| Ambassador of the United States to Somalia | |
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| السفارة الأمريكية في الصومال Danjiraha Maraykanka u fadhiya Soomaaliya | |
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| Style | His or Her Excellency (formal) Mr. or Madam Ambassador (informal) |
| Reports to | United States Secretary of State |
| Appointer | President of the United States with the advice and consent of the Senate |
| Term length | At the pleasure of the President |
| Inaugural holder | Andrew G. Lynch as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary |
| Formation | July 5, 1960 |
| Website | U.S. Embassy in Somalia |
The United States ambassador to Somalia is the most senior diplomatic representative of the United States federal government assigned to Somalia. From 2015 to 2018 the U.S. maintained a non-resident diplomatic mission in Nairobi for Somalia and its constituent autonomous regions.[1] In January 2013, a senior American government official indicated that the United States could eventually reopen its embassy in Mogadishu, which had closed in the early 1990s.[2] In June 2014, the U.S. State Department also announced that it would soon name a new ambassador to Somalia.[3] In February 2015, the U.S. government nominated its first official ambassador since 1991.[4] In December 2018, the mission returned to Mogadishu.[5]
- ^ "U.S. Relations With Somalia". U.S. Department of State. Retrieved November 13, 2013.
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- ^ "Obama Nominates First U.S. Ambassador to Somalia Since 1991". Goobjoog. February 25, 2015. Retrieved February 25, 2015.
- ^ "US reopens permanent diplomatic mission in Somalia". December 5, 2018.