List of ambassadors of the United States to Nigeria

The following is a list of United States Ambassadors to Nigeria.

Ambassador of the United States to Nigeria
Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent
Mary Beth Leonard
since December 24, 2019
NominatorThe President of the United States
AppointerThe President
with Senate advice and consent
Inaugural holderJoseph Palmer II
as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
FormationSeptember 23, 1960
WebsiteU.S. Embassy - Abuja

Ambassadors
  • Joseph Palmer II[1] - Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointment: September 23, 1960
    • Presentation of Credentials: October 4, 1960
    • Termination of Mission: Reaccredited when Nigeria became a republic; presented new credentials December 12, 1963; Left post January 16, 1964

Note: The Embassy in Lagos was established October 1, 1960, with Ambassador Palmer in charge pending presentation of his letter of credence.

  • Elbert G. Mathews - Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointment: March 10, 1964
    • Presentation of Credentials: April 11, 1964
    • Termination of Mission: Left post July 26, 1969
  • William Trueheart - Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointment: September 19, 1969
    • Presentation of Credentials: November 6, 1969
    • Termination of Mission: Left post September 1, 1971
  • John Reinhardt - Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointment: September 30, 1971
    • Presentation of Credentials: December 3, 1971
    • Termination of Mission: Left post February 23, 1975
  • Donald B. Easum - Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointment: March 26, 1975
    • Presentation of Credentials: May 22, 1975
    • Termination of Mission: Left post October 15, 1979
  • Stephen Low - Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointment: September 20, 1979
    • Presentation of Credentials: November 29, 1979
    • Termination of Mission: Left post July 4, 1981
  • Thomas R. Pickering - Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointment: October 26, 1981
    • Presentation of Credentials: November 30, 1981
    • Termination of Mission: Left post July 9, 1983
  • Thomas W. M. Smith - Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointment: February 10, 1984
    • Presentation of Credentials: March 15, 1984
    • Termination of Mission: Left post May 5, 1986
  • Princeton Lyman - Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointment: September 12, 1986
    • Presentation of Credentials: October 10, 1986
    • Termination of Mission: Left post July 24, 1989
  • Lannon Walker - Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointment: October 10, 1989
    • Presentation of Credentials: November 17, 1989
    • Termination of Mission: Left post July 10, 1992
  • William L. Swing - Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointment: June 15, 1992
    • Presentation of Credentials: September 24, 1992
    • Termination of Mission: Left post September 22, 1993
  • Walter Carrington - Political appointee
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointment: August 10, 1993
    • Presentation of Credentials: November 9, 1993
    • Termination of Mission: Left post October 7, 1997
  • William H. Twaddell - Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointment: November 10, 1997
    • Presentation of Credentials: December 19, 1997
    • Termination of Mission: Left post August 3, 2000

Note: The U.S. Embassy was transferred from Lagos to Abuja September 15, 2000.

  • Howard Franklin Jeter - Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointment: December 28, 2000
    • Presentation of Credentials: March 3, 2001
    • Termination of Mission: Left post July 30, 2003
  • Donald K. Steinberg[2] - Career FSO
  • John Campbell - Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointment: May 12, 2004
    • Presentation of Credentials: June 25, 2004
    • Termination of Mission: Left post, July 19, 2007
  • Robin R. Sanders - Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointment: October 29, 2007
    • Presentation of Credentials: December 3, 2007
    • Termination of Mission: August 27, 2010[3]
  • Terence P. McCulley - Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointment: August 9, 2010
    • Presentation of Credentials: November 2, 2010
    • Termination of Mission: August 29, 2013[4]
  • James F. Entwistle - Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointment: August 22, 2013
    • Sworn in: October 28, 2013
    • Presentation of Credentials: November 26, 2013
    • Termination of Mission: July 21, 2016[5]
  • W. Stuart Symington - Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointment: October 3, 2016
    • Sworn in: October 31, 2016
    • Presentation of Credentials: December 1, 2016
    • Termination of Mission: August 30, 2019
  • Mary Beth Leonard - Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointment: September 11, 2019
    • Sworn in: October 4, 2019
    • Presentation of Credentials: December 24, 2019
    • Termination of Mission:

Notes
  1. Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on February 6, 1961.
  2. Nomination not acted upon by the Senate.
  3. "Robin Renee Sanders (1954–)". Office of the Historian. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  4. "Terence Patrick McCulley (1957–)". Office of the Historian. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  5. "James F. Entwistle (1956–)". Office of the Historian. Retrieved 4 January 2019.

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