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Kenya

Note: Embassy Nairobi was established Dec 12, 1963, with Laurence C. Vass as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim.

Name: William Attwood
State of Residency: Connecticut
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Feb 20, 1964
Presentation of Credentials: Mar 2, 1964
Termination of Mission: Reaccredited when Kenya became a republic; presented new credentials Jan 28, 1965; left post, May 1, 1966

Name: Glenn W. Ferguson
State of Residency: Maryland
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 16, 1966
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 4, 1966
Termination of Mission: Left post, Apr 7, 1969

Name: Robinson McIlvaine
State of Residency: Pennsylvania
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 15, 1969
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 30, 1969
Termination of Mission: Left post, Apr 4, 1973

Name: Anthony D. Marshall
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Dec 19, 1973
Presentation of Credentials: Jan 22, 1974
Termination of Mission: Left post, Apr 26, 1977
Note: Also accredited to the Seychelles; resident at Nairobi.

Name: Wilbert John LeMelle
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 11, 1977
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 10, 1977
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jun 28, 1980
Note: Also accredited to the Seychelles; resident at Nairobi.

Name: William Caldwell Harrop
State of Residency: New Jersey
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 23, 1980
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 10, 1980
Termination of Mission: Sep 1, 1983
Note: Also accredited to the Seychelles; resident at Nairobi.

Name: Gerald Eustis Thomas
State of Residency: California
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 7, 1983
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 9, 1983
Termination of Mission: Left post, Sep 29, 1989

Name: Elinor Greer Constable
State of Residency: New York
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 16, 1986
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 11, 1986
Termination of Mission: Left post, Sep 29, 1989

Name: Smith Hempstone, Jr.
State of Residency: Maryland
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 6, 1989
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 7, 1989
Termination of Mission: Left post, Feb 26, 1993

Name: Aurelia Erskine Brazeal
State of Residency: Georgia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 9, 1993
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 21, 1993
Termination of Mission: Left post, Sep 11, 1996

Name: Prudence Bushnell
State of Residency: Virginia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 11, 1996
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 2, 1996
Termination of Mission: Left post May 22, 1999

Name: Johnnie Carson
State of Residency: Illinois
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 7, 1999
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 23, 1999
Termination of Mission: Jul 6, 2003

Name: William M. Bellamy
State of Residency: California
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 16, 2003
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 9, 2003
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jun 25, 2006

Name: Michael E. Ranneberger
State of Residency: Virginia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 5, 2006
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 23, 2006
Termination of Mission:


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