Portrait
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Ambassador
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Dates served
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William Henry Draper, Jr.
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April 8, 1953 – June 13, 1953
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John Chambers Hughes
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June 12, 1953 – April 20, 1955
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George Walbridge Perkins, Jr.
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March 14, 1955 – October 12, 1957
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Warren Randolph Burgess
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September 21, 1957 – March 23, 1961
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Thomas K. Finletter
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March 2, 1961 – September 2, 1965
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Harlan Cleveland
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September 1, 1965 – June 11, 1969
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Robert Ellsworth
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May 13, 1969 – June 30, 1971
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David M. Kennedy
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March 17, 1972 – February 1, 1973
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Donald Rumsfeld
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February 2, 1973 – December 5, 1974
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David K. E. Bruce
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October 17, 1974 – February 12, 1976
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Robert Strausz-Hupé
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March 3, 1976 – April 20, 1977
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William Tapley Bennett Jr.
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April 26, 1977 – March 31, 1983
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David Manker Abshire
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July 13, 1983 – January 5, 1987
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Alton G. Keel, Jr.
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March 13, 1987 – June 17, 1989
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William Howard Taft IV
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August 3, 1989 – June 26, 1992
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Reginald Bartholomew
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June 15, 1992 – March 25, 1993
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Robert E. Hunter
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July 1, 1993 – December 31, 1997
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Alexander Vershbow
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January 1, 1998 – July 9, 2001
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R. Nicholas Burns
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August 7, 2001 – March 7, 2005
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Victoria Nuland
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July 13, 2005 – May 2, 2008
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Kurt Volker
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July 2, 2008 – May 13, 2009
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Ivo Daalder
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May 15, 2009 – July 6, 2013
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Douglas Lute
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September 3, 2013 – January 20, 2017
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Kay Bailey Hutchison
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August 28, 2017 – January 20, 2021
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Julianne Smith
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December 6, 2021 – present
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