United States Ambassador to Nigeria
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- Joseph Palmer IIJoseph Palmer IIJoseph Palmer II was an American diplomat and State Department official whose career focused on U.S. relations with Africa....
- Career FSO- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: September 23, 1960
- Presentation of Credentials: October 4, 1960
- Termination of Mission: Reaccredited when Nigeria became a republic; presented new credentials December 12, 1963; Left post January 16, 1964
Note: The Embassy in Lagos
Lagos
Lagos is a port and the most populous conurbation in Nigeria. With a population of 7,937,932, it is currently the third most populous city in Africa after Cairo and Kinshasa, and currently estimated to be the second fastest growing city in Africa...
was established October 1, 1960, with Ambassador Palmer in charge pending presentation of his letter of credence.
- Elbert G. Mathews - Career FSO
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: March 10, 1964
- Presentation of Credentials: April 11, 1964
- Termination of Mission: Left post July 26, 1969
- William C. Trueheart - Career FSO
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: September 19, 1969
- Presentation of Credentials: November 6, 1969
- Termination of Mission: Left post September 1, 1971
- John E. Reinhardt - Career FSO
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: September 30, 1971
- Presentation of Credentials: December 3, 1971
- Termination of Mission: Left post February 23, 1975
- Donald B. EasumDonald B. EasumDonald Boyd Easum spent 27 years in the United States Foreign Service at posts in Nicaragua, Indonesia, Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Niger, Upper Volta and Nigeria...
- Career FSO- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: March 26, 1975
- Presentation of Credentials: May 22, 1975
- Termination of Mission: Left post October 15, 1979
- Stephen LowStephen LowStephen Low is a Canadian film director and screenwriter who works extensively in the IMAX film format. Based in Montreal, Quebec, Low has directed numerous film documentaries including Titanica , Beavers , The Last Buffalo ,Across the Sea of Time, Super Speedway, Volcanoes of the Deep Sea and...
- Career FSO- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: September 20, 1979
- Presentation of Credentials: November 29, 1979
- Termination of Mission: Left post July 4, 1981
- Thomas R. PickeringThomas R. PickeringThomas Reeve "Tom" Pickering , is a retired United States ambassador. Among his many diplomatic appointments, he served as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations from 1989 to 1992.-Early life:...
- Career FSO- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: October 26, 1981
- Presentation of Credentials: November 30, 1981
- Termination of Mission: Left post July 9, 1983
- Thomas W. M. Smith - Career FSO
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: February 10, 1984
- Presentation of Credentials: March 15, 1984
- Termination of Mission: Left post May 5, 1986
- Princeton Nathan Lyman - Career FSO
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: September 12, 1986
- Presentation of Credentials: October 10, 1986
- Termination of Mission: Left post July 24, 1989
- Lannon Walker - Career FSO
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: October 10, 1989
- Presentation of Credentials: November 17, 1989
- Termination of Mission: Left post July 10, 1992
- William Lacy Swing - Career FSO
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: June 15, 1992
- Presentation of Credentials: September 24, 1992
- Termination of Mission: Left post September 22, 1993
- Walter C. Carrington - Political appointee
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: August 10, 1993
- Presentation of Credentials: November 9, 1993
- Termination of Mission: Left post October 7, 1997
- William H. Twaddell - Career FSO
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: November 10, 1997
- Presentation of Credentials: December 19, 1997
- Termination of Mission: Left post August 3, 2000
Note: The U.S. Embassy was transferred from Lagos to Abuja
Abuja
Abuja is the capital city of Nigeria. It is located in the centre of Nigeria, within the Federal Capital Territory . Abuja is a planned city, and was built mainly in the 1980s. It officially became Nigeria's capital on 12 December 1991, replacing Lagos...
September 15, 2000.
- Howard Franklin Jeter - Career FSO
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: December 28, 2000
- Presentation of Credentials: March 3, 2001
- Termination of Mission: Left post July 30, 2003
- Donald K. Steinberg - Career FSO
- John Campbell - Career FSO
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: May 12, 2004
- Presentation of Credentials: June 25, 2004
- Termination of Mission: Left post, July 19, 2007
- Robin Renee Sanders - Career FSO
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: October 29, 2007
- Presentation of Credentials: December 3, 2007
- Termination of Mission: Unknown
- Terence P. McCulley - Career FSO
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: September 28, 2010
- Presentation of Credentials: November 2, 2010
- Termination of Mission: Incumbent
See also
- Nigeria – United States relations
- Foreign relations of NigeriaForeign relations of NigeriaSince independence, with Jaja Wachuku as the first Minister of Foreign Affairs and Commonwealth Relations, later called External Affairs, Nigerian foreign policy has been characterized by a focus on Africa as a Regional power and by attachment to several fundamental principles: African unity and...
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