List of ambassadors of the United States to Niger

The day before Niger's independence on August 3, 1960, the first American Chargé d'Affaires ad interim, Donald R. Norland, presented his credentials to take effect the following day. The first United States ambassador to Niger, R. Borden Reams was appointed on October 14, 1960 and presented his credentials on November 23.

Ambassador of the United States to Niger
Seal of the United States Department of State
Flag of a United States ambassador
Incumbent Kathleen A. FitzGibbon since August 19, 2023
Nominator	The president of the United States
Appointer	The president with Senate advice and consent
Inaugural holder	R. Borden Reams as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Formation	October 14, 1960
Website	U.S. Embassy- Niamey

Ambassadors

Name	Title	Appointed	Presented credentials	Terminated mission
Donald R. Norland - Career FSO	Chargé d'Affaires ad interim	August 3, 1960[a]	N/A	October 14, 1960
R. Borden Reams[b][c] - Career FSO	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	October 14, 1960	November 23, 1960	August 2, 1961
Mercer Cook - Political appointee		June 22, 1961	August 2, 1961	May 30, 1964
Robert J. Ryan - Career FSO		July 9, 1964	August 24, 1964	August 19, 1968
Samuel C. Adams, Jr. - Political appointee[1]		July 24, 1968	September 10, 1968	October 3, 1969
Roswell D. McClelland - Career FSO		July 8, 1970	July 27, 1970	July 7, 1973
L. Douglas Heck - Career FSO		March 22, 1974	May 30, 1974	July 20, 1976
Charles A. James - Political appointee		September 16, 1976	December 11, 1976	July 5, 1979
James Keough Bishop - Career FSO		July 2, 1979	September 1, 1979	May 29, 1981
William Robert Casey, Jr. - Political appointee		March 9, 1982	April 3, 1982	July 29, 1985
Richard Wayne Bogosian - Career FSO		August 1, 1985	October 11, 1985	August 7, 1988
Carl Copeland Cundiff - Career FSO		August 12, 1988	September 9, 1988	July 10, 1991
Jennifer C. Ward - Career FSO		March 25, 1991	August 16, 1991	May 28, 1993
John S. Davison - Career FSO		August 9, 1993	October 23, 1993	July 28, 1996
Charles O. Cecil[2] - Career FSO		June 11, 1996	September 6, 1996	August 13, 1999
Barbro Owens-Kirkpatrick - Career FSO		August 9, 1999	October 11, 1999	July 12, 2002
Gail Dennise Thomas Mathieu - Career FSO		October 3, 2002	December 4, 2002	September 30, 2005
Bernadette M. Allen - Career FSO		February 21, 2006	April 19, 2006	January 15, 2010
Bisa Williams - Career FSO		August 9, 2010	October 29, 2010	September 13, 2013
Eunice S. Reddick - Career FSO		June 30, 2014	July 21, 2014	January 25, 2018
Eric P. Whitaker - Career FSO		November 2, 2017	January 26, 2018	December 1, 2021
Susan N’Garnim - Career FSO	Chargé d'Affaires ad interim	December 1, 2021	N/A	August 19, 2023
Kathleen A. FitzGibbon[3] - Career FSO	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	August 19, 2023	N/A[d]	Incumbent

Notes

1. Norland presented credentials as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim, August 2, 1960, to take effect from August 3, 1960.
2. Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on February 6, 1961. Also accredited to Dahomey, Ivory Coast, and Upper Volta; resident at Abidjan.
3. During Reams' tenure as non-resident Ambassador, the Embassy in Niamey was established February 3, 1961, with Joseph W. Schutz as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim.
4. FitzGibbon will not formally present her credentials due to the 2023 Nigerien crisis.^[4]

See also

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