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Chiefs of Mission for Lesotho
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Notice posted on January 12, 2024.
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Chiefs of Mission
- Richard St. Francis Post (1929–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, October 1966–July 1968
- Norman Edwin Barth (1927–2010)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, July 1968–August 1969
- Stephen Gurney Gebelt (1922–1977)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, October 1969–December 1970
- Charles Joseph Nelson (1920–2011)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 23, 1971–March 2, 1974
- David Benjamin Bolen (1923–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 25, 1974–August 11, 1976
- Donald Richard Norland (1924–2007)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 6, 1977–October 6, 1979
- John Rufus Clingerman (1931–2004)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 1, 1979–November 15, 1981
- Keith Lapham Brown (1925–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 25, 1982–December 1, 1983
- Shirley Levoy Abbott (1924–2013)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 3, 1984–August 18, 1986
- Robert M. Smalley (1925–2012)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 2, 1987–July 7, 1989
- Howard Franklin Jeter (1947–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, July 1989–January 1991
- Leonard H.O. Spearman (1929–2008)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 24, 1991–April 25, 1993
- Karl William Hofmann (1961–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, April 1993–April 1995
- Bismarck Myrick (1940–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 27, 1995–June 10, 1998
- Katherine Hubay Peterson (1949–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 18, 1998–June 1, 2001
- Robert Geers Loftis (1956–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 11, 2001–June 18, 2004
- June Carter Perry (1943–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 23, 2004–May 21, 2007
- Robert B. Nolan (1952–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 10, 2007–September 2, 2010
- Michele Thoren Bond (1953–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 28, 2010–December 4, 2012
- Carl Benjamin Fox (?–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, December 2012–July 2014
- Matthew Tracy Harrington (1966–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 29, 2014–November 8, 2017
- Rebecca E. Gonzales (?–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, February 8, 2018–
Other Nominees
- Jerry Alexander Moore Jr. (1918–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary: Nomination of July 11, 1989, not acted upon by the Senate.