United States Ambassador to Togo
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This is a list of Ambassadors of the United States to Togo
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Until 1955 French Togoland
was a United Nations Trust Territory
mandated by the U.N. to France. In 1955, French Togoland became the autonomous Republic of Togo
within the French Community
(Communauté française), although it retained its UN trusteeship status. In 1960 Togo severed its constitutional ties with France, shed its UN trusteeship status, and became fully independent as the Togolese Republic.
The United States immediately recognized
Togo and moved to establish diplomatic relations. The State Department
established an embassy in Yaoundé
in nearby Cameroon
on January 1, 1960, with Bolard More as Chargé d'affaires ad interim. The Yaoundé embassy was simultaneously accredited to Togo. The embassy in Lomé was established on April 27, 1960, with Jesse M. MacKnight as Chargé d’Affaires ad interim. On June 23, 1960, Leland Barrows
was appointed as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Cameroon with separate accreditation to Togo while remaining resident in Yaoundé. In 1961 a separate ambassador was appointed solely for Togo and resident at Lomé. The United States has maintained diplomatic relations with Togo since that date.
The United States Embassy in Togo is located in Lomé
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Togo
Togo, officially the Togolese Republic , is a country in West Africa bordered by Ghana to the west, Benin to the east and Burkina Faso to the north. It extends south to the Gulf of Guinea, on which the capital Lomé is located. Togo covers an area of approximately with a population of approximately...
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Until 1955 French Togoland
French Togoland
French Togoland was a France Mandate territory in West Africa, which later became the Togolese Republic.-Mandate territory:...
was a United Nations Trust Territory
United Nations Trust Territories
United Nations trust territories were the successors of the remaining League of Nations mandates and came into being when the League of Nations ceased to exist in 1946. All of the trust territories were administered through the UN Trusteeship Council...
mandated by the U.N. to France. In 1955, French Togoland became the autonomous Republic of Togo
Togo
Togo, officially the Togolese Republic , is a country in West Africa bordered by Ghana to the west, Benin to the east and Burkina Faso to the north. It extends south to the Gulf of Guinea, on which the capital Lomé is located. Togo covers an area of approximately with a population of approximately...
within the French Community
French Community
The French Community was an association of states known in French simply as La Communauté. In 1958 it replaced the French Union, which had itself succeeded the French colonial empire in 1946....
(Communauté française), although it retained its UN trusteeship status. In 1960 Togo severed its constitutional ties with France, shed its UN trusteeship status, and became fully independent as the Togolese Republic.
The United States immediately recognized
Diplomatic recognition
Diplomatic recognition in international law is a unilateral political act with domestic and international legal consequences, whereby a state acknowledges an act or status of another state or government in control of a state...
Togo and moved to establish diplomatic relations. The State Department
United States Department of State
The United States Department of State , is the United States federal executive department responsible for international relations of the United States, equivalent to the foreign ministries of other countries...
established an embassy in Yaoundé
Yaoundé
-Transportation:Yaoundé Nsimalen International Airport is a major civilian hub, while nearby Yaoundé Airport is used by the military. Railway lines run west to the port city of Douala and north to N'Gaoundéré. Many bus companies operate from the city; particularly in the Nsam and Mvan neighborhoods...
in nearby Cameroon
Cameroon
Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon , is a country in west Central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Cameroon's coastline lies on the...
on January 1, 1960, with Bolard More as Chargé d'affaires ad interim. The Yaoundé embassy was simultaneously accredited to Togo. The embassy in Lomé was established on April 27, 1960, with Jesse M. MacKnight as Chargé d’Affaires ad interim. On June 23, 1960, Leland Barrows
Leland Barrows
Leland 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....
was appointed as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Cameroon with separate accreditation to Togo while remaining resident in Yaoundé. In 1961 a separate ambassador was appointed solely for Togo and resident at Lomé. The United States has maintained diplomatic relations with Togo since that date.
The United States Embassy in Togo is located in Lomé
Lomé
Lomé, with an estimated population of 737,751, is the capital and largest city of Togo. Located on the Gulf of Guinea, Lomé is the country's administrative and industrial center and its chief port. The city exports coffee, cocoa, copra, and palm kernels...
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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....
– Career FSO- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: June 23, 1960
- Presented credentials: August 22, 1960
- Terminated mission: Superseded by ambassador to Togo June 27, 1961
- Leon B. PoulladaLeon B. PoulladaLeon B. Poullada, is an American diplomat, the son of a Mexican immigrant doctor, and served as an Ambassador to Togo under the Kennedy Administration. He died of cancer in 1987....
– Career FSO- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: April 18, 1961
- Presented credentials: July 27, 1961
- Terminated mission: Left post February 24, 1964
- William Witman IIWilliam Witman IIWilliam Witman II was an American diplomat. He graduated from Yale University in 1935 and joined the United States Foreign Service the same year. He was appointed as United States Ambassador to Togo from 1964 to 1967. He retired from the foreign service in 1974. He married Melpomene "Melpo"...
– Career FSO- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: June 8, 1964
- Presented credentials: July 10, 1964
- Terminated mission: Left post May 8, 1967
- Albert W. Sherer, Jr.Albert W. Sherer, Jr.Albert William Sherer, Jr. was an American diplomat. In 1938 he received a B.A. from Yale University and an LL.B. in 1941 from Harvard University. He served in the U.S. Army Air Force from 1941 to 1945....
