Name: W. Wendell Blancke
State of Residency: California
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Dec 12, 1960
Presentation of Credentials: Jan 13, 1961
Termination of Mission: Superseded, Oct 10, 1961
Note: Also accredited to the Central African Republic, Chad, and Congo; resident at Brazzaville. Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Feb 6, 1961.
Name: Charles F. Darlington
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 20, 1961
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 18, 1961
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 26, 1964
Name: David M. Bane
State of Residency: Pennsylvania
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 22, 1965
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 14, 1965
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jun 29, 1969
Name: Richard Funkhouser
State of Residency: New Jersey
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 13, 1969
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 9, 1969
Termination of Mission: Left post, Aug 2, 1970
Name: John A. McKesson, III
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Dec 10, 1970
Presentation of Credentials: Feb 4, 1971
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jun 1, 1975
Name: Andrew L. Steigman
State of Residency: Maryland
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 10, 1975
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 9, 1975
Termination of Mission: Left post, Aug 21, 1977
Note: Also accredited to the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe; resident at Libreville.
Name: Arthur T. Tienken
State of Residency: Virginia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Feb 3, 1978
Presentation of Credentials: Mar 6, 1978
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 19, 1981
Note: Also accredited to the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe; resident at Libreville.
Name: Francis Terry McNamara
State of Residency: Vermont
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Dec 11, 1981
Presentation of Credentials: Jan 19, 1982
Termination of Mission: Left post, Aug 3, 1984
Note: Also accredited to the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe; resident at Libreville.
Name: Larry C. Williamson
State of Residency: California
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 13, 1984
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 20, 1984
Termination of Mission: Left post, Aug 21, 1987
Note: Also accredited to the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe; resident at Libreville.
Name: Warren Clark, Jr.
State of Residency: Connecticut
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 10, 1987
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 19, 1987
Termination of Mission: Left post, Aug 24, 1989
Note: Also accredited to the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe; resident at Libreville.
Name: Keith Leveret Wauchope
State of Residency: Virginia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 6, 1989
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 8, 1989
Termination of Mission: Left post, July 13, 1992
Note: Also accredited to the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe; resident at Libreville.
Name: Joseph Charles Wilson IV
State of Residency: California
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 14, 1992
Presentation of Credentials: Sept 17, 1992
Termination of Mission: Left post, Aug 5, 1995
Note: Also accredited to the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe; resident at Libreville.
Name: Elizabeth Raspolic
State of Residency: Virginia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 3, 1995
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 29, 1995
Termination of Mission: Left post Jul 24, 1998
Note: Also accredited to the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe; resident at Libreville.
Name: James Vela Ledesman
State of Residency: California
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 22, 1998
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 16, 1998
Termination of Mission: Left post Jun 18, 2001
Note: Also accredited to the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe; resident at Libreville.
Note: Thomas F. Daughton served as Charg? d'Affaires ad interim Jun 2001?Jun 2002.
Name: Kenneth Price Moorfield
State of Residency: Florida
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jan 30, 2002
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 20, 2002
Termination of Mission:
Note: Also accredited to Sao Tome and Principe; resident at Libreville.
Name: R Barrie Walkley
State of Residency: California
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 2, 2004
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 12, 2004
Termination of Mission: Left post, Apr 27, 2007
Note: Also accredited to Sao Tome and Principe; resident at Libreville.
Name: Eunice S. Reddick
State of Residency: New York
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 29, 2007
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 6, 2007
Termination of Mission:
Note: Also accredited to Sao Tome and Principe; resident at Libreville.
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