Office of the Historian

Principal Officers and Chiefs of Mission, by Year: 1998

Note: Career Foreign Service appointees are asterisked.

  • Madeleine Korbel Albright (1937–2022)
    • Representative of the U.S.A. to the United Nations (1993–1997)
    • Secretary of State (1997–2001)
  • *Leslie M. Alexander (1948–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Comoros (1993–1996)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mauritius (1993–1996)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Ecuador (1996–1999)
  • David Andrews (1942–)
    • Legal Adviser (1997–2000)
  • Christopher C. Ashby (1946–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Uruguay (1997–2001)
  • *Shirley Elizabeth Barnes (1938–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Madagascar (1998–2001)
  • Josiah Horton Beeman (1935–2006)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Samoa (1994–1999)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, New Zealand (1994–1999)
  • Robert Rand Brittingham Beers (1942–)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (1998–2002)
  • *Lawrence Neal Benedict (1942–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Cape Verde (1996–1999)
  • *Peggy Blackford (1942–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Guinea-Bissau (1995–1998)
  • Alan John Blinken (1937–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Belgium (1993–1998)
  • *Barbara K. Bodine (1948–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Yemen (1997–2001)
  • Corinne Clairborne Boggs (1916–2013)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Holy See (1997–2001)
  • *Avis Thayer Bohlen (1940–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Bulgaria (1996–1999)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control (1999–2002)
  • *Eric J. Boswell (1945–)
    • Director of the Office of Foreign Missions (1993–1998)
    • Director of the Office of Foreign Missions (1995–1998)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security (1995–1998)
    • Director of the Office of Foreign Missions (2008–2012)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security (2008–2012)
  • *Stephen Warren Bosworth (1939–2016)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Tunisia (1979–1981)
    • Director of Policy Planning (1983–1984)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Philippines (1984–1987)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Korea (1997–2001)
  • Amy L. Boudurant (1951–)
    • Representative of the U.S.A. to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (Paris) (1997–2001)
  • *Kenneth C. Brill (1947–)
    • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, India (1994)
    • Executive Secretary (1994–1995)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Cyprus (1996–1999)
    • Representative of the U.S.A. to the Vienna Office of the United Nations (Vienna) (2001–2004)
    • Representative of the U.S.A. to the International Atomic Energy Agency (Vienna) (2001–2004)
  • *Edward P. Brynn (1942–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Burkina Faso (1990–1993)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Ghana (1995–1998)
  • *R. Nicholas Burns (1956–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Greece (1997–2001)
    • U.S. Permanent Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (2001–2005)
    • Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (2005–2008)
  • *William Joseph Burns (1956–)
    • Executive Secretary (1996–1998)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Jordan (1998–2001)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs (2001–2005)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Russia (2005–2008)
    • Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (2008–2011)
    • Career Ambassador (2008)
    • Deputy Secretary of State (2011–2014)
  • *Prudence Bushnell (1946–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Kenya (1996–1999)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Guatemala (1999–2002)
  • Carol Jones Carmody (1942–)
    • Representative of the U.S.A. on the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (Montreal) (1994–1999)
  • *Timothy Michael Carney (1944–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Sudan (1995–1996)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Haiti (1997–1999)
  • David Gordon Carpenter (1947–)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security (1998–2002)
  • *Charles O. Cecil (1940–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Niger (1996–1999)
  • Paul L. Cejas (1943–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Belgium (1998–2001)
  • Richard Frank Celeste (1937–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, India (1997–2001)
  • *Wendy Jean Chamberlin (1948–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Laos (1996–1999)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Pakistan (2001–2002)
  • Timothy A. Chorba (1946–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Singapore (1994–1998)
  • *William Davis Clarke (1941–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Eritrea (1998–2001)
  • Bonnie R. Cohen (1942–)
    • Under Secretary of State for Management (1997–2001)
  • *James Franklin Collins (1939–)
    • Ambassador at Large (1995–1997)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Russia (1996–2001)
  • Clay Constantinou (1951–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Luxembourg (1994–1999)
  • *Frances D. Cook (1945–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Burundi (1980–1983)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Cameroon (1989–1993)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Oman (1995–1999)
  • *Michael William Cotter (1943–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Turkmenistan (1995–1998)
  • Gregory B. Craig (1945–)
    • Director of Policy Planning (1997–1998)
  • *John Bruce Craig (1945–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Oman (1998–2001)
