List of ambassadors of the United States to Cameroon

This is a list of ambassadors from the United States to Cameroon. The American Embassy at Yaounde was established on January 1, 1960, with Bolard More as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim.

Ambassador of the United States to Cameroon
Seal of the United States Department of State
Flag of a United States ambassador
Incumbent Christopher J. Lamora since March 21, 2022
Nominator	The president of the United States
Appointer	The president with Senate advice and consent
Inaugural holder	Bolard More as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim
Formation	January 1, 1960
Website	cm.usembassy.gov

Ambassadors

Name	Title	Appointed	Presented credentials	Terminated mission	Notes
Leland Barrows – Career FSO	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	April 20, 1960	June 9, 1960	September 6, 1966	Accredited also to Togo and resident at Yaounde.
Robert L. Payton – Political appointee		January 26, 1967	March 4, 1967	May 27, 1969
Lewis Hoffacker – Career FSO		December 2, 1969	December 20, 1969	June 6, 1972	Also accredited to Equatorial Guinea and resident at Yaounde.
C. Robert Moore – Career FSO		June 27, 1972	July 22, 1972	July 28, 1975	Also accredited to Equatorial Guinea and resident at Yaounde.
Herbert J. Spiro – Political appointee		July 24, 1975	September 1, 1975	May 7, 1977	Accredited also to Equatorial Guinea until Mar 14, 1976; resident at Yaounde.
Mabel M. Smythe – Political appointee		May 11, 1977	October 1, 1977	February 24, 1980	Also accredited to Equatorial Guinea
Hume A. Horan – Career FSO		June 30, 1980	July 29, 1980	May 17, 1983	Also accredited to Equatorial Guinea until September 29, 1981
Myles Robert Rene Frechette – Career FSO		May 26, 1983	September 8, 1983	July 30, 1987
Mark L. Edelman – Political appointee		July 31, 1987	September 9, 1987	March 19, 1989
Frances D. Cook – Career FSO		November 21, 1989	December 21, 1989	January 1, 1993
Harriet Winsar Isom – Career FSO		August 17, 1992	January 19, 1993	January 17, 1996
Charles H. Twining – Career FSO		December 19, 1995	February 28, 1996	August 17, 1998	Also Accredited to Equatorial Guinea and resident at Yaounde.
John Melvin Yates – Career FSO		October 22, 1998	January 5, 1999	November 4, 2001	Also Accredited to Equatorial Guinea and resident at Yaounde.
George McDade Staples – Career FSO		September 5, 2001	December 21, 2001	July 10, 2004	Also accredited to Equatorial Guinea; resident at Yaounde.
R. Niels Marquardt – Career FSO		July 2, 2004	October 29, 2004	April 9, 2007	Also accredited to Equatorial Guinea; resident at Yaounde.
Janet E. Garvey – Career FSO		May 30, 2007	November 9, 2007	August 1, 2010	Also accredited to Equatorial Guinea; resident at Yaounde.
Robert P. Jackson – Career FSO		September 17, 2010	October 12, 2010	October 5, 2013
Michael Hoza – Career FSO		July 31, 2014	August 22, 2014	September 11, 2017
Peter Barlerin – Career FSO		November 2, 2017	December 20, 2017	July 16, 2020
Christopher J. Lamora – Career FSO		December 18, 2021	March 21, 2022	Incumbent

See also

• Embassy of Cameroon, Washington, D.C.
• Cameroon – United States relations
• Foreign relations of Cameroon
• Ambassadors of the United States

References

• United States Department of State: Background notes on Cameroon
•  This article incorporates public domain material from U.S. Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets. United States Department of State.

External links

• United States Department of State: Chiefs of Mission for Cameroon
• United States Department of State: Cameroon
• United States Embassy in Yaounde