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Chiefs of Mission for South Africa
Chiefs of Mission
- Ralph James Totten (1877–1949)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, February 18, 1930–September 8, 1930
- Ralph James Totten (1877–1949)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, September 8, 1930–April 12, 1937
- Leo John Keena (1878–1967)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, October 22, 1937–August 13, 1942
- Lincoln MacVeagh (1890–1972)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, October 21, 1942–November 21, 1943
- Thomas Holcomb Jr. (1879–1965)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, June 14, 1944–May 30, 1948
- North Winship (1885–1968)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, June 11, 1948–March 23, 1949
- North Winship (1885–1968)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 23, 1949–December 20, 1949
- John George Erhardt (1889–1951)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 4, 1950–February 18, 1951
- Waldemar John Gallman (1899–1980)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 18, 1951–August 15, 1954
- Edward Thompson Wailes (1903–1969)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 29, 1954–August 11, 1956
- Henry Alfred Byroade (1913–1993)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 9, 1956–January 24, 1959
- Philip Kingsland Crowe (1908–1976)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 22, 1959–April 6, 1961
- Joseph Charles Satterthwaite (1900–1990)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 22, 1961–November 17, 1965
- William Manning Rountree (1917–1995)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 8, 1966–June 5, 1970
- John Gavin Hurd (1914–2001)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 10, 1970–April 7, 1975
- William Garton Bowdler (1924–2016)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 14, 1975–April 19, 1978
- William Brockway Edmondson (1927–2013)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 5, 1978–July 22, 1981
- Herman W. Nickel (1928–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 20, 1982–October 4, 1986
- Edward Joseph Perkins (1928–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 27, 1986–May 22, 1989
- William Lacy Swing (1934–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 8, 1989–July 5, 1992
- Princeton Nathan Lyman (1935–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 21, 1992–December 14, 1995
- James A. Joseph (1935–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, February 27, 1996–November 7, 1999
- Delano Eugene Lewis Jr. (1938–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 21, 2000–June 22, 2001
- Cameron R. Hume (1947–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 29, 2001–July 28, 2004
- Jendayi Elizabeth Frazer (1961–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 10, 2004–August 26, 2005
- Eric M. Bost (1953–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 15, 2006–January 20, 2009
- Donald Henry Gips (1960–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 31, 2009–January 2, 2013
- Patrick Hubert Gaspard (1967–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 16, 2013–December 16, 2016
- Jessica Lapenn (?–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, December 16, 2016–September 13, 2019
- Lana J. Marks (?–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 9, 2019–
Other Nominees
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