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Chiefs of Mission for Ethiopia
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Notice posted on January 12, 2024.
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Chiefs of Mission
- Hoffman Philip (1872–1951)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, July 6, 1909–February 8, 1910
- Addison E. Southard (1884–1970)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, March 1, 1928–October 26, 1934
- Cornelius Van Hemert Engert (1887–1985)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, April 30, 1936–May 6, 1936
- John Kenneth Caldwell (1881–1982)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, August 31, 1943–December 9, 1943
- John Kenneth Caldwell (1881–1982)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, December 9, 1943–August 26, 1945
- Felix Cole (1887–1969)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, October 5, 1945–October 8, 1947
- George Robert Merrell (1898–1962)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, January 1, 1948–June 28, 1949
- George Robert Merrell (1898–1962)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 28, 1949–March 17, 1951
- James Rives Childs (1893–1987)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 14, 1951–January 19, 1953
- Joseph Simonson (1904–1985)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 6, 1953–May 1, 1957
- Don Carroll Bliss (1897–1978)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 22, 1957–June 4, 1960
- Arthur Lincoln Richards (1907–1991)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 26, 1960–November 25, 1962
- Edward Malcolm Korry (1922–2003)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 20, 1963–September 22, 1967
- William O. Hall (1914–1977)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 27, 1967–May 15, 1971
- Edwin Ross Adair (1907–1983)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 8, 1971–February 12, 1974
- Arthur William Hummel Jr. (1920–2001)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 3, 1975–July 6, 1976
- Frederic Lincoln Chapin (1929–1989)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 21, 1978–July 29, 1980
- Owen W. Roberts (1924–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, July 1980–May 1982
- David Adolph Korn (1930–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, July 1982–July 1985
- James Richard Cheek (1936–2011)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, July 1985–August 1988
- Robert Gordon Houdek (1940–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, August 1988–June 1991
- Marc Allen Baas (1948–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, June 1991–June 1992
- Marc Allen Baas (1948–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 24, 1992–July 8, 1994
- Irvin Hicks (1938–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 22, 1994–June 26, 1996
- David H. Shinn (1940–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 2, 1996–August 14, 1999
- Tibor P. Nagy Jr. (1949–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 12, 1999–July 19, 2002
- Aurelia Erskine Brazeal (1943–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 20, 2002–September 2, 2005
- Donald Y. Yamamoto (1953–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 6, 2006–July 28, 2009
- Donald E. Booth (1954–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 21, 2010–August 16, 2013
- Patricia Marie Haslach (1956–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 25, 2013–August 31, 2016
- Michael A. Raynor (1962–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 14, 2017–
Other Nominees
- Thomas Watkins McElhiney (1919–1998)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary: Declined appointment.