List of ambassadors of the United States to Sierra Leone

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Ambassador of the United States to Sierra Leone
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Seal of the United States Department of State
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Incumbent
David Dale Reimer

since March 24, 2021
NominatorThe President of the United States
Inaugural holderHerbert Reiner
as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim
FormationApril 27, 1961
WebsiteU.S. Embassy - Freetown

The United States Ambassador to Sierra Leone is the official representative of the government of the United States to the government of Sierra Leone.

Ambassadors[]

U.S. diplomatic terms


Career FSO
After 1915, The United States Department of State began classifying ambassadors as career Foreign Service Officers (FSOs) for those who have served in the Foreign Service for a specified amount of time.

Political appointee
A person who is not a career foreign service officer, but is appointed by the president (often as a reward to political friends).

Appointed
The date that the ambassador took the oath of office; also known as “commissioning”. It follows confirmation of a presidential appointment by the Senate, or a Congressional recess appointment by the president. In the case of a recess appointment, the ambassador requires subsequent confirmation by the Senate to remain in office.

Presented credentials
The date that the ambassador presented his letter of credence to the head of state or appropriate authority of the receiving nation. At this time the ambassador officially becomes the representative of his country. This would normally occur a short time after the ambassador’s arrival on station. The host nation may reject the ambassador by not receiving the ambassador’s letter, but this occurs only rarely.

Terminated mission
Usually the date that the ambassador left the country. In some cases a letter of recall is presented, ending the ambassador’s commission, either as a means of diplomatic protest or because the diplomat is being reassigned elsewhere and replaced by another envoy.

Chargé d'affaires
The person in charge of the business of the embassy when there is no ambassador commissioned to the host country.

Ad interim
Latin phrase meaning "for the time being", "in the meantime".
Name Title Appointed Presented Credentials Terminated Mission Notes
Herbert Reiner – Career FSO Chargé d'Affaires ad interim April 27, 1961 N/A 1961
A. S. J. Carnahan – Political appointee Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary May 11, 1961 June 9, 1961 July 13, 1963
Andrew V. Corry - Career FSO January 29, 1964 February 25, 1964 May 19, 1967
Robert Graham Miner - Career FSO November 7, 1967 December 7, 1967 June 16, 1971
- Career FSO June 27, 1972 July 4, 1972 November 11, 1974
Michael Anthony Samuels - Political appointee December 20, 1974 February 14, 1975 May 25, 1977
- Career FSO June 24, 1977 August 30, 1977 May 9, 1980
- Career FSO August 27, 1980 September 18, 1980 July 13, 1983
- Career FSO May 17, 1983 August 17, 1983 June 5, 1986
Cynthia Shepard Perry - Political appointee June 16, 1986 July 16, 1986 August 30, 1989
Johnny Young – Career FSO October 10, 1989 November 29, 1989 July 23, 1992
- Career FSO June 15, 1992 October 8, 1992 July 6, 1995
John Lewis Hirsch - Career FSO August 14, 1995 September 13, 1995 June 17, 1998
Joseph Melrose - Career FSO October 22, 1998 November 20, 1998 September 10, 2001
- Career FSO July 12, 2001 October 12, 2001 May 24, 2004
- Career FSO May 12, 2004 August 19, 2004 August 27, 2007
June Carter Perry - Career FSO July 7, 2007 October 8, 2007 January 2, 2009
– Career FSO August 9, 2010 September 30, 2010 October 2, 2013
- Career FSO September 12, 2014 December 4, 2014 July 2, 2017
Maria Brewer - Career FSO August 3, 2017 October 5, 2017 February 22, 2021
David Dale Reimer - Career FSO December 22, 2020 March 24, 2021 Incumbent

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