Chiefs of Mission for Tunisia

Chiefs of Mission

• Morris Nelson Hughes (1901–)
  • Chargé d’Affaires, June 6, 1956–October 4, 1956
• George Lewis Jones (1907–1971)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 4, 1956–June 11, 1959
• Walter Newbold Walmsley Jr. (1904–1973)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 4, 1959–July 25, 1962
• Francis Henry Russell (1904–1989)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 16, 1962–July 18, 1969
• John Archibald Calhoun (1918–2000)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 24, 1969–May 31, 1972
• Talcott Williams Seelye (1922–2006)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 20, 1972–March 22, 1976
• Edward William Mulcahy (1921–2006)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 31, 1976–January 5, 1979
• Stephen Warren Bosworth (1939–2016)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 27, 1979–June 22, 1981
• Walter Leon Cutler (1931–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 2, 1982–January 2, 1984
• Peter Sebastian (1926–2011)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 3, 1984–February 19, 1987
• Robert Halsey Pelletreau Jr. (1935–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 1, 1987–May 11, 1991
• John Thomas McCarthy (1939–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 2, 1991–July 16, 1994
• Mary Ann Casey (1949–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 23, 1994–July 18, 1997
• Robin Lynn Raphel (1947–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 18, 1997–August 6, 2000
• Rust Macpherson Deming (1941–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 30, 2001–May 17, 2003
• William J. Hudson (1946–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 12, 2004–July 21, 2006
• Robert Frank Godec (1956–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 17, 2007–July 29, 2009
• Gordon Gray (1956–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 19, 2009–July 5, 2012
• Jacob Walles (1957–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 24, 2012–September 2, 2015
• Daniel H. Rubenstein (1967–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 26, 2015–

Other Nominees

• Ronald Lewis Schlicher (1958–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary: Nomination not acted on by the Senate.