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Chiefs of Mission for Tonga
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Chiefs of Mission
- Kenneth Franzheim II (1925–2007)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 6, 1972–November 9, 1972
- Chalmers Benedict Wood (1917–1991)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, November 1972–April 1974
- Armistead Inge Selden Jr. (1921–1985)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 10, 1974–April 23, 1979
- John Peter Condon (1920–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 19, 1979–July 27, 1980
- William Bodde Jr. (1931–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 18, 1980–August 15, 1981
- Fred J. Eckert (1941–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 15, 1982–May 7, 1984
- Carl Edward Dillery (1930–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 16, 1985–July 15, 1987
- Leonard Rochwarger (1925–2001)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 28, 1988–August 31, 1989
- Evelyn Irene Hoopes Teegan (1931–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 23, 1990–March 5, 1993
- Michael W. Marine (1947–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, March 1993–June 1995
- Don Lee Gevirtz (1928–2001)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, February 13, 1996–September 28, 1997
- M. Osman Siddique (1950–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 22, 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, February 18, 2003–July 23, 2005
- Larry Miles Dinger (1946–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 14, 2005–July 5, 2008
- C. Steven McGann (1951–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 6, 2009–July 13, 2011
- Frankie Annette Reed (1954–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 14, 2011–January 18, 2015
- Judith Beth Cefkin (1953–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 22, 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
- Joseph Simpson Farland (1914–2007)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary: Not commissioned; nomination on October 11, 1973, withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it.