The United States ambassador to Sierra Leone is the official representative of the government of the United States to the government of Sierra Leone.
Ambassadors +NameTitleAppointedPresented credentialsTerminated missionNotesHerbert Reiner – Career FSOChargé d'Affaires ad interimApril 27, 1961N/A1961A. S. J. Carnahan – Political appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMay 11, 1961June 9, 1961July 13, 1963Andrew V. Corry - Career FSOJanuary 29, 1964February 25, 1964May 19, 1967Robert Graham Miner - Career FSONovember 7, 1967December 7, 1967June 16, 1971Clinton Louis Olson - Career FSOJune 27, 1972July 4, 1972November 11, 1974Michael Anthony Samuels - Political appointeeDecember 20, 1974February 14, 1975May 25, 1977John Andrew Linehan - Career FSOJune 24, 1977August 30, 1977May 9, 1980Theresa Ann Healy - Career FSOAugust 27, 1980September 18, 1980July 13, 1983Arthur Winston Lewis - Career FSOMay 17, 1983August 17, 1983June 5, 1986Cynthia Shepard Perry - Political appointeeJune 16, 1986July 16, 1986August 30, 1989Johnny Young – Career FSOOctober 10, 1989November 29, 1989July 23, 1992Lauralee M. Peters - Career FSOJune 15, 1992October 8, 1992July 6, 1995John Lewis Hirsch - Career FSOAugust 14, 1995September 13, 1995June 17, 1998Joseph Melrose - Career FSOOctober 22, 1998November 20, 1998September 10, 2001Peter R. Chaveas - Career FSOJuly 12, 2001October 12, 2001May 24, 2004Thomas Neil Hull - Career FSOMay 12, 2004August 19, 2004August 27, 2007June Carter Perry - Career FSOJuly 7, 2007October 8, 2007January 2, 2009Michael S. Owen – Career FSOAugust 9, 2010September 30, 2010October 2, 2013John Hoover - Career FSOSeptember 12, 2014December 4, 2014July 2, 2017Maria Brewer - Career FSOAugust 3, 2017October 5, 2017February 22, 2021David Dale Reimer - Career FSODecember 22, 2020March 24, 2021August 24, 2023Bryan David Hunt - Career FSOJuly 27, 2023September 11, 2023September 17, 2025Jared M. Yancey - Career FSOChargé d'affaires ad interimSeptember 18, 2025July 22, 2026Meghan Moore - Career FSOChargé d'affaires ad interimJuly 23, 2026Present
See also Sierra Leone – United States relations Foreign relations of Sierra Leone Ambassadors of the United States
References
United States Department of State: Background notes on Sierra Leone
External links United States Department of State: Chiefs of Mission for Sierra Leone United States Department of State: Sierra Leone United States Embassy in Freetown