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Central African Republic


Note: Alan W. Lukens (resident at Brazzaville) presented credentials as Charg? d'Affaires ad interim Aug 13, 1960. During Blancke's tenure as non-resident Ambassador to the Central African Republic, Embassy Bangui was established Feb 10, 1961, with Lukens as resident Charg? d'Affaires ad interim. Ambassador Cooke was commissioned to the Central African Empire.

Name: W. Wendell Blancke
State of Residency: California
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Dec 12, 1960
Presentation of Credentials: Jan 6, 1961
Termination of Mission: Superseded, Nov 29, 1961
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Feb 6, 1961. Also accredited to Chad, Congo, and Gabon; resident at Brazzaville.

Name: John H. Burns
State of Residency: Oklahoma
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 10, 1961
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 29, 1961
Termination of Mission: Left post, May 6, 1963
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Jan 30, 1962.

Name: Claude G. Ross
State of Residency: California
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 1, 1963
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 16, 1963
Termination of Mission: Left post, Apr 22, 1967

Name: Geoffrey W. Lewis
State of Residency: Virginia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 13, 1967
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 23, 1967
Termination of Mission: Left post, Aug 2, 1970

Name: Melvin L. Manfull
State of Residency: Utah
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 23, 1970
Presentation of Credentials: Feb 4, 1971
Termination of Mission: Left post, Dec 13, 1972

Name: William N. Dale
State of Residency: New Mexico
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 24, 1973
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 18, 1973
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 17, 1975

Name: Anthony C. E. Quainton
State of Residency: Washington
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Feb 4, 1976
Presentation of Credentials: Feb 20, 1976
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jun 9, 1978

Name: Goodwin Cooke
State of Residency: Connecticut
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 11, 1978
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 4, 1978
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 13, 1980
Note: Albert E. Fairchild served as Charg? d'Affaires ad interim from Dec 1979 to Jul 1981.

Name: Arthur H. Woodruff
State of Residency: Florida
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 7, 1981
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 10, 1981
Termination of Mission: Left post, Aug 2, 1983

Name: Edmund DeJarnette
State of Residency: Virginia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 7, 1983
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 17, 1983
Termination of Mission: Left post, May 26, 1986

Name: David C. Fields
State of Residency: California
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 16, 1986
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 4, 1986
Termination of Mission: Left post, Oct 3, 1989

Name: Daniel Howard Simpson
State of Residency: Ohio
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 21, 1989
Presentation of Credentials: Feb 6, 1990
Termination of Mission: Left post, Dec 15, 1992

Name: Robert E. Gribbin, 3rd
State of Residency: Alabama
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 15, 1992
Presentation of Credentials: Jan 16, 1993
Termination of Mission: Left post, Sep 16, 1995

Name: Mosina H. Jordan
State of Residency: New York
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 27, 1995
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 29, 1995
Termination of Mission: Left post Mar 31, 1997

Name: Robert Cephas Perry
State of Residency: Virginia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 12, 1998
Presentation of Credentials: Feb 1, 1999
Termination of Mission: Left post Jul 1, 2001

Name: Mattie R. Sharpless
State of Residency: North Carolina
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 1, 2001
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 14, 2001
Termination of Mission: Left post Dec. 2, 2002

Note: Embassy was reopened Jan 2005. A. James Panos served as Charg? d?Affaires ad interim, Jan 2005?Jul 2007.

Name: Frederick B. Cook
State of Residency: Florida
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 2, 2007
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 29, 2007
Termination of Mission:

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