Total Appointments: 202
Career Appointments: 149/73.76%
Political Appointments: 53/26.24%
The list below is alphabetized by country name. Click on a letter to jump down to the first country on the list whose name begins with that letter.
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| Post | Ambassador | Career / Political | Dates of Service |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | Adolph Dubs | Career | 1978-1979 |
| Algeria | Ulric St. Clair Haynes | Political | 1977-1981 |
| Argentina | Raul Hector Castro | Political | 1977-1980 |
| Harry Walter Shlaudeman | Career | 1980-1983 | |
| Australia | Philip Henry Alston | Political | 1977-1981 |
| Austria | Milton Albert Wolf | Political | 1977-1980 |
| Philip Mayer Kaiser | Political | 1980-1981 | |
| Bahamas | William B. Schwartz | Political | 1977-1981 |
| Bahrain | Robert Halsey Pelletreau | Career | 1979-1980 |
| Peter Adams Sutherland | Career | 1980-1983 | |
| Bangladesh | David Taylor Schneider | Career | 1978-1981 |
| Barbados | Francis Vincent Ortiz | Career | 1977-1979 |
| Sally Angela Shelton | Political | 1979-1981 | |
| Belgium | Anne Cox Chambers | Political | 1977-1981 |
| Bolivia | Paul Harold Boeker | Career | 1977-1980 |
| Marvin Weissman | Political | 1980-1980 | |
| Botswana | Horace Greeley Dawson | Career | 1979-1982 |
| Brazil | Raymond Leonard Garthoff | Career | 1977-1979 |
| Jack Richard Perry | Career | 1979-1981 | |
| Burkina Faso | Thomas David Boyatt | Career | 1978-1980 |
| Burma | Maurice Darrow Bean | Career | 1977-1979 |
| Patricia Mary Byrne | Career | 1979-1983 | |
| Burundi | Thomas James Corcoran | Career | 1978-1980 |
| Frances D. Cook | Career | 1980-1983 | |
| Cameroon | Mabel Murphy Smythe | Political | 1977-1980 |
| Hume Alexander Horan | Career | 1980-1983 | |
| Canada | Kenneth Merwin Curtis | Political | 1979-1981 |
| Cape Verde | Edward Marks | Career | 1977-1980 |
| Peter John De Vos | Career | 1980-1983 | |
| Central African Republic | Goodwin Cooke | Career | 1978-1980 |
| Chad | Donald Richard Norland | Career | 1979-1980 |
| Chile | George Walter Landau | Career | 1977-1982 |
| China | Leonard F. Woodcock | Political | 1979-1979 |
| Colombia | Diego Cortes Asencio | Career | 1977-1980 |
| Thomas David Boyatt | Career | 1980-1983 | |
| Congo (Republic of) | William Lacy Swing | Career | 1979-1981 |
| Costa Rica | Marvin Weissman | Political | 1977-1980 |
| Francis J. McNeil | Career | 1980-1983 | |
| Cyprus | Galen Luther Stone | Career | 1978-1981 |
| Czechoslovakia | Francis Joseph Meehan | Career | 1979-1980 |
| Denmark | Warren Demian Manshel | Political | 1978-1981 |
| Djibouti | Jerrold Martin North | Career | 1980-1982 |
| Dominica | Sally Angela Shelton | Political | 1979-1981 |
| Dominican Republic | Robert Lloyd Yost | Career | 1978-1982 |
| Ecuador | Raymond Emmanuel Gonzalez | Career | 1978-1982 |
| Egypt | Alfred Leroy Atherton | Career | 1979-1983 |
| El Salvador | Frank James Devine | Career | 1977-1980 |
| Robert Edward White | Career | 1980-1981 | |
| Equatorial Guinea | Mabel Murphy Smythe | Political | 1979-1980 |
| Hume Alexander Horan | Career | 1980-1981 | |
| Ethiopia | Frederic Lincoln Chapin | Career | 1978-1980 |
| Owen W. Roberts | Career | 1980-1982 | |
| Fiji | John Peter Condon | Career | 1978-1980 |
| William Bodde | Career | 1980-1981 | |
| Finland | Rozanne Lejeanne Ridgway | Career | 1977-1980 |
| James Eugene Goodby | Career | 1980-1981 | |
| France | Arthur Adair Hartman | Career | 1977-1981 |
| Gabon and São Tomé & Principe | Arthur T. Tienken | Career | 1978-1981 |
| Gambia | Herman Jay Cohen | Career | 1977-1980 |
| Larry G. Piper | Career | 1980-1982 | |
| German Democratic Republic | David Benjamin Bolen | Career | 1977-1980 |
| Herbert Stuart Okun | Career | 1980-1983 | |
