Chiefs of Mission for Lesotho

Chiefs of Mission

• Richard St. Francis Post (1929–)
  • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, October 1966–July 1968
• Norman Edwin Barth (1927–2010)
  • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, July 1968–August 1969
• Stephen Gurney Gebelt (1922–1977)
  • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, October 1969–December 1970
• Charles Joseph Nelson (1920–2011)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 23, 1971–March 2, 1974
• David Benjamin Bolen (1923–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 25, 1974–August 11, 1976
• Donald Richard Norland (1924–2007)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 6, 1977–October 6, 1979
• John Rufus Clingerman (1931–2004)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 1, 1979–November 15, 1981
• Keith Lapham Brown (1925–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 25, 1982–December 1, 1983
• Shirley Levoy Abbott (1924–2013)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 3, 1984–August 18, 1986
• Robert M. Smalley (1925–2012)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 2, 1987–July 7, 1989
• Howard Franklin Jeter (1947–)
  • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, July 1989–January 1991
• Leonard H.O. Spearman (1929–2008)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 24, 1991–April 25, 1993
• Karl William Hofmann (1961–)
  • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, April 1993–April 1995
• Bismarck Myrick (1940–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 27, 1995–June 10, 1998
• Katherine Hubay Peterson (1949–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 18, 1998–June 1, 2001
• Robert Geers Loftis (1956–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 11, 2001–June 18, 2004
• June Carter Perry (1943–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 23, 2004–May 21, 2007
• Robert B. Nolan (1952–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 10, 2007–September 2, 2010
• Michele Thoren Bond (1953–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 28, 2010–December 4, 2012
• Carl Benjamin Fox (?–)
  • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, December 2012–July 2014
• Matthew Tracy Harrington (1966–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 29, 2014–November 8, 2017
• Rebecca E. Gonzales (?–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, February 8, 2018–

Other Nominees

• Jerry Alexander Moore Jr. (1918–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary: Nomination of July 11, 1989, not acted upon by the Senate.