List of ambassadors of Sierra Leone to the United States

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Ambassador of Sierra Leone to United States
Embassy of Sierra Leone in Washington, D.C.
Sierra Leonean Ambassador to United States
Inaugural holderWilliam Henry Fitzjohn
FormationApril 27, 1961

The Sierra Leonean Ambassador in Washington, D.C. is the official representative of the Government of in Freetown to the Government of the People's Republic of United States.

List of representatives[edit]

Diplomatic agreement/designated Diplomatic accreditation Ambassador Observations President of Sierra Leone List of presidents of the United States Term end


April 27, 1961 EMBASSY OPENED Maurice Henry Dorman John F. Kennedy
April 27, 1961 William Henry Fitzjohn Chargé d'affaires[1] Maurice Henry Dorman John F. Kennedy
June 26, 1961 July 18, 1961 Richard Edmund Kelfa-Caulker Henry Josiah Lightfoot Boston John F. Kennedy
October 16, 1963 November 20, 1963 Gershon Collier [2] Henry Josiah Lightfoot Boston Lyndon B. Johnson
February 16, 1967 February 17, 1967 Christopher Okoro Cole [3] Andrew Juxon-Smith Lyndon B. Johnson
January 18, 1968 January 19, 1968 Adesanya Kwamina Hyde Andrew Juxon-Smith Lyndon B. Johnson
August 22, 1969 October 2, 1969 John Akar John Amadu Bangura Richard Nixon
April 22, 1971 Collins O. Bright Chargé d'affaires Siaka Stevens Richard Nixon
July 21, 1971 July 22, 1971 Jacob Arthur Christian Davies (* May 24, 1925) He is the son of Christiana Davies and Jacob S.
  • Education: Tropical Agriculture at University of Reading, Selwyn College, University of Cambridge, Imperial College,.

Career:

  • 1967-1969 Perm. Secretary; Co-Director of a project of the United Nations Program, FAO.

And later appointed Chairman of the Public Service Commission.

  • 1972-1974: High Commissioner in the United Kingdom and the Ambassador not resident in Denmark, Sweden and Norway.
  • 1975-1976: Deputy Director of United Nations Operations for Agriculture FAO Division, Rome.
  • 1976-1982: Director of the Personnel Division.
  • 1982: Assistant Director-General, Regional Representative for Africa.
 Siaka Stevens Richard Nixon
September 26, 1972 October 2, 1972 Philip Jonathan Gbagu Palmer Siaka Stevens Richard Nixon
June 18, 1978 Olu William Harding Chargé d'affaires
  • He was ambassador to Moscow, Rev. Harding is an ordained elder and member of the Wyoming Conference of the United Methodist Church.[4]
 Siaka Stevens Jimmy Carter
July 26, 1978 August 2, 1978 Mohamed Morlai Turay Siaka Stevens Jimmy Carter
February 28, 1981 Ahmed Seray-Wurie Chargé d'affaires Siaka Stevens Ronald Reagan
December 21, 1981 January 13, 1982 Dauda Kamara Siaka Stevens Ronald Reagan
February 20, 1987 May 11, 1987 Sahr Thomas Matturi [de] Joseph Saidu Momoh Ronald Reagan
October 25, 1988 November 9, 1988 George Munda Carew [5] Joseph Saidu Momoh Ronald Reagan
March 25, 1993 June 23, 1993 Thomas Kahota Kargbo (* June 15, 1937 in Kamassassa Freetown)

Education: Doctor of Medicine, University of Leeds, England. Royal College of Obstetricians and Surgeons, England. Johns Hopkins University, West Africa, University Surgeons.

  • From 1975-1985 practiced in obstetrics, Sierra Leone.
  • In 1987 Medical Government of Sierra Leone.

1990-1991: Review Committee,. Proposed member of Parliament. 1991-1993: minister of commerce, industry and state enterprises

Valentine Strasser Bill Clinton
September 19, 1996 October 9, 1996 John Ernest Leigh Ahmad Tejan Kabbah Bill Clinton
March 17, 2003 May 8, 2003 Ibrahim M'baba Kamara former Sierra Leone's Ambassador to Ethiopia and currently United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) consultant, Ibrahim M'baba Kamara Ahmad Tejan Kabbah George W. Bush
November 13, 2006 December 8, 2006 Sulaiman Tejan-Jalloh Ahmad Tejan Kabbah George W. Bush May 25, 1997
March 28, 2008 April 9, 2008 Bockarie Stevens Ernest Bai Koroma George W. Bush April 4, 2018

38°54′46″N 77°02′35″W / 38.912829°N 77.043189°W / 38.912829; -77.043189 [6]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ "William Henry Fitzjohn". Sierra-leone.org. 1990. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  2. ^ Fyle, Magbaily C. (27 March 2006). Historical Dictionary of Sierra Leone. Scarecrow Press. p. 38. Retrieved 11 August 2017 – via Internet Archive. Collier, Gershon 1927.
  3. ^ "Who's who in Sierra Leone". Lyns Publicity. 11 August 1980. Retrieved 11 August 2017 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ "Board Members". Hands for Africa. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  5. ^ Wiredu, Kwasi (15 April 2008). A Companion to African Philosophy. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9780470997376. Retrieved 11 August 2017 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ "Sierra Leone". 13 September 2016. Archived from the original on 26 May 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
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