Robert William Farrand (1934–)

NOTE TO READERS

Updates to the Principal Officers and Chiefs of Mission database are currently suspended. For information about the Department’s current and recent leadership, we recommend visiting the Department of State homepage’s Biographies of Senior Officials and List of U.S. Ambassadors.

Notice posted on January 12, 2024.
Last updated March 14, 2024.

Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: Virginia

Concurrent Appointments
1. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Papua New Guinea)
  Appointed: March 8, 1990
  Presentation of Credentials: May 1, 1990
  Termination of Mission: Left post on September 13, 1993
  - Also accredited to Solomon Islands and Vanuatu; resident at Port Moresby.
2. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Solomon Islands)
  Appointed: March 8, 1990
  Presentation of Credentials: October 23, 1990
  Termination of Mission: Left Port Moresby September 13, 1993
  - Also accredited to Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu; resident at Port Moresby.
3. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Vanuatu)
  Appointed: March 8, 1990
  Presentation of Credentials: June 25, 1990
  Termination of Mission: Left Port Moresby September 13, 1993
  - Also accredited to Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands; resident at Port Moresby.