List of ambassadors of the United States to Kiribati

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 residing in Suva, Fiji.

Ambassador of the United States to Kiribati
Seal of the United States Department of State
Flag of a United States ambassador
Incumbent Marie C. Damour since November 30, 2022
Nominator	President of the United States
Inaugural holder	William Bodde as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Formation	September 26, 1980
Website	U.S. Embassy - Suva

Ambassadors

Name	Title	Appointed	Presented credentials	Terminated mission	Notes
William Bodde – Career FSO	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	September 26, 1980	January 20, 1981	August 15, 1981
Fred J. Eckert – Political appointee		February 11, 1982	May 31, 1982	May 7, 1984
Carl Edward Dillery – Career FSO		September 27, 1984	January 29, 1985	July 15, 1987
Leonard Rochwarger – Political appointee		September 28, 1987	May 9, 1988	August 31, 1989
Evelyn Irene Hoopes Teegan – Political appointee		October 10, 1989	January 18, 1990	March 5, 1993
Joan M. Plaisted – Career FSO		December 19, 1995	April 9, 1996	July 28, 2000
Michael James Senko – Career FSO		December 28, 2000	April 10, 2001	August 2, 2003
David L. Lyon – Career FSO		October 7, 2003	November 18, 2003	July 23, 2005
Larry Miles Dinger – Career FSO		June 27, 2005	September 1, 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	April 30, 2012	January 18, 2015
Judith Beth Cefkin – Career FSO		December 11, 2014	February 23, 2015	February 25, 2018
Michael B. Goldman – Career FSO	Chargé d'Affaires ad interim	February 25, 2018		November 25, 2019
Joseph Cella	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	Confirmed: September 17, 2019	December 23, 2021[1]	January 20, 2021
Tony Greubel	Chargé d'Affaires ad interim	January 20, 2021	N/A	November 23, 2022
Marie C. Damour	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	August 4, 2022	November 30, 2022	Incumbent

See also

• Kiribati – United States relations
• Foreign relations of Kiribati
• Ambassadors of the United States