  • *James Francis Creagan (1940–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Honduras (1996–1999)
  • *Ryan Clark Crocker (1949–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Lebanon (1990–1993)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Kuwait (1994–1997)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Syria (1998–2001)
    • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Afghanistan (2002)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Pakistan (2004–2007)
    • Career Ambassador (2004)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Iraq (2007–2009)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Afghanistan (2011–2012)
  • E. William Crotty (1931–1999)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Dominica (1998)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Barbados (1998–1999)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Antigua and Barbuda (1998–1999)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Grenada (1998–1999)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1998–1999)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Saint Lucia (1998–1999)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Saint Kitts and Nevis (1998)
  • Carolyn Curiel (1954–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Belize (1997–2001)
  • *Brian Dean Curran (1948–)
    • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Guinea-Bissau (1976)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mozambique (1997–2000)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Haiti (2000–2003)
  • *Jeffrey S. Davidow (1944–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Zambia (1988–1990)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Venezuela (1993–1996)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs (1996–1998)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mexico (1998–2002)
    • Career Ambassador (2002)
  • *Ruth A. Davis (1942–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Benin (1992–1995)
    • Director of the Foreign Service Institute (1997–2000)
    • Director General of the Foreign Service (2001–2003)
    • Career Ambassador (2002)
  • Thomas J. Dodd (1935–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Uruguay (1993–1997)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Costa Rica (1997–2001)
  • *Shaun Edward Donnelly (1946–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Maldives (1997–2000)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Sri Lanka (1997–2000)
  • K. Terry Dornbush (1933–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Netherlands (1994–1998)
  • Joseph Daniel Duffey (1932–)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs (1977–1978)
    • Director of the U.S. Information Agency (1993–1999)
  • *Cedric Dumont (1953–)
    • Director of the Office of Medical Services (1996–2003)
  • *Eric S. Edelman (1951–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Finland (1998–2001)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Turkey (2003–2005)
  • *Wesley William Egan Jr. (1946–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Guinea-Bissau (1983–1985)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Jordan (1994–1998)
  • Edward Elliot Elson (1934–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Denmark (1993–1998)
  • Nancy Halliday Ely-Raphel (1937–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Slovenia (1998–2001)
  • *Stanley Tuemler Escudero (1942–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Tajikistan (1992–1995)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Uzbekistan (1995–1997)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Azerbaijan (1997–2000)
  • *Robert C. Felder (1942–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Benin (1998–2000)
  • Simon Ferro (1953–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Panama (1998–2001)
  • *Robert Patrick John Finn (1945–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Tajikistan (1998–2001)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Afghanistan (2002–2003)
  • Thomas M. Foglietta (1928–2004)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Italy (1997–2001)
  • Thomas Stephen Foley (1929–2013)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Japan (1997–2001)
  • *Timberlake Foster (1946–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mauritania (1997–2000)
  • Wyche Fowler Jr. (1940–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Saudi Arabia (1996–2001)
  • *Ralph Frank (1946–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Nepal (1997–2001)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Croatia (2003–2006)
  • Mary Mel French (1938–)
    • Chief of Protocol (1997–2001)
  • *Daniel Fried (1952–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Poland (1997–2000)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs (2005–2009)
  • Edward M. Gabriel (1950–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Morocco (1997–2001)
  • Peter W. Galbraith (1950–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Croatia (1993–1998)
  • *Harold W. Geisel (1947–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Comoros (1996–1999)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Seychelles (1996–1999)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mauritius (1996–1999)
  • Gordon D. Giffen (1949–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Canada (1997–2001)
  • *Edward William Gnehm Jr. (1944–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Kuwait (1990–1994)
    • Director General of the Foreign Service (1997–2000)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Australia (2000–2001)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Jordan (2001–2004)
  • Steven J. Green (1945–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Singapore (1997–2001)
  • *Robert E. Gribbin III (1946–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Central African Republic (1992–1995)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Rwanda (1995–1999)
  • *Marc Isaiah Grossman (1951–)
