List of ambassadors of the United States to Nigeria
The following is a list of United States Ambassadors to Nigeria.Ambassadors
- Joseph Palmer II - Career FSO
- *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- *Appointment: September 23, 1960
- *Presentation of Credentials: October 4, 1960
- *Termination of Mission: Reaccredited when Nigeria became a republic; presented new credentials December 12, 1963; Left post January 16, 1964
Note: The Embassy in Lagos was established October 1, 1960, with Ambassador Palmer in charge pending presentation of his letter of credence.
- Elbert G. Mathews - Career FSO
- *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- *Appointment: March 10, 1964
- *Presentation of Credentials: April 11, 1964
- *Termination of Mission: Left post July 26, 1969
- William Trueheart - Career FSO
- *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- *Appointment: September 19, 1969
- *Presentation of Credentials: November 6, 1969
- *Termination of Mission: Left post September 1, 1971
- John Reinhardt - Career FSO
- *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- *Appointment: September 30, 1971
- *Presentation of Credentials: December 3, 1971
- *Termination of Mission: Left post February 23, 1975
- Donald B. Easum - Career FSO
- *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- *Appointment: March 26, 1975
- *Presentation of Credentials: May 22, 1975
- *Termination of Mission: Left post October 15, 1979
- Stephen Low - Career FSO
- *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- *Appointment: September 20, 1979
- *Presentation of Credentials: November 29, 1979
- *Termination of Mission: Left post July 4, 1981
- Thomas R. Pickering - Career FSO
- *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- *Appointment: October 26, 1981
- *Presentation of Credentials: November 30, 1981
- *Termination of Mission: Left post July 9, 1983
- Thomas W. M. Smith - Career FSO
- *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- *Appointment: February 10, 1984
- *Presentation of Credentials: March 15, 1984
- *Termination of Mission: Left post May 5, 1986
- Princeton Nathan Lyman - Career FSO
- *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- *Appointment: September 12, 1986
- *Presentation of Credentials: October 10, 1986
- *Termination of Mission: Left post July 24, 1989
- Lannon Walker - Career FSO
- *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- *Appointment: October 10, 1989
- *Presentation of Credentials: November 17, 1989
- *Termination of Mission: Left post July 10, 1992
- William Lacy Swing - Career FSO
- *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- *Appointment: June 15, 1992
- *Presentation of Credentials: September 24, 1992
- *Termination of Mission: Left post September 22, 1993
- Walter C. Carrington - Political appointee
- *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- *Appointment: August 10, 1993
- *Presentation of Credentials: November 9, 1993
- *Termination of Mission: Left post October 7, 1997
- William H. Twaddell - Career FSO
- *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- *Appointment: November 10, 1997
- *Presentation of Credentials: December 19, 1997
- *Termination of Mission: Left post August 3, 2000
Note: The U.S. Embassy was transferred from Lagos to Abuja September 15, 2000.
- Howard Franklin Jeter - Career FSO
- *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- *Appointment: December 28, 2000
- *Presentation of Credentials: March 3, 2001
- *Termination of Mission: Left post July 30, 2003
- Donald K. Steinberg - Career FSO
- John Campbell - Career FSO
- *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- *Appointment: May 12, 2004
- *Presentation of Credentials: June 25, 2004
- *Termination of Mission: Left post, July 19, 2007
- Robin Renee Sanders - Career FSO
- *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- *Appointment: October 29, 2007
- *Presentation of Credentials: December 3, 2007
- *Termination of Mission: August 27, 2010
- Terence P. McCulley - Career FSO
- *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- *Appointment: August 9, 2010
- *Presentation of Credentials: November 2, 2010
- *Termination of Mission: August 29, 2013
- James F. Entwistle - Career FSO
- *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- *Appointment: August 22, 2013
- *Sworn in: October 28, 2013
- *Presentation of Credentials: November 26, 2013
- *Termination of Mission: July 21, 2016
- W. Stuart Symington - Career FSO
- *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- *Appointment: October 3, 2016
- *Sworn in: October 31, 2016
- *Presentation of Credentials: December 1, 2016
- *Termination of Mission: August 30, 2019
- Mary Beth Leonard - Career FSO
- *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- *Appointment: September 11, 2019
- *Sworn in: October 4, 2019
- *Presentation of Credentials: December 24, 2019
- *Termination of Mission:
