United States Ambassador to Fiji
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The United States Ambassador to Fiji is the official representative of the government of the United States to the government of Fiji
. The ambassador is concurrently the ambassador to Kiribati
, Nauru
, Tonga
, and Tuvalu
, while resident in Suva
, Fiji.
. She was confirmed by the Senate
on August 2, 2011.
Fiji
Fiji , officially the Republic of Fiji , is an island nation in Melanesia in the South Pacific Ocean about northeast of New Zealand's North Island...
. The ambassador is concurrently the ambassador to Kiribati
Kiribati
Kiribati , officially the Republic of Kiribati, is an island nation located in the central tropical Pacific Ocean. The permanent population exceeds just over 100,000 , and is composed of 32 atolls and one raised coral island, dispersed over 3.5 million square kilometres, straddling the...
, Nauru
Nauru
Nauru , officially the Republic of Nauru and formerly known as Pleasant Island, is an island country in Micronesia in the South Pacific. Its nearest neighbour is Banaba Island in Kiribati, to the east. Nauru is the world's smallest republic, covering just...
, Tonga
Tonga
Tonga, officially the Kingdom of Tonga , is a state and an archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean, comprising 176 islands scattered over of ocean in the South Pacific...
, and Tuvalu
Tuvalu
Tuvalu , formerly known as the Ellice Islands, is a Polynesian island nation located in the Pacific Ocean, midway between Hawaii and Australia. Its nearest neighbours are Kiribati, Nauru, Samoa and Fiji. It comprises four reef islands and five true atolls...
, while resident in Suva
Suva
Suva features a tropical rainforest climate under the Koppen climate classification. The city sees a copious amount of precipitation during the course of the year. Suva averages 3,000 mm of precipitation annually with its driest month, July averaging 125 mm of rain per year. In fact,...
, Fiji.
Ambassadors
- Robert Woltz Skiff – Career FSO
- Title: Chargé d'Affaires ad interim
- Appointed: November 1, 1971
- Presented credentials: N/A
- Terminated mission: Left post, November 1972
- Kenneth Franzheim IIKenneth Franzheim IIKenneth Franzheim II was a Houston oilman, philanthropist, and envoy. He served under U.S. President Richard Nixon as the United States Ambassador to New Zealand, Western Samoa, Tonga and Fiji from 1969 to 1972....
– Political appointee- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: February 15, 1972
- Presented credentials: May 22, 1972
- Terminated mission: Left post, November 6, 1972
- Armistead Inge Selden – Political appointee
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: March 1, 1974
- Presented credentials: April 17, 1974
- Terminated mission: Left post, April 10, 1978
- John Peter Condon – Career FSO
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: March 2, 1978
- Presented credentials: April 11, 1978
- Terminated mission: Left post, July 27, 1980
- William Bodde – Political appointee
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: June 30, 1980
- Presented credentials: August 12, 1980
- Terminated mission: Left post, August 15, 1981
- Fred J. EckertFred J. EckertFred J. Eckert is a former one-term United States Representative from New York. He was born in Rochester, New York on May 6, 1941, graduated from North Texas State University in 1964 and took postgraduate courses at New York University and at the New School for Social Research from 1965 to 1966...
– Political appointee- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: February 11, 1982
- Presented credentials: February 25, 1982
- Terminated mission: Left post, May 7, 1984
- Carl Edward Dillery – Career FSO
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: September 27, 1984
- Presented credentials: November 1, 1984
- Terminated mission: Left post, July 15, 1987
- Leonard Rochwarger – Political appointee
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: September 28, 1987
- Presented credentials: March 11, 1988
- Terminated mission: Left post, August 31, 1989
- Evelyn Irene Hoopes Teegan – Political appointee
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: October 10, 1989
- Presented credentials: November 21, 1989
- Terminated mission: Left post, March 5, 1993
- Robert Woltz Skiff – Career FSO
- Title: Chargé d'Affaires ad interim
- Appointed: June 1995
- Presented credentials: N/A
- Terminated mission: Left post, December 1995
- Don Lee Gevirtz – Political appointee
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: December 19, 1995
- Presented credentials: February 2, 1996
- Terminated mission: Left post, September 28, 1997
- M. Osman SiddiqueM. Osman SiddiqueM. Osman Siddique is an American politician and former diplomat. He served as the United States Ambassador to the Republic of Fiji and to the Republic of Nauru, to the Kingdom of Tonga and to Tuvalu from 1999-2001. He was the US Ambassador during the 2000 Fijian coup d'état...
– Political appointee- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: August 9, 1999
- Presented credentials: September 13, 1999
- Terminated mission: Left post, June 30, 2001
- Ronald Keith McMullen – Career FSO
- Title: Chargé d'Affaires ad interim
- Appointed: June 2001
- Presented credentials: N/A
- Terminated mission: Left post, June 2002
- Hugh M. Neighbor – Career FSO
- Title: Chargé d'Affaires ad interim
- Appointed: June 2002
- Presented credentials: N/A
- Terminated mission: Left post, January 2003
- David L. Lyon – Career FSO
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: November 15, 2002
- Presented credentials: January 9, 2003
- Terminated mission: Left post, July 23, 2005
- Larry Miles DingerLarry Miles DingerAmbassador Larry Miles Dinger was the U.S. chargé d'affaires to Burma since his appointment on September 9, 2008. Since there has not been a United States Ambassador to Burma since 1990, the chargé d'affaires is the chief of mission and the most senior official in the embassy.-Early...
– Career FSO- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: June 27, 2005
- Presented credentials: August 23, 2005
- Terminated mission: Left post, July 5, 2008
- C. Steven McGannC. Steven McGannC. Steven McGann is the United States Ambassador to Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga, and Tuvalu. He was nominated by President George W. Bush, and assumed his duties at post in October 2008....
– Career FSO- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: October 6, 2008
- Presented credentials: November 24, 2008
- Terminated mission: Incumbent
Nomination
On May 16, 2011, President Obama nominated Frankie A. Reed to be the next ambassador to Fiji. Reed is currently the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Australia, New Zealand, and Pacific Islands in the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific AffairsBureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs
In the United States Government, the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs is part of the United States Department of State and is charged with advising the Secretary of State and Under Secretary for Political Affairs on matters of the Asia-Pacific region, as well as dealing with U.S. foreign...
. She was confirmed by the Senate
Advice and consent
Advice and consent is an English phrase frequently used in enacting formulae of bills and in other legal or constitutional contexts, describing a situation in which the executive branch of a government enacts something previously approved of by the legislative branch.-General:The expression is...
on August 2, 2011.
See also
- Fiji – United States relations
- Foreign relations of FijiForeign relations of FijiFiji has experienced many coups recently, in 1987, 2000, and 2006. Fiji has been suspended various times from the Commonwealth of Nations, a grouping of mostly former British colonies. It was readmitted to the Commonwealth in December 2001, following the parliamentary election held to restore...
- Ambassadors of the United States