List of ambassadors of the United States to Niger


The day before Niger's independence on August 3, 1960, the first American Chargé d'Affaires ad interim, Donald R. Norland, presented his credentials to take effect the following day. The first United States ambassador to Niger, R. Borden Reams was appointed on October 14, 1960 and presented his credentials on November 23.

Ambassadors

NameTitleAppointedPresented credentialsTerminated mission
Donald R. Norland - Career FSOChargé d'Affaires ad interimAugust 3, 1960N/AOctober 14, 1960
R. Borden Reams - Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 14, 1960November 23, 1960August 2, 1961
Mercer Cook - Political appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJune 22, 1961August 2, 1961May 30, 1964
Robert J. Ryan - Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJuly 9, 1964August 24, 1964August 19, 1968
Samuel C. Adams, Jr. - Political appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJuly 24, 1968September 10, 1968October 3, 1969
Roswell D. McClelland - Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJuly 8, 1970July 27, 1970July 7, 1973
L. Douglas Heck - Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMarch 22, 1974May 30, 1974July 20, 1976
Charles A. James - Political appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarySeptember 16, 1976December 11, 1976July 5, 1979
James Keough Bishop - Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJuly 2, 1979September 1, 1979May 29, 1981
William Robert Casey, Jr. - Political appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMarch 9, 1982April 3, 1982July 29, 1985
Richard Wayne Bogosian - Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 1, 1985October 11, 1985August 7, 1988
Carl Copeland Cundiff - Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 12, 1988September 9, 1988July 10, 1991
Jennifer C. Ward - Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMarch 25, 1991August 16, 1991May 28, 1993
John S. Davison - Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 9, 1993October 23, 1993July 28, 1996
Charles O. Cecil - Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJune 11, 1996September 6, 1996August 13, 1999
Barbro Owens-Kirkpatrick - Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 9, 1999October 11, 1999July 12, 2002
Gail Dennise Thomas Mathieu - Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 3, 2002December 4, 2002September 30, 2005
Bernadette M. Allen - Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryFebruary 21, 2006April 19, 2006January 15, 2010
Bisa Williams - Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 9, 2010October 29, 2010September 13, 2013
Eunice S. Reddick - Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJune 30, 2014July 21, 2014January 25, 2018
Eric P. Whitaker - Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 2, 2017January 26, 2018December 1, 2021
Susan N’Garnim - Career FSOChargé d'Affaires ad interimDecember 1, 2021N/AAugust 19, 2023
Kathleen A. FitzGibbon - Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 19, 2023N/AIncumbent