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Chiefs of Mission for Nauru
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Notice posted on January 12, 2024.
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Chiefs of Mission
- Marshall Green (1916–1998)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 26, 1974–July 31, 1975
- James Ward Hargrove (1922–2004)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 20, 1976–March 9, 1977
- Philip Henry Alston Jr. (1911–1988)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 13, 1979–January 23, 1981
- Robert Dean Nesen (1918–2005)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 20, 1981–May 2, 1985
- Laurence William Lane Jr. (1919–2010)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 17, 1987–April 29, 1989
- Melvin Floyd Sembler (1930–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 14, 1990–February 28, 1993
- Don Lee Gevirtz (1928–2001)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 24, 1996–September 28, 1997
- M. Osman Siddique (1950–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 19, 1999–June 30, 2001
- Ronald Keith McMullen (1955–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, June 2001–June 2002
- David L. Lyon (1951–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 11, 2004–July 23, 2005
- Larry Miles Dinger (1946–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 31, 2005–July 5, 2008
- C. Steven McGann (1951–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, February 7, 2009–July 13, 2011
- Frankie Annette Reed (1954–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 16, 2012–January 18, 2015
- Judith Beth Cefkin (1953–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 12, 2015–February 25, 2018
- Michael B. Goldman (?–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, February 25, 2018–December 16, 2019
- Joseph Cella (?–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 16, 2019–
Other Nominees
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