| Ghana | Thomas William Macauley Smith | Career | 1979-1983 |
| Greece | William Everett Schaufele | Career | 1977- |
| Robert James McCloskey | Career | 1978-1981 | |
| Granada | Francis Vincent Ortiz | Career | 1977-1979 |
| Sally Angela Shelton | Political | 1979-1981 | |
| Guatemala | Francis Vincent Ortiz | Career | 1979-1980 |
| Guinea | Oliver Sexsmith Crosby | Career | 1977-1980 |
| Allen Clayton Davis | Career | 1980-1983 | |
| Guinea-Bissau | Edward Marks | Career | 1977-1980 |
| Peter John De Vos | Career | 1980-1983 | |
| Guyana | John Richard Burke | Career | 1977-1979 |
| George B. Roberts | Career | 1979-1981 | |
| Haiti | William Bowdoin Jones | Career | 1977-1980 |
| Henry L. Kimelman | Political | 1980-1981 | |
| Honduras | Mari-Luci Jarimillo | Political | 1977-1980 |
| Jack Robert Binns | Career | 1980-1981 | |
| Hungary | Philip Mayer Kaiser | Political | 1977-1980 |
| Harry Earl Bergold | Career | 1980-1983 | |
| Iceland | Richard August Ericson | Career | 1978-1981 |
| India | Robert Francis Goheen | Political | 1977-1980 |
| Indonesia | Edward E. Masters | Career | 1977-1981 |
| Iran | William Healy Sullivan | Career | 1977-1979 |
| Walter Leon Cutler | Career | 1979- | |
| Iraq | No Ambassadors | ||
| Ireland | William Vincent Shannon | Political | 1977-1981 |
| Israel | Samuel Winfield Lewis | Career | 1977-1985 |
| Italy | Richard Newton Gardner | Political | 1977-1981 |
| Jamaica | Frederick Irving | Career | 1977-1979 |
| Loren E. Lawrence | Career | 1979-1982 | |
| Japan | Michael Joseph Mansfield | Political | 1977-1988 |
| Jordan | Nicholas Alexander Veliotes | Career | 1978-1981 |
| Kenya | Wilbert John LeMelle | Political | 1977-1980 |
| William Caldwell Harrop | Career | 1980-1983 | |
| Kiribati | William Bodde | Career | 1980-1981 |
| Korea | William Henry Gleysteen | Career | 1978-1981 |
| Kuwait | Francois Moussiegt Dickman | Career | 1979-1983 |
| Laos | George B. Roberts | Career | 1978- |
| Lebanon | Richard Bordeaux Parker | Career | 1977-1978 |
| John Gunther Dean | Career | 1978-1981 | |
| Lesotho | John Rufus Clingerman | Career | 1979-1981 |
| Liberia | Robert Powell Smith | Career | 1979-1981 |
| Luxembourg | James Gordon Lowenstein | Career | 1977-1981 |
| Madagascar | Robert South Barrett | Career | 1977-1980 |
| Fernando Enrique Rondon | Career | 1980-1983 | |
| Malawi | Harold Eugene Horan | Career | 1978-1980 |
| Malaysia | Robert Hopkins Miller | Career | 1977-1980 |
| Barbara Mae Watson | Political | 1980-1981 | |
| Maldives | William Howard Wriggins | Political | 1978-1979 |
| Donald R. Toussaint | Career | 1979-1982 | |
| Mali | Anne Forrester Holloway | Political | 1979-1981 |
| Malta | Joan Margaret Clark | Career | 1979-1981 |
| Mauritania | Elmer Gregory Kryza | Career | 1977-1980 |
| Stanley N. Schrager | Career | 1980-1982 | |
| Mauritius | Samuel Rhea Gammon | Career | 1978-1980 |
| Robert Charles Frost Gordon | Career | 1980-1983 | |
| Mexico | Patrick Joseph Lucey | Political | 1977-1979 |
| Julian Nava | Political | 1980-1981 | |
| Morocco | Richard Bordeaux Parker | Career | 1978-1979 |
| Angier Biddle Duke | Political | 1979-1981 | |
| Mozambique | No Ambassadors | ||
| Nauru | Philip Henry Alston | Political | 1979-1981 |
| Nepal | Louis Douglas Heck | Career | 1977-1980 |
| Philip R. Trimble | Political | 1980-1981 | |
| Netherlands | Geri M. Joseph | Political | 1978-1981 |
| New Zealand and Samoa | Anne Clark Martindell | Political | 1979-1981 |
| Nicaragua | Mauricio Solaun | Political | 1977-1979 |
| Lawrence A. Pezzulo | Career | 1979-1981 | |
| Niger | James Keough Bishop | Career | 1979-1981 |
| Nigeria | Stephen Low | Career | 1979-1981 |
| Norway | Louis Abraham Lerner | Political | 1977-1980 |
| Sidney Anders Rand | Political | 1979-1981 | |
