The United States ambassador to Nauru is the official representative of the government of the United States to the government of Nauru. The ambassador is concurrently the ambassador to Fiji, Kiribati, Tonga, and Tuvalu, while residing in Suva, Fiji.
Ambassadors +NameTitleAppointedPresented credentialsTerminated missionNotesMarshall Green – Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary February 28, 1974October 26, 1974July 31, 1975James Ward Hargrove – Political appointeeFebruary 4, 1976April 20, 1976March 9, 1977Philip Henry Alston – Political appointeeMay 17, 1979August 13, 1979January 23, 1981Robert Dean Nesen – Political appointeeJune 17, 1981November 20, 1981May 2, 1985Laurence W. Lane Jr. – Political appointeeDecember 6, 1985October 17, 1987April 29, 1989Melvin Floyd Sembler – Political appointeeOctober 10, 1989June 14, 1990February 28, 1993Don Lee Gevirtz – Political appointeeDecember 19, 1995April 24, 1996September 28, 1997M. Osman Siddique – Political appointeeAugust 9, 1999October 19, 1999June 30, 2001David L. Lyon – Career FSONovember 15, 2002August 11, 2004July 23, 2005Larry Miles Dinger – Career FSOJune 27, 2005August 31, 2005July 5, 2008C. Steven McGann – Career FSOOctober 6, 2008November 24, 2008July 13, 2011Frankie A. Reed – Career FSOAugust 4, 2011July 16, 2012January 18, 2015Judith Beth Cefkin – Career FSODecember 11, 2014August 12, 2015February 25, 2018Michael B. Goldman – Career FSOChargé d'Affaires ad interim February 25, 2018N/ADecember 23, 2019Joseph CellaAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Confirmed: September 17, 2019December 23, 2019January 20, 2021Tony GreubelChargé d'Affaires ad interimJanuary 20, 2021N/ANovember 23, 2022Marie C. DamourAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary August 4, 2022February 7, 2023January 16, 2026John DegoryChargé d'Affaires ad interimJanuary 17, 2026N/AJuly 6, 2026Christina Cavallo – Career FSOChargé d'Affaires ad interimAugust 9, 2026Present
See also Nauru–United States relations Foreign relations of Nauru Ambassadors of the United States
References
United States Department of State: Background notes on Nauru
External links United States Department of State: Chiefs of Mission for Nauru United States Department of State: Nauru United States Embassy in Suva