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Chiefs of Mission for Sierra Leone
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Notice posted on January 12, 2024.
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updated March 14, 2024.
Chiefs of Mission
- Herbert Reiner Jr. (1916–1999)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, April 27, 1961–
- Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan (1897–1968)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 9, 1961–July 13, 1963
- Andrew Vincent Corry (1904–1981)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, February 25, 1964–May 19, 1967
- Robert Graham Miner (1911–1990)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 7, 1967–June 16, 1971
- Clinton Louis Olson (1916–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 4, 1972–November 11, 1974
- Michael Anthony Samuels (1939–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, February 14, 1975–May 25, 1977
- John Andrew Linehan Jr. (1924–2005)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 30, 1977–May 9, 1980
- Theresa Ann Healy (1932–2016)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 18, 1980–July 13, 1983
- Arthur Winston Lewis (1926–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 17, 1983–June 5, 1986
- Cynthia Shepart Perry (1928–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 16, 1986–August 30, 1989
- Johnny Young (1940–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 29, 1989–July 23, 1992
- Lauralee M. Peters (1943–2005)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 8, 1992–July 6, 1995
- John Lewis Hirsch (1936–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 13, 1995–June 17, 1998
- Joseph H. Melrose Jr. (1944–2014)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 20, 1998–September 10, 2001
- Peter R. Chaveas (1946–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 12, 2001–May 24, 2004
- Thomas Neil Hull (1945–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 19, 2004–August 27, 2007
- June Carter Perry (1943–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 8, 2007–January 2, 2009
- Glenn E. Fedzer (1963–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, January 2009–January 2010
- Michael S. Owen (1951–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 30, 2010–October 2, 2013
- Kathleen A. FitzGibbon (?–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, October 2013–October 2014
- John F. Hoover (1960–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 4, 2014–July 2, 2017
- Maria E. Brewer (?–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 5, 2017–
Other Nominees
- Howard P. Mace (1916–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary: Not commissioned; nomination not confirmed by the Senate.