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Tuvalu

Note: No mission has been established at Funafuti.

Name: John P. Condon
State of Residency: Oklahoma
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 20, 1979
Presentation of Credentials: Jan 24, 1980
Termination of Mission: Left Suva Jul 27, 1980
Note: Also accredited to Fiji and Tonga; resident at Suva.

Name: William Bodde, Jr.
State of Residency: Maryland
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 30, 1980
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 7, 1980
Termination of Mission: Left Suva Aug 15, 1981
Note: Also accredited to Fiji, Tonga, and Kiribati; resident at Suva.

Name: Fred J. Eckert
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Feb 11, 1982
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 22, 1982
Termination of Mission: Left Suva May 7, 1984
Note: Also accredited to Fiji, Tonga, and Kiribati; resident at Suva.

Name: Carl Edward Dillery
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 27, 1984
Presentation of Credentials: Feb 4, 1985
Termination of Mission: Left Suva Jul 15, 1987
Note: Also accredited to Fiji, Tonga, and Kiribati; resident at Suva.

Name: Leonard Rochwarger
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 28, 1987
Presentation of Credentials: May 6, 1988
Termination of Mission: Left Suva Aug 31, 1989
Note: Also accredited to Fiji, Tonga, and Kiribati; resident at Suva.

Name: Evelyn Irene Hoopes Teegan
State of Residency: Minnesota
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 10, 1989
Presentation of Credentials: Jan 15, 1990
Termination of Mission: Left Suva Mar 5, 1993
Note: Also accredited to Fiji, Tonga, and Kiribati; resident at Suva.

Name: Don L. Gevirtz
State of Residency: California
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Dec 19, 1995
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 12, 1996
Termination of Mission: Left Suva Sep 28, 1997
Note: Also accredited to Fiji, Tonga, and Kiribati; resident at Suva.

Name: M. Osman Siddique
State of Residency: Virginia
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 9, 1999
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 29, 1999
Termination of Mission: Left Suva Jun 30, 2001
Note: Also accredited to Fiji, Tonga, and Kiribati; resident at Suva.

Name: David L. Lyon
State of Residency: California
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 15, 2002
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 5, 2003
Termination of Mission: Left Suva Jul 23, 2005
Note: Also accredited to Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, and Tonga; resident at Suva.

Name: Larry Miles Dinger
State of Residency: Iowa
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 23, 2005
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 13, 2005
Termination of Mission:


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