Ambassador of Tonga to the United States | |
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Inaugural holder | Inoke Faletau |
Formation | March 30, 1979 |
List of representatives
editDiplomatic agrément | Diplomatic accreditation | Ambassador | Observations | Prime Minister of Tonga | List of presidents of the United States | Term end |
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March 29, 1979 | March 30, 1979 | Inoke Faletau | Fatafehi Tuʻipelehake | Jimmy Carter | ||
April 4, 1984 | April 13, 1984 | Sonatane Tuʻa Taumoepeau-Tupou | Fatafehi Tuʻipelehake | Ronald Reagan | ||
July 15, 1987 | July 20, 1987 | Siaosi Taimani ʻAho | Fatafehi Tuʻipelehake | Ronald Reagan | ||
August 14, 1989 | August 14, 1989 | Siosaia Ma'Ulupekotofa Tuita | Fatafehi Tuʻipelehake | George H. W. Bush | ||
August 13, 1992 | September 8, 1992 | Sione Kite (1940) | resident in London
(* January 8, 1940) A career civil servant, has spent a quarter century in high government office in Tonga and the diplomatic service and, for a time, served with the South Pacific Commission.
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Baron Vaea | George H. W. Bush | |
February 10, 1997 | February 11, 1997 | Akosita Fineanganofo | resident in London | Baron Vaea | Bill Clinton | |
June 9, 2000 | September 5, 2000 | Sonatane Tuʻa Taumoepeau-Tupou | resident in New York City | Baron Vaea | Bill Clinton | |
May 20, 2005 | May 26, 2005 | Fekitamoeloa ʻUtoikamanu | Tupou VI | George W. Bush | ||
February 22, 2010 | February 24, 2010 | Sonatane Tuʻa Taumoepeau-Tupou | Sonatane Tu'a Tauraoepeau-Tupou | Feleti Sevele | Barack Obama | 2010 |
September 10, 2013 | September 17, 2013 | Mahe Uliuli Sandhurst Tupouniua | 2014 |