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Chiefs of Mission for Botswana
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Notice posted on January 12, 2024.
Last
updated March 14, 2024.
Chiefs of Mission
- Charles Hutchinson Pletcher (1922–1992)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, September 30, 1966–June 1970
- William Kennedy Cromwell III (1924–2012)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, June 1970–September 1971
- Charles Joseph Nelson (1920–2011)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 14, 1971–March 2, 1974
- David Benjamin Bolen (1923–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 11, 1974–August 11, 1976
- Donald Richard Norland (1924–2007)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 14, 1976–October 6, 1979
- Horace Greeley Dawson Jr. (1926–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 27, 1979–August 27, 1982
- Theodore C. Maino (1913–1997)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 2, 1982–September 6, 1985
- Natale H. Bellocchi (1926–2014)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 19, 1985–September 16, 1988
- John Florian Kordek (1938–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 29, 1988–November 1, 1989
- David Passage (1942–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 7, 1990–April 29, 1993
- Howard Franklin Jeter (1947–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 9, 1993–June 21, 1996
- Robert C. Krueger (1935–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 23, 1996–December 6, 1999
- John E. Lange (1948–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 15, 1999–August 8, 2002
- Joseph Huggins (1951–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 28, 2003–July 26, 2005
- Katherine Hubay Peterson (1949–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 27, 2005–June 27, 2008
- Stephen James Nolan (1953–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 6, 2008–June 13, 2011
- Michelle D. Gavin (1973–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 20, 2011–February 22, 2014
- Earl Robert Miller (1958–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 30, 2015–August 11, 2018
- Craig L. Cloud (?–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 2, 2019–
Other Nominees
None