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Chiefs of Mission for Tunisia
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Notice posted on January 12, 2024.
Last
updated March 14, 2024.
Chiefs of Mission
- Morris Nelson Hughes (1901–)
- Chargé d’Affaires, June 6, 1956–October 4, 1956
- George Lewis Jones (1907–1971)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 4, 1956–June 11, 1959
- Walter Newbold Walmsley Jr. (1904–1973)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 4, 1959–July 25, 1962
- Francis Henry Russell (1904–1989)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 16, 1962–July 18, 1969
- John Archibald Calhoun (1918–2000)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 24, 1969–May 31, 1972
- Talcott Williams Seelye (1922–2006)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 20, 1972–March 22, 1976
- Edward William Mulcahy (1921–2006)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 31, 1976–January 5, 1979
- Stephen Warren Bosworth (1939–2016)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 27, 1979–June 22, 1981
- Walter Leon Cutler (1931–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 2, 1982–January 2, 1984
- Peter Sebastian (1926–2011)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 3, 1984–February 19, 1987
- Robert Halsey Pelletreau Jr. (1935–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 1, 1987–May 11, 1991
- John Thomas McCarthy (1939–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 2, 1991–July 16, 1994
- Mary Ann Casey (1949–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 23, 1994–July 18, 1997
- Robin Lynn Raphel (1947–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 18, 1997–August 6, 2000
- Rust Macpherson Deming (1941–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 30, 2001–May 17, 2003
- William J. Hudson (1946–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 12, 2004–July 21, 2006
- Robert Frank Godec (1956–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 17, 2007–July 29, 2009
- Gordon Gray (1956–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 19, 2009–July 5, 2012
- Jacob Walles (1957–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 24, 2012–September 2, 2015
- Daniel H. Rubinstein (1967–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 26, 2015–January 15, 2019
- Donald A. Blome (?–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, February 7, 2019–
Other Nominees
- Ronald Lewis Schlicher (1958–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary: Nomination not acted upon by the Senate.