Name: W. Wendell Blancke
State of Residency: California
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Dec 12, 1960
Presentation of Credentials: Jan 9, 1961
Termination of Mission: Superseded, May 28, 1961
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Feb 6, 1961. Also accredited to the Central African Republic, Congo, and Gabon; resident at Brazzaville.
Name: John A. Calhoun
State of Residency: California
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 27, 1961
Presentation of Credentials: May 28, 1961
Termination of Mission: Left post, Apr 1, 1963
Name: Brewster H. Morris
State of Residency: Pennsylvania
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 25, 1963
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 12, 1963
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jan 20, 1967
Name: Sheldon B. Vance
State of Residency: Minnesota
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 11, 1967
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 23, 1967
Termination of Mission: Left post, May 9, 1969
Name: Terence A. Todman
State of Residency: Virgin Islands
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 8, 1969
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 21, 1969
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jun 29, 1972
Name: Edward W. Mulcahy
State of Residency: Arizona
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 12, 1972
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 6, 1972
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jun 23, 1974
Name: Edward S. Little.
State of Residency: Ohio
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 3, 1974
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 7, 1974
Termination of Mission: Left post, Feb 23, 1976
Name: William G. Bradford
State of Residency: Illinois
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 3, 1976
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 15, 1976
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jun 19, 1979
Name: Donald R. Norland
State of Residency: Iowa
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 28, 1979
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 17, 1979
Termination of Mission: Embassy closed Mar 24, 1980
Name: Jay P. Moffat
State of Residency: New Hampshire
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 28, 1983
Presentation of Credentials: May 27, 1983
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 23, 1985
Note: Embassy N'Djamena was reopened Jan 15, 1982, with John Blane as Principal Officer and Charg? d'Affaires ad interim.
Name: John Blane
State of Residency: Illinois
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 1, 1985
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 2, 1985
Termination of Mission: Left post, Oct 4, 1988
Name: Robert L. Pugh
State of Residency: Virginia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 12, 1988
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 15, 1988
Termination of Mission: Left post, Nov 15, 1989
Name: Richard Wayne Bogosian
State of Residency: Maryland
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 27, 1990
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 4, 1990
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 21, 1993
Name: Lawrence Everett Pope, 2nd
State of Residency: Maine
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 16, 1993
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 3, 1993
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jun 26, 1996
Name: David C. Halsted
State of Residency: Vermont
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 11, 1996
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 12, 1996
Termination of Mission: Left post Aug 6, 1999
Name: Christopher E. Goldthwait
State of Residency: Florida
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 7, 1999
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 10, 1999
Termination of Mission: Left post Jan 16, 2004
Name: Marc M. Wall
State of Residency: Virginia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 12, 2004
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 16, 2004
Termination of Mission:
Name: Louis J. Nigro, Jr.
State of Residency: Florida
Foreign Service Officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 29, 2007
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