List of ambassadors of the United States to Eritrea

The following is a list of United States ambassadors to Eritrea. The United States recognized Eritrea's independence April 27, 1991, and established diplomatic relations on June 11, 1991. The Consulate in Asmara then became an Embassy with Joseph P. O'Neill as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim. The U.S. embassy in Eritrea has been represented by a Chargé d'Affaires since 2010.

Ambassador of the United States to Eritrea
Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent
Leslie Freriksen
as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim[1]
since July 18, 2022
NominatorThe President of the United States
AppointerThe President
with Senate advice and consent
Inaugural holderJoseph P. O'Neill
as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim
FormationJune 11, 1991
WebsiteU.S. Embassy - Asmara

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
Robert Gordon Houdek - Career FSO Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary November 22, 1993 December 31, 1993 Left post, September 10, 1996
John F. Hicks - Career FSO Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary July 2, 1996 September 29, 1996 Left post, May 11, 1997
William Davis Clarke - Career FSO Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary June 29, 1998 August 20, 1998 August 12, 2001
Donald J. McConnell - Career FSO Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary July 16, 2001 October 3, 2001 Left post, July 16, 2004
Scott H. DeLisi - Career FSO Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary May 12, 2004 October 21, 2004 Left post, June 2, 2007
Ronald K. McMullen - Career FSO Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary October 29, 2007 N/A July 19, 2010
Joel Reifman - Career FSO Chargé d'Affaires ad interim July 19, 2010 N/A February 2012
Sue Bremner - Career FSO Chargé d'Affaires ad interim July 2012 N/A April 2014
Louis Mazel - Career FSO Chargé d'Affaires July 2014 N/A July 27, 2016
Natalie E. Brown - Career FSO Chargé d'Affaires September 23, 2016 N/A November 25, 2019
Steven C. Walker - Career FSO[2] Chargé d'Affaires December 12, 2019 N/A July 17, 2022[3]
Leslie Freriksen - Career FSO Chargé d'Affaires July 18, 2022 N/A Incumbent

See also

References
  1. "Earth Day Celebration". 26 April 2023.
  2. "Steven C. Walker". Charge d’Affaires Steven C. Walker. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  3. "Steven C. Walker, the US chief of mission's farewell message to Eritreans". 16 July 2022.
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