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Chiefs of Mission for Burma
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Chiefs of Mission
- Earl LeNoir Packer (1894–1993)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, September 19, 1947–
- Jerome Klahr Huddle (1891–1959)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 3, 1948–November 28, 1949
- David McKendree Key II (1900–1988)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 26, 1950–October 28, 1951
- William Joseph Sebald (1901–1980)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 18, 1952–July 15, 1954
- Joseph Charles Satterthwaite (1900–1990)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 10, 1955–April 1, 1957
- Walter Patrick McConaughy Jr. (1908–2000)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 20, 1957–November 2, 1959
- William Pennell Snow (1907–1986)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 1, 1959–May 4, 1961
- John Scott Everton (1908–2003)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 10, 1961–May 21, 1963
- Henry Alfred Byroade (1913–1993)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 7, 1963–June 11, 1968
- Arthur William Hummel Jr. (1920–2001)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 11, 1968–July 22, 1971
- Edwin Webb Martin (1917–1991)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 1, 1971–November 20, 1973
- David Lawrence Osborn (1921–1994)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 22, 1974–July 25, 1977
- Maurice Darrow Bean (1928–2009)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 8, 1977–August 10, 1979
- Patricia Mary Byrne (1925–2007)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 14, 1980–September 14, 1983
- Daniel Anthony O’Donohue (1931–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 26, 1983–December 16, 1986
- Burton Levin (1930–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 26, 1987–September 30, 1990
- Franklin Pierce Huddle Jr. (1943–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, September 1990–September 1994
- Marilyn Ann Meyers (1942–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, September 1994–October 1996
- Kent M. Wiedemann (1946–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, October 1996–May 1999
- Priscilla Ann Clapp (1941–)
- Chargé d’Affaires, July 1999–July 2002
- Carmen Maria Martinez (1950–)
- Chargé d’Affaires, August 2002–August 2005
- Sharon Villarosa (1951–)
- Chargé d’Affaires, August 2005–August 2008
- Larry Miles Dinger (1946–)
- Chargé d’Affaires, September 2008–August 2011
- Derek J. Mitchell (1964–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 11, 2012–March 14, 2016
- Scot Alan Marciel (1958–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 27, 2016–May 15, 2020
Other Nominees
- Frederick Vreeland (1927–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary: Nomination not acted upon by the Senate.
- Parker W. Borg (1939–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary: Nomination of July 22, 1991, not acted upon by the Senate.