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Chiefs of Mission for Cuba
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Notice posted on January 12, 2024.
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Chiefs of Mission
- Herbert Goldsmith Squiers (1859–1911)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, May 27, 1902–December 2, 1905
- Edwin Vernon Morgan (1865–1934)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, March 1, 1906–January 5, 1910
- John Brinkerhoff Jackson (1862–1920)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, March 22, 1910–October 27, 1911
- Arthur Matthias Beaupre (1853–1919)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, December 18, 1911–June 28, 1913
- William Elliott Gonzales (1866–1937)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, August 9, 1913–December 18, 1919
- Boaz Walton Long (1876–1962)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, January 8, 1920–June 17, 1921
- Enoch Herbert Crowder (1859–1932)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 5, 1923–May 28, 1927
- Noble Brandon Judah (1884–1938)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 23, 1927–June 1, 1929
- Harry Frank Guggenheim (1890–1971)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 21, 1929–April 2, 1933
- Benjamin Sumner Welles (1892–1961)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 11, 1933–September 5, 1933
- Jefferson Caffery (1886–1974)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, February 28, 1934–March 9, 1937
- Joshua Butler Wright (1877–1939)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 23, 1937–December 4, 1939
- George Strausser Messersmith (1883–1960)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 8, 1940–February 8, 1942
- Spruille Braden (1894–1978)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 19, 1942–April 27, 1945
- Raymond Henry Norweb (1894–1983)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 24, 1945–May 22, 1948
- Robert Butler (1897–1955)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 8, 1948–February 10, 1951
- Willard Leon Beaulac (1899–1990)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 20, 1951–August 9, 1953
- Arthur Gardner (1889–1967)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 16, 1953–June 16, 1957
- Earl Edward Tailer Smith (1903–1991)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 23, 1957–January 19, 1959
- Philip Wilson Bonsal (1903–1995)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 3, 1959–October 28, 1960
- Daniel McCoy Braddock (1906–1980)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, –January 1961
- The United States severed diplomatic relations with Cuba on January 3, 1961, citing unwarranted action by the Government of Cuba that placed crippling limitations on the ability of the United States Mission to carry on its normal diplomatic and consular functions. On September 1, 1977, the United States established an Interests Section in the Swiss Embassy.
- Lyle Franklin Lane (1926–2013)
- Principal Officer, September 1977–July 1979
- Wayne S. Smith (1932–)
- Principal Officer, July 1979–August 1982
- John Arthur Ferch (1936–)
- Principal Officer, August 1982–July 1985
- Curtis W. Kamman (1939–)
- Principal Officer, August 1985–September 1987
- John Jackson Taylor (1931–)
- Principal Officer, September 1987–September 1990
- Alan H. Flanigan (1938–)
- Principal Officer, September 1990–July 1993
- Joseph Gerard Sullivan (1944–)
- Principal Officer, July 1993–September 1996
- Michael G. Kozak (1946–)
- Principal Officer, September 1996–September 1999
- Vicki J. Huddleston (1942–)
- Principal Officer, September 1999–September 2002
- James Caldwell Cason (1944–)
- Principal Officer, September 2002–September 2005
- Michael E. Parmley (1951–)
- Principal Officer, September 2005–August 2008
- Jonathan D. Farrar (1956–)
- Principal Officer, September 2008–July 2011
- John Patrick Caulfield (1951–)
- Principal Officer, September 2011–July 2014
- Jeffrey De Laurentis (1954–)
- Principal Officer, August 2014–July 2015
- The United States and Cuba resumed diplomatic relations on July 20, 2015, when both countries elevated their respective Interests Sections to Embassy status.
- Jeffrey De Laurentis (1954–)
- Chargé d’Affaires, July 20, 2015–July 7, 2017
- Mara R. Tekach (?–)
- Chargé d’Affaires, July 20, 2018–July 31, 2020
Other Nominees
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