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Chiefs of Mission for Sri Lanka
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Notice posted on January 12, 2024.
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Chiefs of Mission
- Felix Cole (1887–1969)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 3, 1949–October 30, 1949
- Joseph Charles Satterthwaite (1900–1990)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 19, 1949–July 25, 1953
- Philip Kingsland Crowe (1908–1976)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 19, 1953–September 27, 1956
- Maxwell Henry Gluck (1899–1984)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 19, 1957–October 2, 1958
- James Lampton Berry (1908–1980)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 22, 1958–June 3, 1959
- Bernard Anthony Gufler (1903–1973)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 24, 1959–March 1, 1961
- Frances Elizabeth Willis (1899–1983)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 11, 1961–September 20, 1964
- Cecil Burton Lyon (1903–1993)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 30, 1964–June 17, 1967
- Andrew Vincent Corry (1904–1981)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 19, 1967–March 21, 1970
- Robert Strausz-Hupé (1903–2002)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 3, 1970–December 12, 1971
- Christopher Van Hollen (1922–2013)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 27, 1972–April 21, 1976
- John Hathaway Reed (1921–2012)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 2, 1976–June 1, 1977
- William Howard Wriggins (1918–2008)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 18, 1977–December 13, 1979
- Donald R. Toussaint (1927–1986)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 21, 1980–January 17, 1982
- John Hathaway Reed (1921–2012)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, February 8, 1982–September 3, 1985
- James William Spain (1926–2008)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 21, 1985–June 16, 1989
- Marion V. Creekmore Jr. (1939–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 29, 1989–August 27, 1992
- Teresita Currie Schaffer (1945–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 7, 1992–August 15, 1995
- Albert Peter Burleigh (1942–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 19, 1996–August 1, 1997
- Shaun Edward Donnelly (1946–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 19, 1997–August 16, 2000
- E. Ashley Wills (1949–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 13, 2000–June 17, 2003
- Jeffrey John Lunstead (1947–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 26, 2003–July 12, 2006
- Robert Orris Blake Jr. (1957–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 9, 2006–May 21, 2009
- Patricia A. Butenis (1953–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 17, 2009–August 1, 2012
- Michele Jeanne Sison (1959–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 14, 2012–December 6, 2014
- Atul Keshap (1971–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 21, 2015–July 15, 2018
- Alaina B. Teplitz (1969–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 1, 2018–
Other Nominees
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