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Chiefs of Mission for Togo
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Chiefs of Mission
- Jesse MacKenzie MacKnight (1910–1990)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, April 27, 1960–
- Leland Judd Barrows (1906–1988)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 22, 1960–June 27, 1961
- Leon Baqueiro Poullada (1913–1987)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 27, 1961–February 24, 1964
- William Witman II (1914–1978)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 10, 1964–May 8, 1967
- Albert William Sherer Jr. (1916–1986)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 13, 1967–March 5, 1970
- Dwight Dickinson III (1916–1997)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 8, 1970–April 3, 1974
- Nancy Vivian Rawls (1926–1985)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 7, 1974–August 8, 1976
- Ronald DeWayne Palmer (1932–2014)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 28, 1976–July 15, 1978
- Marilyn Priscilla Johnson (1922–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 3, 1978–July 29, 1981
- Howard Kent Walker (1935–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 19, 1982–June 9, 1984
- Owen W. Roberts (1924–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 31, 1984–July 5, 1986
- David Adolph Korn (1930–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 4, 1986–April 4, 1988
- Rush Walker Taylor Jr. (1934–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 20, 1988–September 4, 1990
- Harmon Elwood Kirby (1934–2014)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 3, 1990–July 16, 1994
- Johnny Young (1940–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 7, 1994–November 21, 1997
- Brenda Schoonover (1939–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 7, 1998–July 30, 2000
- Karl William Hofmann (1961–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 17, 2000–December 14, 2002
- Gregory W. Engle (1954–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 22, 2003–April 1, 2005
- David B. Dunn (1949–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, February 2, 2006–June 6, 2008
- Patricia McMahon Hawkins (1949–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 12, 2008–July 29, 2011
- Robert E. Whitehead (1950–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 7, 2012–September 26, 2015
- David R. Gilmour (1958–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 7, 2015–March 12, 2019
- Eric Stromayer (1960–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 11, 2019–
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