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 You are in: Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs > Bureau of Public Affairs > Bureau of Public Affairs: Office of the Historian > Principal Officers of the Department and U.S. Chiefs of Mission > Alphabetical List of Chiefs of Mission and Principal Officials, 1778-2005 

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Kaeuper, David H. (1943- )
Non-career appointee
1999 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Republic of Congo

Kagey, Charles Lemuel (1876-1941)
Non-career appointee
1921 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Finland

Kaiser, Philip Mayer (1913- )
Non-career appointee
1961 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Senegal and Mauritania
1977 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Hungary
1980 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Austria

Kalb, Bernard (1922- )
Non-career appointee
1985 Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs

Kalijarvi, Thorsten Valentine (1897-1980)
Non-career appointee
1957 Assistant Secretary for Economic Affairs
1957 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, El Salvador

Kamman, Curtis W. (1939- )
Foreign Service officer
1985 Principal Officer, U.S. Interests Section, Cuba
1991 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Chile
1994 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Bolivia
1997 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Colombia

Kampelman, Max M. (1920- )
Non-career appointee
1985 Representative, U.S. Office for Arms Reduction Negotiations, Geneva
1987 Counselor

Kane, Robert Francis (1926- )
Non-career appointee
1984 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Ireland

Kansteiner, Walter (1955- )
Non-career appointee
2001 Assistant Secretary for African Affairs

Kanter, Arnold Lee (1945- )
Non-career appointee
1991 Under Secretary for Political Affairs
1993 Acting Secretary of State

Kantor, Mickey (Michael) (1939- )
Non-career appointee
1993 U.S. Trade Representative

Karaer, Arma Jane (1941- )
Foreign Service officer
1997 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Papua New Guinea, Soloman Islands and Vanuatu

Karrick, David Brewer (1893-1960)
Non-career appointee
1960 [Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Ecuador]

Kasson, John Adam (1822-1910)
Non-career appointee
1877 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Austria-Hungary
1884 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Germany

Kattouf, Theodore H. (1946- )
Foreign Service officer
1987 Chargé d'Affaires ad interim, Yemen Arab Republic
1998 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, United Arab Emirates
2001 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Syria

Katz, Abraham (1926- )
Foreign Service officer
1981 Representative, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris

Katz, Julius Louis (1925-2000)
Non-career appointee
1976 Assistant Secretary for Economic and Business Affairs

Katzen, Jay Kenneth (1936- )
Foreign Service officer
1977 Chargé d'Affaires ad interim, Congo

Katzenbach, Nicholas deBelleville (1922- )
Non-career appointee
1966 Under Secretary of State

Kaufman, David E. (1883-1962)
Non-career appointee
1928 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Bolivia
1930 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Siam

Kauzlarich, Richard Dale (1944- )
Foreign Service officer
1994 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Azerbaijan
1997 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Bosnia-Herzegovina

Kavanagh, Edward (1795-1844)
Non-career appointee
1835 Chargé d'Affaires, Portugal

Keating, Kenneth Barnard (1900-1975)
Non-career appointee
1969 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, India
1973 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Israel

Keating, Robert Brendon (1924- )
Non-career appointee
1983 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Madagascar and Comoros

Keel, Alton Gold, Jr. (1943- )
Non-career appointee
1987 Representative, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Brussels

Keeley, James Hugh Jr. (1895-1985)
Foreign Service officer
1947 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Syria

Keeley, Robert Vossler (1929- )
Foreign Service officer
1973 Chargé d'Affaires ad interim, Uganda
1976 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mauritius
1980 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Zimbabwe
1985 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Greece

Keena, Leo John (1878-1967)
Foreign Service officer
1935 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Honduras
1937 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, South Africa

Keiley, Anthony Michael (1835-1905)
Non-career appointee
1885 [Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Italy]
1885 [Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Austria-Hungary]

Keith, Kenton Wesley (1939- )
Foreign Service officer
1992 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Qatar

Keller, Edward Eugene Jr. (1929- )
Foreign Service officer
1969 Chargé d'Affaires ad interim, Southern Yemen

Kellogg, Frank Billings (1856-1937)
Non-career appointee
1923 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Great Britain
1925 Secretary of State

Kellogg, William (1814-1872)
Non-career appointee
1864 [Minister Resident, Guatemala]

Kelly, James Andrew (1936- )
Non-career appointee
2001 Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs

Kelly, John Hubert (1939- )
Foreign Service officer
1986 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Lebanon
1989 Assistant Secretary for Near East and South Asian Affairs
1991 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Finland

Kelly, Paul Vincent (1947- )
Non-career appointee
2001 Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs

Kemp, LaRae Washington (1941- )
Foreign Service officer
1991 Director, Office of Medical Services

Kemper, James Scott (1886-1981)
Non-career appointee
1953 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Brazil

