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Chiefs of Mission for Guinea
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Chiefs of Mission
- Robert Watland Rinden (1914–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, February 13, 1959–
- John Howard Morrow (1910–2000)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 30, 1959–March 3, 1961
- William Hollingsworth Attwood (1919–1989)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 26, 1961–May 27, 1963
- James Isaac Loeb Jr. (1908–1992)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 21, 1963–September 21, 1965
- Robinson McIlvaine (1913–2001)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 27, 1966–September 25, 1969
- Albert William Sherer Jr. (1916–1986)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 31, 1970–December 21, 1971
- Terence Alphonso Todman (1926–2014)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 26, 1972–January 3, 1975
- William Caldwell Harrop (1929–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 29, 1975–July 15, 1977
- Oliver Sexsmith Crosby (1920–2014)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 9, 1977–August 1, 1980
- Allen Clayton Davis (1927–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 24, 1980–May 29, 1983
- James D. Rosenthal (1932–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 29, 1983–July 6, 1986
- William Coleman Mithoefer Jr. (1931–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, July 1986–October 1987
- Samuel Eldred Lupo (1933–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 10, 1987–May 22, 1990
- Dane Farnsworth Smith Jr. (1940–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 16, 1990–July 21, 1993
- Joseph A. Saloom III (1948–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 9, 1993–July 18, 1996
- Tibor P. Nagy Jr. (1949–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 10, 1996–July 25, 1999
- Joyce Ellen Leader (1942–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 29, 1999–July 7, 2000
- R. Barrie Walkley (1944–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 22, 2001–February 10, 2004
- Jackson C. McDonald (1956–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 29, 2004–April 2, 2007
- Philip Carter 3rd (1959–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 7, 2007–August 19, 2008
- Patricia Newton Moller (1944–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 26, 2010–September 12, 2012
- Alexander Mark Laskaris (1967–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 28, 2012–November 10, 2015
- Dennis B. Hankins (1959–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 25, 2015–January 29, 2019
- Simon Henshaw (?–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 4, 2019–June 9, 2020
Other Nominees
- James Malone Rentschler (1933–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary: Nomination withdrawn on September 11, 1986, before the Senate acted upon it.