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Congo, Republic of the


Note: Embassy Brazzaville was established Aug 15, 1960, with Alan W. Lukens as Charg? d'Affaires ad interim. See under for representatives commissioned to the Congo, Republic of the Congo, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with the capital at Leopoldville (later Kinshasa).

Name: W. Wendell Blancke
State of Residency: California
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 9, 1960
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 23, 1960
Termination of Mission: Left post, Dec 14, 1963
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Feb 6, 1961. Also accredited to the Central African Republic, Chad, and Gabon; resident at Brazzaville.

Name: Henry L. T. Koren
State of Residency: New Jersey
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 8, 1964
Presentation of Credentials: May 13, 1964
Termination of Mission: Left post, Aug 4, 1965

Note: Lloyd M. Rives was serving as Charg? d'Affaires ad interim when all U.S. diplomatic personnel were withdrawn from Brazzaville, Aug 15, 1965.

Note: Embassy Brazzaville was reestablished Oct 30, 1977, with Jay Katzen as Charg? d'Affaires ad interim.

Name: William L. Swing
State of Residency: North Carolina
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 26, 1979
Presentation of Credentials: May 11, 1979
Termination of Mission: Left post, May 30, 1981

Name: Kenneth Lee Brown
State of Residency: California
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Dec 11, 1981
Presentation of Credentials: Feb 13, 1982
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jun 10, 1984

Name: Alan Wood Lukens
State of Residency: Pennsylvania
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 13, 1984
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 22, 1984
Termination of Mission: Left post, May 6, 1987

Name: Leonard Grant Shurtleff
State of Residency: New Hampshire
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 10, 1987
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 26, 1987
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 5, 1990

Name: James Daniel Phillips
State of Residency: Kansas
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 27, 1990
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 23, 1990
Termination of Mission: Left post, Sep 10, 1993

Name: William Christie Ramsay
State of Residency: Michigan
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 16, 1993
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 23, 1993
Termination of Mission: Left post, Apr 13, 1996

Name: Aubrey Hooks
State of Residency: Virginia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 6, 1996
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 11, 1996
Termination of Mission: Left post Jan 9, 1999

Name: David H. Kaeuper
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 16, 1999
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 27, 1999
Termination of Mission: Left post Sep 5, 2002

Name: Robin Renee Sanders
State of Residency: New York
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 15, 2002
Presentation of Credentials: Feb 13, 2003
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 16, 2005

Name: Robert Weisberg
State of Residency: Maryland
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Feb 21, 2006
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 27, 2006
Termination of Mission: