United States Ambassador to Marshall Islands
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This is a list of the ambassadors of the United States to the Marshall Islands
. The Office of the U.S. Representative was opened at Majuro
on October 21, 1986. It was upgraded to an Embassy on September 6, 1989.
Marshall Islands
The Republic of the Marshall Islands , , is a Micronesian nation of atolls and islands in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, just west of the International Date Line and just north of the Equator. As of July 2011 the population was 67,182...
. The Office of the U.S. Representative was opened at Majuro
Majuro
Majuro , is a large coral atoll of 64 islands in the Pacific Ocean, and forms a legislative district of the Ratak Chain of the Marshall Islands. The atoll itself has a land area of and encloses a lagoon of...
on October 21, 1986. It was upgraded to an Embassy on September 6, 1989.
Ambassadors
- Samuel B. ThomsenSamuel B. ThomsenSamuel B. Thomsen is a former career diplomat who was the first United States Ambassador to the Marshall Islands, serving there from 1987 to 1990...
– Career FSO- State of Residency: California
- Title: Representative
- Appointment: Jun 15, 1987
- Presentation of Credentials: Jul 11, 1987
- Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 11, 1990
- William Bodde, Jr. – Career FSO
- State of Residency: Maryland
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: Jun 27, 1990
- Presentation of Credentials: Aug 6, 1990
- Termination of Mission: Left post, Jun 28, 1992
- David C. Fields – Career FSO
- State of Residency: California
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: Jul 7, 1992
- Presentation of Credentials: Aug 19, 1992
- Termination of Mission: Left post, May 15, 1995
- Joan M. Plaisted – Career FSO
- State of Residency: California
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: Dec 19, 1995
- Presentation of Credentials: Feb 9, 1996
- Termination of Mission: Left post Jul 28, 2000
- Note: Also accredited to Kiribati; resident at Majuro.
- Michael J. Senko – Career FSO
- State of Residency: District of Columbia
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: Dec 28, 2000
- Presentation of Credentials: Jan 26, 2001
- Termination of Mission: Left post Aug 2, 2003
- Note: Also accredited to Kiribati; resident at Majuro.
- Greta N. MorrisGreta N. MorrisGreta N. Morris is a former United States Ambassador to the Republic of the Marshall Islands. She took office on August 26, 2003. She was replaced in the ambassadorial post by Clyde Bishop on December 6, 2006.-Education:...
– Career FSO- State of Residency: California
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: Jul 1, 2003
- Presentation of Credentials: Aug 26, 2003
- Termination of Mission: Left post, Aug 2, 2006
- Clyde BishopClyde BishopDr. Clyde Bishop is an American diplomat and incumbent U.S. Ambassador to the Marshall Islands. He is a member of the U.S. Senior Foreign Service and is class of Minister Counselor.-Biography & Career:...
– Career FSO- State of Residency: Delaware
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: Jul 18, 2006
- Presentation of Credentials: Dec 7, 2006
- Termination of Mission: 2009
- Martha Campbell – Career FSO
- State of Residency: Unknown
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: August 21, 2009
- Presentation of Credentials: Unknown
- Termination of Mission: Incumbent
See also
- Marshall Islands – United States relations
- Foreign relations of the Marshall IslandsForeign relations of the Marshall IslandsWhile the Government of the Marshall Islands is free to conduct its own foreign relations, it does so under the terms of its Compact of Free Association with the United States. Since independence, the Republic of the Marshall Islands has established relations with 67 nations, including most other...
- Ambassadors of the United States