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Chiefs of Mission for Niger
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Notice posted on January 12, 2024.
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Chiefs of Mission
- Donald Richard Norland (1924–2007)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, August 3, 1960–
- Robert Borden Reams (1904–1994)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 23, 1960–August 2, 1961
- Mercer Cook (1903–1987)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 2, 1961–May 30, 1964
- Robert Joseph Ryan (1914–2003)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 24, 1964–August 19, 1968
- Samuel Clifford Adams Jr. (1920–2001)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 10, 1968–October 3, 1969
- Roswell Dunlop McClelland (1914–1995)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 27, 1970–July 7, 1973
- Louis Douglas Heck (1918–1993)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 30, 1974–July 20, 1976
- Charles A. James (1922–2006)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 11, 1976–July 5, 1979
- James Keough Bishop (1938–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 1, 1979–May 29, 1981
- William Robert Casey Jr. (1944–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 3, 1982–July 29, 1985
- Richard Wayne Bogosian (1937–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 11, 1985–August 7, 1988
- Carl Copeland Cundiff (1941–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 9, 1988–July 10, 1991
- Jennifer C. Ward (1944–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 16, 1991–May 28, 1993
- John S. Davison (1933–2009)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 23, 1993–July 28, 1996
- Charles O. Cecil (1940–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 6, 1996–August 13, 1999
- Barbro Appelquist Owens-Kirkpatrick (1946–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 11, 1999–July 12, 2002
- Gail Dennise Thomas Mathieu (1951–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 4, 2002–September 30, 2005
- Bernadette Mary Allen (1956–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 19, 2006–January 15, 2010
- Bisa Williams (1954–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 29, 2010–September 13, 2013
- Eunice S. Reddick (1951–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 12, 2014–October 25, 2017
- Eric P. Whitaker (?–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 26, 2018–
Other Nominees
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