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Ambassador of the United States to São Tomé and Príncipe
Seal of the United States Department of State
since August 1, 2014
NominatorBarack Obama
Inaugural holderAndrew L. Steigman
as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
FormationDecember 11, 1975
WebsiteU.S. Embassy - Libreville

The United States Ambassador to São Tomé and Príncipe is the official representative of the government of the United States to the government of São Tomé and Príncipe. The ambassador is concurrently the ambassador to Gabon, while resident in Libreville, Gabon.

Ambassadors

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  • Andrew L. Steigman – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: December 11, 1975
    • Presented credentials: February 14, 1976
    • Terminated mission: Left post, August 21, 1977
  • Arthur T. Tienken – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: February 2, 1978
    • Presented credentials: May 26, 1978
    • Terminated mission: Left post, July 19, 1981
  • Francis Terry McNamara – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: December 11, 1981
    • Presented credentials: July 26, 1982
    • Terminated mission: Left post, August 3, 1984
  • Larry C. Williamson – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: August 13, 1984
    • Presented credentials: October 29, 1984
    • Terminated mission: Left post, August 21, 1987
  • Warren Clark, Jr. – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: August 10, 1987
    • Presented credentials: October 19, 1987
    • Terminated mission: Left post, August 24, 1989
  • Keith Leveret Wauchope – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: November 6, 1989
    • Presented credentials: February 5, 1990
    • Terminated mission: Left post, July 13, 1992
  • Joseph Charles Wilson IV – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: July 14, 1992
    • Presented credentials: September 29, 1992
    • Terminated mission: Left post, August 4, 1995
  • Elizabeth Raspolic – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: October 3, 1995
    • Presented credentials: November 10, 1995
    • Terminated mission: Left post, July 24, 1998
  • James V. Ledesma – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: October 22, 1998
    • Presented credentials: January 27, 1999
    • Terminated mission: Left post, June 18, 2001
  • Note: The post was vacant June 2001–June 2002. Thomas F. Daughton served as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim in the interval.
  • Kenneth Price Moorfield – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: January 30, 2002
    • Presented credentials: June 20, 2002
    • Terminated mission: 2004(?)
  • R. Barrie Walkley – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: July 2, 2004
    • Presented credentials: November 11, 2004
    • Terminated mission: Left post, April 27, 2007
  • Eunice S. Reddick – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: October 29, 2007
    • Presented credentials: December 6, 2007
    • Terminated mission: Unknown, prior to December 2010
  • Eric D. Benjaminson – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: September 15, 2010
    • Presented credentials: December 3, 2010
    • Terminated mission: May 21, 2013
  • Cynthia Akuetteh – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: August 1, 2014
    • Presented credentials: April 10, 2015
    • Terminated mission: Incumbent[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ Akuetteh U.S. Department of State, office of the historian, accessed March 7, 2016
  • United States Department of State: Background notes on São Tomé and Príncipe
  • Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from U.S. Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets. United States Department of State.
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