List of ambassadors of the United States to Angola

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Ambassador of the United States to Angola
Embaixador dos Estados Unidos em Angola
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Incumbent
Tulinabo S. Mushingi
since March 9, 2022
NominatorThe President of the United States
AppointerThe President
with Senate advice and consent
Inaugural holder Edmund T. De Jarnette
as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
FormationMay 9, 1994
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Angola became independent of Portugal in 1975, but the U.S. did not recognize the Government of Angola declared by the MPLA. The U.S. recognized Angola after multiparty elections were held in 1992. [1]

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The United States established relations with Angola through the opening of a Liaison Office in Luanda on January 10, 1992, with Jeffrey Millington as Director. The United States recognized the government of Angola on May 19, 1993. The first ambassador was appointed on May 9, 1994.

Ambassadors

NameAppointed Presented credentials Terminated missionNotes
Edmund DeJarnette – Career FSOMay 9, 1994July 14, 1994Left post, July 24, 1995
Donald Steinberg – Career FSOJune 27, 1995September 15, 1995November 6, 1998
Joseph Sullivan – Career FSOOctober 22, 1998December 17, 1998August 16, 2001
Christopher Dell – Career FSOAugust 8, 2001October 26, 2001Left post, July 12, 2004
Cynthia Efird – Career FSOJuly 2, 2004August 31, 20042007
Dan Mozena – Career FSONovember 19, 2007January 9, 20082010
Christopher McMullen – Career FSOSeptember 30, 2010March 3, 2011June 12, 2013
Helen La Lime – Career FSOMay 15, 2014May 19, 2014November 24, 2017
Nina Maria Fite [2] – Career FSONovember 20, 2017February 14, 2018November 8, 2021
Tulinabo S. Mushingi December 18, 2021March 9, 2022Incumbent

The US ambassador to Angola holds the title Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. [3]

Notes

  1. ↑ "Angola". U.S. Department of State. Retrieved 2011-06-11.
  2. ↑ "Ambassador Nina Maria Fite". U.S. Embassy in Angola. Archived from the original on 7 November 2021. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
  3. ↑ "Chiefs of Mission by Country, 1778-2005". Archived from the original on August 8, 2009.

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