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Note: Donald R. Norland (resident in Abidjan) presented credentials as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim, Aug 2, 1960, to take effect from Aug 3, 1960. During Reams' tenure as non-resident Ambassador, the Embassy in Niamey was established Feb 3, 1961, with Joseph W. Schutz as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim.

Name: R. Borden Reams
State of Residency: Nevada
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 14, 1960
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 23, 1960
Termination of Mission: Superseded, Aug 2, 1961
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Feb 6, 1961. Also accredited to Dahomey, Ivory Coast, and Upper Volta; resident at Abidjan.

Name: Mercer Cook
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 22, 1961
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 2, 1961
Termination of Mission: Left post May 30, 1964

Name: Robert J. Ryan
State of Residency: Massachusetts
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 9, 1964
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 24, 1964
Termination of Mission: Left post Aug 19, 1968

Name: Samuel C. Adams, Jr.
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 24, 1968
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 10, 1968
Termination of Mission: Left post Oct 3, 1969

Name: Roswell D. McClelland
State of Residency: New York
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 8, 1970
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 27, 1970
Termination of Mission: Left post Jul 7, 1973

Name: L. Douglas Heck
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 22, 1974
Presentation of Credentials: May 30, 1974
Termination of Mission: Left post Jul 20, 1976

Name: Charles A. James
State of Residency: California
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 16, 1976
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 11, 1976
Termination of Mission: Left post Jul 5, 1979

Name: James Keough Bishop
State of Residency: New York
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 2, 1979
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 1, 1979
Termination of Mission: Left post May 29, 1981

Name: William Robert Casey, Jr.
State of Residency: Colorado
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 9, 1982
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 3, 1982
Termination of Mission: Left post Jul 29, 1985

Name: Richard Wayne Bogosian
State of Residency: Maryland
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 1, 1985
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 11, 1985
Termination of Mission: Left post Aug 7, 1988

Name: Carl Copeland Cundiff
State of Residency: Nevada
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 12, 1988
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 9, 1988
Termination of Mission: Left post July 10, 1991

Name: Jennifer C. Ward
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 25, 1991
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 16, 1991
Termination of Mission: Left post May 28, 1993

Name: John S. Davison
State of Residency: Maryland
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 9, 1993
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 23, 1993
Termination of Mission: Jul 28, 1996

Name: Charles O. Cecil
State of Residency: California
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 11, 1996
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 6, 1996
Termination of Mission: Left post Aug 13, 1999

Name: Barbro A. Owens-Kirkpatrick
State of Residency: California
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 9, 1999
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 11, 1999
Termination of Mission: Left post Jul 12, 2002

Name: Gail Dennise Thomas Mathieu
State of Residency: New Jersey
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 3, 2002
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 4, 2002
Termination of Mission: Left post Sep 30, 2005

Name: Bernadette M. Allen
State of Residency: Maryland
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Feb 21, 2006
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 19, 2006
Termination of Mission:


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