List of ambassadors of the United States to São Tomé and Príncipe

The United States ambassador to São Tomé and Príncipe is the official representative of the government of the United States to the government of São Tomé and Príncipe. Until 2022, the ambassador was concurrently the ambassador to Gabon, while resident in Libreville. Beginning in 2022, representation for São Tomé and Príncipe was moved to Luanda, with the ambassador concurrently the ambassador to Angola, due to the countries' "longstanding cultural, linguistic, and economic ties."

Ambassadors +NameTitleAppointedPresented credentialsTerminated missionNotesAndrew L. Steigman – Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryDecember 11, 1975February 14, 1976August 21, 1977Arthur T. Tienken – Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryFebruary 2, 1978May 26, 1978July 19, 1981Francis Terry McNamara – Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryDecember 11, 1981July 26, 1982August 3, 1984Larry C. Williamson – Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 13, 1984October 29, 1984August 21, 1987Warren Clark Jr. – Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 10, 1987October 19, 1987August 24, 1989Keith Leveret Wauchope – Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 6, 1989February 5, 1990July 13, 1992Joseph Charles Wilson IV – Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJuly 14, 1992September 29, 1992August 4, 1995Elizabeth Raspolic – Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 3, 1995November 10, 1995July 24, 1998James V. Ledesma – Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 22, 1998January 27, 1999June 18, 2001 The post was vacant June 2001–June 2002. Thomas F. Daughton served as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim in the interval.Kenneth Price Moorfield – Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJanuary 30, 2002June 20, 2002July 31, 2004R. Barrie Walkley – Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJuly 2, 2004November 11, 2004April 27, 2007Eunice S. Reddick – Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 29, 2007December 6, 2007July 18, 2010Eric D. Benjaminson – Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarySeptember 15, 2010December 3, 2010May 21, 2013Cynthia Akuetteh – Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 1, 2014April 10, 2015February 26, 2018Joel Danies – Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryFebruary 21, 2018April 20, 2018March 1, 2019Robert E. Whitehead – Career FSOChargé d’Affaires a.i.March 1, 2019August 17, 2020Tulinabo S. Mushingi – Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryDecember 18, 2021August 10, 2022October 2024James B. Story – Career FSOChargé d’Affaires a.i.October 23, 2024May 6, 2025Jeremy Neitzke – Career FSOChargé d’Affaires a.i.May 6, 2025 June 3, 2025Noah Zaring – Career FSOChargé d’Affaires a.i.June 3, 2025October 2, 2025Shannon Nagy Cazeau – Career FSOChargé d’Affaires a.i.October 2, 2025Present

See also São Tomé and Príncipe – United States relations Foreign relations of São Tomé and Príncipe Ambassadors of the United States

References

United States Department of State: Background notes on São Tomé and Príncipe

External links United States Department of State: Chiefs of Mission for São Tomé and Príncipe United States Department of State: São Tomé and Príncipe United States Embassy in Libreville