List of ambassadors of the United States to the Gambia
| Ambassador of the United States to the Gambia | |
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| Nominator | The president of the United States |
| Appointer | The president with Senate advice and consent |
| Inaugural holder | Mercer Cook as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary |
| Formation | May 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.
Ambassadors
| Name | Title | Appointed | Presented credentials | Terminated mission | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercer Cook[1][a] - Non-career appointee | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | May 18, 1965 | August 9, 1965 | July 1, 1966 | |
| William R. Rivkin[a] - Non-career appointee | October 13, 1966 | January 16, 1967 | March 19, 1967 | Died in office | |
| L. Dean Brown[a] - Career FSO | October 18, 1967 | January 18, 1968 | August 15, 1970 | ||
| G. Edward Clark[a] - Career FSO | October 12, 1970 | November 24, 1970 | October 16, 1973 | ||
| O. Rudolph Aggrey[a] - Career FSO | November 23, 1973 | January 17, 1974 | July 10, 1977 | ||
| Herman J. Cohen[a] - Career FSO | June 24, 1977 | March 29, 1978 | July 21, 1980 | ||
| Larry Gordon Piper - Career FSO | June 30, 1980 | August 21, 1980 | August 23, 1982 | ||
| Owen W. Roberts | Chargé d'Affaires ad interim | August 23, 1982 | June 1983 | ||
| P. Wesley Kriebel | July 1983 | November 1983 | |||
| Alan Logan | November 1983 | April 1984 | |||
| Edward Brynn | May 1984 | June 20, 1984 | |||
| Robert Thomas Hennemeyer - Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | May 11, 1984 | June 20, 1984 | June 27, 1986 | |
| Herbert E. Horowitz - Career FSO | September 12, 1986 | October 24, 1986 | November 4, 1989 | ||
| Jimmie Stone | Chargé d'Affaires ad interim | November 4, 1989 | January 1990 | ||
| A. Donald Bramante | January 1990 | December 31, 1990 | |||
| Arlene Render - Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | October 22, 1990 | December 31, 1990 | August 8, 1993 | |
| Andrew J. Winter - Career FSO | July 11, 1993 | October 29, 1993 | May 31, 1995 | ||
| Gerald W. Scott - Career FSO | December 28, 1995 | February 16, 1996 | June 27, 1998 | ||
| George Williford Boyce Haley - Political appointee | June 29, 1998 | October 15, 1998 | July 14, 2001 | ||
| Jackson McDonald - Career FSO | October 1, 2001 | November 29, 2001 | May 26, 2004 | ||
| Joseph D. Stafford III - Career FSO | July 2, 2004 | September 15, 2004 | June 5, 2007 | ||
| Barry L. Wells - Political appointee | October 29, 2007 | February 13, 2008 | May 13, 2009 | ||
| Pamela Ann White – Career FSO | October 1, 2010 | November 29, 2010 | June 2, 2012 | ||
| Edward M. Alford – Career FSO | July 5, 2012 | November 5, 2012 | July 28, 2013 | ||
| Patricia Alsup – Career FSO | October 15, 2015 | January 13, 2016 | September 18, 2018 | ||
| Richard Carlton Paschall III - Career FSO[2] | January 2, 2019 | April 9, 2019[3] | February 15, 2022 | ||
| Sharon L. Cromer – Career FSO | December 18, 2021 | March 18, 2022 | present |
Notes
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Ambassador Richard Carlton Paschall III (Bio)". U.S. Embassy in The Gambia. 2019-03-15. Retrieved 2019-04-12.
- ^ Dampha, Ebrima (2019-04-11). "New US Ambassador presents credentials". The Standard Newspaper. Retrieved 2019-04-12.
See also
Notes
References
- United States Department of State: Background notes on the Gambia
This article incorporates public domain material from U.S. Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets. United States Department of State.