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The Embassy in Lagos was established October 1, 1960. Reaccredited when Nigeria became a republic; presented new credentials December 12, 1963. Elbert G. Mathews - Career FSO March 10, 1964 April 11, 1964 July 26, 1969 William Trueheart - Career FSO September 19, 1969 November 6, 1969 September 1, 1971 John Reinhardt - Career FSO September 30, 1971
USAJobs (styled USAJOBS) is the United States government's website for listing civil service job opportunities with federal agencies. [1] [2] Federal agencies use USAJOBS to host job openings and match qualified applicants to those jobs.
Since virtually each embassy now has an RSO, the term is largely anachronistic. In some cases, an RSO may regionally oversee security at consulates and other U.S. presence facilities from an embassy within a country. At an embassy, the RSO reports directly to the deputy chief of mission, who in turn reports directly to the ambassador.
The U.S. maintains an embassy in Nigeria's capital, Abuja, and a consulate general in Lagos. At the end of March 2022, construction began on a new consulate general campus in Lagos, which is expected to be completed in 2027 and will be the largest U.S. consulate in the world. [173]
In January 2017, the government of Nigeria requested Taiwan to relocate the office back to Lagos from Abuja. [9] On 8 December 2017, the office began the relocation from Abuja to Lagos and on 5 January 2018, the new office in Lagos was officially opened under the name Taipei Trade Office in the Federal Republic of Nigeria. [2]
The team based in Lagos, had much of their success attributed to their primary backgrounds as local police officers, as their "familiarity with local conditions, customs, and laws makes them highly effective at de-escalating potential security situations between consulate personnel, the local population, or other security services."
Mary Beth Leonard (born 1962) [1] is an American diplomat. She was the United States Ambassador to Nigeria and the former U.S. Representative to the African Union. Previously, she served as the United States Ambassador to Mali from 2011 to 2014.
U.S. Department of State Facilities and Areas of Jurisdictions. The United States has the second largest number of active diplomatic posts of any country in the world after the People's Republic of China, [1] including 271 bilateral posts (embassies and consulates) in 173 countries, as well as 11 permanent missions to international organizations and seven other posts (as of November 2023 [2]).