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Ambassador of the United States to Burkina Faso
Ambassador of the United States to Burkina Faso
	Seal of the United States Department of State
	Incumbent; Joann M. Lockard; since June 28, 2024
Nominator	The President of the United States
Appointer	The President; with Senate advice and consent
Inaugural holder	R. Borden Reams; as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Formation	October 17, 1960
Website	U.S. Embassy - Ouagadougou

This is a list of ambassadors of the United States to Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta).

Until 1960 Upper Volta was a French possession as a part of French West Africa. In 1958 Upper Volta became an autonomous republic in the French Community (Communauté française), and achieved independence as the Republic of Upper Volta on August 5, 1960.

The United States recognized Upper Volta immediately and assigned its first envoy on the nation's independence day, August 5. The envoy, Donald R. Norland, had presented his credentials as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim on the previous day, August 4, to take effect on the day of independence. Norland was also the Chargé d'Affaires a.i. to the newly independent nations: Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire), Dahomey (Benin) and Niger while resident in Abidjan.

The first ranking ambassador, R. Borden Reams, was appointed October 17, 1960. He was also the ambassador to the aforementioned countries while resident in Abidjan. On December 31, 1960, an embassy was established in Ouagadougou with a resident Chargé d'affaires. On May 29, 1961, the first ambassador solely accredited to Upper Volta was appointed.

On August 4, 1984, the nation's name was changed to Burkina Faso.

The United States Embassy in Burkina Faso is located in Ouagadougou.

Ambassadors


Name	Title	Appointed	Presented credentials	Terminated mission
R. Borden Reams^[2]^[3]– Career FSO	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	October 17, 1960	December 6, 1960	June 26, 1961
Thomas S. Estes – Career FSO		May 29, 1961	June 26, 1961	July 13, 1966
Elliott P. Skinner – political appointee		May 27, 1966	September 14, 1966	July 16, 1969
William E. Schaufele, Jr. – Career FSO		September 29, 1969	October 16, 1969	July 10, 1971
Donald B. Easum – Career FSO		November 5, 1971	December 8, 1971	January 19, 1974
Pierre R. Graham – Career FSO		June 20, 1974	July 30, 1974	June 13, 1978
Thomas D. Boyatt – Career FSO		July 18, 1978	September 21, 1978	October 23, 1980
Larry C. Grahl	Chargé d'affaires ad interim	October 23, 1980		November 18, 1981
Julius Waring Walker, Jr. – Career FSO	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	July 18, 1981	November 18, 1981	July 5, 1984
Leonardo Neher – Career FSO		June 28, 1984	September 21, 1984	August 1, 1987
David H. Shinn – Career FSO		November 6, 1987	November 28, 1987	August 6, 1990
Edward P. Brynn – Career FSO		October 22, 1990	January 14, 1991	April 17, 1993
Donald J. McConnell – Career FSO		August 9, 1993	November 22, 1993	June 4, 1996
Sharon P. Wilkinson – Career FSO		July 11, 1996	October 24, 1996	July 12, 1999
Jimmy J. Kolker – Career FSO		November 16, 1999	January 11, 2000	August 2, 2002
J. Anthony Holmes – Career FSO		October 3, 2002	December 23, 2002	July 9, 2005
Jeanine E. Jackson – Career FSO		February 21, 2006	March 24, 2006	March 7, 2009
J. Thomas Dougherty – Career FSO		August 5, 2010	September 30, 2010	September 30, 2013
Tulinabo S. Mushingi - Career FSO		July 9, 2013	September 17, 2013	October 27, 2016
Andrew Robert Young - Career FSO		September 28, 2016	November 20, 2016	March 26, 2020^[4]
Sandra E. Clark - Career FSO		August 12, 2020	September 25, 2020	December 18, 2023
Eric Whitaker - Career FSO	Chargé d'affaires ad interim	December 19, 2023		June 27, 2024
Joann M. Lockard - Career FSO	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	May 2, 2024	June 28, 2024	Incumbent

Notes

^ https://x.com/Usembassyouaga/status/1807116346171273655?t=WO0eeNF1ZRLQBJu_hazr1Q&s=19 ^{[bare URL]}
^ Reams was commissioned during a recess of the Senate.
^ Reams was also accredited to Ivory Coast, Dahomey, and Niger while resident at Abidjan.
^ "Andrew R. Young - People - Department History - Office of the Historian".

References

United States Department of State: Background notes on Burkina Faso
This article incorporates public domain material from U.S. Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets. United States Department of State.

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[reams1-2] Reams was commissioned during a recess of the Senate.

[reams2-3] Reams was also accredited to Ivory Coast, Dahomey, and Niger while resident at Abidjan.

[4] "Andrew R. Young - People - Department History - Office of the Historian".

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Ambassador of the United States to Burkina Faso
Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent Joann M. Lockard since June 28, 2024^[1]
Nominator	The President of the United States
Appointer	The President with Senate advice and consent
Inaugural holder	R. Borden Reams as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Formation	October 17, 1960
Website	U.S. Embassy - Ouagadougou

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