List of ambassadors of the United States to Fiji

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 +NameTitleAppointedPresented credentialsTerminated missionNotesRobert Woltz Skiff – Career FSOChargé d'Affaires ad interim November 1, 1971UnknownNovember 6, 1972Kenneth Franzheim II – Political appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary February 15, 1972May 22, 1972November 6, 1972Armistead Inge Selden – Political appointeeMarch 1, 1974April 17, 1974April 10, 1978John Peter Condon – Career FSOMarch 2, 1978April 11, 1978July 27, 1980William Bodde – Political appointeeJune 30, 1980August 12, 1980August 15, 1981Fred J. Eckert – Political appointeeFebruary 11, 1982February 25, 1982May 7, 1984Carl Edward Dillery – Career FSOSeptember 27, 1984November 1, 1984July 15, 1987Leonard Rochwarger – Political appointeeSeptember 28, 1987March 11, 1988August 31, 1989Evelyn Irene Hoopes Teegan – Political appointeeOctober 10, 1989November 21, 1989March 5, 1993Robert Woltz Skiff – Career FSOChargé d'Affaires ad interim June 1995N/ADecember 19, 1995Don Lee Gevirtz – Political appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary December 19, 1995February 2, 1996September 28, 1997M. Osman Siddique – Political appointeeAugust 9, 1999September 13, 1999June 30, 2001Ronald K. McMullen – Career FSOChargé d'Affaires ad interim June 30, 2001N/AJune 2002Hugh M. Neighbor – Career FSOJune 2002N/AJanuary 9, 2003David L. Lyon – Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary November 15, 2002January 9, 2003July 23, 2005Larry Miles Dinger – Career FSOJune 27, 2005August 23, 2005July 5, 2008C. Steven McGann – Career FSOOctober 6, 2008November 24, 2008July 13, 2011Frankie A. Reed – Career FSOAugust 4, 2011October 13, 2011January 18, 2015Judith Beth Cefkin – Career FSODecember 11, 2014February 3, 2015February 25, 2018Confirmed November 19, 2014Michael B. Goldman – Career FSOChargé d'Affaires ad interim February 25, 2018N/ADecember 23, 2019Joseph Cella – Political appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarySeptember 26, 2019 December 23, 2019January 20, 2021Confirmed September 17, 2019Tony Greubel – Career FSOChargé d'Affaires ad interimJanuary 20, 2021N/ANovember 23, 2022Marie C. Damour – Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary August 4, 2022November 24, 2022January 16, 2026John Degory – Career FSOChargé d'Affaires ad interimJanuary 17, 2026N/AJuly 6, 2026Christina Cavallo – Career FSOChargé d'Affaires ad interimAugust 9, 2026Present

See also Fiji – United States relations Foreign relations of Fiji Ambassadors of the United States

References

United States Department of State: Background notes on Fiji

External links United States Department of State: Chiefs of Mission for Fiji United States Department of State: Fiji United States Embassy in Fiji