List of ambassadors of the United States to Guinea

Ambassador of the United States to Guinea
Seal of the United States Department of State
since January 19, 2022
NominatorThe President of the United States
AppointerThe President
with Senate advice and consent
Inaugural holderRobert W. Rinden
Chargé d'Affaires ad interim
FormationFebruary 13, 1959
WebsiteU.S. Embassy - Conakry

The United States ambassador to Guinea is the official representative of the government of the United States to the government of Guinea. This is a list of the United States ambassadors to Guinea

Ambassadors

Representative Title Presentation
of credentials 		Termination
of mission 		Appointed by
Robert W. Rinden Chargé d'Affaires ad interim February 13, 1959 July 30, 1959 Dwight D. Eisenhower
John H. Morrow Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary July 30, 1959 March 3, 1961
William Attwood Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary April 26, 1961 May 27, 1963 John F. Kennedy
James I. Loeb Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary September 21, 1963 September 21, 1965
Robinson McIlvaine Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary October 27, 1966 September 25, 1969 Lyndon B. Johnson
Albert W. Sherer, Jr. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary March 31, 1970 December 21, 1971 Richard Nixon
Terence A. Todman Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary August 26, 1972 January 3, 1975
William C. Harrop Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary May 29, 1975 July 15, 1977 Gerald Ford
Oliver S. Crosby Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary December 9, 1977 August 1, 1980 Jimmy Carter
Allen C. Davis Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary September 24, 1980 May 29, 1983
James D. Rosenthal Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary June 29, 1983 July 6, 1986 Ronald Reagan
William C. Mithoefer Chargé d'Affaires ad interim July 6, 1986 October 10, 1987
Samuel E. Lupo Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary October 10, 1987 May 22, 1990
Dane F. Smith Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary August 16, 1990 July 21, 1993 George H. W. Bush
Joseph A. Saloom Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary September 9, 1993 July 18, 1996 Bill Clinton
Tibor P. Nagy Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary October 10, 1996 July 25, 1999
Joyce Ellen Leader Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary September 29, 1999 July 7, 2000
R. Barrie Walkley Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary November 22, 2001 February 10, 2004 George W. Bush
Jackson McDonald Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary September 29, 2004 April 2, 2007
Phillip Carter Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary November 7, 2007 August 19, 2008
Patricia Moller Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary March 26, 2010 September 12, 2012 Barack Obama
Alexander M. Laskaris Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary September 28, 2012 November 10, 2015
Dennis B. Hankins Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary November 25, 2015 January 29, 2019
Simon Henshaw Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary March 4, 2019 June 9, 2020 Donald Trump
Troy D. Fitrell Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary January 19, 2022 Incumbent Joe Biden

See also

References

  • United States Department of State: Background notes on Guinea
  • Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from U.S. Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets. United States Department of State.