List of ambassadors of the United States to Fiji
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| insigniacaption = Seal of the United States Department of State
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| incumbent = Marie C. Damour
| incumbentsince = November 24, 2022
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| nominator = The President of the United States
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| appointer = The President
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| inaugural = Robert Woltz Skiff
as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim
| formation = November 1, 1971
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| website = [https://fj.usembassy.gov/ U.S. Embassy - Suva]
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The United States ambassador to Fiji is the official representative of the government of the United States to the government of Fiji. The ambassador is concurrently the ambassador to Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga, and Tuvalu, while residing in Suva, Fiji.
Ambassadors
| class="wikitable"
|+ !Name !Title !Appointed !Terminated mission !Notes |
| Robert Woltz Skiff – Career FSO
|Chargé d'Affaires ad interim |November 1, 1971 |Unknown |November 6, 1972 | |
| Kenneth Franzheim II – Political appointee
| rowspan="8" |Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary |February 15, 1972 |May 22, 1972 |November 6, 1972 | |
| Armistead Inge Selden – Political appointee
|March 1, 1974 |April 17, 1974 |April 10, 1978 | |
| John Peter Condon{{Cite web |date=14 July 1993 |title=The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project Labor Series AMBASSADOR JOHN CONDON |url=https://adst.org/OH%20TOCs/Condon.John.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240621163359/https://adst.org/OH%20TOCs/Condon.John.pdf |archive-date=21 June 2024 |access-date=23 July 2024 |website=Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training}} – Career FSO
|March 2, 1978 |April 11, 1978 |July 27, 1980 | |
| William Bodde – Political appointee
|June 30, 1980 |August 12, 1980 |August 15, 1981 | |
| Fred J. Eckert – Political appointee
|February 11, 1982 |February 25, 1982 |May 7, 1984 | |
| Carl Edward Dillery – Career FSO
|September 27, 1984 |November 1, 1984 |July 15, 1987 | |
| Leonard Rochwarger – Political appointee
|September 28, 1987 |March 11, 1988 |August 31, 1989 | |
| Evelyn Irene Hoopes Teegan – Political appointee
|October 10, 1989 |November 21, 1989 |March 5, 1993 | |
| Robert Woltz Skiff – Career FSO
|Chargé d'Affaires ad interim |June 1995 |N/A |December 19, 1995 | |
| Don Lee Gevirtz – Political appointee
| rowspan="2" |Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary |December 19, 1995 |February 2, 1996 |September 28, 1997 | |
| M. Osman Siddique – Political appointee
|August 9, 1999 |September 13, 1999 |June 30, 2001 | |
| Ronald K. McMullen – Career FSO
| rowspan="2" |Chargé d'Affaires ad interim |June 30, 2001 |N/A |June 2002 | |
| Hugh M. Neighbor – Career FSO
|June 2002 |N/A |January 9, 2003 | |
| David L. Lyon{{Cite web |date=30 June 2011 |title=The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR DAVID L. LYON |url=https://adst.org/OH%20TOCs/Lyon-David-L.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240627032654/https://adst.org/OH%20TOCs/Lyon-David-L.pdf |archive-date=27 June 2024 |access-date=25 July 2024 |website=Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training}} – Career FSO
| rowspan="5" |Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary |November 15, 2002 |January 9, 2003 |July 23, 2005 | |
| Larry Miles Dinger – Career FSO
|June 27, 2005 |August 23, 2005 |July 5, 2008 | |
| C. Steven McGann – Career FSO
|October 6, 2008 |November 24, 2008 |July 13, 2011 | |
| Frankie A. Reed – Career FSO
|August 4, 2011 |October 13, 2011 |January 18, 2015 | |
| Judith Beth Cefkin – Career FSO
|December 11, 2014 |February 3, 2015 |February 25, 2018 |Confirmed November 19, 2014 |
| Michael B. Goldman – Career FSO
|Chargé d'Affaires ad interim |February 25, 2018 |N/A |December 23, 2019 | |
| Joseph Cella – Political appointee
|Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary |September 26, 2019 |December 23, 2019 |January 20, 2021 |Confirmed September 17, 2019 |
| Tony Greubel – Career FSO
|Chargé d'Affaires ad interim |January 20, 2021 |N/A |November 23, 2022 | |
| Marie C. Damour – Career FSO
|Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary |August 4, 2022 |November 24, 2022 |Incumbent | |
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
- [https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/1834.htm United States Department of State: Background notes on Fiji]
- {{StateDept}}
External links
- [https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/chiefsofmission/fiji United States Department of State: Chiefs of Mission for Fiji]
- [https://2009-2017.state.gov/p/eap/ci/fj/ United States Department of State: Fiji]
- [https://fj.usembassy.gov/ United States Embassy in Fiji]
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