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List of ambassadors of the United States to Togo

This is a list of ambassadors of the United States to Togo.

Until 1955 French Togoland was a United Nations Trust Territory mandated by the U.N. to France. In 1955, French Togoland became the administrative Republic of Togo within the French Community (Communauté française), although it retained its UN trusteeship status. In 1960 Togo severed its constitutional ties with France, shed its UN trusteeship status, and became fully independent as the Togolese Republic.

The United States immediately recognized Togo and moved to establish diplomatic relations. The State Department established an embassy in Yaoundé in nearby Cameroon on January 1, 1960, with Bolard More as Chargé d'affaires ad interim. The Yaoundé embassy was simultaneously accredited to Togo. The embassy in Lomé was established on April 27, 1960, with Jesse M. MacKnight as Chargé d’Affaires ad interim. On June 23, 1960, Leland Barrows was appointed as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Cameroon with separate accreditation to Togo while remaining resident in Yaoundé. In 1961 a separate ambassador was appointed solely for Togo and resident at Lomé. The United States has maintained diplomatic relations with Togo since that date.

The United States Embassy in Togo is located in Lomé. The current Togolese ambassador to the United States is Limbiye Edawe Kadangha Bariki.[3]

Ambassadors

Notes

  1. ^ https://x.com/USEmbassyLome/status/1806320104885321750?t=1DD0vXia9PXKhAadSjARFg&s=19
  2. ^ "President Biden Announces Intent to Nominate Nine Foreign Policy and National Security Leaders" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. August 4, 2021. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  3. ^ "Togoembassy.us".
  4. ^ Barrows was accredited to Cameroon and Togo, while resident in Yaoundé.
  5. ^ Barrows’ commission to Togo was superseded by appointment of an ambassador to Togo.
  6. ^ Sherer was commissioned during a recess of the Senate. He was renominated January 31, confirmed February 7, 1969, and recommissioned after confirmation. A nomination of Jan 9, 1969, was withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it.
  7. ^ Sherer was also accredited to Equatorial Guinea
  8. ^ During Sherer’s tenure as non-resident Ambassador to Equatorial Guinea, the embassy in Santa Isabel (now Malabo) was opened August 1, 1969, with Albert N. Williams as Chargé d’Affaires ad interim.
  9. ^ Source: U.S. Embassy in Lomé Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ "Former Ambassadors | Lome, Togo - Embassy of the United States". Archived from the original on August 15, 2015.
  11. ^ "Ambassador Eric William Stromayer".
  12. ^ "New U.S. Ambassador to Togo Presents his Credentials". 11 April 2019.

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