United States Ambassador to Djibouti

Ambassador of the United States to Djibouti السفارة الأميركية فى جيبوتى
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Incumbent Thomas P. Kelly III since June 26, 2014
Nominator	The President of the United States
Inaugural holder	Jerrold M. North as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Formation	September 26, 1980
Website	U.S. Embassy - Djibouti

This is a list of Ambassadors from the United States to the Republic of Djibouti.

The area on the Horn of Africa on which Djibout is situated had been under French control since 1885 as part of the protectorate of French Somaliland. The area was ruled by the Vichy (French) government from the fall of France in 1940 until December 1942, but Free French and the Allied forces recaptured Djibouti at the end of 1942. In 1957 the colony was given a large measure of self-government and became the French Territory of the Afars and the Issas. In a May 1977 referendum the populace chose independence from France. The Republic of Djibouti was established on June 27, 1977.

The United States immediately recognized the new nation of Djibouti and moved to establish diplomatic relations. The embassy in Djibouti was established June 27, 1977, with Walter S. Clarke as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim pending the appointment of an ambassador. The first ambassador, Jerrold M. North, was appointed on September 26, 1980.

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