Name: Charles J. Nelson
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 9, 1971
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 23, 1971
Termination of Mission: Left Gaborone, Mar 2, 1974
Note: Accredited also to Botswana and Swaziland; resident at Gaborone.
Name: David J. Bolen
State of Residency: Colorado
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Feb 28, 1974
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 25, 1974
Termination of Mission: Left Gaborone, Aug 11, 1976
Note: Accredited also to Botswanan and Swaziland; resident at Gaborone.
Name: Donald R. Norland
State of Residency: Iowa
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 17, 1976
Presentation of Credentials: Jan 6, 1977
Termination of Mission: Left Gaborone, Oct 6, 1979
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Jun 24, 1977. Also accredited to Botswana and Swaziland; resident at Gaborone.
Name: John R. Clingerman
State of Residency: Michigan
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 28, 1979
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 1, 1979
Termination of Mission: Left post, Nov 15, 1981
Name: Keith Lapham Brown
State of Residency: Colorado
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 9, 1982
Presentation of Credentials: Mar 25, 1982
Termination of Mission: Left post, Dec 1, 1983
Name: S.L. Abbott
State of Residency: Texas
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 11, 1984
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 3, 1984
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 7, 1989
Name: Robert M. Smalley
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Non-career appointment
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 15, 1987
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 2, 1987
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 7, 1989
Name: Jerry Alexander Moore, Jr.
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Note: Nomination of Jul 11, 1989 not acted upon by the Senate. Howard F. Jeter served as Charg? d'Affaires ad interim Jul 1989?Jan 1991.
Name: Leonard H. O. Spearman
State of Residency: Texas
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 22, 1990
Presentation of Credentials: Jan 24, 1991
Termination of Mission: Left post, Apr 25, 1993
Note: Karl Hoffmann served as Charg? d'Affaires ad interim, Apr 1993?Apr 1995.
Name: Bismarck Myrick
State of Residency: Virginia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 4, 1995
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 27, 1995
Termination of Mission: Left post Jun 10, 1998
Name: Katherine Hubay Peterson
State of Residency: California
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 29, 1998
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 18, 1998
Termination of Mission: Left post Jun 1, 2001
Name: Robert Geers Loftis
State of Residency: Colorado
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 6, 2001
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 11, 2001
Termination of Mission: Left post Jun 18, 2004
Name: June Carter Perry
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 2, 2004
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 23, 2004
Termination of Mission: Left post, May 21, 2007
Name: Robert B. Nolan
State of Residency: Virginia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 2, 2007
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 10, 2007
Termination of Mission:
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