State of Residency: Arizona
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Dec 28, 1949
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 30, 1949
Termination of Mission: Left post, Feb 27, 1953
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Feb 2, 1950. Embassy Jakarta was established Dec 27, 1949, under the informal direction of the Consul General pending Ambassador Cochran's arrival and presentation of his letter of credence.
Name: Hugh S. Cumming, Jr.
State of Residency: Virginia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 3, 1953
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 15, 1953
Termination of Mission: Left post, Mar 3, 1957
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Jan 26, 1954.
Name: John M. Allison
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Feb 21, 1957
Presentation of Credentials: Mar 13, 1957
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jan 29, 1958
Name: Howard P. Jones
State of Residency: Maryland
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Feb 20, 1958
Presentation of Credentials: Mar 10, 1958
Termination of Mission: Left post, May 24, 1965
Name: Marshall Green
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 4, 1965
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 26, 1965
Termination of Mission: Left post, Mar 26, 1969
Name: Francis J. Galbraith
State of Residency: South Dakota
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 27, 1969
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 19, 1969
Termination of Mission: Left post, Feb 3, 1974
Name: David D. Newsom
State of Residency: California
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Dec 19, 1973
Presentation of Credentials: Feb 27, 1974
Termination of Mission: Left post, Oct 6, 1977
Name: Edward E. Masters
State of Residency: Ohio
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 3, 1977
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 10, 1977
Termination of Mission: Left post, Nov 10, 1981
Note: John C. Monjo served as Charg? d'Affaires ad interim, Nov 1981?Feb 1983.
Name: John Herbert Holdridge
State of Residency: Maryland
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Dec 10, 1982
Presentation of Credentials: Feb 19, 1983
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jan 7, 1986
Name: Paul Dundes Wolfowitz
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 4, 1986
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 11, 1986
Termination of Mission: Left post, May 12, 1989
Name: John Cameron Monjo
State of Residency: Maryland
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 22, 1989
Presentation of Credentials: May 31, 1989
Termination of Mission: Left post, July 18, 1992
Name: Robert L. Barry
State of Residency: New Hampshire
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 7, 1992
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 11, 1992
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 10, 1995
Name: J. Stapleton Roy
State of Residency: Pennsylvania
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Dec 19, 1995
Presentation of Credentials: Feb 27, 1996
Termination of Mission: Left post Aug 12, 1999
Name: Robert S. Gelbard
State of Residency: Washington, DC
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 9, 1999
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 18, 1999
Termination of Mission: Left post Oct 14, 2001
Name: Ralph Leo Boyce
State of Residency: Virginia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 1, 2001
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 24, 2001
Termination of Mission: Left post, Aug. 2, 2004
Name: B. Lynn Pascoe
State of Residency: Virginia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 18, 2004
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 25, 2004
Termination of Mission: Left post, Feb 17, 2007
Name: Cameron P. Hume
State of Residency: New York
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 30, 2007
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 1, 2007
Termination of Mission:
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