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Ambassador of the United States to Angola
Embaixador dos Estados Unidos em Angola
Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent
Tulinabo S. Mushingi
since March 9, 2022
NominatorThe President of the United States
AppointerThe President
with Senate advice and consent
Inaugural holderEdmund T. De Jarnette
as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
FormationMay 9, 1994
WebsiteAmbassador to Angola Edit this at Wikidata

Angola became independent of Portugal in 1975, but the U.S. did not recognize the Government of Angola declared by the MPLA. The U.S. recognized Angola after multiparty elections were held in 1992.[1]

The United States established relations with Angola through the opening of a Liaison Office in Luanda on January 10, 1992, with Jeffrey Millington as Director. The United States recognized the government of Angola on May 19, 1993. The first ambassador was appointed on May 9, 1994.

Ambassadors

Name Appointed Presented credentials Terminated mission Notes
Edmund DeJarnette – Career FSO May 9, 1994 July 14, 1994 Left post, July 24, 1995
Donald Steinberg – Career FSO June 27, 1995 September 15, 1995 November 6, 1998
Joseph Sullivan – Career FSO October 22, 1998 December 17, 1998 August 16, 2001
Christopher Dell – Career FSO August 8, 2001 October 26, 2001 Left post, July 12, 2004
Cynthia Efird – Career FSO July 2, 2004 August 31, 2004 June 6, 2007
Dan Mozena – Career FSO November 19, 2007 January 9, 2008 July 3, 2010
Christopher McMullen – Career FSO September 30, 2010 March 3, 2011 June 12, 2013
Helen La Lime – Career FSO May 15, 2014 May 19, 2014 November 24, 2017
Nina Maria Fite[2] – Career FSO November 20, 2017 February 14, 2018 November 8, 2021
Tulinabo S. Mushingi December 18, 2021 March 9, 2022 Incumbent

The US ambassador to Angola holds the title Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.[3]

Notes

  1. ^ "Angola". U.S. Department of State. Retrieved 2011-06-11.
  2. ^ "Ambassador Nina Maria Fite". U.S. Embassy in Angola. Archived from the original on 7 November 2021. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
  3. ^ "Chiefs of Mission by Country, 1778-2005". Archived from the original on August 8, 2009.

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United States Ambassadors to Angola
Ambassadors of the United States
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