List of ambassadors of the United States to Tonga

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

Ambassador of the United States to Tonga
Seal of the United States Department of State
Flag of a United States ambassador
Incumbent Marie C. Damour since December 6, 2022
Nominator	The president of the United States
Inaugural holder	Kenneth Franzheim II as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Formation	October 4, 1972
Website	U.S. Embassy - Suva

Ambassadors

Name	Title	Appointed	Presented credentials	Terminated mission	Notes
Robert Woltz Skiff – Career FSO	Chargé d'Affaires ad interim	November 1, 1971	N/A	November 6, 1972
Kenneth Franzheim II – Political appointee	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	February 15, 1972	May 22, 1972	November 6, 1972
Armistead Inge Selden – Political appointee		March 1, 1974	April 17, 1974	April 10, 1978
John Peter Condon – Career FSO		March 2, 1978	April 11, 1978	July 27, 1980
William Bodde – Political appointee		June 30, 1980	August 12, 1980	August 15, 1981
Fred J. Eckert – Political appointee		February 11, 1982	February 25, 1982	May 7, 1984
Carl Edward Dillery – Career FSO		September 27, 1984	November 1, 1984	July 15, 1987
Leonard Rochwarger – Political appointee		September 28, 1987	March 11, 1988	August 31, 1989
Evelyn Irene Hoopes Teegan – Political appointee		October 10, 1989	November 21, 1989	March 5, 1993
Robert Woltz Skiff – Career FSO	Chargé d'Affaires ad interim	June 1995	N/A	December 19, 1995
Don Lee Gevirtz – Political appointee	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	December 19, 1995	February 2, 1996	September 28, 1997
M. Osman Siddique – Political appointee		August 9, 1999	September 13, 1999	June 30, 2001
Ronald Keith McMullen – Career FSO	Chargé d'Affaires ad interim	June 30, 2001	N/A	June 2002
Hugh M. Neighbor – Career FSO		June 2002	N/A	January 9, 2003
David L. Lyon – Career FSO	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	November 15, 2002	January 9, 2003	July 23, 2005
Larry Miles Dinger – Career FSO		June 27, 2005	August 23, 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	November 14, 2011	January 18, 2015
Judith Beth Cefkin – Career FSO		December 11, 2014	April 22, 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	September 26, 2019	December 23, 2019	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	December 6, 2022[1]	Incumbent

See also

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