List of ambassadors of the United States to Angola explained

Post:Ambassador
Body:the United States to Angola
Insignia:US Department of State official seal.svg
Insigniasize:120
Insigniacaption:Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent:Tulinabo S. Mushingi
Incumbentsince:March 9, 2022
Nominator:The President of the United States
Appointer:The President
Appointer Qualified:with Senate advice and consent
Inaugural:Edmund T. De Jarnette
as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Formation:May 9, 1994

Angola became independent of Portugal in 1975, but the U.S. did not recognize the Government of Angola declared by the MPLA. The U.S. recognized Angola after multiparty elections were held in 1992.[1]

The United States established relations with Angola through the opening of a Liaison Office in Luanda on January 10, 1992, with Jeffrey Millington as Director. The United States recognized the government of Angola on May 19, 1993. The first ambassador was appointed on May 9, 1994.

Ambassadors

! Name! Appointed! Presented credentials! Terminated mission! Notes
Edmund DeJarnette – Career FSOMay 9, 1994July 14, 1994Left post, July 24, 1995
Donald Steinberg – Career FSOJune 27, 1995September 15, 1995November 6, 1998
Joseph Sullivan – Career FSOOctober 22, 1998December 17, 1998August 16, 2001
Christopher Dell – Career FSOAugust 8, 2001October 26, 2001Left post, July 12, 2004
Cynthia Efird – Career FSOJuly 2, 2004August 31, 2004June 6, 2007
Dan Mozena – Career FSONovember 19, 2007January 9, 2008July 3, 2010
Christopher McMullen – Career FSOSeptember 30, 2010March 3, 2011June 12, 2013
Helen La Lime – Career FSOMay 15, 2014May 19, 2014November 24, 2017
Nina Maria Fite[2] – Career FSONovember 20, 2017February 14, 2018November 8, 2021
Tulinabo S. MushingiDecember 18, 2021March 9, 2022Incumbent
The US ambassador to Angola holds the title Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.[3]

See also

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Angola. U.S. Department of State. June 11, 2011.
  2. Web site: Ambassador Nina Maria Fite . 7 November 2021 . U.S. Embassy in Angola . en-US . https://web.archive.org/web/20211107021834if_/https://ao.usembassy.gov/our-relationship/our-ambassador/ . 7 November 2021 . dead.
  3. Web site: Chiefs of Mission by Country, 1778-2005. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090808100538/http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/po/com/10361.htm. August 8, 2009.