Chiefs of Mission for Sierra Leone

Chiefs of Mission

• Herbert Reiner Jr. (1916–1999)
  • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, April 27, 1961–
• Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan (1897–1968)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 9, 1961–July 13, 1963
• Andrew Vincent Corry (1904–1981)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, February 25, 1964–May 19, 1967
• Robert Graham Miner (1911–1990)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 7, 1967–June 16, 1971
• Clinton Louis Olson (1916–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 4, 1972–November 11, 1974
• Michael Anthony Samuels (1939–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, February 14, 1975–May 25, 1977
• John Andrew Linehan Jr. (1924–2005)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 30, 1977–May 9, 1980
• Theresa Ann Healy (1932–2016)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 18, 1980–July 13, 1983
• Arthur Winston Lewis (1926–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 17, 1983–June 5, 1986
• Cynthia Shepart Perry (1928–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 16, 1986–August 30, 1989
• Johnny Young (1940–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 29, 1989–July 23, 1992
• Lauralee M. Peters (1943–2005)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 8, 1992–July 6, 1995
• John Lewis Hirsch (1936–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 13, 1995–June 17, 1998
• Joseph H. Melrose Jr. (1944–2014)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 20, 1998–September 10, 2001
• Peter R. Chaveas (1946–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 12, 2001–May 24, 2004
• Thomas Neil Hull (1945–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 19, 2004–August 27, 2007
• June Carter Perry (1943–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 8, 2007–January 2, 2009
• Glenn E. Fedzer (1963–)
  • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, January 2009–January 2010
• Michael S. Owen (1951–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 30, 2010–October 2, 2013
• Kathleen A. FitzGibbon (?–)
  • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, October 2013–October 2014
• John F. Hoover (1960–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 4, 2014–July 2, 2017
• Maria E. Brewer (?–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 5, 2017–

Other Nominees

• Howard P. Mace (1916–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary: Not commissioned; nomination not confirmed by the Senate.