United States Ambassador to Uganda
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The United States Ambassador to Uganda is the official representative of the government of the United States to the government of Uganda
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Uganda
Uganda , officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. Uganda is also known as the "Pearl of Africa". It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by South Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by...
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Ambassadors
- Olcott DemingOlcott DemingOlcott Hawthorne Deming was an American career diplomat who was the first ambassador of the United States to Uganda.-Early life:...
– Career FSO- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: January 7, 1963
- Presented credentials: January 14, 1963
- Terminated mission: Left post, Jun 26, 1966
- Henry Endicott Stebbins – Career FSO
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: June 27, 1966
- Presented credentials: July 22, 1966
- Terminated mission: Left post, September 2, 1969
- Clarence Clyde Ferguson, Jr. – Political appointee
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: March 17, 1970
- Presented credentials: June 30, 1970
- Terminated mission: Left post, July 19, 1972
- Thomas Patrick MeladyThomas Patrick MeladyThomas Patrick Melady served as an American ambassador under three presidents and as a sub-cabinet officer for a fourth, and remains active in foreign affairs and international relations. Since 2002, he is Senior Diplomat in residence at The Institute of World Politics in Washington, DC.After his...
– Political appointee- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: June 12, 1972
- Presented credentials: July 30, 1972
- Terminated mission: Left post, February 9, 1973
- David Crane Halsted – Career FSO
- Title: Chargé d'Affaires ad interim
- Appointed: June 18, 1979
- Presented credentials: N/A
- Terminated mission: Left post, 1980
- Gordon Robert Beyer – Career FSO
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: May 23, 1980
- Presented credentials: June 13, 1980
- Terminated mission: Left post, May 31, 1983
- Allen Clayton Davis – Career FSO
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: April 5, 1983
- Presented credentials: July 1, 1983
- Terminated mission: Left post, August 14, 1985
- Robert Gordon Houdek – Career FSO
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: October 28, 1985
- Presented credentials: November 22, 1985
- Terminated mission: Left post, August 17, 1988
- John A. Burroughs, Jr.John A. Burroughs, Jr.John Andrew Burroughs, Jr. was the United States Ambassador to Malawi from 1981-1984 and the United States Ambassador to Uganda from 1988-1991...
– Political appointee- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: August 12, 1988
- Presented credentials: November 4, 1988
- Terminated mission: Left post, August 28, 1991
- Johnnie CarsonJohnnie Carson (diplomat)Johnnie Carson is a career diplomat from the United States who has served as United States Ambassador to several African nations. In 2009 he was nominated to become U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs by President Barack Obama.-Biography:Carson was born April 7, 1943, in...
– Career FSO- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: July 2, 1991
- Presented credentials: September 18, 1991
- Terminated mission: Left post, August 9, 1994
- E. Michael Southwick – Career FSO
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: August 26, 1994
- Presented credentials: October 6, 1994
- Terminated mission: Left post, August 1, 1997
- 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
- Appointed: November 7, 1997
- Presented credentials: December 4, 1997
- Terminated mission: Left post, July 9, 1999
- Martin George Brennan – Career FSO
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: August 9, 1999
- Presented credentials: October 11, 1999
- Terminated mission: Left post, July 5, 2002
- Jimmy J. KolkerJimmy J. KolkerJimmy J. Kolker is an American diplomat. He was the ambassador to Burkina Faso from 2000 to 2002 and Uganda from 2002 to 2005. He is currently the Chief of the HIV/AIDS Section at UNICEF’s New York headquarters.-Biography:...
– Career FSO- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: October 3, 2002
- Presented credentials: November 17, 2002
- Terminated mission: Left post, September 30, 2005
- Steven A. Browning – Career FSO
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: February 21, 2005
- Presented credentials: April 26, 2006
- Terminated mission: Left post, 2009
- Jerry P. Lanier – Career FSO
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: August 10, 2009
- Presented credentials: Unknown
- Terminated mission: Incumbent
See also
- Uganda – United States relations
- Foreign relations of UgandaForeign relations of UgandaUganda is landlocked and depends on foreign imports for most of its consumer goods and energy requirements. Even before independence, maintaining an open trade route to the Indian Ocean was the primary foreign policy objective of all governments...
- Ambassadors of the United States