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Chiefs of Mission for Yugoslavia
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Chiefs of Mission
- Henry Percival Dodge (1870–1936)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, October 5, 1919–March 21, 1926
- John Dyneley Prince (1868–1945)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Yugoslavia, May 5, 1926–August 31, 1932
- Charles Stetson Wilson (1873–1947)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Yugoslavia, September 11, 1933–July 28, 1937
- Arthur Bliss Lane (1894–1956)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Yugoslavia, October 23, 1937–April 14, 1941
- Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle Jr. (1896–1961)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Yugoslavia, October 3, 1941–October 3, 1942
- Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle Jr. (1896–1961)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Yugoslavia, November 3, 1942–September 28, 1943
- Lincoln MacVeagh (1890–1972)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Yugoslavia, December 9, 1943–March 11, 1944
- Richard Cunningham Patterson Jr. (1896–1966)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Yugoslavia, November 17, 1944–October 25, 1946
- Cavendish Wells Cannon (1895–1962)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, July 14, 1947–October 19, 1949
- George Venable Allen (1903–1970)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, January 25, 1950–March 11, 1953
- James Williams Riddleberger (1904–1982)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, November 16, 1953–January 11, 1958
- Karl Lott Rankin (1898–1991)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, February 19, 1958–April 22, 1961
- George Frost Kennan (1904–2005)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, May 16, 1961–July 28, 1963
- Charles Burke Elbrick (1908–1983)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, March 17, 1964–April 28, 1969
- William Leonhart (1919–1997)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, June 30, 1969–October 18, 1971
- Malcolm Toon (1916–2009)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, October 23, 1971–March 11, 1975
- Laurence Hirsch Silberman (1935–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, May 26, 1975–December 26, 1976
- Lawrence Sidney Eagleburger (1930–2011)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, June 21, 1977–January 24, 1981
- David Anderson (1937–1997)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, August 19, 1981–June 26, 1985
- John Douglas Scanlan (1927–2007)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, July 26, 1985–March 6, 1989
- Warren Zimmermann (1934–2004)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, March 21, 1989–May 12, 1992
- On May 21, 1992, the United States announced that it would not recognize the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (comprising the Republics of Serbia and Montenegro) as the successor to the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
- Robert Rackmales (1937–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, May 1992–July 1993
- Rudolf Vilem Perina (1945–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, July 1993–June 1996
- Richard Monroe Miles (1937–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, August 1996–March 23, 1999
Other Nominees
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