# List of ambassadors of the United States to Togo

This is a list of ambassadors of the United States to Togo.
Until 1955 French Togoland was a United Nations Trust Territory mandated by the U.N. to France. In 1955, French Togoland became the administrative Republic of Togo within the French Community (Communauté française), although it retained its UN trusteeship status. In 1960 Togo severed its constitutional ties with France, shed its UN trusteeship status, and became fully independent as the Togolese Republic.
The United States immediately recognized Togo and moved to establish diplomatic relations. The State Department established an embassy in Yaoundé in nearby Cameroon on January 1, 1960, with Bolard More as Chargé d'affaires ad interim. The Yaoundé embassy was simultaneously accredited to Togo. The embassy in Lomé was established on April 27, 1960, with Jesse M. MacKnight as Chargé d’Affaires ad interim. On June 23, 1960, Leland Barrows was appointed as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Cameroon with separate accreditation to Togo while remaining resident in Yaoundé. In 1961 a separate ambassador was appointed solely for Togo and resident at Lomé. The United States has maintained diplomatic relations with Togo since that date.
The United States Embassy in Togo is located in Lomé. The current Togolese ambassador to the United States is Limbiye Edawe Kadangha Bariki.

## Ambassadors

| Name | Title | Appointed | Presented credentials | Terminated mission |
| Leland Barrows – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | June 23, 1960 | August 22, 1960 | June 27, 1961 |
| Leon B. Poullada – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | April 18, 1961 | July 27, 1961 | February 24, 1964 |
| William Witman II – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | June 8, 1964 | July 10, 1964 | May 8, 1967 |
| Albert W. Sherer, Jr. – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | September 13, 1967 | October 13, 1967 | March 5, 1970 |
| Dwight Dickinson – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | September 8, 1970 | October 8, 1970 | April 3, 1974 |
| Nancy V. Rawls – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | February 11, 1974 | June 7, 1974 | August 8, 1976 |
| Ronald D. Palmer – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | September 16, 1976 | October 28, 1976 | July 15, 1978 |
| Marilyn P. Johnson – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | September 23, 1978 | November 3, 1978 | July 29, 1981 |
| Howard Kent Walker – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | March 9, 1982 | April 19, 1982 | June 9, 1984 |
| Owen W. Roberts – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | June 28, 1984 | July 31, 1984 | July 5, 1986 |
| David A. Korn – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | October 16, 1986 | November 4, 1986 | April 4, 1988 |
| Rush Walker Taylor, Jr. – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | April 28, 1988 | June 20, 1988 | September 4, 1990 |
| Harmon Elwood Kirby – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | October 22, 1990 | December 3, 1990 | July 16, 1994 |
| Johnny Young – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | May 9, 1994 | October 7, 1994 | November 21, 1997 |
| Brenda Schoonover – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | November 11, 1997 | January 7, 1998 | July 30, 2000 |
| Karl William Hofmann – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | September 15, 2000 | October 17, 2000 | December 14, 2002 |
| Gregory W. Engle – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | April 16, 2003 | May 22, 2003 | April 1, 2005 |
| David B. Dunn – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | November 2, 2005 | February 2, 2006 | June 6, 2008 |
| Patricia McMahon Hawkins - Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | June 6, 2008 | September 12, 2008 | July 29, 2011 |
| Robert E. Whitehead - Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | April 2, 2012 | May 7, 2012 | September 26, 2015 |
| David R. Gilmour - Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | October 16, 2015 | November 7, 2015 | March 9, 2019 |
| Eric W. Stromayer - Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | January 7, 2019 | April 11, 2019 | March 9, 2022 |
| Elizabeth Fitzsimmons - Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | December 18, 2021 | April 26, 2022 | May 30, 2024 |
| Ronald E. Hawkins Jr - Career FSO | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | May 31, 2024 | | Incumbent |