List of ambassadors of the United States to the Gambia

This is a list of United States ambassadors to the Gambia, the first of who was appointed on May 18, 1965, exactly three months after it attained independence from the United Kingdom.

Ambassador of the United States to the Gambia
Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent
Richard Carlton Paschall III
since April 9, 2019
NominatorThe President of the United States
AppointerThe President
with Senate advice and consent
Inaugural holderMercer Cook
as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
FormationMay 18, 1965
WebsiteU.S. Embassy - Banjul

Ambassadors
  • Mercer Cook[1][2] - Non-career appointee
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointment: May 18, 1965
    • Presentation of Credentials: August 9, 1965
    • Termination of Mission: Left Dakar July 1, 1966
  • William R. Rivkin[3] - Non-career appointee
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointment: October 13, 1966
    • Presentation of Credentials: January 16, 1967
    • Termination of Mission: Died at Dakar March 19, 1967
  • L. Dean Brown[4] - Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointment: October 18, 1967
    • Presentation of Credentials: January 18, 1968
    • Termination of Mission: Left Dakar August 15, 1970
  • G. Edward Clark[5] - Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointment: October 12, 1970
    • Presentation of Credentials: November 24, 1970
    • Termination of Mission: Left Dakar October 16, 1973
  • O. Rudolph Aggrey[6] - Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointment: November 23, 1973
    • Presentation of Credentials: January 17, 1974
    • Termination of Mission: Left Dakar July 10, 1977
  • Herman J. Cohen[7] - Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointment: June 24, 1977
    • Presentation of Credentials: March 29, 1978
    • Termination of Mission: Left Dakar July 21, 1980
  • Larry Gordon Piper - Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointment: June 30, 1980
    • Presentation of Credentials: August 21, 1980
    • Termination of Mission: Left post August 23, 1982

Note: Between August 1982 and June 1984, the following officers served as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim: Owen W. Roberts. August 1982-June 1983; P. Wesley Kriebel, July–November 1983; Alan Logan, November 1983-April 1984; and Edward Brynn, May–June 1984.

  • Sharon Erdkamp Ahmad[8] - Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointment: September 30, 1982
  • Robert Thomas Hennemeyer - Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointment: May 11, 1984
    • Presentation of Credentials: June 20, 1984
    • Termination of Mission: Left post June 27, 1986
  • Herbert E. Horowitz - Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointment: September 12, 1986
    • Presentation of Credentials: October 24, 1986
    • Termination of Mission: Left post November 4, 1989
  • Ruth V. Washington[9] - Political appointee
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointment: November 21, 1989

Note: The following officers served as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim: Jimmie Stone (Nov 1989-Jan 1990) and A. Donald Bramante (Jan-Dec 1990).

  • Arlene Render - Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointment: October 22, 1990
    • Presentation of Credentials: December 31, 1990
    • Termination of Mission: Left post August 8, 1993
  • Andrew J. Winter - Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointment: July 11, 1993
    • Presentation of Credentials: October 29, 1993
    • Termination of Mission: Left post May 31, 1995
  • Gerald W. Scott - Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointment: December 28, 1995
    • Presentation of Credentials: February 16, 1996
    • Termination of Mission: Left post June 27, 1998
  • George Williford Boyce Haley - Political appointee
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointment: June 29, 1998
    • Presentation of Credentials: October 15, 1998
    • Termination of Mission: Left post July 14, 2001
  • Jackson McDonald - Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointment: October 1, 2001
    • Presentation of Credentials: November 29, 2001
    • Termination of Mission: Left post, May 26, 2004
  • Joseph D. Stafford III - Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointment: July 2, 2004
    • Presentation of Credentials: September 15, 2004
    • Termination of Mission: Left post, June 5, 2007
  • Barry L. Wells - Political appointee
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointment: October 29, 2007
    • Presentation of Credentials: February 13, 2008
    • Termination of Mission: Left post, May 13, 2009
  • Pamela Ann White – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointment: October 1, 2010
    • Presentation of Credentials: November 29, 2010
    • Termination of Mission: Left post, June 2, 2012
  • Edward M. Alford – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointment: July 5, 2012
    • Presentation of Credentials: November 5, 2012
    • Termination of Mission: Left post, July 28, 2013
  • Carolyn Patricia Alsup – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointment: October 15, 2015
    • Presentation of Credentials: January 13, 2016
    • Termination of Mission: September 18, 2018
  • Richard Carlton Paschall III - Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary[10]
    • Appointment: January 2, 2019
    • Presentation of Credentials: April 9, 2019[11]
    • Termination of Mission: Incumbent

Notes
  1. During Cook's tenure as non-resident Ambassador, the Embassy in Bathurst (now Banjul) was established September 9, 1965, with John G. Gossett as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim.
  2. Also accredited to Senegal; resident at Dakar.
  3. Also accredited to Senegal; resident at Dakar.
  4. Also accredited to Senegal; resident at Dakar.
  5. Also accredited to Senegal; resident at Dakar.
  6. Also accredited to Senegal; resident at Dakar.
  7. Also accredited to Senegal; resident at Dakar.
  8. Did not serve under this appointment.
  9. Died at Greenburgh, New York, January 20, 1990, before going to post.
  10. "Ambassador Richard Carlton Paschall III (Bio)". U.S. Embassy in The Gambia. 2019-03-15. Retrieved 2019-04-12.
  11. Dampha, Ebrima (2019-04-11). "New US Ambassador presents credentials". The Standard Newspaper. Retrieved 2019-04-12.

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