Papua New Guinea's foreign policy reflects close ties with Australia and other traditional allies and cooperative relations with neighboring countries. Its views on international political and economic issues are generally moderate.
Dan Mozena is a United States Foreign Service Officer and a member of the Senior Foreign Service. He served as the United States Ambassador to Angola 2007–2010 and as United States Ambassador to Bangladesh 2011–2015.
Susan S. Jacobs is the first person to fill the newly created role of Special Advisor for International Children's Issues. This new foreign policy position and assignment for Jacobs was created by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and announced on July 1,2010.
Mary Burce Warlick is an Australian-born,American diplomat who was appointed Deputy Executive Director of the International Energy Agency in May 2021. A former United States career diplomat,she served as the United States Ambassador to Serbia from January 2010 to September 2012,as the U.S. Consul General in Melbourne,Australia from October 2012 to July 2014,as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Energy Resources at the Department of State from August 2014 to September 2017,and as Acting Special Envoy and Coordinator for International Energy Affairs from January to September 2017.
Rose McCartney Likins is a Career Ambassador within the United States Foreign Service and the former United States Ambassador to Peru. Prior to this post she was the Deputy Director of the Foreign Service Institute in Washington,D.C.,where she was also Dean of the Foreign Service Institute's School of Professional and Area Studies.
Julie Furuta-Toy is a former U.S. Ambassador to Equatorial Guinea. Following an initial announcement by President Barack Obama on June 18,2015,Ambassador Furuta-Toy was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 22,2015,and subsequently sworn in on November 24,2015. She arrived in Malabo to take up her duties on January 7,2016. Prior to her arrival in Equatorial Guinea,Ms. Furuta-Toy served as both Deputy Chief of Mission and chargéd'affaires at the Embassy of the United States,Oslo,(2012-2015). Her lengthy tenure as chargéd'affaires stemmed from delays related to the nomination and confirmation of a new ambassador to Norway by the United States Senate.
Richard Merrill Mills Jr. is an American diplomat who serves as the United States deputy ambassador to the United Nations. He served as the U.S. Chargéd'Affaires and Acting Permanent Representative to the United Nations between January 20,2021,and February 24,2021,when Linda Thomas-Greenfield became ambassador. In July 2022,he was announced as the nominee to serve as the United States ambassador to Nigeria.
Catherine Ebert-Gray is an American diplomat. She served as the United States ambassador to Papua New Guinea,Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.
Michael Arthur Raynor is an American Foreign Service Officer specializing in relations with Africa who has served as the United States ambassador to Senegal and the United States ambassador to Guinea-Bissau since 2022. He was the United States ambassador to Ethiopia until January 2021. He previously served as the Director of the Office of Career Development and Assignments in the Bureau of Human Resources of the United States Department of State. Raynor served as United States Ambassador to Benin from 2012 to 2015 after being nominated by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the U.S. Senate. Prior to his post in Benin,he was deputy executive director and then executive director of the Bureau of African Affairs.
Melanie Harris Higgins is an American official and diplomat who had served as the United States Ambassador to Burundi between March 2,2021-July 13,2023.
Ian Kemish,is an Australian author,international relations specialist and not-for-profit chair. He is a former senior diplomat and business executive. During his career with the Australian Government he served as Australian High Commissioner to Papua New Guinea,Australian ambassador to Germany,head of the consular and Southeast Asia Divisions of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade,and head of the Prime Minister's International Division. As of 2023 he is co-founder of international strategic advisory firm Forridel,adjunct professor in History at the University of Queensland,and an expert associate of the ANU National Security College. His book The Consul, released in July 2022,provides an insider account on more than 20 years of international crisis management by the Australian consular service.
Bryan David Hunt is an American diplomat serving as the U.S. Ambassador to Sierra Leone since September 11,2023.
