Chiefs of Mission for Nigeria

Chiefs of Mission

• Joseph Palmer II (1914–1994)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 4, 1960–January 26, 1964
• Elbert George Mathews (1910–1977)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 11, 1964–July 26, 1969
• William Clyde Trueheart (1918–1992)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 6, 1969–September 1, 1971
• John Edward Reinhardt (1920–2016)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 3, 1971–February 23, 1975
• Donald Boyd Easum (1923–2016)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 22, 1975–October 15, 1979
• Stephen Low (1927–2010)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 29, 1979–July 4, 1981
• Thomas Reeve Pickering (1931–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 30, 1981–July 9, 1983
• Thomas William Macauley Smith (1930–1987)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 15, 1984–May 5, 1986
• Princeton Nathan Lyman (1935–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 10, 1986–July 24, 1989
• Lannon Walker (1936–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 17, 1989–July 10, 1992
• William Lacy Swing (1934–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 24, 1992–September 22, 1993
• Walter C. Carrington (1930–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 9, 1993–October 7, 1997
• William H. Twaddell (1941–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 19, 1997–August 3, 2000
• Howard Franklin Jeter (1947–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 3, 2001–July 30, 2003
• John Campbell (1944–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 25, 2004–July 19, 2007
• Robin Renee Sanders (1954–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 3, 2007–August 27, 2010
• Terence Patrick McCulley (1957–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 2, 2010–August 29, 2013
• James F. Entwistle (1956–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 26, 2013–July 21, 2016
• W. Stuart Symington IV (1952–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 1, 2016–August 30, 2019
• Mary Beth Leonard (1962–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 24, 2019–

Other Nominees

• Donald K. Steinberg (1953–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary: Nomination not acted upon by the Senate.