Madagascar

Note: Embassy Tananarive (now Antananarivo) was established Jun 26, 1960.

Name: Frederic P. Bartlett
State of Residency: New York
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 27, 1960
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 5, 1960
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jun 6, 1962
Note: Commissioned to the Malagasy Republic.

Name: C. Vaughan Ferguson, Jr.
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Dec 17, 1962
Presentation of Credentials: Jan 15, 1963
Termination of Mission: Left post, May 21, 1966
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Mar 12, 1963. Commissioned to the Malagasy Republic.

Name: David S. King
State of Residency: Utah
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jan 26, 1967
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 21, 1967
Termination of Mission: Left post, Aug 16, 1969
Note: Commissioned to the Malagasy Republic. Also accredited to Mauritius; resident at Tananarive.

Name: Anthony D. Marshall
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Dec 15, 1969
Presentation of Credentials: Jan 6, 1970
Termination of Mission: Departure requested by Government of the Malagasy Republic, Jun 1, 1971; left post Jun 6, 1971
Note: Commissioned to the Malagasy Republic.

Name: Joseph A. Mendenhall
State of Residency: Virginia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 11, 1972
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 15, 1972
Termination of Mission: Left post, May 11, 1975
Note: Commissioned to the Malagasy Republic.

Note: Between 1975 and 1980, the following officers served as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim: Gilbert H. Sheinbaum (Nov. 1975–Mar. 1977) and Robert S. Barrett (Mar. 1977–Jun 1980).

Name: Fernando E. Rondon
State of Residency: Virginia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 26, 1980
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 10, 1980
Termination of Mission: Left post, May 25, 1983
Note: Also accredited to the Comoros; resident in Antananarivo.

Name: Robert Brendon Keating
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 6, 1983
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 11, 1983
Termination of Mission: Left post, May 1, 1986
Note: Also accredited to the Comoros; resident in Antananarivo.

Name: Patricia Gates Lynch
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 16, 1986
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 6, 1986
Termination of Mission: Left post, Aug 31, 1989
Note: Also accredited to the Comoros; resident in Antananarivo.

Name: Howard K. Walker
State of Residency: New Jersey
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 7, 1989
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 27, 1989
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 12, 1992
Note: Also accredited to the Comoros; resident in Antananarivo.

Name: Dennis P. Barrett
State of Residency: Washington
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 15, 1992
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 3, 1992
Termination of Mission: Left post, Nov 12, 1995

Name: Vicki J. Huddleston
State of Residency: Arizona
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 3, 1995
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 12, 1995
Termination of Mission: Left post Jul 24, 1996

Note: Howard T. Perlow served as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim, Jul 1996–Aug 1998.

Name: Shirley Elizabeth Barnes
State of Residency: New York
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 29, 1998
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 30, 1998
Termination of Mission: Left post Jul 28, 2001

Name: Wanda L. Nesbitt
State of Residency: Pennsylvania
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 5, 2001
Presentation of Credentials: Jan 28, 2001
Termination of Mission: Left post Jun 23, 2004

Name: James D. McGee
State of Residency: Florida
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 30, 2004
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 29, 2004
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jun 1, 2007

Name: R. Niels Marquardt
State of Residency: California
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 30, 2007
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 22, 2007
Termination of Mission:
Note: Also accredited to the Republic of the Comoros; resident in Antananarivo.