Z - Principals and Chiefs Alphabetical
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Principal Officers and Chiefs of Mission, by Name: Z
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Notice posted on January 12, 2024.
Last
updated March 14, 2024.
Note: Career Foreign Service appointees are asterisked.
- Sam H. Zakhem (1935–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Bahrain (1986–1989)
- Joseph Zappala (1933–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Spain (1989–1992)
- Philip D. Zelikow (1954–)
- Counselor (2005–2007)
- James David Zellerbach (1892–1963)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Italy (1956–1960)
- *Susan L. Ziadeh (1951–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Qatar (2011–2014)
- *Melanie Zimmerman (?–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Seychelles (2018)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Mauritius (2018)
- *Warren Zimmermann (1934–2004)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1988–1992)
- Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration Affairs (1992–1994)
- Robert B. Zoellick (1953–)
- Counselor (1989–1992)
- Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment (1991–1992)
- Deputy Secretary of State (2005–2006)
- Adrian Zuckerman (?–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Romania (2019)
- *James Peter Zumwalt (1956–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Guinea-Bissau (2014–2017)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Senegal (2014–2017)
- *Joseph Owen Zurhellen Jr. (1920–1990)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Suriname (1976–1978)
- *David Eugene Zweifel (1934–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Yemen (1981–1984)