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Chiefs of Mission for Benin
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Notice posted on January 12, 2024.
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Chiefs of Mission
- Donald Richard Norland (1924–2007)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, August 1, 1960–
- Robert Borden Reams (1904–1994)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 26, 1960–July 31, 1961
- Robinson McIlvaine (1913–2001)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 31, 1961–March 19, 1964
- Clinton Everett Knox (1908–1980)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 18, 1964–June 11, 1969
- Matthew James Looram Jr. (1921–2004)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 21, 1969–December 3, 1971
- Robert Anderson (1922–1996)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 25, 1972–April 11, 1974
- James Bruce Engle (1919–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 26, 1974–February 15, 1976
- W. Kenneth Thompson (1939–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, August 1976–August 1978
- John S. Davison (1933–2009)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, September 1978–May 1980
- James Richard Bullington (1940–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, June 1980–July 1982
- Charles H. Twining Jr. (1940–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, July 1982–October 1983
- George Edward Moose (1944–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 4, 1983–July 7, 1986
- Walter Edward Stadtler (1936–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 19, 1986–December 3, 1989
- Harriet W. Isom (1936–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 26, 1990–November 14, 1992
- Ruth A. Davis (1942–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 24, 1992–November 3, 1995
- John Melvin Yates (1939–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 24, 1995–October 27, 1998
- Robert C. Felder (1942–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 20, 1998–June 10, 2000
- Pamela E. Bridgewater Awkward (1947–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 24, 2000–December 10, 2002
- Wayne E. Neill II (1957–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 4, 2003–July 22, 2006
- Gayleatha Beatrice Brown (1947–2013)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 8, 2006–August 22, 2009
- James Knight (1948–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 3, 2009–April 28, 2012
- Michael A. Raynor (1962–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 13, 2012–May 29, 2015
- Lucy Tamlyn (1955–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 8, 2015–October 19, 2018
- Patricia Mahoney (?–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 4, 2019–
Other Nominees
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