– Career FSO- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: September 13, 1967
- Presented credentials: October 13, 1967
- Terminated mission: Left post March 5, 1970
- Dwight DickinsonDwight Dickinson-Biography:He was born born in Annapolis, Maryland. After graduating from Harvard College in 1940 he was commissioned in the United States Navy in 1941, serving throughout World War II at sea in the Atlantic and Pacific skirmishes aboard the Idaho, and later aboard the cruiser, Augusta, when it...
– Career FSO- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: September 8, 1970
- Presented credentials: October 8, 1970
- Terminated mission: Left post April 3, 1974
- Nancy V. RawlsNancy V. RawlsNancy Vivian Rawls was a former Foreign Service officer, US diplomat, United States Ambassador to Togo and to Ivory Coast, ....
– Career FSO- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: February 11, 1974
- Presented credentials: June 7, 1974
- Terminated mission: Left post August 8, 1976
- Ronald D. PalmerRonald D. PalmerRonald DeWayne Palmer is a former United States Ambassador to Togo , Malaysia , and Mauritius . He was born in Uniontown, Pennsylvania...
– Career FSO- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: September 16, 1976
- Presented credentials: October 28, 1976
- Terminated mission: Left post July 15, 1978
- Marilyn P. JohnsonMarilyn P. JohnsonMarilyn Priscilla Johnson is a former US diplomat and former United States Ambassador to Togo. She was appointed to that position on September 23, 1978, and left her post on July 29, 1981....
– Career FSO- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: September 23, 1978
- Presented credentials: November 3, 1978
- Terminated mission: Left post July 29, 1981
- Howard Kent WalkerHoward Kent WalkerHoward Kent Walker was a US diplomat, Foreign Service officer, former United States Ambassador to Togo, Madagascar, and Comoros....
– Career FSO- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: March 9, 1982
- Presented credentials: April 19, 1982
- Terminated mission: Left post June 9, 1984
- Owen W. Roberts – Career FSO
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: June 28, 1984
- Presented credentials: July 31, 1984
- Terminated mission: Left post July 5, 1986
- David A. KornDavid A. KornDavid Adolph Korn is a former U.S diplomat, former United States Ambassador to Togo, author, and foreign service officer. He was appointed to his ambassadorship position on October 16, 1986, and left that post on April 4, 1988....
– Career FSO- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: October 16, 1986
- Presented credentials: November 4, 1986
- Terminated mission: Left post April 4, 1988
- Rush Walker Taylor, Jr.Rush Walker Taylor, Jr.Rush Walker Taylor, Jr. is a U.S. diplomat and former United States Ambassador to Togo. He was appointed to that position on April 28, 1988; and left his post on September 4, 1990....
– Career FSO- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: April 28, 1988
- Presented credentials: June 20, 1988
- Terminated mission: Left post September 4, 1990
- Harmon Elwood KirbyHarmon Elwood KirbyHarmon Elwood Kirby born was a former U.S. diplomat, U.S. Ambassador to Togo, and Foreign Service Officer. He was appointed to that position on October 22, 1990 and left his post on July 16, 1994....
– Career FSO- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: October 22, 1990
- Presented credentials: December 3, 1990
- Terminated mission: Left post July 16, 1994
- Johnny Young – Career FSO
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: May 9, 1994
- Presented credentials: October 7, 1994
- Terminated mission: Left post November 21, 1997
- Brenda SchoonoverBrenda SchoonoverBrenda Brown Schoonover was the United States Ambassador to Togo, from January 1998 to July 2000.Schoonover was born in Baltimore, Maryland.She has a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Morgan State University in Baltimore, and did graduate studies at Howard University, Washington, D.C.. She is fluent in...
– Career FSO- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: November 11, 1997
- Presented credentials: January 7, 1998
- Terminated mission: Left post July 30, 2000
- Karl William Hofmann – Career FSO
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: September 15, 2000
- Presented credentials: October 17, 2000
- Terminated mission: Left post December 14, 2002
- Gregory W. EngleGregory W. EngleGregory W. Engle was a United States Diplomat and former U.S. Ambassador to Togo. He was sworn in as ambassador on May 12, 2003. Greg Engle retired from the U.S. Foreign Service in 2008 and currently lives in Austin, Texas, where he teaches at the University of Texas and pursues his musical...
– Career FSO- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: April 16, 2003
- Presented credentials: May 22, 2003
- Terminated mission: Left post April 1, 2005
- David B. DunnDavid B. DunnDavid B. Dunn is an American diplomat. He was the United States Ambassador to Togo from 2005 to 2008. He also served as United States Ambassador to Zambia from 1999-2002.-Biography:...
– Career FSO- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: November 2, 2005
- Presented credentials: February 2, 2006
- Terminated mission: September 2008
- Patricia McMahon HawkinsPatricia McMahon HawkinsPatricia McMahon Hawkins is a United States career foreign service officer and member of the U.S. State Department. She is the current United States Ambassador to Togo.-Biography:...
- Career FSO- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: August 22, 2008
- Presented credentials: September 12, 2008
- Terminated mission: Incumbent
See also
- Togo – United States relations
- Foreign relations of TogoForeign relations of TogoAlthough Togo's foreign policy is nonaligned, it has strong historical and cultural ties with western Europe, especially France and Germany. Togo recognizes the People's Republic of China, North Korea, and Cuba. It re-established relations with Israel in 1987....
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