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Vanuatu

Note: The United States established diplomatic relations with Vanuatu on Sep 30, 1986. No mission has been established at Port Vila.

Name: Everett E. Bierman
State of Residency: Virginia
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 13, 1987
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 10, 1987
Termination of Mission: Left Port Moresby Oct 30, 1989
Note: Also accredited to Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands; resident at Port Moresby.

Name: Robert William Farrand
State of Residency: Virginia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 8, 1990
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 25, 1990
Termination of Mission: Left Port Moresby Sep 13, 1993
Note: Also accredited to Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands; resident at Port Moresby.

Name: Richard W. Teare
State of Residency: Ohio
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 8, 1993
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 11, 1994
Termination of Mission: Left Port Moresby Jul 14, 1996
Note: Also accredited to Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands; resident at Port Moresby.

Name: Arma J. Karaer
State of Residency: Virginia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Feb 10, 1997
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 15, 1997
Termination of Mission: Left Port Moresby May 28, 2000
Note: An earlier nomination of May 17, 1996, was not acted upon by the Senate. Also accredited to Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands; resident at Port Moresby.

Name: Susan S. Jacobs
State of Residency: Virginia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 14, 2000
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 29, 2000
Termination of Mission: Left Port Moresby Aug 1, 2003
Note: Also accredited to Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands; resident at Port Moresby.

Name: Robert W. Fitts
State of Residency: New Hampshire
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 1, 2003
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 3, 2003
Termination of Mission: Left Port Moresby, October 2, 2006
Note: Also accredited to Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands; resident at Port Moresby.

Name: Leslie V. Rowe
State of Residency: Washington
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 5, 2006
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 7, 2006
Termination of Mission:
Note: Also accredited to Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands; resident at Port Moresby.


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