List of ambassadors of the United States to Ghana


The following is a list of ambassadors of the United States to Ghana. The embassy in Accra was established March 6, 1957, with Donald W. Lamm in charge as chargé d'affaires. President Joe Biden nominated career U.S. diplomat and Acting Assistant Secretary/Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of Energy Resources Virginia E. Palmer for the position on June 2, 2021.
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Ambassadors

NameTitleAppointedPresented credentialsTerminated missionNotes
Donald W. Lamm – Career FSOChargé d'AffairesMarch 12, 1957April 19, 1957
Peter Rutter – Career FSOChargé d'AffairesApril 25, 1957June 19, 1957
Wilson C. Flake – Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMay 20, 1957June 19, 1957November 21, 1960Reaccredited when Ghana became a republic
Francis H. Russell – Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 11, 1960January 23, 1961March 13, 1962
William P. Mahoney Jr. – Political appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMay 21, 1962June 22, 1962May 26, 1965
Franklin H. Williams – Political appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 20, 1965January 17, 1966May 3, 1968Reaccredited after change of government
Thomas W. McElhiney – Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJuly 24, 1968September 14, 1968May 29, 1971
Fred L. Hadsel – Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJuly 23, 1971September 25, 1971July 29, 1974
Shirley Temple Black – Political appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarySeptember 19, 1974December 6, 1974July 13, 1976
Robert P. Smith – Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 4, 1976December 17, 1976May 7, 1979
Thomas W. M. Smith – Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarySeptember 28, 1979December 12, 1979July 2, 1983
Robert E. Fritts – Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJuly 6, 1983July 28, 1983June 2, 1986
Stephen R. Lyne – Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMarch 27, 1987July 11, 1987September 9, 1989
Raymond Charles Ewing – Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 7, 1989November 9, 1989August 14, 1992
Kenneth Lee Brown – Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJuly 14, 1992September 24, 1992July 19, 1995
Edward P. Brynn – Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 3, 1995December 19, 1995July 10, 1998
Kathryn Dee Robinson – Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 22, 1998December 16, 1998September 1, 2001
Nancy Jo Powell – Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJuly 16, 2001September 14, 2001May 26, 2002
Mary Carlin Yates – Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 26, 2002January 28, 2003July 25, 2005
Pamela E. Bridgewater – Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJune 21, 2005October 11, 2005June 10, 2008
Donald G. Teitelbaum – Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJune 6, 2008September 9, 2008August 24, 2012
Gene A. Cretz – Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryApril 11, 2012October 8, 2012June 26, 2015
Robert P. Jackson – Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 22, 2015February 4, 2016July 27, 2018
Stephanie S. Sullivan – Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarySeptember 10, 2018January 23, 2019April 8, 2022
Virginia Palmer – Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMarch 2, 2022May 10, 2022May 28, 2025
Rolf Olson – Career FSOChargé d'affaires ad interimMay 29, 2025Incumbent