List of ambassadors of the United States to Ghana

Ambassadors

• Donald W. Lamm - Career FSO
• *Title: Chargé d'Affaires
• *Appointment:
• *Presentation of Credentials: March 12, 1957
• *Termination of Mission: Relinquished charge, April 19, 1957
• Peter Rutter - Career FSO
• *Title: Chargé d'Affaires
• *Appointment:
• *Presentation of Credentials: April 25, 1957
• *Termination of Mission: Superseded, June 19, 1957
• Wilson C. Flake - Career FSO
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointment: May 20, 1957
• *Presentation of Credentials: June 19, 1957
• *Termination of Mission: Reaccredited when Ghana became a republic; presented new credentials July 21, 1960; left post, November 21, 1960
• Francis H. Russell - Career FSO
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointment: November 11, 1960
• *Presentation of Credentials: January 23, 1961
• *Termination of Mission: Left post, March 13, 1962
• William P. Mahoney Jr. - Political appointee
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointment: May 21, 1962
• *Presentation of Credentials: June 22, 1962
• *Termination of Mission: Left post, May 26, 1965
• Franklin H. Williams - Political appointee
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointment: October 20, 1965
• *Presentation of Credentials: January 17, 1966
• *Termination of Mission: Reaccredited after change of government; presented new credentials May 19, 1966; left post, May 3, 1968
• Thomas W. McElhiney - Career FSO
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointment: July 24, 1968
• *Presentation of Credentials: September 14, 1968
• *Termination of Mission: Left post, May 29, 1971
• Fred L. Hadsel - Career FSO
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointment: July 23, 1971
• *Presentation of Credentials: September 25, 1971
• *Termination of Mission: Left post, July 29, 1974
• Shirley Temple Black - Political appointee
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointment: September 19, 1974
• *Presentation of Credentials: December 6, 1974
• *Termination of Mission: Left post, July 13, 1976
• Robert P. Smith - Career FSO
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointment: October 4, 1976
• *Presentation of Credentials: December 17, 1976
• *Termination of Mission: Left post, May 7, 1979
• Thomas W. M. Smith - Career FSO
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointment: September 28, 1979
• *Presentation of Credentials: December 12, 1979
• *Termination of Mission: Left post, July 2, 1983
• Robert E. Fritts - Career FSO
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointment: July 6, 1983
• *Presentation of Credentials: July 28, 1983
• *Termination of Mission: Left post, June 2, 1986
• Stephen R. Lyne - Career FSO
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointment: March 27, 1987
• *Presentation of Credentials: July 11, 1987
• *Termination of Mission: Left post, September 9, 1989
• Raymond Charles Ewing - Career FSO
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointment: August 7, 1989
• *Presentation of Credentials: November 9, 1989
• *Termination of Mission: Left post, August 14, 1992
• Kenneth Lee Brown - Career FSO
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointment: July 14, 1992
• *Presentation of Credentials: September 24, 1992
• *Termination of Mission: Left post, July 19, 1995
• Edward P. Brynn - Career FSO
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointment: October 3, 1995
• *Presentation of Credentials: December 19, 1995
• *Termination of Mission: Left post July 10, 1998
• Kathryn Dee Robinson - Career FSO
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointment: October 22, 1998
• *Presentation of Credentials: December 16, 1998
• *Termination of Mission: Left post September 1, 2001
• Nancy Jo Powell - Career FSO
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointment: July 16, 2001
• *Presentation of Credentials: September 14, 2001
• *Termination of Mission: Left post May 26, 2002
• Mary Carlin Yates - Career FSO
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointment: November 26, 2002
• *Presentation of Credentials: January 28, 2003
• *Termination of Mission: Left post, July 25, 2005
• Pamela E. Bridgewater - Career FSO
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointment: June 21, 2005
• *Presentation of Credentials: October 11, 2005
• *Termination of Mission:Left post June 10, 2008
• Donald G. Teitelbaum - Career FSO
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointment: June 6, 2008
• *Presentation of Credentials: September 9, 2008
• *Termination of Mission: 2012
• Gene A. Cretz - Career FSO
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointment: April 11, 2012
• *Presentation of Credentials: September 11, 2012
• *Termination of Mission: July 1, 2015
• Robert P. Jackson - Career FSO
• * Title: Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointment: November 22, 2015
• *Presentation of Credentials: February 4, 2016
• *Termination of Mission: 2018
• Stephanie S. Sullivan - Career FSO
• * Title: Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointment: September 10, 2018
• *Presentation of Credentials: January 23, 2019
• *Termination of Mission: Incumbent