Post: | Ambassador |
Body: | Namibia to United States Embassy of Namibia in Washington, D.C. |
Incumbent: | Margaret Mensah-Williams |
Inaugural: | Hinyangerwa Pius Asheeke |
The Namibian ambassador in Washington, D.C. is the official representative of the Government in Windhoek to the government of the United States. The two countries established diplomatic relations on 21 March 1990, the day of independence of Namibia.[1]
Date designated | Diplomatic agrément/Diplomatic accreditation | Ambassador | Observations | President of Namibia | President of the United States | Term end | |
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Hinyangerwa Pius Asheeke | Resided in New York and asked on an exceptional basis not to be accredited as an Ambassador but as a Charge d'Affaires. | Sam Nujoma | George H. W. Bush | ||||
Hinyangerwa Pius Asheeke | Born November 30, 1952, formerly ambassador at the (1996 to 2003), co-accredited as non-resident ambassador to Austria (from 23.07.1997).[2] | Sam Nujoma | George H. W. Bush | ||||
Tuliameni Kalomoh | Sam Nujoma | George H. W. Bush | |||||
Veiccoh Nghiwete | Later High Commissioner to the Republic of South Africa (16 December 2015)[3] | Sam Nujoma | Bill Clinton | ||||
Leonard Nangolo Iipumbu | Sam Nujoma | Bill Clinton | |||||
Hopelong Ushona Ipinge | Formerly Namibian Ambassador to China (April 16, 1999 to January 29, 2005) and Namibian Ambassador to Brazil (November 7, 2006 to September 8, 2010) | Hifikepunye Pohamba | George W. Bush | ||||
Patrick Nandago | Previously Chief of Protocol of the Namibian government (until 2004), and from June 18, 2004, the Namibian Ambassador to Brazil.[4] | Hifikepunye Pohamba | George W. Bush | ||||
Martin Andjaba | Hifikepunye Pohamba | Barack Obama Donald Trump | April 2018[5] | ||||
Monica Nashandi | Hage Geingob | Donald Trump | [6] | ||||
Margaret Mensah-Williams | Hage Geingob | Donald Trump |