| Oman | Marshall Wayne Wiley | Career | 1978-1981 |
| Pakistan | Arthur William Hummel | Career | 1977-1981 |
| Panama | Ambler Holmes Moss | Political | 1978-1982 |
| Papua New Guinea | Harvey J. Feldman | Political | 1979-1981 |
| Paraguay | Robert Edward White | Career | 1977-1980 |
| Lyle Francis Lane | Career | 1980-1982 | |
| Peru | Harry Walter Shlaudeman | Career | 1977-1980 |
| Edwin Gharst Corr | Career | 1980-1981 | |
| Philippines | David Dunlap Newsom | Career | 1977-1978 |
| Richard William Murphy | Career | 1978-1981 | |
| Poland | William Everett Schaufele | Career | 1978-1980 |
| Francis Joseph Meehan | Career | 1980-1983 | |
| Portugal | Richard Joseph Bloomfield | Career | 1978-1982 |
| Qatar | Andrew Ivy Killgore | Career | 1977-1980 |
| Charles E. Marthinsen | Career | 1980-1983 | |
| Romania | Orison Rudolph Aggrey | Career | 1977-1981 |
| Russia (Soviet Union) | Thomas J. Watson | Political | 1979-1981 |
| Rwanda | Harry Roberts Melone | Career | 1979-1982 |
| St. Lucia | Sally Angela Shelton | Political | 1979-1981 |
| Saudi Arabia | John Carl West | Political | 1977-1981 |
| Senegal | Herman Jay Cohen | Career | 1977-1980 |
| Walter C. Carrington | Political | 1980-1981 | |
| Seychelles | Wilbert John LeMelle | Political | 1977-1980 |
| William Caldwell Harrop | Career | 1980-1983 | |
| Sierra Leone | John Andrew Linehan | Career | 1977-1980 |
| Theresa Ann Healy | Career | 1980-1983 | |
| Singapore | Richard Francis Kneip | Political | 1978-1980 |
| Harry E.T. Thayer | Career | 1980-1984 | |
| Solomon Islands | Mary Seymour Olmsted | Career | 1978-1979 |
| Harvey J. Feldman | Political | 1979-1981 | |
| Somalia | Donald K. Petterson | Career | 1978-1982 |
| South Africa | William Brockway Edmondson | Career | 1978-1981 |
| Spain | Terence Alphonso Todman | Career | 1978-1983 |
| Sri Lanka | William Howard Wriggins | Political | 1978-1979 |
| Donald R. Toussaint | Career | 1979-1982 | |
| Sudan | Donald C. Bergus | Career | 1977-1980 |
| Constantine William Kontos | Political | 1980-1983 | |
| Suriname | Nancy Ostrander | Career | 1978-1980 |
| John Joseph Crowley | Career | 1980-1981 | |
| Swaziland | Richard Cavins Matheron | Career | 1979-1982 |
| Sweden | Rodney O'Gliasain Kennedy-Minott | Political | 1977-1980 |
| Switzerland | Marvin Leon Warner | Political | 1977-1979 |
| Richard David Vine | Career | 1979-1981 | |
| Syria | Talcott Williams Seelye | Career | 1978-1981 |
| Tanzania | Richard Noyes Viets | Career | 1979-1981 |
| Thailand | Morton Isaac Abramowitz | Career | 1978-1981 |
| Togo | Marilyn Priscilla Johnson | Career | 1978-1981 |
| Tonga | John Peter Condon | Career | 1979-1980 |
| William Bodde | Career | 1980-1981 | |
| Trinidad & Tobago | Richard Kenneth Fox | Career | 1977-1979 |
| Irving Gottlieb Cheslaw | Career | 1979-1981 | |
| Tunisia | Stephen Warren Bosworth | Career | 1979-1981 |
| Turkey | Ronald Ian Spiers | Career | 1977-1980 |
| James William Spain | Career | 1980-1981 | |
| Tuvalu | John Peter Condon | Career | 1978-1980 |
| William Bodde | Career | 1980-1981 | |
| Uganda | David Crane Halsted | Career | 1979- |
| Gordon Robert Beyer | Career | 1980-1983 | |
| United Arab Emirates | William Down Wolle | Career | 1979-1981 |
| United Kingdom | Kingman Brewster | Political | 1977-1981 |
| Uruguay | Lawrence A. Pezzulo | Career | 1977-1979 |
| Lyle Francis Lane | Career | 1979-1980 | |
| Venezuela | William Henry Luers | Career | 1978-1982 |
| Yemen | George M. Lane | Career | 1978-1981 |
| Yugoslavia | Lawrence Sidney Eagleburge | Career | 1977-1981 |
| Zaire | Robert Bigger Oakley | Career | 1979-1982 |
| Zambia | Frank G. Wisner | Career | 1979-1982 |
| Zimbabwe | Robert Vossler Keeley | Career | 1980-1984 |
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