List of ambassadors of the United States to Rwanda

The United States Ambassador to Rwanda is the official representative of the President of the United States to the head of state of Rwanda.

Ambassador of the United States to Rwanda
Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent
Peter Vrooman
since April 7, 2018
NominatorThe President of the United States
Inaugural holderCharles D. Withers
as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
FormationMarch 9, 1963
WebsiteU.S. Embassy - Kigali

Until 1962 Rwanda had been a part of the United Nations Trust Territory of Ruanda-Urundi under the trusteeship of Belgium. In June 1962 the UN General Assembly terminated the Belgian trusteeship and granted full independence to Rwanda and Burundi. The United States immediately recognized the Rwandan government on its independence day, July 1, 1962, and moved to establish diplomatic relations. The U.S. Embassy in the capital Kigali was established on July 1, 1962, with David J.S. Manbey as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim. Charles D. Withers was appointed as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Rwanda on March 9, 1963.[1][2]

Ambassadors and chiefs of mission
  • Charles D. Withers – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: March 9, 1963
    • Presented credentials: April 19, 1963
    • Terminated mission: Left post September 15, 1966
  • Leo G. Cyr – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: September 19, 1966
    • Presented credentials: November 4, 1966
    • Terminated mission: Left post September 29, 1971
  • Robert Foster Corrigan – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: December 9, 1971
    • Presented credentials: March 24, 1972
    • Terminated mission: Left post August 3, 1973
  • Robert E. Fritts – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: February 28, 1974
    • Presented credentials: April 18, 1974
    • Terminated mission: Left post June 18, 1976
  • T. Frank Crigler – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: September 16, 1976
    • Presented credentials: October 29, 1976
    • Terminated mission: Left post May 12, 1979
  • Harry R. Melone, Jr. – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: November 6, 1979
    • Presented credentials: December 28, 1979
    • Terminated mission: Left post August 17, 1982
  • John Blane – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: September 30, 1982
    • Presented credentials: November 9, 1982
    • Terminated mission: Left post July 16, 1985
  • John Edwin Upston – Political appointee
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: December 17, 1985
    • Presented credentials: February 13, 1986
    • Terminated mission: Left post July 14, 1987
  • Leonard H. O. Spearman – Political appointee
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: February 5, 1988
    • Presented credentials: April 27, 1988
    • Terminated mission: Left post November 10, 1990
  • Robert A. Flaten – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: October 30, 1990
    • Presented credentials: December 17, 1990
    • Terminated mission: Left post November 23, 1993
  • David P. Rawson – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: November 22, 1993
    • Presented credentials: January 8, 1994
    • Terminated mission: Left post January 6, 1996
  • Robert E. Gribbin III – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: December 19, 1995
    • Presented credentials: January 10, 1996
    • Terminated mission: Left post January 5, 1999
  • George McDade Staples – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: October 26, 1998
    • Presented credentials: January 27, 1999
    • Terminated mission: Left post September 22, 2001
  • Margaret K. McMillion – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: November 5, 2001
    • Presented credentials: December 13, 2001
    • Terminated mission: Left post July 10, 2004
  • Michael R. Arietti – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: November 2, 2005
    • Presented credentials: December 5, 2005
    • Terminated mission: c. November 2008
  • W. Stuart Symington[3] – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: November 2, 2008
    • Presented credentials: Unknown
    • Terminated mission: c. July 2011
  • Donald W. Koran – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: August 2011
    • Presented credentials: October 10, 2011
    • Terminated mission: Left post on January 7, 2015
  • Erica Barks-Ruggles – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: December 15, 2014
    • Presented credentials: January 26, 2015
    • Terminated mission: January 10, 2018
  • Peter H. Vrooman -- Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: February 15, 2018
    • Presented credentials: April 7, 2018
    • Terminated mission: Incumbent

Notes
  1. "Background Note: Rwanda". United States Department of State. Retrieved 2011-08-21.
  2. "Rwanda". United States Department of State. Retrieved 2011-08-21.
  3. United States Embassy in Kigali: Ambassador

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