 1996 | |
Charles O. Cecil[2] - Career FSO | June 11, 1996 | September 6, 1996 | August 13, 1999 | |
Barbro Owens-Kirkpatrick - Career FSO | August 9, 1999 | October 11, 1999 | July 12, 2002 | |
Gail Dennise Thomas Mathieu - Career FSO | October 3, 2002 | December 4, 2002 | September 30, 2005 | |
Bernadette M. Allen - Career FSO | February 21, 2006 | April 19, 2006 | January 15, 2010 | |
Bisa Williams - Career FSO | August 9, 2010 | October 29, 2010 | September 13, 2013 | |
Eunice S. Reddick - Career FSO | June 30, 2014 | July 21, 2014 | January 25, 2018 | |
Eric P. Whitaker - Career FSO | November 2, 2017 | January 26, 2018 | December 1, 2021 | |
Susan N’Garnim - Career FSO | Chargé d'Affaires ad interim | December 1, 2021 | N/A | August 19, 2023 |
Kathleen A. FitzGibbon[3] - Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | August 19, 2023 | N/A[d] | Incumbent |
Notes
edit- ^ Norland presented credentials as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim, August 2, 1960, to take effect from August 3, 1960.
- ^ Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on February 6, 1961. Also accredited to Dahomey, Ivory Coast, and Upper Volta; resident at Abidjan.
- ^ 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.
- ^ FitzGibbon will not formally present her credentials due to the 2023 Nigerien crisis.[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- United States Department of State: Background notes on Niger
- This article incorporates public domain material from U.S. Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets. United States Department of State.
- ^ "Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR SAMUEL CLIFFORD ADAMS, JR" (PDF). Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training. 2 February 2000. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 July 2024. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- ^ "The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR CHARLES O. CECIL" (PDF). Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training. 7 September 2006. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 June 2024. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
- ^ Hansler, Jennifer (2023-08-19). "US Ambassador Kathleen FitzGibbon arrives in Niger | CNN Politics". CNN. Retrieved 2023-08-19.
- ^ "Arrival of Ambassador Kathleen FitzGibbon to Niger". United States Department of State. 2023-08-19. Retrieved 2023-08-20.