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Chiefs of Mission for Mozambique
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Chiefs of Mission
- Johnnie Carson (1943–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, November 8, 1975–
- Willard Ames De Pree (1928–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 16, 1976–July 7, 1980
- William H. Twaddell (1941–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, July 1980–November 1983
- Peter John De Vos (1938–2008)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 4, 1983–February 12, 1987
- Melissa Foelsch Wells (1932–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 26, 1987–October 12, 1990
- Townsend B. Friedman Jr. (1940–1995)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 10, 1990–September 15, 1993
- Dennis Coleman Jett (1945–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 17, 1993–July 20, 1996
- Peter Michael McKinley (1954–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, July 1996–December 1997
- Brian Dean Curran (1948–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 3, 1997–June 21, 2000
- Sharon P. Wilkinson (1947–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 25, 2000–July 21, 2003
- Helen R. Meagher La Lime (1951–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 3, 2003–June 21, 2006
- James Dudley (?–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, June 2006–July 2007
- Todd C. Chapman (1962–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, July 2007–January 2010
- Leslie Ventura Rowe (1947–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, February 10, 2010–March 1, 2012
- Douglas M. Griffiths (1964–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 8, 2012–December 28, 2015
- H. Dean Pittman (1956–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, February 18, 2016–December 21, 2018
- Dennis Walter Hearne (?–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 3, 2019–
Other Nominees
- David E. Simcox (1932–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary: Not commissioned; nomination not acted upon by the Senate.
- William Raymond Steiger (1969–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary: Nomination of January 10, 2007, not acted on by the Senate.