List of ambassadors of the United States to Togo explained

Post:Ambassador
Body:the United States to Togo
Insignia:US Department of State official seal.svg
Insigniasize:120px
Insigniacaption:Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent:Ronald E. Hawkins Jr
Chargé d'affaires ad interim[1]
Incumbentsince:May 31, 2024
Nominator:Joe Biden[2]
Nominatorpost:President of the United States
Inaugural:Leland Barrows
as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Formation:June 23, 1960
Website:U.S. Embassy - Lomé

This is a list of ambassadors of the United States to Togo.

Until 1955 French Togoland was a United Nations Trust Territory mandated by the U.N. to France. In 1955, French Togoland became the administrative Republic of Togo within the French Community (Communauté française), although it retained its UN trusteeship status. In 1960 Togo severed its constitutional ties with France, shed its UN trusteeship status, and became fully independent as the Togolese Republic.

The United States immediately recognized Togo and moved to establish diplomatic relations. The State Department established an embassy in Yaoundé in nearby Cameroon on January 1, 1960, with Bolard More as Chargé d'affaires ad interim. The Yaoundé embassy was simultaneously accredited to Togo. The embassy in Lomé was established on April 27, 1960, with Jesse M. MacKnight as Chargé d’Affaires ad interim. On June 23, 1960, Leland Barrows was appointed as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Cameroon with separate accreditation to Togo while remaining resident in Yaoundé. In 1961 a separate ambassador was appointed solely for Togo and resident at Lomé. The United States has maintained diplomatic relations with Togo since that date.

The United States Embassy in Togo is located in Lomé. The current Togolese ambassador to the United States is Limbiye Edawe Kadangha Bariki.[3]

Ambassadors

!Name!Title!Appointed!Presented credentials!Terminated mission!Notes
Leland Barrows[4] [5] – Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJune 23, 1960August 22, 1960June 27, 1961
Leon B. Poullada – Career FSOApril 18, 1961July 27, 1961February 24, 1964
William Witman II – Career FSOJune 8, 1964July 10, 1964May 8, 1967
Albert W. Sherer, Jr.[6] [7] [8] – Career FSOSeptember 13, 1967October 13, 1967March 5, 1970
Dwight Dickinson – Career FSOSeptember 8, 1970October 8, 1970April 3, 1974
Nancy V. Rawls – Career FSOFebruary 11, 1974June 7, 1974August 8, 1976
Ronald D. Palmer – Career FSOSeptember 16, 1976October 28, 1976July 15, 1978
Marilyn P. Johnson – Career FSOSeptember 23, 1978November 3, 1978July 29, 1981
Howard Kent Walker – Career FSOMarch 9, 1982April 19, 1982June 9, 1984
Owen W. Roberts – Career FSOJune 28, 1984July 31, 1984July 5, 1986
David A. Korn – Career FSOOctober 16, 1986November 4, 1986April 4, 1988
Rush Walker Taylor, Jr. – Career FSOApril 28, 1988June 20, 1988September 4, 1990
Harmon Elwood Kirby – Career FSOOctober 22, 1990December 3, 1990July 16, 1994
Johnny Young – Career FSOMay 9, 1994October 7, 1994November 21, 1997
Brenda Schoonover – Career FSONovember 11, 1997January 7, 1998July 30, 2000
Karl William Hofmann – Career FSOSeptember 15, 2000October 17, 2000December 14, 2002
Gregory W. Engle – Career FSOApril 16, 2003May 22, 2003April 1, 2005
David B. Dunn – Career FSONovember 2, 2005February 2, 2006June 6, 2008
Patricia McMahon Hawkins[9] - Career FSOJune 6, 2008September 12, 2008July 29, 2011
Robert E. Whitehead[10] - Career FSOApril 2, 2012 May 7, 2012September 26, 2015
David R. Gilmour[11] - Career FSOOctober 16, 2015November 7, 2015March 9, 2019
Eric W. Stromayer - Career FSOJanuary 7, 2019April 11, 2019[12] March 9, 2022
Elizabeth Fitzsimmons - Career FSODecember 18, 2021April 26, 2022May 30, 2024
Ronald E. Hawkins Jr - Career FSOChargé d'affaires ad interimMay 31, 2024Incumbent

See also

References

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Notes and References

  1. https://x.com/USEmbassyLome/status/1806320104885321750?t=1DD0vXia9PXKhAadSjARFg&s=19
  2. President Biden Announces Intent to Nominate Nine Foreign Policy and National Security Leaders . August 4, 2021 . The White House . Washington, D.C. . August 4, 2021.
  3. Web site: Togoembassy.us.
  4. Barrows was accredited to Cameroon and Togo, while resident in Yaoundé.
  5. Barrows’ commission to Togo was superseded by appointment of an ambassador to Togo.
  6. Sherer was commissioned during a recess of the Senate. He was renominated January 31, confirmed February 7, 1969, and recommissioned after confirmation. A nomination of Jan 9, 1969, was withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it.
  7. Sherer was also accredited to Equatorial Guinea
  8. During Sherer’s tenure as non-resident Ambassador to Equatorial Guinea, the embassy in Santa Isabel (now Malabo) was opened August 1, 1969, with Albert N. Williams as Chargé d’Affaires ad interim.
  9. Source: U.S. Embassy in Lomé
  10. Web site: Former Ambassadors Lome, Togo - Embassy of the United States. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150815005434/http://togo.usembassy.gov/prevamb/robert-e.-whitehead.html. August 15, 2015.
  11. Web site: Ambassador Eric William Stromayer.
  12. Web site: New U.S. Ambassador to Togo Presents his Credentials. 11 April 2019.

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