United States Ambassador to Ghana
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The following is a list of Ambassadors of the United States to Ghana
. The Embassy in Accra
was established March 6, 1957, with Donald W. Lamm in charge as chargé d'affaires
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Ghana
Ghana , officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country located in West Africa. It is bordered by Côte d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south...
. The Embassy in Accra
Accra
Accra is the capital and largest city of Ghana, with an urban population of 1,658,937 according to the 2000 census. Accra is also the capital of the Greater Accra Region and of the Accra Metropolitan District, with which it is coterminous...
was established March 6, 1957, with Donald W. Lamm in charge as chargé d'affaires
Chargé d'affaires
In diplomacy, chargé d’affaires , often shortened to simply chargé, is the title of two classes of diplomatic agents who head a diplomatic mission, either on a temporary basis or when no more senior diplomat has been accredited.-Chargés d’affaires:Chargés d’affaires , who were...
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Ambassadors
- Donald W. Lamm - Career FSO
- Title: Chargé d'Affaires
- Appointment: [see note below]
- Presentation of Credentials: March 12, 1957
- Termination of Mission: Relinquished charge, April 19, 1957
- Peter Rutter - Career FSO
- Title: Chargé d'Affaires
- Appointment:
- Presentation of Credentials: April 25, 1957
- Termination of Mission: Superseded, June 19, 1957
- Wilson C. Flake - Career FSO
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: May 20, 1957
- Presentation of Credentials: June 19, 1957
- Termination of Mission: Reaccredited when Ghana became a republic; presented new credentials July 21, 1960; left post, November 21, 1960
- Francis H. Russell - Career FSO
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: November 11, 1960
- Presentation of Credentials: January 23, 1961
- Termination of Mission: Left post, March 13, 1962
- William P. Mahoney, Jr. - Political appointee
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: May 21, 1962
- Presentation of Credentials: June 22, 1962
- Termination of Mission: Left post, May 26, 1965
- Franklin H. WilliamsFranklin Williams (diplomat)Franklin H. Williams was a lawyer and civil rights leader in the United States. As an assistant to Thurgood Marshall he represented the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People before courts in criminal cases throughout the South...
- Political appointee- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: October 20, 1965
- Presentation of Credentials: January 17, 1966
- Termination of Mission: Reaccredited after change of government; presented new credentials May 19, 1966; left post, May 3, 1968
- Thomas W. McElhiney - Career FSO
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: July 24, 1968
- Presentation of Credentials: September 14, 1968
- Termination of Mission: Left post, May 29, 1971
- Fred L. Hadsel - Career FSO
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: July 23, 1971
- Presentation of Credentials: September 25, 1971
- Termination of Mission: Left post, July 29, 1974
- Shirley Temple Black - Political appointee
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: September 19, 1974
- Presentation of Credentials: December 6, 1974
- Termination of Mission: Left post, July 13, 1976
- Robert P. SmithRobert P. SmithRobert P. Smith is a financial pioneer, philanthropist and author.Robert P. Smith of Turan Corporation, or Bob Smith, as he is known in among those who trade the debt of emerging market countries, is one of four people who "...significantly contributed to the birth of the debt market, and possibly...
- Career FSO- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: October 4, 1976
- Presentation of Credentials: December 17, 1976
- Termination of Mission: Left post, May 7, 1979
- Thomas W.M. Smith - Career FSO
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: September 28, 1979
- Presentation of Credentials: December 12, 1979
- Termination of Mission: Left post, July 2, 1983
- Robert E. Fritts - Career FSO
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: July 6, 1983
- Presentation of Credentials: July 28, 1983
- Termination of Mission: Left post, June 2, 1986
- Stephen R. Lyne - Career FSO
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: March 27, 1987
- Presentation of Credentials: July 11, 1987
- Termination of Mission: Left post, September 9, 1989
- Raymond Charles Ewing - Career FSO
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: August 7, 1989
- Presentation of Credentials: November 9, 1989
- Termination of Mission: Left post, August 14, 1992
- Kenneth Lee Brown - Career FSO
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: July 14, 1992
- Presentation of Credentials: September 24, 1992
- Termination of Mission: Left post, July 19, 1995
- Edward P. BrynnEdward P. BrynnEdward P. Brynn is an American diplomat. Brynn served as chargé d'Affaires ad interim to Mauritania from July 1982 to February 1983 and chargé d'Affaires ad interim to The Gambia from May 1984 to June 1984 before he was the United States Ambassador to Burkina Faso and Ghana .-Biography:Brynn was...
- Career FSO- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: October 3, 1995
- Presentation of Credentials: December 19, 1995
- Termination of Mission: Left post July 10, 1998
- Kathryn Dee Robinson - Career FSO
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: October 22, 1998
- Presentation of Credentials: December 16, 1998
- Termination of Mission: Left post September 1, 2001
- Nancy Jo PowellNancy Jo PowellNancy Jo Powell assumed the position of Director General of the United States Foreign Service on August 3, 2009 after serving as the American ambassador for Nepal. Powell is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service...
- Career FSO- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: July 16, 2001
- Presentation of Credentials: September 14, 2001
- Termination of Mission: Left post May 26, 2002
- Mary Carlin YatesMary Carlin YatesMary Carlin Yates is a Foreign Service Officer at the U.S. State Department and was one of two deputy commanders of the United States Africa Command until June 2009....
- Career FSO- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: November 26, 2002
- Presentation of Credentials: January 28, 2003
- Termination of Mission: Left post, July 25, 2005
- Pamela E. BridgewaterPamela E. BridgewaterPamela E. Bridgewater is a United States career diplomat, most recently posted as the U.S. Ambassador to Jamaica.-Biography:...
- Career FSO- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: June 21, 2005
- Presentation of Credentials: October 11, 2005
- Termination of Mission:Left post June 10, 2008
- Donald G. Teitelbaum - Career FSO
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: June 6, 2008
- Presentation of Credentials: September 9, 2008
- Termination of Mission:
See also
- Ghana – United States relations
- Foreign relations of GhanaForeign relations of GhanaGhana is active in the United Nations and many of its specialized agencies, the World Trade Organization, the Non-Aligned Movement, the Organization of African Unity , what is now is the African Union and the Economic Community of West African States...
- Ambassadors of the United States