List of ambassadors of the United States to Sierra Leone

The United States ambassador to Sierra Leone is the official representative of the government of the United States to the government of Sierra Leone.

Ambassador of the United States to Sierra Leone
Seal of the United States Department of State
Flag of a United States ambassador
Incumbent Bryan David Hunt since September 11, 2023[1]
Nominator	The president of the United States
Inaugural holder	Herbert Reiner as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim
Formation	April 27, 1961
Website	U.S. Embassy - Freetown

Ambassadors

Name	Title	Appointed	Presented credentials	Terminated mission	Notes
Herbert Reiner – Career FSO	Chargé d'Affaires ad interim	April 27, 1961	N/A	1961
A. S. J. Carnahan – Political appointee	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	May 11, 1961	June 9, 1961	July 13, 1963
Andrew V. Corry - Career FSO		January 29, 1964	February 25, 1964	May 19, 1967
Robert Graham Miner - Career FSO		November 7, 1967	December 7, 1967	June 16, 1971
Clinton Louis Olson[2] - Career FSO		June 27, 1972	July 4, 1972	November 11, 1974
Michael Anthony Samuels - Political appointee		December 20, 1974	February 14, 1975	May 25, 1977
John Andrew Linehan - Career FSO[3]		June 24, 1977	August 30, 1977	May 9, 1980
Theresa Ann Healy - Career FSO		August 27, 1980	September 18, 1980	July 13, 1983
Arthur Winston Lewis - Career FSO[4]		May 17, 1983	August 17, 1983	June 5, 1986
Cynthia Shepard Perry - Political appointee		June 16, 1986	July 16, 1986	August 30, 1989
Johnny Young – Career FSO		October 10, 1989	November 29, 1989	July 23, 1992
Lauralee M. Peters - Career FSO		June 15, 1992	October 8, 1992	July 6, 1995
John Lewis Hirsch - Career FSO		August 14, 1995	September 13, 1995	June 17, 1998
Joseph Melrose - Career FSO		October 22, 1998	November 20, 1998	September 10, 2001
Peter R. Chaveas - Career FSO		July 12, 2001	October 12, 2001	May 24, 2004
Thomas Neil Hull[5] - Career FSO		May 12, 2004	August 19, 2004	August 27, 2007
June Carter Perry - Career FSO		July 7, 2007	October 8, 2007	January 2, 2009
Michael S. Owen – Career FSO		August 9, 2010	September 30, 2010	October 2, 2013
John Hoover - Career FSO		September 12, 2014	December 4, 2014	July 2, 2017
Maria Brewer - Career FSO		August 3, 2017	October 5, 2017	February 22, 2021
David Dale Reimer - Career FSO		December 22, 2020	March 24, 2021	August 24, 2023
Bryan David Hunt - Career FSO		July 27, 2023	September 11, 2023	Incumbent

See also

• Sierra Leone – United States relations
• Foreign relations of Sierra Leone
• Ambassadors of the United States