United States Ambassador to Cameroon
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This is a list of ambassadors from the United States to Cameroon. The American embassy Yaounde was established on January 1, 1960, with Bolard More as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim.
Ambassadors
- Leland BarrowsLeland BarrowsLeland Judd Barrows was an American ambassador to Cameroon and Togo. He was born in Hutchinson, Kansas. He married Mabel Irene Conley on March 21, 1935....
- State of Residency: Kansas
- Foreign Service officer
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: Apr 20, 1960
- Presentation of Credentials: Jun 9, 1960
- Termination of Mission: Left post, Sep 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: Jan 26, 1967
- Presentation of Credentials: Mar 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: Dec 2, 1969
- Presentation of Credentials: Dec 20, 1969
- Termination of Mission: Left post, Jun 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: Jun 27, 1972
- Presentation of Credentials: Jul 22, 1972
- Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 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: Jul 24, 1975
- Presentation of Credentials: Sep 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: Oct 1, 1977
- Termination of Mission: Left post, Feb 24, 1980
- Note: Also accredited to Equatorial Guinea, Dec 17, 1979.
- Hume A. Horan
- State of Residency: New Jersey
- Foreign Service officer
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: Jun 30, 1980
- Presentation of Credentials: Jul 29, 1980
- Termination of Mission: Left post, May 17, 1983
- Note: Also accredited to Equatorial Guinea until Sep 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: Sep 8, 1983
- Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 30, 1987
- Mark L. Edelman
- State of Residency: Missouri
- Non-career appointee
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: Jul 31, 1987
- Presentation of Credentials: Sep 9, 1987
- Termination of Mission: Left post, Mar 19, 1989
- Frances D. Cook
- State of Residency: Florida
- Foreign Service officer
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: Nov 21, 1989
- Presentation of Credentials: Dec 21, 1989
- Termination of Mission: Left post, Jan 1, 1993
- Harriet Winsar Isom
- State of Residency: Oregon
- Foreign Service officer
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: Aug 17, 1992
- Presentation of Credentials: Jan 19, 1993
- Termination of Mission: Left post Jan 17, 1996
- Charles H. Twining
- State of Residency: Maryland
- Foreign Service officer
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: Dec 19, 1995
- Presentation of Credentials: Feb 28, 1996
- Termination of Mission: Left post Aug 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: Oct 22, 1998
- Presentation of Credentials: Jan 5, 1999
- Termination of Mission: Left post Nov 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: Sep 5, 2001
- Presentation of Credentials: Dec 21, 2001
- Termination of Mission: Left post, July 10, 2004
- Note: Also accredited to Equatorial Guinea; resident at Yaounde.
- R. Niels MarquardtR. Niels MarquardtR. Niels Marquardt is an American diplomat and incumbent United States Ambassador to Madagascar and Comoros. He was nominated by President George W. Bush on March 26, 2007. On May 25, 2007, the Senate confirmed his nomination. He was sworn in on August 17, 2007.-Biography:R...
- State of Residency: California
- Foreign Service Officer
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: July 2, 2004
- Presentation of Credentials: Oct. 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: Nov. 9, 2007
- Termination of Mission: Aug. 1, 2010
- Note: Also accredited to Equatorial Guinea; resident at Yaounde.
- Robert P. JacksonRobert P. JacksonRobert Porter Jackson is an U.S. foreign service officer and diplomat. He is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service with the rank of Minister-Counselor. he the United States Ambassador to Cameroon. Prior to that he was Deputy Chief of Mission and Chargé d'Affaires, a.i., at the U.S....
- Foreign Service Officer
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: Sep. 17, 2010
- Presentation of Credentials: Unknown
- Termination of Mission: Incumbent
- Note: Also accredited to Equatorial Guinea; resident at Yaounde
See also
- Embassy of Cameroon, Washington, D.C.
- Cameroon – United States relations
- Foreign relations of CameroonForeign relations of CameroonCameroon's noncontentious, low-profile approach to foreign relations puts it squarely in the middle of other African and developing country states on major issues. It supports the principles of noninterference in the affairs of third world countries and increased assistance to underdeveloped...
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