    • Executive Secretary (1993–1994)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Turkey (1994–1997)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs (1997–2000)
    • Director General of the Foreign Service (2000)
    • Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (2001–2005)
    • Career Ambassador (2004)
  • Gabriel Guerra-Mondragon (1942–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Chile (1994–1998)
  • *Lino Gutierrez (1951–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Nicaragua (1996–1999)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Argentina (2003–2006)
  • George Williford Boyce Haley (1925–2015)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, The Gambia (1998–2001)
  • Kathryn Walt Hall (1947–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Austria (1997–2001)
  • Morton H. Halperin (1938–)
    • Director of Policy Planning (1998–2001)
  • *David Crane Halsted (1941–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Chad (1996–1999)
    • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Uganda ()
  • *Maura Ann Harty (1959–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Paraguay (1997–1999)
    • Executive Secretary (2001–2002)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs (2002–2008)
  • *Dennis K. Hays (1953–)
    • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Guyana (1992)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Suriname (1997–2000)
  • *Richard E. Hecklinger (1943–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Thailand (1998–2001)
  • David B. Hermelin (1936–2000)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Norway (1997–2000)
  • *Christopher Robert Hill (1952–)
    • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Albania (1991)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Macedonia (1996–1999)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Poland (2000–2004)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Korea (2004–2005)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs (2005–2009)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Iraq (2009–2010)
  • *John Lewis Hirsch (1936–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Sierra Leone (1995–1998)
  • *Genta Hawkins Holmes (1940–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Namibia (1990–1992)
    • Director General of the Foreign Service (1992–1995)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Australia (1997–2000)
  • *James Howard Holmes (1943–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Latvia (1998–2001)
  • John David Holum (1940–)
    • Director of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (1993–1999)
    • Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs (2000–2001)
  • *John C. Holzman (1944–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Bangladesh (1997–2000)
  • *Aubrey Hooks (1948–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Congo (Brazzaville) (1996–1999)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Congo (Kinshasa) (2001–2004)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Côte d’Ivoire (2004–2007)
  • *Donna Jean Hrinak (1951–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Dominican Republic (1994–1997)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Bolivia (1997–2000)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Venezuela (2000–2002)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Brazil (2002–2004)
  • *Thomas C. Hubbard (1943–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Philippines (1996–2000)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Palau (1996–2000)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Korea (2001–2004)
  • *Morris Nelson Hughes Jr. (1945–2016)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Burundi (1996–1999)
  • William J. Hughes (1932–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Panama (1995–1998)
  • *Cameron R. Hume (1947–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Algeria (1997–2000)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, South Africa (2001–2004)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Indonesia (2007–2010)
    • Chargé d’Affaires, Sudan (2007)
  • Jeanette W. Hyde (1938–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Dominica (1994–1998)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Barbados (1994–1998)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1994–1998)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Saint Lucia (1994–1998)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Antigua and Barbuda (1995–1998)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Grenada (1995–1998)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Saint Kitts and Nevis (1995–1998)
  • Karl Frederick Inderfurth (1946–)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs (1997–2001)
  • Martin S. Indyk (1951–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Israel (1995–1997)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs (1997–1999)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Israel (1999–2001)
  • *William H. Itoh (1943–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Thailand (1995–1999)
  • *Victor Jackovich (1948–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992–1995)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Slovenia (1995–1998)
  • *Dennis Coleman Jett (1945–)
    • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Malawi (1988)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mozambique (1993–1996)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Peru (1996–1999)
  • *Ralph R. Johnson (1943–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Slovakia (1996–1999)
  • *A. Elizabeth Jones (1948–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Kazakhstan (1995–1998)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs (2001–2005)
    • Career Ambassador (2004)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Germany (Nomination of February 22, 2000, was not acted upon by the Senate.)
