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Chiefs of Mission for Estonia
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Chiefs of Mission
- Frederick William Backus Coleman (1874–1947)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, November 20, 1922–October 20, 1931
- Robert Peet Skinner (1866–1960)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, April 2, 1932–April 29, 1933
- John Van Antwerp MacMurray (1881–1960)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, January 4, 1934–February 12, 1936
- Arthur Bliss Lane (1894–1956)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, September 10, 1936–September 16, 1937
- John Cooper Wiley (1893–1967)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, November 24, 1938–June 17, 1940
- Walter Anderson Leonard (1880–1955)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, –September 4, 1940
- Legation Tallinn was officially closed on September 5, 1940. The United States announced its readiness to re-establish relations with Estonia on September 2, 1991.
- Robert C. Frasure (1942–1995)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, October 2, 1991–
- Robert C. Frasure (1942–1995)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 9, 1992–July 8, 1994
- Lawrence Palmer Taylor (1940–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 3, 1995–August 7, 1997
- Melissa Foelsch Wells (1932–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 3, 1998–September 10, 2001
- Joseph Michael DeThomas (1951–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 11, 2001–July 7, 2004
- Aldona Wos (1955–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 2, 2004–December 17, 2007
- Stanley Davis Phillips (1942–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 31, 2007–January 17, 2009
- Michael Christian Polt (1954–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 10, 2009–July 22, 2012
- Jeffrey D. Levine (1955–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 17, 2012–September 28, 2015
- James Desmond Melville Jr. (1957–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 8, 2015–July 29, 2018
- Elizabeth K. Horst (?–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, July 29, 2018–August 2, 2019
Other Nominees
- Frederick Augustine Sterling (1876–1957)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary: Took oath of office, but did not proceed to post.
- Edward Masso (?–)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary: Nomination of September 5, 2017 withdrawn on May 24, 2018.