Kennan, George Frost (1904-2005)
Foreign Service officer
1947 Director, Policy Planning Staff
1949 Counselor
1952 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Soviet Union
1961 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Yugoslavia

Kennedy, David Matthew (1905- )
Non-career appointee
1971 Ambassador at Large
1972 Representative, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Brussels

Kennedy, Joseph Patrick (1888-1969)
Non-career appointee
1938 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Great Britain

Kennedy, Laura Elizabeth (1951- )
Foreign Service officer
2001 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Turkmenistan

Kennedy, Patrick F. (1949- )
Foreign Service officer
1993 Assistant Secretary for Administration
2000 [Representative UN European Office]

Kennedy, Richard Thomas (1919-1998)
Non-career appointee
1981 Under Secretary for Management
1981 Representative, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna
1982 Ambassador at Large

Kennedy-Minott, Rodney O'Gliasain (1928- )
Non-career appointee
1977 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Sweden

Kenney, Kristie Ann
Foreign Service officer
2002 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Ecuador

Kenny, James Casey (1953- )
Non-career appointee
2003 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Ireland

Kent, Jill E. (1945- )
Non-career appointee
1989 Chief Financial Officer

Keogh, James (1916- )
Non-career appointee
1973 Director, U.S. Information Agency

Kerens, Richard C. (1841-1916)
Non-career appointee
1909 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Austria-Hungary

Kerr, John Bozman (1809-1878)
1851 [Chargé d'Affaires, New Granada]
1851 Chargé d'Affaires, Nicaragua

Key, David McKendree II (1900-1988)
Foreign Service officer
1950 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Burma
1953 Assistant Secretary for United Nations Affairs
1954 Assistant Secretary for International Organization Affairs

Keyes, Alan L. (1950- )
Non-career appointee
1985 Assistant Secretary for International Organization Affairs

Khalilzad, Zalmay (1951- )
Non-career appointee
2003 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Afghanistan

Kidder, Randolph Appleton (1913- )
Foreign Service officer
1964 [Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Cambodia]

Kilday, Lowell C. (1931- )
Foreign Service officer
1985 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Dominican Republic

Killgore, Andrew Ivy (1919- )
Foreign Service officer
1977 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Qatar

Kilpatrick, Hugh Judson (1836-1881)
Non-career appointee
1865 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Chile
1881 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Chile

Kimelman, Henry L. (1921- )
Non-career appointee
1980 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Haiti

Kimmitt, Robert Michael (1947- )
Non-career appointee
1989 Under Secretary for Political Affairs
1991 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Germany

King, Barrington (1930- 2006)
Foreign Service officer
1984 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Brunei

King, David Sjodahl (1917- )
Non-career appointee
1967 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Malagasy Republic
1968 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mauritius

King, Hamilton (1852-1912)
Non-career appointee
1898 Minister Resident/Consul General, Siam
1903 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Siam

King, Rufus (1755-1827)
Non-career appointee
1796 Minister Plenipotentiary, Great Britain
1825 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, United Kingdom

King, Rufus (1814-1876)
Non-career appointee
1861 [Minister Resident, Papal States]
1863 Minister Resident, Papal States

King, Spencer Mathews (1917-1988)
Foreign Service officer
1969 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Guyana

King, William Rufus de Vane (1786-1853)
Non-career appointee
1844 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, France

King, Yelverton P. (1794-1868)
Non-career appointee
1851 Chargé d'Affaires, New Granada

Kingon, Alfred Hugh (1931- )
Non-career appointee
1987 Representative, European Communities, Brussels

Kinney, William Burnet (1799-1880)
Non-career appointee
1850 Chargé d'Affaires, Sardinia

Kintner, William Roscoe (1915-1997)
Non-career appointee
1973 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Thailand

Kirby, Harmon Elwood (1934- )
Foreign Service officer
1990 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Togo

Kirby, Michael David (1953- )
2006, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Moldova

Kirk, Alan Goodrich (1888-1963)
Non-career appointee
1946 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Belgium
1946 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Luxembourg
1949 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Soviet Union
1962 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, China

Kirk, Alexander Comstock (1888-1979)
Foreign Service officer
1939 Chargé d'Affaires ad interim, Germany
1941 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Egypt
1941 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Saudi Arabia
1943 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Greece
1944 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Italy

Kirk, Robert C. (1821-?)
Non-career appointee
1862 Minister Resident, Argentina
1869 Minister Resident, Argentina
1869 Minister Resident, Uruguay

Kirk, Roger (1930- )
Foreign Service officer
1973 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Somalia
1985 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Romania

Kirkpatrick, Jeane Jordan (1926- 2006)
Non-career appointee
1981 Representative, United Nations, New York

Kirkwood, Samuel Jordan (1813-1894)
Non-career appointee
1863 [Minister Resident, Denmark]