  • *Richard Henry Jones (1950–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Lebanon (1995–1998)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Kazakhstan (1998–2001)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Kuwait (2001–2004)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Israel (2005–2008)
  • James A. Joseph (1935–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, South Africa (1995–1999)
  • *Curtis W. Kamman (1939–)
    • Principal Officer, Cuba (1987)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Chile (1991–1994)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Bolivia (1994–1997)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Colombia (1997–2000)
  • *Arma Jane Karaer (1941–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Solomon Islands (1997–2000)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Papua New Guinea (1997–2000)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Vanuatu (1997–2000)
  • *Theodore H. Kattouf (1946–)
    • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Yemen (1988)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, United Arab Emirates (1998–2001)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Syria (2001–2003)
  • *Richard Dale Kauzlarich (1944–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Azerbaijan (1994–1997)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Bosnia and Herzegovina (1997–1999)
  • *Patrick Francis Kennedy (1949–)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Administration (1993–2001)
    • Under Secretary of State for Management (2007–2017)
    • Representative of the U.S.A. to the European Office of the United Nations (Geneva) (Nomination of February 24, 2000, not acted upon by the Senate.)
  • *Kristie Ann Kenney (1955–)
    • Executive Secretary (1998–2001)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Ecuador (2002–2005)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Philippines (2006–2009)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Thailand (2010–2014)
    • Career Ambassador (2012)
    • Counselor (2016–2017)
  • Harold Hongju Koh (1954–)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (1998–2001)
    • Legal Adviser (2009–2013)
  • *John Christian Kornblum (1943–)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs (1996–1997)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Germany (1997–2001)
  • Robert C. Krueger (1935–)
    • Ambassador at Large (1979–1981)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Burundi (1994–1995)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Botswana (1996–1999)
  • Madeleine May Kunin (1933–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Switzerland (1996–1999)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Liechtenstein (1997–1999)
  • *Daniel Charles Kurtzer (1949–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Egypt (1997–2001)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Israel (2001–2005)
  • *Alphonse F. La Porta (1939–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mongolia (1997–2000)
  • Philip Lader (1946–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, United Kingdom (1997–2001)
  • Barbara Mills Larkin (1951–)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs (1996–2001)
  • *James A. Larocco (1948–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Kuwait (1997–2001)
  • *Alan Philip Larson (1949–)
    • Representative of the U.S.A. to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (Paris) (1990–1993)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs (1996–1999)
    • Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment (1999–2005)
    • Career Ambassador (2004)
  • *James Vela Ledesma (1941–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Gabon (1998–2001)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Sao Tome and Principe (1998–2001)
  • *Michael Craig Lemmon (1946–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Armenia (1998–2001)
  • *Melvyn Levitsky (1938–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Bulgaria (1984–1987)
    • Executive Secretary (1987–1989)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (1989–1993)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Brazil (1994–1998)
  • *Marisa R. Lino (1950–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Albania (1996–1999)
  • *David C. Litt (1949–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, United Arab Emirates (1995–1998)
  • Frank E. Loy (1928–)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration Affairs (1980–1981)
    • Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights (1998–2001)
  • *Princeton Nathan Lyman (1935–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Nigeria (1986–1989)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration Affairs (1989–1992)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, South Africa (1992–1995)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs (1997–1998)
  • *James F. Mack (1941–)
    • Chargé d’Affaires, Ecuador (1993)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Guyana (1997–2000)
  • *John F. Maisto (1938–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Nicaragua (1993–1996)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Venezuela (1997–2000)
    • Permanent Representative of the U.S.A. to the Organization of American States (Washington) (2003–2006)
  • *John Raymond Malott (1946–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Malaysia (1995–1998)
  • *Steven Robert Mann (1951–)
    • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Armenia (1992)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Turkmenistan (1998–2001)
    • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Mongolia ()
  • Victor Marrero (1941–)
    • Permanent Representative of the U.S.A. to the Organization of American States (Washington) (1998–1999)
  • Tom McDonald (1954–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Zimbabwe (1997–2000)
  • George Stanley McGovern (1922–2012)
    • U.S. Representative to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture (Rome) (1998–2001)
  • Gerald S. McGowan (1946–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Portugal (1997–2001)
