List of ambassadors of the United States to Sierra Leone

Ambassadors

• Herbert Reiner – Career FSO
• *Title: Chargé d'Affaires ad interim
• *Appointed: April 27, 1961
• *Presented credentials: N/A
• *Terminated mission: Left post, 1961
• A. S. J. Carnahan – Political appointee
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: May 11, 1961
• *Presented credentials: June 9, 1961
• *Terminated mission: Left post, July 13, 1963
• Andrew V. Corry - Career FSO
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: January 29, 1964
• *Presented credentials: February 25, 1964
• *Terminated mission: Left post, May 19, 1967
• Robert Graham Miner - Career FSO
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: November 7, 1967
• *Presented credentials: December 7, 1967
• *Terminated mission: Left post, June 16, 1971
• Clinton Louis Olson - Career FSO
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: June 27, 1972
• *Presented credentials: July 4, 1972
• *Terminated mission: Left post, November 11, 1974
• Michael Anthony Samuels - Political appointee
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: December 20, 1974
• *Presented credentials: February 14, 1975
• *Terminated mission: Left post, May 25, 1977
• John Andrew Linehan - Career FSO
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: June 24, 1977
• *Presented credentials: August 30, 1977
• *Terminated mission: Left post, May 9, 1980
• Theresa Ann Healy - Career FSO
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: August 27, 1980
• *Presented credentials: September 18, 1980
• *Terminated mission: Left post, July 13, 1983
• Arthur Winston Lewis - Career FSO
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: May 17, 1983
• *Presented credentials: August 17, 1983
• *Terminated mission: Left post, June 5, 1986
• Cynthia Shepard Perry - Political appointee
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: June 16, 1986
• *Presented credentials: July 16, 1986
• *Terminated mission: Left post, August 30, 1989
• Johnny Young – Career FSO
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: October 10, 1989
• *Presented credentials: November 29, 1989
• *Terminated mission: Left post, July 23, 1992
• Lauralee M. Peters - Career FSO
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: June 15, 1992
• *Presented credentials: October 8, 1992
• *Terminated mission: Left post, July 6, 1995
• John Lewis Hirsch - Career FSO
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: August 14, 1995
• *Presented credentials: September 13, 1995
• *Terminated mission: Left post, June 17, 1998
• Joseph Melrose - Career FSO
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: October 22, 1998
• *Presented credentials: November 20, 1998
• *Terminated mission: Left post, September 10, 2001
• Peter R. Chaveas - Career FSO
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: July 12, 2001
• *Presented credentials: October 12, 2001
• *Terminated mission: Left post, May 24, 2004
• Thomas Neil Hull - Career FSO
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: May 12, 2004
• *Presented credentials: August 19, 2004
• *Terminated mission: Left post, August 27, 2007
• June Carter Perry - Career FSO
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: July 7, 2007
• *Presented credentials: October 8, 2007
• *Terminated mission: Left post, 2010
• Michael S. Owen – Career FSO
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: August 9, 2010
• *Presented credentials: September 30, 2010
• *Terminated mission: October 2, 2013
• John Hoover - Career FSO
• * Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• * Nominated: July 9, 2013
• * Appointed: September 12, 2014
• * Presented credentials: December 4, 2014
• * Terminated Mission: July 2, 2017
• Maria Brewer - Career FSO
• * Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• * Nominated: June 26, 2017
• * Appointed: August 3, 2017
• * Presented credentials: October 5, 2017
• * Terminated Mission: Incumbent