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List of ambassadors of the United States to São Tomé and Príncipe

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Ambassador of the United States to São Tomé and Príncipe
Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent
James B. Story
Chargé d'affaires
since October 23, 2024
NominatorThe President of the United States
Inaugural holderAndrew L. Steigman
as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
FormationDecember 11, 1975
WebsiteU.S. Embassy - Luanda

The United States ambassador to São Tomé and Príncipe is the official representative of the government of the United States to the government of São Tomé and Príncipe. Until 2022, the ambassador was concurrently the ambassador to Gabon, while resident in Libreville. Beginning in 2022, representation for São Tomé and Príncipe was moved to Luanda, with the ambassador concurrently the ambassador to Angola, due to the countries' "longstanding cultural, linguistic, and economic ties."[1]

Ambassadors

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Name Title Appointed Presented credentials Terminated mission Notes
Andrew L. Steigman[2] – Career FSO Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary December 11, 1975 February 14, 1976 August 21, 1977
Arthur T. Tienken – Career FSO Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary February 2, 1978 May 26, 1978 July 19, 1981
Francis Terry McNamara – Career FSO Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary December 11, 1981 July 26, 1982 August 3, 1984
Larry C. Williamson – Career FSO Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary August 13, 1984 October 29, 1984 August 21, 1987
Warren Clark Jr. – Career FSO Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary August 10, 1987 October 19, 1987 August 24, 1989
Keith Leveret Wauchope – Career FSO Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary November 6, 1989 February 5, 1990 July 13, 1992
Joseph Charles Wilson IV – Career FSO Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary July 14, 1992 September 29, 1992 August 4, 1995
Elizabeth Raspolic – Career FSO Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary October 3, 1995 November 10, 1995 July 24, 1998
James V. Ledesma – Career FSO Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary October 22, 1998 January 27, 1999 June 18, 2001 The post was vacant June 2001–June 2002. Thomas F. Daughton served as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim in the interval.
Kenneth Price Moorfield – Career FSO Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary January 30, 2002 June 20, 2002 July 31, 2004
R. Barrie Walkley – Career FSO Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary July 2, 2004 November 11, 2004 April 27, 2007
Eunice S. Reddick – Career FSO Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary October 29, 2007 December 6, 2007 July 18, 2010
Eric D. Benjaminson – Career FSO Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary September 15, 2010 December 3, 2010 May 21, 2013
Cynthia Akuetteh – Career FSO Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary August 1, 2014 April 10, 2015 February 26, 2018[3]
Joel Danies – Career FSO Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary February 21, 2018 April 20, 2018 March 1, 2019
Robert E. Whitehead – Career FSO Chargé d’Affaires a.i. March 1, 2019 August 17, 2020
Tulinabo S. Mushingi – Career FSO Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary December 18, 2021 August 10, 2022 October 2024
James B. Story – Career FSO Chargé d’Affaires a.i. October 23, 2024 Incumbent

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "U.S. Diplomatic Representation for Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe Moves to U.S. Embassy Luanda". Office of the Spokesperson, U.S. Department of State. 2022-08-11. Retrieved 2022-08-13.
  2. ^ "The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Program AMBASSADOR ANDREW STEIGMAN" (PDF). Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training. 29 April 1989. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 July 2024. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Cynthia Akuetteh". LinkedIn. Retrieved August 6, 2019.
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