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Chiefs of Mission for Sao Tome and Principe
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Notice posted on January 12, 2024.
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Chiefs of Mission
- Andrew Lee Steigman (1933–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, February 14, 1976–August 21, 1977
- Arthur T. Tienken (1922–2006)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 26, 1978–July 19, 1981
- Francis Terry McNamara (1927–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 26, 1982–August 3, 1984
- Larry C. Williamson (1930–2014)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 29, 1984–August 21, 1987
- Warren Clark Jr. (1936–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 19, 1987–August 24, 1989
- Keith Leveret Wauchope (1941–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, February 5, 1990–July 13, 1992
- Joseph Charles Wilson IV (1949–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 29, 1992–August 4, 1995
- Elizabeth Raspolic (1939–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 10, 1995–July 24, 1998
- James Vela Ledesma (1941–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 27, 1999–June 18, 2001
- Thomas Frederick Daughton (1961–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, June 2001–June 2002
- Kenneth Price Moorefield (1942–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 20, 2002–July 31, 2004
- R. Barrie Walkley (1944–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 11, 2004–April 27, 2007
- Eunice S. Reddick (1951–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 15, 2008–July 18, 2010
- Eric D. Benjaminson (1960–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 22, 2010–May 21, 2013
- Cynthia Helen Akuetteh (1948–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 10, 2015–February 26, 2018
- Joel Danies (?–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 20, 2018–March 1, 2019
Other Nominees
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