# List of ambassadors of Sierra Leone to the United States

The Sierra Leonean Ambassador in Washington, D.C. is the official representative of the Government of in Freetown to the Government of the People's Republic of United States.

## List of representatives

| Diplomatic agreement/designated | Diplomatic accreditation | Ambassador | Observations | President of Sierra Leone | List of presidents of the United States | Term end |
| April 27, 1961 | | | EMBASSY OPENED | Maurice Henry Dorman | John F. Kennedy | |
| April 27, 1961 | | William Henry Fitzjohn | Chargé d'affaires | Maurice Henry Dorman | John F. Kennedy | |
| June 26, 1961 | July 18, 1961 | Richard Edmund Kelfa-Caulker | | Henry Josiah Lightfoot Boston | John F. Kennedy | |
| October 16, 1963 | November 20, 1963 | Gershon Collier | | Henry Josiah Lightfoot Boston | Lyndon B. Johnson | |
| February 16, 1967 | February 17, 1967 | Christopher Okoro Cole | | Andrew Juxon-Smith | Lyndon B. Johnson | |
| January 18, 1968 | January 19, 1968 | Adesanya Kwamina Hyde | | Andrew Juxon-Smith | Lyndon B. Johnson | |
| August 22, 1969 | October 2, 1969 | John Akar | | John Amadu Bangura | Richard Nixon | |
| April 22, 1971 | | Collins O. Bright | Chargé d'affaires | Siaka Stevens | Richard Nixon | |
| July 21, 1971 | July 22, 1971 | Jacob Arthur Christian Davies | (* May 24, 1925) He is the son of Christiana Davies and Jacob S. Education: Tropical Agriculture at University of Reading, Selwyn College, University of Cambridge, Imperial College,. Career: 1967-1969 Perm. Secretary; Co-Director of a project of the United Nations Program, FAO. And later appointed Chairman of the Public Service Commission. 1972-1974: High Commissioner in the United Kingdom and the Ambassador not resident in Denmark, Sweden and Norway. 1975-1976: Deputy Director of United Nations Operations for Agriculture FAO Division, Rome. 1976-1982: Director of the Personnel Division. 1982: Assistant Director-General, Regional Representative for Africa. | Siaka Stevens | Richard Nixon | |
| September 26, 1972 | October 2, 1972 | Philip Jonathan Gbagu Palmer | | Siaka Stevens | Richard Nixon | |
| June 18, 1978 | | Olu William Harding | Chargé d'affaires He was ambassador to Moscow, Rev. Harding is an ordained elder and member of the Wyoming Conference of the United Methodist Church. | Siaka Stevens | Jimmy Carter | |
| July 26, 1978 | August 2, 1978 | Mohamed Morlai Turay | | Siaka Stevens | Jimmy Carter | |
| February 28, 1981 | | Ahmed Seray-Wurie | Chargé d'affaires | Siaka Stevens | Ronald Reagan | |
| December 21, 1981 | January 13, 1982 | Dauda Kamara | | Siaka Stevens | Ronald Reagan | |
| February 20, 1987 | May 11, 1987 | Sahr Thomas Matturi [de] | | Joseph Saidu Momoh | Ronald Reagan | |
| October 25, 1988 | November 9, 1988 | George Munda Carew | | Joseph Saidu Momoh | Ronald Reagan | |
| March 25, 1993 | June 23, 1993 | Thomas Kahota Kargbo | (* June 15, 1937 in Kamassassa Freetown) Education: Doctor of Medicine, University of Leeds, England. Royal College of Obstetricians and Surgeons, England. Johns Hopkins University, West Africa, University Surgeons. From 1975-1985 practiced in obstetrics, Sierra Leone. In 1987 Medical Government of Sierra Leone. 1990-1991: Review Committee,. Proposed member of Parliament. 1991-1993: minister of commerce, industry and state enterprises | Valentine Strasser | Bill Clinton | |
| September 19, 1996 | October 9, 1996 | John Ernest Leigh | | Ahmad Tejan Kabbah | Bill Clinton | |
| March 17, 2003 | May 8, 2003 | Ibrahim M'baba Kamara | former Sierra Leone's Ambassador to Ethiopia and currently United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) consultant, Ibrahim M'baba Kamara | Ahmad Tejan Kabbah | George W. Bush | |
| November 13, 2006 | December 8, 2006 | Sulaiman Tejan-Jalloh | | Ahmad Tejan Kabbah | George W. Bush | May 25, 1997 |
| March 28, 2008 | April 9, 2008 | Bockarie Stevens | | Ernest Bai Koroma | George W. Bush | April 4, 2018 |
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