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Chiefs of Mission for Pakistan
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Chiefs of Mission
- Charles William Lewis Jr. (1898–1988)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, August 15, 1947–
- Paul Humiston Alling (1896–1949)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, February 26, 1948–June 27, 1948
- Avra Milvin Warren (1893–1957)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, February 25, 1950–November 26, 1952
- Horace Augustus Hildreth (1902–1988)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 19, 1953–May 1, 1957
- James McLellan Langley (1894–1968)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 27, 1957–July 29, 1959
- William Manning Rountree (1917–1995)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 17, 1959–February 7, 1962
- Walter Patrick McConaughy Jr. (1908–2000)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 20, 1962–May 27, 1966
- Eugene Murphy Locke (1918–1972)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 9, 1966–April 16, 1967
- Benjamin Hilborn Oehlert (1909–1985)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 16, 1967–June 17, 1969
- Joseph Simpson Farland (1914–2007)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 15, 1969–April 30, 1972
- Sidney Sober (1919–2014)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, May 1972–December 1973
- Henry Alfred Byroade (1913–1993)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 5, 1973–April 23, 1977
- Arthur William Hummel Jr. (1920–2001)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 28, 1977–July 19, 1981
- Ronald Ian Spiers (1925–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 29, 1981–October 27, 1983
- Deane Roesch Hinton (1923–2017)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 26, 1983–November 9, 1986
- Arnold Lewis Raphel (1943–1988)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 24, 1987–August 17, 1988
- Robert Bigger Oakley (1931–2014)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 1, 1988–August 29, 1991
- Nicholas Platt (1936–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 24, 1991–November 3, 1992
- John Cameron Monjo (1931–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 10, 1992–September 10, 1995
- Thomas W. Simons Jr. (1938–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 25, 1996–August 24, 1998
- William B. Milam (1936–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 10, 1998–July 6, 2001
- Wendy Jean Chamberlin (1948–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 13, 2001–May 29, 2002
- Nancy Jo Powell (1947–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 16, 2002–November 5, 2004
- Ryan Clark Crocker (1949–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 25, 2004–March 28, 2007
- Anne Woods Patterson (1949–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 31, 2007–September 5, 2010
- Cameron Phelps Munter (1954–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 27, 2010–July 23, 2012
- Richard Gustave Olson Jr. (1959–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 31, 2012–October 27, 2015
- David Hale (1961–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 3, 2015–August 26, 2018
- Paul Wayne Jones (1960–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, September 22, 2018–August 31, 2020
Other Nominees
- Horace Merle Cochran (1892–1973)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary: Took oath of office, but did not proceed to post.
- Avra Milvin Warren (1893–1957)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; did not serve under this appointment.
- John Moors Cabot (1901–1981)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; did not serve under this appointment.
- George Southall Vest (1918–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary: Nomination withdrawn on May 5, 1977.