  • *Alan R. McKee (1943–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Swaziland (1996–1999)
  • *Elizabeth Davenport McKune (1947–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Qatar (1998–2001)
  • Stanley Louis McLelland (1945–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Jamaica (1997–2001)
  • *Thomas Edmund McNamara (1940–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Colombia (1988–1991)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Politico-Military Affairs (1994–1998)
  • *Joseph H. Melrose Jr. (1944–2014)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Sierra Leone (1998–2001)
  • *William B. Milam (1936–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Bangladesh (1990–1993)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Pakistan (1998–2001)
    • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Liberia (1999)
  • *William Green Miller (1931–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Ukraine (1993–1998)
  • *William Dale Montgomery (1945–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Bulgaria (1993–1996)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Croatia (1997–2000)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Serbia (2001–2004)
  • *George Edward Moose (1944–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Benin (1983–1986)
    • Director of the Office of Management Policy (1987–1988)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Senegal (1988–1991)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs (1993–1997)
    • Representative of the U.S.A. to the European Office of the United Nations (Geneva) (1997–2001)
    • Career Ambassador (2002)
  • *Day Olin Mount (1940–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Iceland (1996–1999)
  • *George Mu (1943–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Côte d’Ivoire (1998–2001)
  • *Bismarck Myrick (1940–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Lesotho (1995–1998)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Liberia (1999–2002)
  • *Tibor P. Nagy Jr. (1949–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Guinea (1996–1999)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Ethiopia (1999–2002)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs (2018)
  • *Larry C. Napper (1947–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Latvia (1995–1998)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Kazakhstan (2001–2004)
  • Eric David Newsom (1943–)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Politico-Military Affairs (1998–2000)
  • *Phyllis Elliott Oakley (1934–)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration Affairs (1994–1997)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research (1997–1999)
  • John O’Leary (1947–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Chile (1998–2001)
  • Lyndon Lowell Olson Jr. (1947–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Sweden (1997–2001)
  • *Mark Robert Parris (1950–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Turkey (1997–2000)
  • *B. Lynn Pascoe (1943–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Malaysia (1998–2001)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Indonesia (2004–2007)
  • *Anne Woods Patterson (1949–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, El Salvador (1997–2000)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Colombia (2000–2003)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (2005–2007)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Pakistan (2007–2010)
    • Career Ambassador (2008)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Egypt (2011–2013)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs (2013–2017)
  • *Rudolf Vilem Perina (1945–)
    • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1996)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Moldova (1998–2001)
  • *Robert Cephas Perry (1946–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Central African Republic (1998–2001)
  • *Katherine Hubay Peterson (1949–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Lesotho (1998–2001)
    • Director of the Foreign Service Institute (2001–2005)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Botswana (2005–2008)
  • Pete (Douglas) Peterson (1935–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Vietnam (1997–2001)
  • *Thomas Reeve Pickering (1931–)
    • Executive Secretary (1973–1974)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Jordan (1974–1978)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs (1978–1981)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Nigeria (1981–1983)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, El Salvador (1983–1985)
    • Career Ambassador (1984)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Israel (1985–1988)
    • Representative of the U.S.A. to the United Nations (1989–1992)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, India (1992–1993)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Russia (1993–1996)
    • Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (1997–2000)
  • *Steven Karl Pifer (1953–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Ukraine (1997–2000)
  • *Joan M. Plaisted (1945–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Kiribati (1995–2000)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Marshall Islands (1995–2000)
  • *Donald J. Planty (1945–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Guatemala (1996–1999)
  • *Nancy Jo Powell (1947–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Uganda (1997–1999)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Ghana (2001–2002)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Pakistan (2002–2004)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Nepal (2007–2009)
    • Director General of the Foreign Service (2009–2012)
    • Career Ambassador (2011)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, India (2012–2014)
  • *Joseph A. Presel (1941–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Uzbekistan (1997–2000)
  • Kathryn Linda Haycock Proffitt (1951–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Malta (1997–2001)
  • *Kenneth Michael Quinn (1942–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Cambodia (1995–1999)
