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Malaysia

Name: Thomas K. Wright
State of Residency: Rhode Island
Foreign Service officer
Title: Chargé d'Affaires
Appointment: [see note below]
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 4, 1957
Termination of Mission: Superseded Dec 2, 1957
Note: Accredited to the Federation of Malaya. Not commissioned; letter of credence dated Aug 31, 1957. Embassy Kuala Lumpur was established on Aug 31, 1957, with Wright in charge.

Name: Homer M. Byington, Jr.
State of Residency: Connecticut
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 3, 1957
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 2, 1957
Termination of Mission: Left post, Apr 1, 1961
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Jan 27, 1958. Accredited to the Federation of Malaya.

Name: Charles F. Baldwin
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Feb 22, 1961
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 29, 1961
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jan 22, 1964
Note: Accredited to the Federation of Malaya.

Name: James D. Bell
State of Residency: New Hampshire
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 4, 1964
Presentation of Credentials: Mar 23, 1964
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 15, 1969

Name: Jack W. Lydman
State of Residency: New York
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 15, 1969
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 8, 1969
Termination of Mission: Left post, Dec 20, 1973

Name: Francis T. Underhill, Jr.
State of Residency: New Jersey
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Dec 19, 1973
Presentation of Credentials: Feb 11, 1974
Termination of Mission: Left post, May 10, 1977

Name: Robert H. Miller
State of Residency: Washington
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 26, 1977
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 8, 1977
Termination of Mission: Left post, Mar 8, 1980

Name: Barbara M. Watson
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 20, 1980
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 25, 1980
Termination of Mission: Left post, Mar 1, 1981

Name: Ronald DeWayne Palmer
State of Residency: Maryland
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 11, 1981
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 24, 1981
Termination of Mission: Left post, Oct 30, 1983

Name: Thomas P. Shoesmith
State of Residency: Virginia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 18, 1983
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 12, 1983
Termination of Mission: Left post, Feb 14, 1987

Name: John Cameron Monjo
State of Residency: Maryland
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 7, 1987
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 10, 1987
Termination of Mission: Left post, Apr 22, 1989

Name: Paul Matthews Cleveland
State of Residency: Virginia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 10, 1989
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 8, 1989
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 23, 1992

Name: John Stern Wolf
State of Residency: Maryland
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 11, 1992
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 7, 1992
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jun 10, 1995

Name: John R. Malott
State of Residency: Virginia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Dec 19, 1995
Presentation of Credentials: Jan 25, 1996
Termination of Mission: Left post Dec 30, 1998

Name: B. Lynn Pascoe
State of Residency: Virginia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 22, 1998
Presentation of Credentials: Mar 1, 1999
Termination of Mission: Left post Aug 11, 2001

Name: Marie T. Huhtala
State of Residency: California
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 3, 2001
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 17, 2001
Termination of Mission: Left post May 28, 2004

 Name: Christopher L. LaFleur
State of Residency: New York
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 18, 2004
Presentation of Credentials: Jan 4, 2005
Termination of Mission:


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