Chiefs of Mission for Malaysia

Chiefs of Mission

• Thomas Kenneth Wright (1908–1998)
  • Chargé d’Affaires, September 4, 1957–December 2, 1957
• Homer Morrison Byington Jr. (1908–1987)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 2, 1957–April 1, 1961
• Charles Franklin Baldwin (1902–1993)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 29, 1961–January 22, 1964
• James Dunbar Bell (1911–1979)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 23, 1964–July 15, 1969
• Jack Wilson Lydman (1914–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 8, 1969–December 20, 1973
• Francis Trelease Underhill Jr. (1921–1999)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, February 11, 1974–May 10, 1977
• Robert Hopkins Miller (1927–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 8, 1977–March 8, 1980
• Barbara Mae Watson (1918–1983)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 25, 1980–March 1, 1981
• Ronald DeWayne Palmer (1932–2014)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 24, 1981–October 30, 1983
• Thomas P. Shoesmith (1922–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 12, 1983–February 14, 1987
• John Cameron Monjo (1931–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 10, 1987–April 22, 1989
• Paul Matthews Cleveland (1931–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 8, 1989–July 23, 1992
• John Stern Wolf (1948–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 7, 1992–June 10, 1995
• John Raymond Malott (1946–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 25, 1996–December 30, 1998
• B. Lynn Pascoe (1943–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 1, 1999–August 11, 2001
• Marie T. Huhtala (1949–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 17, 2001–May 28, 2004
• Christopher L. LaFleur (1949–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 4, 2005–September 14, 2007
• James R. Keith (1957–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 4, 2007–October 6, 2009
• Paul Wayne Jones (1960–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 18, 2010–July 8, 2013
• Joseph Yousang Yun (1954–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 2, 2013–October 14, 2016
• Kamala S. Lakhdhir (?–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, February 21, 2017–

Other Nominees

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