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Ghana

Name: Donald W. Lamm
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Chargé d'Affaires
Appointment: [see note below]
Presentation of Credentials: Mar 12, 1957
Termination of Mission: Relinquished charge, Apr 19, 1957
Note: Not commissioned; letter of credence dated Feb 28, 1957. The Embassy in Accra was established Mar 6, 1957, with Lamm in charge.

Name: Peter Rutter
State of Residency: Massachusetts
Foreign Service officer
Title: Charge d'Affaires
Appointment: [see note below]
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 25, 1957
Termination of Mission: Superseded, Jun 19, 1957
Note: Not commissioned; letter of credence dated Apr 17, 1957.

Name: Wilson C. Flake
State of Residency: North Carolina
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 20, 1957
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 19, 1957
Termination of Mission: Reaccredited when Ghana became a republic; presented new credentials Jul 21, 1960; left post, Nov 21, 1960

Name: Francis H. Russell
State of Residency: Maine
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 11, 1960
Presentation of Credentials: Jan 23, 1961
Termination of Mission: Left post, Mar 13, 1962
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Feb 6, 1961.

Name: William P. Mahoney, Jr.
State of Residency: Arizona
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 21, 1962
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 22, 1962
Termination of Mission: Left post, May 26, 1965

Name: Franklin H. Williams
State of Residency: California
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 20, 1965
Presentation of Credentials: Jan 17, 1966
Termination of Mission: Reaccredited after change of government; presented new credentials May 19, 1966; left post, May 3, 1968

Name: Thomas W. McElhiney
State of Residency: Maryland
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 24, 1968
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 14, 1968
Termination of Mission: Left post, May 29, 1971

Name: Fred L. Hadsel
State of Residency: Ohio
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 23, 1971
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 25, 1971
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 29, 1974

Name: Shirley Temple Black
State of Residency: California
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 19, 1974
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 6, 1974
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 13, 1976

Name: Robert P. Smith
State of Residency: Texas
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 4, 1976
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 17, 1976
Termination of Mission: Left post, May 7, 1979

Name: Thomas W.M. Smith
State of Residency: Maine
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 28, 1979
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 12, 1979
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 2, 1983

Name: Robert E. Fritts
State of Residency: Maryland
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 6, 1983
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 28, 1983
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jun 2, 1986

Name: Stephen R. Lyne
State of Residency: Maryland
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 27, 1987
Presentation of Credentials: Jule 11, 1987
Termination of Mission: Left post, Sep 9, 1989
Note: Nomination of Oct 3, 1986, was not acted upon by the Senate.

Name: Raymond Charles Ewing
State of Residency: Virginia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 7, 1989
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 9, 1989
Termination of Mission: Left post, Aug 14, 1992

Name: Kenneth Lee Brown
State of Residency: California
Foreign Service career
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 14, 1992
Presentation of Credentials: Sept 24, 1992
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 19, 1995

Name: Edward Brynn
State of Residency: Vermont
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 3, 1995
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 19, 1995
Termination of Mission: Left post Jul 10, 1998

Name: Kathryn Dee Robinson
State of Residency: Kansas
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 22, 1998
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 16, 1998
Termination of Mission: Left post Sep 1, 2001

Name: Nancy Jo Powell
State of Residency: Iowa
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 16, 2001
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 14, 2001
Termination of Mission: Left post May 26, 2002

Name: Mary Carlin Yates
State of Residency: Oregon
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 26, 2002
Presentation of Credentials: Jan 28, 2003
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 25, 2005

 

Name: Pamela E. Bridgewater
State of Residency: Virginia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 21, 2005
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 11, 2005
Termination of Mission:


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