United States Ambassador to Angola

Ambassador of the United States to Angola
Embaixador dos Estados Unidos em Angola

Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent
Helen Meagher La Lime

since May 19, 2014
Nominator Barack Obama
Inaugural holder Edmund T. De Jarnette
as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Formation May 9, 1994
Website U.S. Embassy - Luanda

Angola became independent of Portugal in 1975, but the U.S. did not recognize the Government of Angola declared by the MPLA. The U.S. recognized Angola after multiparty elections were held in 1992.[1]

The United States established relations with the Republic of Angola through the opening of a Liaison Office in Luanda on January 10, 1992, with Jeffrey Millington as Director. The United States recognized the government of on Angola May 19, 1993. The first ambassador was appointed on May 9, 1994.

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Notes

  1. "Angola". U.S. Department of State. Retrieved 2011-06-11.

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