  • *Robin Lynn Raphel (1947–)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs (1993–1997)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Tunisia (1997–2000)
  • *Glen R. Rase (1947–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Brunei (1996–1999)
  • *Elizabeth Raspolic (1939–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Gabon (1995–1998)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Sao Tome and Principe (1995–1998)
  • *David P. Rawson (1941–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Rwanda (1993–1996)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mali (1995–1999)
  • *Arlene Render (1943–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, The Gambia (1990–1993)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Zambia (1996–1999)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Côte d’Ivoire (2001–2004)
  • Susan Rice (1964–)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs (1997–2001)
    • Representative of the U.S.A. to the United Nations (2009–2013)
  • William Blaine (Bill) Richardson (1947–)
    • Representative of the U.S.A. to the United Nations (1997–1998)
  • John B. Ritch III (1943–)
    • Representative of the U.S.A. to the Vienna Office of the United Nations (Vienna) (1993–2001)
  • *Kathryn Dee Robinson (1950–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Ghana (1998–2001)
  • Felix Rohatyn (1929–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, France (1997–2000)
  • Edward L. Romero (1934–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Andorra (1998–2001)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Spain (1998–2001)
  • James Carew Rosapepe (1951–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Romania (1997–2001)
  • *Christopher W.S. Ross (1943–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Algeria (1988–1991)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Syria (1991–1998)
    • Director of the Bureau of Counterterrorism (1998)
  • Stanley Owen Roth (1954–)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs (1997–2001)
  • *J. Stapleton Roy (1935–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Singapore (1984–1986)
    • Executive Secretary (1989–1991)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, China (1991–1995)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Indonesia (1995–1999)
    • Career Ambassador (1996)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research (1999–2001)
  • James P. Rubin (1960–)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs (1997–2000)
  • Mary A. Ryan (1940–2006)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Swaziland (1988–1990)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs (1993–2002)
    • Career Ambassador (1999)
  • James R. Sasser (1936–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, China (1995–1999)
  • *David Michael Satterfield (1954–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Lebanon (1998–2001)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Jordan (2004)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Turkey (2019)
  • Arthur Louis Schechter (1939–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, The Bahamas (1998–2001)
  • David J. Scheffer (1953–)
    • Ambassador at Large (1997–2001)
  • *Lange Schermerhorn (1939–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Djibouti (1997–2000)
  • Cynthia Perrin Schneider (1953–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Netherlands (1998–2001)
  • *Brenda Schoonover (1939–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Togo (1997–2000)
  • *Gerald Wesley Scott (1940–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, The Gambia (1995–1998)
  • Stephen R. Sestanovich (1950–)
    • Ambassador at Large (1997–2001)
  • John Howard Francis Shattuck (1943–)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (1993–1998)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Czech Republic (1998–2000)
  • Wendy R. Sherman (1949–)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs (1993–1996)
    • Counselor (1997–2001)
    • Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (2011–2015)
  • *David H. Shinn (1940–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Burkina Faso (1987–1990)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Ethiopia (1996–1999)
  • *Amelia Ellen Shippy (1944–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Malawi (1997–2000)
  • Edward E. Shumaker III (1948–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Trinidad and Tobago (1997–2001)
  • *Anne Marie Sigmund (1946–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Kyrgyzstan (1997–2000)
  • *Thomas W. Simons Jr. (1938–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Poland (1990–1993)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Pakistan (1995–1998)
  • *Daniel Howard Simpson (1939–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Central African Republic (1989–1992)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Congo (Kinshasa) (1995–1998)
  • *Dane Farnsworth Smith Jr. (1940–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Guinea (1990–1993)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Senegal (1996–1999)
  • Jean Kennedy Smith (1928–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Ireland (1993–1998)
  • *Keith C. Smith (1938–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Lithuania (1997–2000)
  • *R. Grant Smith (1939–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Tajikistan (1995–1998)
  • Daniel V. Speckhard (1959–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Belarus (1997–2000)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Greece (2007–2010)
  • *George McDade Staples (1947–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Rwanda (1998–2001)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Equatorial Guinea (2001–2004)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Cameroon (2001–2004)
    • Director General of the Foreign Service (2006–2007)
  • *Donald K. Steinberg (1953–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Angola (1995–1998)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Nigeria (Nomination not acted upon by the Senate.)
