State of Residency: Illinois
Foreign Service officer
Title: Charg? d'Affaires
Appointment: [see note below]
Presentation of Credentials: [Jun 6, 1956]
Termination of Mission: Superseded, Oct 4, 1956
Note: Neither commissioned nor accredited; designated effective Jun 5, 1956, on which date the Embassy in Tunis was established. Officially recognized on June 6, 1956.
Name: G. Lewis Jones
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 27, 1956
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 4, 1956
Termination of Mission: Presented new credentials on Dec 9, 1957, when Tunisia became a republic; left post Jun 11, 1959
Name: Walter N. Walmsley
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 28, 1959
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 4, 1959
Termination of Mission: Left post Jul 25, 1962
Name: Francis H. Russell
State of Residency: Maine
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 10, 1962
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 16, 1962
Termination of Mission: Left post Jul 18, 1969
Name: John A. Calhoun
State of Residency: California
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 8, 1969
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 24, 1969
Termination of Mission: Left post May 31, 1972
Name: Talcott W. Seelye
State of Residency: Maryland
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 11, 1972
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 20, 1972
Termination of Mission: Left post Mar 22, 1976
Name: Edward W. Mulcahy
State of Residency: Arizona
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 4, 1976
Presentation of Credentials: May 31, 1976
Termination of Mission: Left post Jan 5, 1979
Name: Stephen Warren Bosworth
State of Residency: Michigan
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Feb 9, 1979
Presentation of Credentials: Mar 27, 1979
Termination of Mission: Left post Jun 22, 1981
Name: Walter Leon Cutler
State of Residency: Maryland
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Dec 11, 1981
Presentation of Credentials: Mar 2, 1982
Termination of Mission: Left post Jan 2, 1984
Name: Peter Sebastian
State of Residency: Maryland
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 11, 1984
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 3, 1984
Termination of Mission: Left post Feb 19, 1987
Name: Robert H. Pelletreau
State of Residency: Connecticut
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 15, 1987
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 1, 1987
Termination of Mission: Left post May 11, 1991
Name: John T. McCarthy
State of Residency: New York
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 2, 1991
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 2, 1991
Termination of Mission: Left post Jul 16, 1994
Name: Mary Ann Casey
State of Residency: Colorado
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 5, 1994
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 23, 1994
Termination of Mission: Left post Jul 18, 1997
Name: Robin Lynn Raphel
State of Residency: Washington
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 7, 1997
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 18, 1997
Termination of Mission: Left post Aug 6, 2000
Name: Rust McPherson Deming
State of Residency: Maryland
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Dec 28, 2000
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 30, 2001
Termination of Mission: Left post May 17, 2003
Name: Ronald Schlicher
State of Residency: Tennessee
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Note: Nomination not acted on by the Senate.
Name: William J. Hudson
State of Residency: Virginia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Dec 12, 2003
Presentation of Credentials: Jan 12, 2004
Termination of Mission: Left post, Apr 14, 2006
Name: Robert F. Godec
State of Residency: Virginia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 30, 2006
Presentation of Credentials: Jan 17, 2007
Termination of Mission:
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