U.S._Ambassador_to_the_Gambia
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.
Quick Facts Ambassador of the United States to the Gambia, Nominator ...
| Ambassador of the United States to the Gambia | |
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Seal of the United States Department of State | |
| 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 |
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More information Name, Title ...
| Name | Title | Appointed | Presented credentials | Terminated mission | Notes |
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| Mercer Cook[1][lower-alpha 1] - Non-career appointee | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | May 18, 1965 | August 9, 1965 | July 1, 1966 | |
| William R. Rivkin[lower-alpha 1] - Non-career appointee | October 13, 1966 | January 16, 1967 | March 19, 1967 | Died in office | |
| L. Dean Brown[lower-alpha 1] - Career FSO | October 18, 1967 | January 18, 1968 | August 15, 1970 | ||
| G. Edward Clark[lower-alpha 1] - Career FSO | October 12, 1970 | November 24, 1970 | October 16, 1973 | ||
| O. Rudolph Aggrey[lower-alpha 1] - Career FSO | November 23, 1973 | January 17, 1974 | July 10, 1977 | ||
| Herman J. Cohen[lower-alpha 1] - 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 |
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- 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.
