Bahamas - Chiefs of Mission - People - Department
History
Chiefs of Mission for Bahamas
Chiefs of Mission
- Moncrieff Johnston Spear (1921–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, July 1973–August 1973
- Ronald Ian Spiers (1925–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 7, 1973–September 2, 1974
- Seymour Weiss (1925–1992)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 11, 1974–December 15, 1976
- Jack B. Olson (1920–2003)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 22, 1976–April 30, 1977
- William B. Schwartz Jr. (1921–2010)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 11, 1977–January 31, 1981
- Lev E. Dobriansky (1918–2008)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 15, 1983–August 30, 1986
- Carol Boyd Hallett (1937–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 17, 1986–May 10, 1989
- Chic Hecht (1928–2006)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 23, 1989–March 1, 1993
- Sidney Williams (1942–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 27, 1994–January 11, 1998
- Arthur Louis Schechter (1939–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 29, 1998–March 1, 2001
- J. Richard Blankenship (1949–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 3, 2001–July 18, 2003
- Robert M. Witajewski (?–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, July 2003–September 2004
- John D. Rood (1955–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 1, 2004–April 10, 2007
- Ned L. Siegel (1951–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 14, 2007–January 20, 2009
- Nicole A. Avant (1968–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 22, 2009–November 21, 2011
- John Walter Dinkelman (1961–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, November 2011–July 2014
- Lisa Anne Johnson (1967–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, July 9, 2014–November 9, 2017
- Stephanie L. Bowers (?–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, February 28, 2018–
Other Nominees
- Cassandra Quin Butts (1965–2016)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary: Nomination of February 10, 2014, not acted upon by the Senate. Re-nominated February 5, 2015. Died before the Senate confirmed her nomination.