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Bangladesh

Note: Embassy Dacca (now Dhaka) was established May 18, 1972, with Herbert D. Spivack as Charg? d'Affaires ad interim. Daniel O. Newberry served as Charg? d'Affaires ad interim, Oct 1972?Apr 1974.

Name: Hermann F. Eilts
State of Residency: Pennsylvania
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 11, 1972
Note: Declined appointment.

Name: Davis Eugene Boster
State of Residency: Ohio
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Feb 28, 1974
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 13, 1974
Termination of Mission: Left post, Sep 10, 1976

Name: Edward E. Masters
State of Residency: Ohio
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 4, 1976
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 5, 1976
Termination of Mission: Left post, Nov 27, 1977

Name: David T. Schneider
State of Residency: Maryland
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 2, 1978
Presentation of Credentials: Mar 29, 1978
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 25, 1981

Name: Jane Abell Coon
State of Residency: New Hampshire
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 30, 1981
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 11, 1981
Termination of Mission: Left post, Aug 3, 1984

Name: Howard Bruner Schaffer
State of Residency: New York
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 13, 1984
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 26, 1984
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 9, 1987

Name: Willard Ames De Pree
State of Residency: Maryland
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 2, 1987
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 5, 1987
Termination of Mission: Left post Aug 17, 1990

Name: William B. Milam
State of Residency: California
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 27, 1990
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 1, 1990
Termination of Mission: Left post, Oct 9, 1993

Name: Daniel Nathan Merrill
State of Residency: Maryland
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Feb 11, 1994
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 5, 1994
Termination of Mission: Left post, May 14, 1997

Name: John C. Holzman
State of Residency: Hawaii
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 1, 1997
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 2, 1997
Termination of Mission: Left post Jul 6, 2000

Name: Mary Ann Peters
State of Residency: California
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 15, 2000
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 25, 2000
Termination of Mission: Left post Jun 19, 2003

Name: Harry K. Thomas, Jr.
State of Residency: New York
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 27, 2003
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 14, 2003
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 2, 2005

Name: Patricia A. Butenis
State of Residency: Virginia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Feb 21, 2006
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 13, 2006
Termination of Mission: Jun 23, 2007

Name: James F. Moriarty
State of Residency: Massachusetts
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment:
Presentation of Credentials:
Termination of Mission:
Note: Nominated Sep 4, 2007.

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