List of ambassadors of the United States to the Solomon Islands
Ambassador of the United States to Solomon Islands | |
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Nominator | The President of the United States |
Inaugural holder | Paul Fisher Gardner as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary. |
Formation | July 7, 1978 |
Website | U.S. Embassy - Port Moresby |
U.S. diplomatic terms |
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Career FSO After 1915, The Latin phrase meaning "for the time being", "in the meantime". |
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Ambassadors
Name | Title | Appointed | Terminated Mission | Notes | |
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Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | January 5, 1976 | July 28, 1979 | ||
Harvey J. Feldman – Career FSO
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September 26, 1979 | May 25, 1981 | |||
M. Virginia Schafer – Career FSO | November 3, 1981 | May 20, 1984 | |||
Paul Fisher Gardner – Career FSO | September 7, 1984 | October 1, 1986 | |||
Everett E. Bierman – Career FSO | November 11, 1986 | October 30, 1989 | |||
Robert William Farrand – Career FSO | May 1, 1990 | September 13, 1993 | |||
Richard W. Teare – Career FSO | November 23, 1993 | July 14, 1996 | |||
Arma Jane Karaer – Career FSO | April 15, 1997 | May 28, 2000 | |||
Susan S. Jacobs – Career FSO | November 7, 2000 | August 1, 2003 | |||
Robert W. Fitts – Career FSO | September 11, 2003 | September 5, 2006 | |||
Leslie V. Rowe – Career FSO | November 15, 2006 | July 11, 2009 | |||
Teddy B. Taylor – Career FSO[4] | November 16, 2009 | October 6, 2012 | |||
Walter E. North – Career FSO | January 31, 2013 | January 26, 2016 | |||
Catherine Ebert-Gray – Career FSO | April 14, 2016 | November 17, 2019 | |||
Erin Elizabeth McKee – Career FSO | January 27, 2020 | April 14, 2022 | |||
Russell Comeau - Career FSO | Chargé d'Affaires ad interim | February 2, 2023 | March 14, 2024 | US Embassy reopened on February 2, 2023 | |
Ann M. Yastishock - Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | November 29, 2023[5] | March 14, 2024 | Incumbent |
See also
- Solomon Islands – United States relations
- Foreign relations of Solomon Islands
- Ambassadors of the United States
Notes
- ^ "U.S. opens embassy in Solomon Islands in bid to counter China". NBC News. February 2, 2023. Retrieved February 2, 2023.
- ^ a b "US Ambassador to Papua New Guinea. US GOVERNMENT OFFICE". Retrieved February 9, 2011.
- ^ "U.S. Embassy in Papua New Guinea. About the Embassy. Mission Overview". Retrieved February 9, 2011.
- ^ "U.S. Embassy in Papua New Guinea". Archived from the original on September 14, 2015. Retrieved February 9, 2011.
- ^ https://www.congress.gov/nomination/118th-congress/32
References
- United States Department of State: Background notes on the Solomon Islands
- This article incorporates public domain material from U.S. Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets. United States Department of State.