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Chiefs of Mission for Guinea-Bissau
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Notice posted on January 12, 2024.
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Chiefs of Mission
- Brian Dean Curran (1948–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, June 30, 1976–November 29, 1976
- Melissa Foelsch Wells (1932–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 29, 1976–March 29, 1977
- Edward Marks (1934–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 31, 1977–July 11, 1980
- Peter John De Vos (1938–2008)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 22, 1980–March 30, 1983
- Wesley William Egan Jr. (1946–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 12, 1983–January 7, 1985
- Barbara C. Maslak (?–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, January 1985–August 1986
- John Dale Blacken (1930–2015)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 27, 1986–September 29, 1989
- William Ludwig Jacobsen (1936–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 13, 1989–August 25, 1992
- Roger A. McGuire (1943–2005)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 14, 1992–August 28, 1995
- Peggy Blackford (1942–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 4, 1995–June 14, 1998
- Richard Allen Roth (1948–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, February 13, 2003–August 4, 2005
- Janice Lee Jacobs (1946–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 9, 2006–July 15, 2007
- Marcia Stephens Bloom Bernicat (1953–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 6, 2008–July 15, 2011
- Lewis A. Lukens (1963–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 19, 2011–June 4, 2014
- James Peter Zumwalt (1956–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 10, 2015–January 28, 2017
- Tulinabo Salama Mushingi (1956–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 22, 2017–
Other Nominees
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