Chiefs of Mission for Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)

Chiefs of Mission

• John Doren Tomlinson (1903–1981)
  • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Congo (Kinshasa), June 30, 1960–
• Clare Hayes Timberlake (1907–1982)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Congo (Kinshasa), July 25, 1960–June 15, 1961
• Edmund Asbury Gullion (1913–1998)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Congo (Kinshasa), September 11, 1961–February 20, 1964
• George McMurtrie Godley II (1917–1999)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Congo (Kinshasa), March 23, 1964–October 15, 1966
• Robert Henry McBride (1918–1983)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Congo (Kinshasa), June 29, 1967–May 16, 1969
• Sheldon Baird Vance (1917–1995)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Congo (Kinshasa), June 28, 1969–March 26, 1974
• Deane Roesch Hinton (1923–2017)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Congo (Kinshasa), August 21, 1974–June 18, 1975
• Walter Leon Cutler (1931–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Congo (Kinshasa), December 23, 1975–May 9, 1979
• Robert Bigger Oakley (1931–2014)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Congo (Kinshasa), November 28, 1979–August 22, 1982
• Peter Dalton Constable (1932–2000)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Congo (Kinshasa), October 18, 1982–August 31, 1984
• Brandon Hambright Grove Jr. (1929–2016)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Congo (Kinshasa), September 18, 1984–September 18, 1987
• William Caldwell Harrop (1929–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Congo (Kinshasa), January 28, 1988–May 18, 1991
• Melissa Foelsch Wells (1932–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Congo (Kinshasa), June 11, 1991–March 21, 1992
• John Melvin Yates (1939–)
  • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Congo (Kinshasa), March 1992–September 1995
• Daniel Howard Simpson (1939–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Congo (Kinshasa), November 23, 1995–June 11, 1998
• William Lacy Swing (1934–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Congo (Kinshasa), October 13, 1998–August 11, 2001
• Aubrey Hooks (1948–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Congo (Kinshasa), September 4, 2001–April 17, 2004
• Roger A. Meece (1949–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Congo (Kinshasa), August 3, 2004–August 14, 2007
• William J. Garvelink (1949–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Congo (Kinshasa), November 29, 2007–May 10, 2010
• James F. Entwistle (1956–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Congo (Kinshasa), November 4, 2010–August 10, 2013
• James Christopher Swan (1963–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Congo (Kinshasa), November 1, 2013–December 31, 2016
• Jennifer Haskell (?–)
  • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Congo (Kinshasa), June 29, 2017–October 23, 2018
• Michael A. Hammer (1963–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Congo (Kinshasa), December 22, 2018–

Other Nominees

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