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Chiefs of Mission for Cameroon
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Notice posted on January 12, 2024.
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Chiefs of Mission
- James Bolard More (1907–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, January 1, 1960–
- Leland Judd Barrows (1906–1988)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 9, 1960–September 6, 1966
- Robert Lewis Payton (1926–2011)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 4, 1967–May 27, 1969
- Roscoe Lewis Hoffacker (1923–2013)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 20, 1969–June 6, 1972
- Charles Robert Moore (1915–1992)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 22, 1972–July 28, 1975
- Herbert John Spiro (1924–2010)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 1, 1975–May 7, 1977
- Mabel Murphy Smythe (1918–2006)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 1, 1977–February 24, 1980
- Hume Alexander Horan (1934–2004)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 29, 1980–May 17, 1983
- Myles Robert Rene Frechette (1936–2017)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 8, 1983–July 30, 1987
- Mark L. Edelman (1943–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 9, 1987–March 19, 1989
- Frances D. Cook (1945–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 21, 1989–January 1, 1993
- Harriet W. Isom (1936–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 19, 1993–January 17, 1996
- Charles H. Twining Jr. (1940–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, February 28, 1996–August 17, 1998
- John Melvin Yates (1939–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 5, 1999–November 4, 2001
- George McDade Staples (1947–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 21, 2001–July 10, 2004
- R. Niels Marquardt (1954–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 29, 2004–April 9, 2007
- Janet E. Garvey (1953–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 9, 2007–August 1, 2010
- Robert Porter Jackson (1956–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 19, 2010–October 5, 2013
- Michael Stephen Hoza (1957–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 19, 2014–September 11, 2017
- Peter H. Barlerin (?–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 22, 2017–July 16, 2020
Other Nominees
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