Ambassador of the United States to Nauru
Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent
Marie C. Damour
since February 7, 2023
NominatorThe President of the United States
AppointerThe President
with Senate advice and consent
Inaugural holderMarshall Green
as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
FormationFebruary 28, 1974
WebsiteU.S. Embassy - Suva

The United States ambassador to Nauru is the official representative of the government of the United States to the government of Nauru. The ambassador is concurrently the ambassador to Fiji, Kiribati, Tonga, and Tuvalu, while residing in Suva, Fiji.

Ambassadors

U.S. diplomatic terms

Career FSO
After 1915, The United States Department of State began classifying ambassadors as career Foreign Service Officers (FSOs) for those who have served in the Foreign Service for a specified amount of time.

Political appointee
A person who is not a career foreign service officer, but is appointed by the president (often as a reward to political friends).

Appointed
The date that the ambassador took the oath of office; also known as "commissioning". It follows confirmation of a presidential appointment by the Senate, or a Congressional recess appointment by the president. In the case of a recess appointment, the ambassador requires subsequent confirmation by the Senate to remain in office.

Presented credentials
The date that the ambassador presented his letter of credence to the head of state or appropriate authority of the receiving nation. At this time the ambassador officially becomes the representative of his country. This would normally occur a short time after the ambassador's arrival on station. The host nation may reject the ambassador by not receiving the ambassador's letter, but this occurs only rarely.

Terminated mission
Usually the date that the ambassador left the country. In some cases a letter of recall is presented, ending the ambassador's commission, either as a means of diplomatic protest or because the diplomat is being reassigned elsewhere and replaced by another envoy.

Chargé d'affaires
The person in charge of the business of the embassy when there is no ambassador commissioned to the host country.

Ad interim
Latin phrase meaning "for the time being", "in the meantime".
Name Title Appointed Presented credentials Terminated mission Notes
Marshall Green – Career FSO Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary February 28, 1974 October 26, 1974 July 31, 1975
James Ward Hargrove – Political appointee February 4, 1976 April 20, 1976 March 9, 1977
Philip Henry Alston – Political appointee May 17, 1979 August 13, 1979 January 23, 1981
Robert Dean Nesen – Political appointee June 17, 1981 November 20, 1981 May 2, 1985
Laurence W. Lane Jr. – Political appointee December 6, 1985 October 17, 1987 April 29, 1989
Melvin Floyd Sembler – Political appointee October 10, 1989 June 14, 1990 February 28, 1993
Don Lee Gevirtz – Political appointee December 19, 1995 April 24, 1996 September 28, 1997
M. Osman Siddique – Political appointee August 9, 1999 October 19, 1999 June 30, 2001
David L. Lyon – Career FSO November 15, 2002 August 11, 2004 July 23, 2005
Larry Miles Dinger – Career FSO June 27, 2005 August 31, 2005 July 5, 2008
C. Steven McGann – Career FSO October 6, 2008 November 24, 2008 July 13, 2011
Frankie A. Reed – Career FSO August 4, 2011 July 16, 2012 January 18, 2015
Judith Beth Cefkin – Career FSO December 11, 2014 August 12, 2015 February 25, 2018
Michael B. Goldman – Career FSO Chargé d'Affaires ad interim February 25, 2018 N/A December 23, 2019
Joseph Cella Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Confirmed: September 17, 2019 December 23, 2019[1] January 20, 2021
Tony Greubel[2] Chargé d'Affaires ad interim January 20, 2021 N/A November 23, 2022
Marie C. Damour Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary August 4, 2022 February 7, 2023 Incumbent

See also

References

  1. ^ Ravuwai, Ilaijia (December 24, 2019). "New US Ambassador To Fiji, Cella Presents His Credentials". The Fiji Sun. Archived from the original on 2020-08-20.
  2. ^ "Chargé d'Affaires Tony Greubel". U.S. Embassy in Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga, and Tuvalu. Retrieved 2021-12-13.

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