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Sierra Leone


Note: The Embassy in Freetown was established on Apr 27, 1961, with Herbert Reiner, Jr., as Charg? d'Affaires ad interim.

Name: A.S.J. Carnahan
State of Residency: Missouri
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 11, 1961
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 9, 1961
Termination of Mission: Left post Jul 13, 1963

Name: Andrew V. Corry
State of Residency: Montana
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jan 29, 1964
Presentation of Credentials: Feb 25, 1964
Termination of Mission: Left post May 19, 1967

Name: Robert G. Miner
State of Residency: New York
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 7, 1967
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 7, 1967
Termination of Mission: Left post Jun 16, 1971
Note: Presented new credentials on Jun 7, 1971, when Sierra Leone became a republic.

Name: Howard P. Mace
State of Residency: Ohio
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Note: Not commissioned; nomination not confirmed by the Senate.

Name: Clinton L. Olson
State of Residency: California
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 27, 1972
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 4, 1972
Termination of Mission: Left post Nov 11, 1974

Name: Michael A. Samuels
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Dec 20, 1974
Presentation of Credentials: Feb 14, 1975
Termination of Mission: Left post May 25, 1977

Name: John Andrew Linehan, Jr.
State of Residency: Maryland
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 24, 1977
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 30, 1977
Termination of Mission: Left post May 9, 1980

Name: Theresa A. Healy
State of Residency: Virginia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 27, 1980
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 18, 1980
Termination of Mission: Left post Jul 13, 1983

Name: Arthur Winston Lewis
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 17, 1983
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 17, 1983
Termination of Mission: Left post Jun 5, 1986

Name: Cynthia Shepard Perry
State of Residency: Texas
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 16, 1986
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 16, 1986
Termination of Mission: Left post Aug 30, 1989

Name: Johnny Young
State of Residency: Pennsylvania
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 10, 1989
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 29, 1989
Termination of Mission: Left post Jul 23, 1992

Name: Lauralee M. Peters
State of Residency: Virginia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 15, 1992
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 8, 1992
Termination of Mission: Left post Jul 6, 1995

Name: John L. Hirsch
State of Residency: New York
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 14, 1995
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 13, 1995
Termination of Mission: Left post Jun 17, 1998

Name: Joseph H. Melrose, Jr.
State of Residency: Pennsylvania
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 22, 1998
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 20, 1998
Termination of Mission: Left post Sep 10, 2001

Name: Peter R. Chaveas
State of Residency: Pennsylvania
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 12, 2001
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 12, 2001
Termination of Mission: Left post May 24, 2004

Name: Thomas Neil Hull III
State of Residency: New Hampshire
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 12, 2004
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 19, 2004
Termination of Mission: Left post, Aug 27, 2007

Name: Jun Carter Perry
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 2, 2007
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 8, 2007
Termination of Mission:

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