State of Residency: New York
Title: Minister Resident/Consul General
Appointment: Jul 20, 1908
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 6, 1909
Termination of Mission: Left post, Feb 8, 1910
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Dec 9, 1908. Commissioned to Abyssinia, but did not serve under this recess appointment.
Name: Addison E. Southard
State of Residency: Kentucky
Foreign Service officer
Title: Minister Resident/Consul General
Appointment: Oct 12, 1927
Presentation of Credentials: Mar 1, 1928
Termination of Mission: Left post, Oct 26, 1934
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Dec 19, 1927.
Name: Cornelius Van H. Engert
State of Residency: California
Foreign Service officer
Title: Minister Resident/Consul General
Appointment: Feb 7, 1936
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 30, 1936
Termination of Mission: Italian forces occupied Addis Ababa, May 6, 1936. Engert left post, May 4, 1937.
Name: John K. Caldwell
State of Residency: Kentucky
Foreign Service officer
Title: Minister Resident/Consul General
Appointment: Apr 14, 1943
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 31, 1943
Termination of Mission: Promoted to Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Name: John K. Caldwell
State of Residency: Kentucky
Foreign Service officer
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 7, 1943
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 9, 1943
Termination of Mission: Left post, Aug 26, 1945
Name: Felix Cole
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Feb 20, 1945
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 5, 1945
Termination of Mission: Left post, Oct 8, 1947
Name: George R. Merrell
State of Residency: Missouri
Foreign Service officer
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 15, 1947
Presentation of Credentials: Jan 1, 1948
Termination of Mission: Promoted to Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Name: George R. Merrell
State of Residency: Missouri
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 21, 1949
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 28, 1949
Termination of Mission: Left post, Mar 17, 1951
Name: J. Rives Childs
State of Residency: Virginia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 19, 1951
Presentation of Credentials: May 14, 1951
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jan 19, 1953
Name: Joseph Simonson
State of Residency: Minnesota
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 22, 1953
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 6, 1953
Termination of Mission: Left post, May 1, 1957
Name: Don C. Bliss
State of Residency: New Jersey
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 20, 1957
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 22, 1957
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jun 4, 1960
Name: Arthur L. Richards
State of Residency: Maryland
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 24, 1960
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 26, 1960
Termination of Mission: Left Ethiopia, Nov 25, 1962
Name: Edward M. Korry
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 9, 1963
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 20, 1963
Termination of Mission: Left post, Sep 22, 1967
Name: William O. Hall
State of Residency: Oregon
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 13, 1967
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 27, 1967
Termination of Mission: Left post, May 15, 1971
Name: E. Ross Adair
State of Residency: Indiana
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 11, 1971
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 8, 1971
Termination of Mission: Left post, Feb 12, 1974
Name: Thomas W. McElhiney
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Feb 11, 1974
Note: Declined appointment.
Name: Arthur W. Hummel, Jr.
State of Residency: Maryland
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Feb 20, 1975
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 3, 1975
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 6, 1976
Name: Frederic L. Chapin
State of Residency: New Jersey
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 27, 1978
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 21, 1978
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 29, 1980
Note: Owen W. Roberts served as Charge d'Affaires ad interim Jul 1980?May 1982. The following officers have since served as Charg?s d'Affaires: David A. Korn (Jun 1982?Jul 1985), James Cheek (Jul 1985?Aug 1988), Robert G. Houdek (Aug 1988?Jun 1991), and Marc A. Baas (Jun 1991?Jun 1992).
Name: Marc Allen Baas
State of Residency: Florida
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 15, 1982
Presentation of Credentials: June 24, 1992
Termination of Mission: Left post, July 8, 1994
Name: Irvin Hicks
State of Residency: Maryland
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 9, 1994
Presentation of Credentials: July 22, 1994
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jun 26, 1996
Name: David H. Shinn
State of Residency: Washington
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 6, 1996
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 2, 1996
Termination of Mission: Left post Aug 14, 1999
Name: Tibor P. Nagy, Jr.
State of Residency: Texas
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 9, 1999
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 12, 1999
Termination of Mission: Left post Jul 19, 2002
Name: Aurelia E. Brazeal
State of Residency: Georgia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 3, 2002
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 20, 2002
Termination of Mission: Left post, Sep 2, 2005
Note: The following officers served as Charges d'Affaires ad interim: Vikki Huddleston (Sep 2005?Aug 2006) and Janet Wilgus (Aug?Nov 2005).
Name: Donald Y. Yamamoto
State of Residency: New York
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 4, 2006
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 6, 2006
Termination of Mission:
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