Chiefs of Mission for Burkina Faso

Chiefs of Mission

• Donald Richard Norland (1924–2007)
  • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, August 5, 1960–
• Robert Borden Reams (1904–1994)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 26, 1960–July 31, 1961
• Thomas Stuart Estes (1913–2001)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 26, 1961–July 13, 1966
• Elliott Percival Skinner (1924–2007)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 14, 1966–July 16, 1969
• William Everett Schaufele Jr. (1923–2008)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 16, 1969–July 10, 1971
• Donald Boyd Easum (1923–2016)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 8, 1971–January 19, 1974
• Pierre Robert Graham (1922–1988)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 30, 1974–June 13, 1978
• Thomas David Boyatt (1933–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 21, 1978–October 23, 1980
• Larry C. Grahl (1940–)
  • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, October 1980–November 1981
• Julius Waring Walker Jr. (1927–2003)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 18, 1981–July 5, 1984
• Leonardo Neher (1922–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 21, 1984–August 1, 1987
• David H. Shinn (1940–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 28, 1987–August 6, 1990
• Edward P. Brynn (1942–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 14, 1991–April 17, 1993
• Donald J. McConnell (1939–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 22, 1993–June 4, 1996
• Sharon P. Wilkinson (1947–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 24, 1996–July 12, 1999
• Jimmy J. Kolker (1948–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 11, 2000–August 2, 2002
• J. Anthony Holmes (1950–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 23, 2002–July 9, 2005
• Jeanine Elizabeth Jackson (1949–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 24, 2006–March 7, 2009
• J. Thomas Dougherty (1951–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 30, 2010–September 30, 2013
• Tulinabo Salama Mushingi (1956–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 17, 2013–November 7, 2016
• Andrew R. Young (?–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 20, 2016–March 26, 2020
• Sandra E. Clark (?–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 23, 2020–

Other Nominees

• Gayleatha Beatrice Brown (1947–2013)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary: Did not serve under this appointment.