List of ambassadors of the United States to the Gambia

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Ambassador of the United States to the Gambia
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Incumbent
Sharon L. Cromer
since March 18, 2022
NominatorThe President of the United States
AppointerThe President
with Senate advice and consent
Inaugural holder Mercer Cook
as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
FormationMay 18, 1965
Website U.S. Embassy - Banjul

This is a list of United States ambassadors to the Gambia, the first of who was appointed on May 18, 1965, exactly three months after it attained independence from the United Kingdom.

Contents

Ambassadors

NameTitleAppointed Presented credentials Terminated missionNotes
Mercer Cook [1] [lower-alpha 1] - Non-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMay 18, 1965August 9, 1965July 1, 1966
William R. Rivkin [lower-alpha 1] - Non-career appointeeOctober 13, 1966January 16, 1967March 19, 1967Died in office
L. Dean Brown [lower-alpha 1] - Career FSOOctober 18, 1967January 18, 1968]August 15, 1970
G. Edward Clark [lower-alpha 1] - Career FSOOctober 12, 1970November 24, 1970]October 16, 1973
O. Rudolph Aggrey [lower-alpha 1] - Career FSONovember 23, 1973January 17, 1974]July 10, 1977
Herman J. Cohen [lower-alpha 1] - Career FSOJune 24, 1977March 29, 1978]July 21, 1980
Larry Gordon Piper - Career FSOJune 30, 1980August 21, 1980August 23, 1982
Owen W. Roberts Chargé d'Affaires ad interimAugust 1982June 1983
P. Wesley KriebelJuly 1983November 1983
Alan LoganNovember 1983April 1984
Edward BrynnMay 1984June 1984
Robert Thomas Hennemeyer - Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMay 11, 1984June 20, 1984June 27, 1986
Herbert E. Horowitz - Career FSOSeptember 12, 1986October 24, 1986November 4, 1989
Jimmie StoneChargé d'Affaires ad interimNovember 1989January 1990
A. Donald BramanteJanuary 1990December 1990
Arlene Render - Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 22, 1990December 31, 1990August 8, 1993
Andrew J. Winter - Career FSOJuly 11, 1993October 29, 1993May 31, 1995
Gerald W. Scott - Career FSODecember 28, 1995February 16, 1996June 27, 1998
George Williford Boyce Haley - Political appointeeJune 29, 1998October 15, 1998July 14, 2001
Jackson McDonald - Career FSOOctober 1, 2001November 29, 2001May 26, 2004
Joseph D. Stafford III - Career FSOJuly 2, 2004September 15, 2004June 5, 2007
Barry L. Wells - Political appointeeOctober 29, 2007February 13, 2008May 13, 2009
Pamela Ann White – Career FSOOctober 1, 2010November 29, 2010June 2, 2012
Edward M. Alford – Career FSOJuly 5, 2012November 5, 2012July 28, 2013
Patricia Alsup – Career FSOOctober 15, 2015January 13, 2016September 18, 2018
Richard Carlton Paschall III - Career FSO [2] January 2, 2019April 9, 2019 [3] February 15, 2022
Sharon L. Cromer – Career FSODecember 18, 2021March 18, 2022present

Notes

  1. ↑ During Cook's tenure as non-resident Ambassador, the Embassy in Bathurst (now Banjul) was established September 9, 1965, with John G. Gossett as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim.
  2. ↑ "Ambassador Richard Carlton Paschall III (Bio)". U.S. Embassy in The Gambia. 2019-03-15. Retrieved 2019-04-12.
  3. ↑ Dampha, Ebrima (2019-04-11). "New US Ambassador presents credentials". The Standard Newspaper. Retrieved 2019-04-12.

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Also accredited to Senegal; resident at Dakar.

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