List of ambassadors of the United States to the Solomon Islands explained

Post:Ambassador
Body:the United States to Solomon Islands
Insignia:US Department of State official seal.svg
Insigniasize:120px
Insigniacaption:Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent:Ann M. Yastishock
Incumbentsince:March 14, 2024
Nominator:The President of the United States
Inaugural:Paul Fisher Gardner
as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
Formation:July 7, 1978
Website:U.S. Embassy - Port Moresby

The United States of America opened an embassy in Honiara, Solomon Islands from July 7 1978 following recognition of the independent Solomon Islands by the United States, but this closed in 1993, reopening on .[1] During the ten year closure, U.S. interests in Solomon Islands were handled by the United States Embassy in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, the United States Ambassador to Papua New Guinea being also accredited to Solomon Islands.[2] [3]

Ambassadors

!Name!Title!Appointed!Terminated Mission!Notes
Mary S. Olmsted – Career FSOEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJanuary 5, 1976July 28, 1979
Harvey J. Feldman – Career FSOSeptember 26, 1979May 25, 1981
M. Virginia Schafer – Career FSONovember 3, 1981May 20, 1984
Paul Fisher Gardner – Career FSOSeptember 7, 1984October 1, 1986
Everett E. Bierman – Career FSONovember 11, 1986October 30, 1989
Robert William Farrand – Career FSOMay 1, 1990September 13, 1993
Richard W. Teare – Career FSONovember 23, 1993July 14, 1996
Arma Jane Karaer – Career FSOApril 15, 1997May 28, 2000
Susan S. Jacobs – Career FSONovember 7, 2000August 1, 2003
Robert W. Fitts – Career FSOSeptember 11, 2003September 5, 2006
Leslie V. Rowe – Career FSONovember 15, 2006July 11, 2009
Teddy B. Taylor – Career FSO[4] November 16, 2009October 6, 2012
Walter E. North – Career FSOJanuary 31, 2013January 26, 2016
Catherine Ebert-Gray – Career FSOApril 14, 2016November 17, 2019
Erin Elizabeth McKee – Career FSOJanuary 27, 2020April 14, 2022
Russell Comeau - Career FSO Chargé d'Affaires ad interimFebruary 2, 2023March 14, 2024US Embassy reopened on February 2, 2023
Ann M. Yastishock - Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 29, 2023[5] March 14, 2024Incumbent

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2023-02-02 . U.S. opens embassy in Solomon Islands in bid to counter China . 2023-02-02 . . en.
  2. Web site: US Ambassador to Papua New Guinea. US GOVERNMENT OFFICE . 2011-02-09.
  3. Web site: U.S. Embassy in Papua New Guinea. About the Embassy. Mission Overview . 2011-02-09.
  4. Web site: U.S. Embassy in Papua New Guinea . 2011-02-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150914170243/http://portmoresby.usembassy.gov/about_us/ambassador.html . 2015-09-14 . dead .
  5. https://www.congress.gov/nomination/118th-congress/32

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