Kissinger, Henry A. (Alfred Heinz) (1923- )
Non-career appointee
1973 Secretary of State

Klieforth, Alfred Will (1889-1969)
Foreign Service officer
1945 Chargé d'Affaires ad interim, Czechoslovakia

Klosson, Michael (1949- )
Foreign Service officer
1992 Chargé d'Affaires ad interim, Sweden

Knabenshue, Paul (1883-1942)
Foreign Service officer
1932 Minister Resident/Consul General, Iraq

Kneip, Richard Francis (1933-1987)
Non-career appointee
1978 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Singapore

Knight, Ridgway Brewster (1911-2001)
Foreign Service officer
1961 Chargé d'Affaires ad interim, Syria
1961 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Syria
1965 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Belgium
1969 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Portugal

Knowles, Horace Greeley (1863-1913)
Non-career appointee
1907 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Romania and Serbia
1907 Diplomatic Agent, Bulgaria
1907 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Romania and Serbia
1909 [Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Nicaragua]
1909 Minister Resident/Consul General, Dominican Republic
1910 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Bolivia

Knox, Clinton Everett (1908-1980)
Foreign Service officer
1964 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Dahomey
1969 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Haiti

Knox, Philander Chase (1853-1921)
Non-career appointee
1909 Secretary of State

Koerner, Gustavus (1809-1896)
Non-career appointee
1862 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Spain

Koh, Harold Hongju (1954- )
Non-career appointee
1998 Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor

Kohler, Foy David (1908-1990)
Foreign Service officer
1959 Assistant Secretary for European Affairs
1962 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Soviet Union
1966 Deputy Under Secretary for Political Affairs

Kolker, Jimmy J. (1948- )
Foreign Service officer
1999 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Burkina Faso

Komer, Robert William (1922-2000)
Non-career appointee
1968 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Turkey

Kontos, Constantine William (1922-2000)
Non-career appointee
1980 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Sudan

Korcak, Jerome M. (1937- )
Non-career appointee
1980 Director, Office of Medical Services

Kordek, John Florian (1938- )
Foreign Service officer
1988 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Botswana

Koren, Henry Lloyd Thornell (1911-1994)
Foreign Service officer
1964 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Congo

Korn, David Adolph (1930- )
Foreign Service officer
1982 Chargé d'Affaires ad interim, Ethiopia
1986 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Togo

Kornblum, John Christian (1943- )
Foreign Service officer
1996 Assistant Secretary for European and Canadian Affairs
1997 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Germany

Kornfeld, Joseph Saul (1876-1943)
Non-career appointee
1921 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Persia

Korry, Edward Malcolm (1922-2003)
Non-career appointee
1963 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Ethiopia
1967 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Chile

Korth, Penne Percy (1942- )
Non-career appointee
1989 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mauritius

Kozak, Michael G. (1946- )
Foreign Service officer
1991 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, El Salvador
1997 Chief, U.S. Interests Section, Havana
2000 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Belarus

Kramer, Mary (1935- )
Non-career appointee
2003 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Antigua/Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts/Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent/Grenadines

Krebs, Max Vance (1916- )
Foreign Service officer
1974 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Guyana

Kreeck, George Lewis (1882-1945)
Non-career appointee
1925 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Paraguay

Krehbiel, Victor John (1905- )
Non-career appointee
1973 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Finland

Kriebel, P. Wesley (1927- )
Foreign Service officer
1983 Chargé d'Affaires ad interim, The Gambia

Krol, George Albert (1956- )
Foreign Service officer
2003 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Belarus

Krueger, Robert C. (1935- )
Non-career appointee
1979 Ambassador at Large
1994 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Burundi
1996 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Botswana

Krys, Sheldon J. (1934- )
Foreign Service officer
1985 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Trinidad and Tobago
1988 Assistant Secretary for Administration
1989 Assistant Secretary for Diplomatic Security

Kryza, Elmer Gregory (1922-1998)
Foreign Service officer
1977 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mauritania

Kubisch, Jack Bloom (1921- )
Foreign Service officer
1973 Assistant Secretary for Inter-American Affairs
1974 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Greece

Kuchel, Ronald Karl (1939- )
Foreign Service officer
1992 [Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Haiti]
1993 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Zambia

Kunin, Madeleine May (1933- )
Non-career appointee
1996 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Switzerland
1997 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Liechtenstein

Kurtzer, Daniel Charles (1949- )
Foreign Service officer
1997 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Egypt
2001 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Israel

Kuter, Laurence Sherman (1905- )
Non-career appointee
1947 Representative, International Civil Aviation Organization, Montreal

Kux, Dennis (1931- )
Foreign Service officer
1986 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Cote d'Ivoire

Kyle, Edwin Jackson (1876-?)
Non-career appointee
1945 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Guatemala


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