Kiribati

Note: On Aug 12, 1980, the United States and Kiribati agreed to establish diplomatic relations on the Ambassadorial level.

Name: William Bodde, Jr.
State of Residency: Maryland
Foreign Service officer
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 26, 1980
Presentation of Credentials: Jan 20, 1981
Termination of Mission: Left Suva, Aug 15, 1981
Note: Also accredited to Fiji, Tonga, and Tuvalu; resident at Suva. No mission has been established at Parawa.

Name: Fred J. Eckert
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Feb 11, 1982
Presentation of Credentials: May 31, 1982
Termination of Mission: Left Suva May 7, 1984
Note: Also accredited to Fiji, Tonga, and Tuvalu; resident at Suva. No mission has been established at Parawa.

Name: Carl Edward Dillery
State of Residency: Washington
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 27, 1884
Presentation of Credentials: Jan 29, 1985
Termination of Mission: Left Suva, Jul 15, 1987
Note: Also accredited to Fiji, Tonga, and Tuvalu; resident at Suva. No mission has been established at Parawa.

Name: Leonard Rochwarger
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 28, 1987
Presentation of Credentials: May 9, 1988
Termination of Mission: Left Suva, Aug 31, 1989
Note: Also accredited to Fiji, Tonga, and Tuvalu; resident at Suva. No mission has been established at Parawa.

Name: Evelyn Irene Hoopes Teegan
State of Residency: Minnesota
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 10, 1989
Presentation of Credentials: 18 Jan. 1990
Termination of Mission: Left Suva, 5 Mar. 1993
Note: Also accredited to Fiji, Tonga, and Tuvalu; resident at Suva. No mission has been established at Parawa.

Name: Joan M. Plaisted
State of Residency: California
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Dec 19, 1995
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 9, 1996
Termination of Mission: Left Majuro July 28, 2000
Note:  Also accredited to the Marshall Islands; resident at Majuro.

Name: Michael J. Senko
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Dec 28, 2000
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 10, 2001
Termination of Mission: Left Majuro Aug 2, 2003
Note:  Also accredited to the Marshall Islands; resident at Majuro.

Name: David L. Lyon
State of Residency: California
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 7, 2003
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 18, 2003
Termination of Mission: Left Suva, Jul 23, 2005
Note: Also accredited to Fiji, Nauru, Tonga, and Tuvalu; resident at Suva.

Name: Larry Miles Dinger
State of Residency: Iowa
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 27, 2005
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 1, 2005
Termination of Mission: