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Chiefs of Mission for Rwanda
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Chiefs of Mission
- David John Stanger Manbey (1919–1994)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, July 1, 1962–
- Charles Dudley Withers (1916–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 19, 1963–September 15, 1966
- Leo George Cyr (1909–2003)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 4, 1966–September 29, 1971
- Robert Foster Corrigan (1914–2005)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 24, 1972–August 3, 1973
- Robert Eugene Fritts (1934–2015)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 18, 1974–June 18, 1976
- Trusten Frank Crigler (1935–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 29, 1976–May 12, 1979
- Harry Roberts Melone Jr. (1928–2009)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 28, 1979–August 17, 1982
- John Propst Blane (1929–2012)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 9, 1982–July 16, 1985
- John Edwin Upston (1935–2010)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, February 13, 1986–July 14, 1987
- Leonard H.O. Spearman (1929–2008)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 27, 1988–November 10, 1990
- Robert A. Flaten (1934–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 17, 1990–November 23, 1993
- David P. Rawson (1941–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 8, 1994–January 6, 1996
- Robert E. Gribbin III (1946–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 10, 1996–January 5, 1999
- George McDade Staples (1947–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 27, 1999–September 22, 2001
- Margaret K. McMillion (1951–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 13, 2001–July 10, 2004
- Michael R. Arietti (1947–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 5, 2005–July 19, 2008
- W. Stuart Symington IV (1952–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 3, 2008–July 5, 2011
- Donald W. Koran (1955–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 10, 2011–January 7, 2015
- Erica J. Barks-Ruggles (1967–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 26, 2015–March 15, 2018
- Peter H. Vrooman (?–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 7, 2018–
Other Nominees
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