United States Ambassador to Kiribati
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The United States Ambassador to Kiribati is the official representative of the government of the United States to the government of Kiribati
. The ambassador is concurrently the ambassador to Fiji
, Nauru
, Tonga
, and Tuvalu
, while resident in Suva
, Fiji.
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...
. The ambassador is concurrently the ambassador to Fiji
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...
, 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
- William Bodde – Career FSO
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: September 26, 1980
- Presented credentials: January 20, 1981
- 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: May 31, 1982
- Terminated mission: Left post, May 7, 1984
- Carl Edward Dillery – Career FSO
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: September 27, 1984
- Presented credentials: January 29, 1985
- Terminated mission: Left post, July 15, 1987
- Leonard Rochwarger – Political appointee
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: September 28, 1987
- Presented credentials: May 9, 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: January 18, 1990
- Terminated mission: Left post, March 5, 1993
- Joan M. Plaisted – Career FSO
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: December 19, 1995
- Presented credentials: April 9, 1996
- Terminated mission: Left post,July 28, 2000
- Michael James Senko – Career FSO
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: December 28, 2000
- Presented credentials: April 10, 2001
- Terminated mission: Left post, August 2, 2003
- David L. Lyon – Career FSO
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: October 7, 2003
- Presented credentials: November 18, 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: September 1, 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
See also
- Kiribati – United States relations
- Foreign relations of KiribatiForeign relations of KiribatiKiribati is a full member of The Commonwealth, the IMF and the World Bank, and became a full member of the UN in 1999. Kiribati hosted the Thirty-First Pacific Islands Forum in October 2000. Kiribati has Least Developed Country Status and its interests rarely extend beyond the region...
- Ambassadors of the United States