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Chiefs of Mission for Afghanistan
Chiefs of Mission
- William Harrison Hornibrook (1884–1946)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, May 4, 1935–March 16, 1936
- Louis Goethe Dreyfus Jr. (1889–1973)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, May 19, 1941–July 25, 1942
- During Dreyfus’ tenure as non-resident Minister, and in the interval between Engert’s appointment and his arrival at his post, Legation Kabul was opened on June 6, 1942.
- Charles Wheeler Thayer (1910–1969)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, June 6, 1942–July 2, 1942
- Cornelius Van Hemert Engert (1887–1985)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, July 2, 1942–August 17, 1945
- Ely Eliot Palmer (1887–1977)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, December 6, 1945–June 5, 1948
- Ely Eliot Palmer (1887–1977)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 5, 1948–November 18, 1948
- Louis Goethe Dreyfus Jr. (1889–1973)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 16, 1949–January 19, 1951
- George Robert Merrell (1898–1962)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 28, 1951–May 3, 1952
- Angus Ivan Ward (1893–1969)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 8, 1952–March 3, 1956
- Sheldon Tibbetts Mills (1904–1988)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 6, 1956–February 3, 1959
- Henry Alfred Byroade (1913–1993)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 21, 1959–January 19, 1962
- John Milton Steeves (1905–1998)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 20, 1962–July 21, 1966
- Robert Gerhard Neumann (1916–1999)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, February 19, 1967–September 10, 1973
- Theodore Lyman Eliot Jr. (1928–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 21, 1973–June 14, 1978
- Adolph Dubs (1920–1979)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 12, 1978–February 14, 1979
- J. Bruce Amstutz (1928–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, February 1979–February 1980
- Hawthorne Quinn Mills (1928–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, February 1980–January 1982
- Charles Franklin Dunbar (1937–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, January 1982–May 1983
- Edward Hurwitz (1931–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, June 1983–March 1986
- James Maurice Ealum (1930–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, March 1986–September 1987
- Beginning January 9, 1987, Chiefs of Mission were designated Chargés d’Affaires.
- Jon David Glassman (1944–)
- Chargé d’Affaires, September 1987–January 1989
- Embassy Kabul closed on January 30, 1989. The Liasion Office in Kabul opened on December 17, 2001. Embassy Kabul re-opened on January 17, 2002.
- Ryan Clark Crocker (1949–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, January 2, 2002–April 3, 2002
- Robert Patrick John Finn (1945–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 3, 2002–August 1, 2003
- Zalmay Khalilzad (1951–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 28, 2003–June 20, 2005
- Ronald E. Neumann (1944–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 1, 2005–April 10, 2007
- William Braucher Wood (1950–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 16, 2007–April 3, 2009
- Karl Winfrid Eikenberry (1951–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 21, 2009–July 19, 2011
- Ryan Clark Crocker (1949–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 25, 2011–July 23, 2012
- James B. Cunningham (1952–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 13, 2012–December 7, 2014
- Peter Michael McKinley (1954–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 6, 2015–December 18, 2016
- John R. Bass (1964–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 12, 2017–January 6, 2020
Other Nominees
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