Ambassador
Thomas Stewart Udall
Noriko Horiuchi
Chargé d’affaires
Thomas Stewart Udall
President Joseph R. Biden. Jr. nominated Tom Udall to be the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to New Zealand and to the Independent State of Samoa on July 16, 2021. The U.S. Senate confirmed Ambassador Udall on October 26, 2021 and his swearing-in ceremony followed on February 17th, 2022.
Chargé d’affaires
A career member of the Department of State’s Foreign Service, Supervisory Special Agent Noriko Horiuchi arrived in Samoa to serve as Chargé d’Affaires at U.S. Embassy Apia in October 2022. Previously, Noriko served as Regional Security Officer at U.S. embassies in Santiago, Chile and Lomé, Togo.
Ambassador
Thomas Stewart Udall
Noriko Horiuchi
Chargé d’affaires
Joseph R. Biden
President of the United States
Kamala D. Harris
Vice President of the United States
Antony J. Blinken
U.S. Secretary of State
President of the United States
President Biden represented Delaware for 36 years in the U.S. Senate before becoming the 47th Vice President of the United States. As President, Biden will restore America’s leadership and build our communities back better.
Vice President of the United States
Kamala D. Harris is the Vice President of the United States of America. She was elected Vice President after a lifetime of public service, having been elected District Attorney of San Francisco, California Attorney General, and United States Senator.
U.S. Secretary of State
Antony J. Blinken is the 71st U.S. Secretary of State. He was nominated by President Biden on November 23, 2020; confirmed by the U.S. Senate on January 26, 2021; and sworn in by Vice President Kamala Harris the following day.
Joseph R. Biden
President of the United States
Joseph R. Biden
President of the United States
President Biden represented Delaware for 36 years in the U.S. Senate before becoming the 47th Vice President of the United States. As President, Biden will restore America’s leadership and build our communities back better.
Kamala D. Harris
Vice President of the United States
Kamala D. Harris
Vice President of the United States
Kamala D. Harris is the Vice President of the United States of America. She was elected Vice President after a lifetime of public service, having been elected District Attorney of San Francisco, California Attorney General, and United States Senator.
Antony J. Blinken
U.S. Secretary of State
Antony J. Blinken
U.S. Secretary of State
Antony J. Blinken is the 71st U.S. Secretary of State. He was nominated by President Biden on November 23, 2020; confirmed by the U.S. Senate on January 26, 2021; and sworn in by Vice President Kamala Harris the following day.
