Nigeria - Chiefs of Mission - People - Department
History
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.