  • *John Todd Stewart (1940–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Moldova (1995–1998)
  • Charles Richard Stith (1949–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Tanzania (1998–2001)
  • *Joseph Gerard Sullivan (1944–)
    • Principal Officer, Cuba (1996)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Angola (1998–2001)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Zimbabwe (2001–2004)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Nicaragua (Nomination not acted upon by the Senate.)
  • Michael Sullivan (1939–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Ireland (1998–2001)
  • Richard Nelson Swett (1957–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Denmark (1998–2001)
  • *William Lacy Swing (1934–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Congo (Brazzaville) (1979–1981)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Liberia (1981–1985)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, South Africa (1989–1992)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Nigeria (1992–1993)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Haiti (1993–1998)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Congo (Kinshasa) (1998–2001)
  • Julia Vadala Taft (1942–)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration Affairs (1997–2001)
  • Strobe (Nelson Strobridge) Talbott III (1946–)
    • Ambassador at Large (1993–1994)
    • Deputy Secretary of State (1994–2001)
  • *Patrick Nickolas Theros (1941–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Qatar (1995–1998)
  • *Peter Tomsen (1940–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Armenia (1995–1998)
  • Peter Francis Tufo (1938–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Hungary (1997–2001)
  • *William H. Twaddell (1941–)
    • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Mozambique (1983)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mauritania (1988–1991)
    • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Liberia (1995)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Nigeria (1997–2000)
  • *Charles H. Twining Jr. (1940–)
    • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Benin (1983)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Cambodia (1994–1995)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Equatorial Guinea (1995–1998)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Cameroon (1995–1998)
    • Representative, Cambodia ()
  • *Alexander Russel Vershbow (1952–)
    • U.S. Permanent Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (1997–2001)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Russia (2001–2005)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Korea (2005–2008)
  • *Edward S. Walker Jr. (1940–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, United Arab Emirates (1989–1992)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Egypt (1994–1997)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Israel (1997–2000)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs (1999–2001)
  • Jenonne R. Walker (1934–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Czech Republic (1995–1998)
  • *Lannon Walker (1936–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Senegal (1985–1988)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Nigeria (1989–1992)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Côte d’Ivoire (1995–1998)
  • *George F. Ward Jr. (1945–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Namibia (1996–1999)
  • A. Vernon Weaver (1922–2011)
    • Representative of the U.S.A. to the European Union, with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (1996–1999)
  • *C. David Welch (1953–)
    • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Saudi Arabia (1994)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs (1998–2001)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Egypt (2001–2005)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs (2005–2008)
    • Career Ambassador (2008)
  • *Melissa Foelsch Wells (1932–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Cape Verde (1976–1977)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Guinea-Bissau (1976–1977)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mozambique (1987–1990)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Congo (Kinshasa) (1991–1992)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Estonia (1998–2001)
  • *Sharon P. Wilkinson (1947–)
    • Chargé d’Affaires, Portugal (1994)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Burkina Faso (1996–1999)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mozambique (2000–2003)
  • Jacquelyn W. Williams-Bridgers (1956–)
    • Inspector General of the Department of State and the Foreign Service (1995–2001)
  • Sidney Williams (1942–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, The Bahamas (1994–1998)
  • *Kenneth Spencer Yalowitz (1941–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Belarus (1994–1997)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Georgia (1998–2001)
  • *John Melvin Yates (1939–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Cape Verde (1983–1986)
    • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Congo (Kinshasa) (1995)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Benin (1995–1998)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Equatorial Guinea (1998–2001)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Cameroon (1998–2001)
  • *Johnny Young (1940–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Sierra Leone (1989–1992)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Togo (1994–1997)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Bahrain (1997–2001)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Slovenia (2001–2004)
    • Career Ambassador (2004)