United States Ambassador to Sierra Leone
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The United States Ambassador to Sierra Leone is the official representative of the government of the United States to the government of Sierra Leone
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Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone , officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Guinea to the north and east, Liberia to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west and southwest. Sierra Leone covers a total area of and has an estimated population between 5.4 and 6.4...
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Ambassadors
- Herbert Reiner – Career FSO
- Title: Chargé d'Affaires ad interim
- Appointed: April 27, 1961
- Presented credentials: N/A
- Terminated mission: Left post, 1961
- A. S. J. CarnahanA. S. J. CarnahanAlbert Sidney Johnson Carnahan was an American politician. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives for southeastern Missouri for 14 years, as well as the first member of the Carnahan Family to serve in public office.-Early life:Carnahan was born near Ellsinore, Missouri, and...
– Political appointee- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: May 11, 1961
- Presented credentials: June 9, 1961
- Terminated mission: Left post, July 13, 1963
- Andrew Vincent Corry - Career FSO
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: January 29, 1964
- Presented credentials: February 25, 1964
- Terminated mission: Left post, May 19, 1967
- Robert Graham Miner - Career FSO
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: November 7, 1967
- Presented credentials: December 7, 1967
- Terminated mission: Left post, June 16, 1971
- Clinton Louis Olson - Career FSO
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: June 27, 1972
- Presented credentials: July 4, 1972
- Terminated mission: Left post, November 11, 1974
- Michael Anthony Samuels - Political appointee
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: December 20, 1974
- Presented credentials: February 14, 1975
- Terminated mission: Left post, May 25, 1977
- John Andrew Linehan - Career FSO
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: June 24, 1977
- Presented credentials: August 30, 1977
- Terminated mission: Left post, May 9, 1980
- Theresa Ann Healy - Career FSO
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: August 27, 1980
- Presented credentials: September 18, 1980
- Terminated mission: Left post, July 13, 1983
- Arthur Winston Lewis - Career FSO
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: May 17, 1983
- Presented credentials: August 17, 1983
- Terminated mission: Left post, June 5, 1986
- Cynthia Shepart Perry - Political appointee
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: June 16, 1986
- Presented credentials: July 16, 1986
- Terminated mission: Left post, August 30, 1989
- Johnny YoungJohnny Young (diplomat)Johnny Young was born on February 6, 1940 in Savannah, Georgia and grew up in Philadelphia. He graduated from Temple University with a bachelor's degree in 1966 and later went into the American Academy of Diplomacy before joing the U.S. State Department...
– Career FSO- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: October 10, 1989
- Presented credentials: November 29, 1989
- Terminated mission: Left post, July 23, 1992
- Lauralee M. Peters - Career FSO
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: June 15, 1992
- Presented credentials: October 8, 1992
- Terminated mission: Left post, July 6, 1995
- John Lewis Hirsch - Career FSO
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: August 14, 1995
- Presented credentials: September 13, 1995
- Terminated mission: Left post, June 17, 1998
- Joseph H. Melrose - Career FSO
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: October 22, 1998
- Presented credentials: November 20, 1998
- Terminated mission: Left post, September 10, 2001
- Peter R. Chaveas - Career FSO
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: July 12, 2001
- Presented credentials: October 12, 2001
- Terminated mission: Left post, May 24, 2004
- Thomas Neil Hull - Career FSO
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: May 12, 2004
- Presented credentials: August 19, 2004
- Terminated mission: Left post, August 27, 2007
- June Carter Perry - Career FSO
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: July 7, 2007
- Presented credentials: October 8, 2007
- Terminated mission: Left post, 2010
- Michael S. Owen – Career FSO
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: August 16, 2010
- Presented credentials: Unknown
- Terminated mission: Incumbent
See also
- Sierra Leone – United States relations
- Foreign relations of Sierra LeoneForeign relations of Sierra LeoneSierra Leone maintains formal relations with many Western nations. It also maintains diplomatic relations with the former Soviet Bloc countries as well as with the People's Republic of China. Former President Stevens' government had sought closer relations with West African countries under the...
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