List of ambassadors of the United States to the Marshall Islands
Appearance
Ambassador of the United States to the Marshall Islands | |
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since August 2, 2012 | |
Nominator | Barack Obama |
Inaugural holder | Samuel B. Thomsen as Representative |
Formation | October 21, 1986 |
Website | U.S. Embassy - Majuro |
This is a list of the ambassadors of the United States to the Marshall Islands. The Office of the U.S. Representative was opened at Majuro on October 21, 1986. It was upgraded to an Embassy on September 6, 1989. On Tuesday, May 15, 2012, the White House Press Office, in a list of nominations, announced that President Barack Obama had nominated Thomas Hart Armbruster, of New York, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of the Marshall Islands. Armbruster was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on August 2, 2012.[1] He succeeded Ambassador Campbell.[2]
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Ambassadors
- Samuel B. Thomsen – Career FSO
- State of Residency: California
- Title: Representative
- Appointment: Jun 15, 1987
- Presentation of Credentials: Jul 11, 1987
- Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 11, 1990
- William Bodde, Jr. – Career FSO
- State of Residency: Maryland
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: Jun 27, 1990
- Presentation of Credentials: Aug 6, 1990
- Termination of Mission: Left post, Jun 28, 1992
- David C. Fields – Career FSO
- State of Residency: California
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: Jul 7, 1992
- Presentation of Credentials: Aug 19, 1992
- Termination of Mission: Left post, May 15, 1995
- Joan M. Plaisted – Career FSO
- State of Residency: California
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: Dec 19, 1995
- Presentation of Credentials: Feb 9, 1996
- Termination of Mission: Left post Jul 28, 2000
- Note: Also accredited to Kiribati; resident at Majuro.
- Michael J. Senko – Career FSO
- State of Residency: District of Columbia
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: Dec 28, 2000
- Presentation of Credentials: Jan 26, 2001
- Termination of Mission: Left post Aug 2, 2003
- Note: Also accredited to Kiribati; resident at Majuro.
- Greta N. Morris – Career FSO
- State of Residency: California
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: Jul 1, 2003
- Presentation of Credentials: Aug 26, 2003
- Termination of Mission: Left post, Aug 2, 2006
- Clyde Bishop – Career FSO
- State of Residency: Delaware
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: Jul 18, 2006
- Presentation of Credentials: Dec 7, 2006
- Termination of Mission: 2009
- Martha Campbell – Career FSO
- State of Residency: Michigan
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: August 21, 2009
- Presentation of Credentials: September 7, 2009
- Termination of Mission: July 11, 2012
- Thomas Hart Armbruster - Career FSO
- State of Residency: New York
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: August 2, 2012
- Presentation of Credentials: Sep 6, 2012
- Termination of Mission: Incumbent
See also
- Marshall Islands – United States relations
- Foreign relations of the Marshall Islands
- Ambassadors of the United States
References
- United States Department of State: Background notes on the Marshall Islands
- This article incorporates public domain material from U.S. Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets. United States Department of State.