United States Ambassador to Papua New Guinea

Ambassador of the United States to Papua New Guinea

Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent
Walter E. North
since January 31, 2013
Nominator Barack Obama
Inaugural holder Mary Olmsted
as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Formation September 10, 1975
Website U.S. Embassy - Port Moresby

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.

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. See chargé d'affaires.

Ad interim
Latin phrase meaning "for the time being", "in the meantime". See ad interim.

Diplomatic presence of the United States of America in Papua New Guinea began on September 16, 1975 when the latter became an independent state. The United States Embassy was opened on September 10, 1975 and Mary S. Olmsted became the first U.S. Ambassador to Papua New Guinea on January 5, 1976.[1] Since establishment of a diplomatic mission in Port Moresby, the United States Ambassador to Papua New Guinea has also been accredited to Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.[2]

The United States Embassy in Papua New Guinea is located in Port Moresby.

Ambassadors

Notes

  1. 1 2 "US Ambassador to Papua New Guinea. US GOVERNMENT OFFICE". Retrieved 2011-02-09.
  2. ↑ "U.S. Embassy in Papua New Guinea. About the Embassy. Mission Overview". Retrieved 2011-02-09.
  3. ↑ "U.S. Embassy in Papua New Guinea". Retrieved 2011-02-09.

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