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Chiefs of Mission for Burkina Faso
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Notice posted on January 12, 2024.
Last
updated March 14, 2024.
Chiefs of Mission
- Donald Richard Norland (1924–2007)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, August 5, 1960–
- Robert Borden Reams (1904–1994)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 26, 1960–July 31, 1961
- Thomas Stuart Estes (1913–2001)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 26, 1961–July 13, 1966
- Elliott Percival Skinner (1924–2007)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 14, 1966–July 16, 1969
- William Everett Schaufele Jr. (1923–2008)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 16, 1969–July 10, 1971
- Donald Boyd Easum (1923–2016)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 8, 1971–January 19, 1974
- Pierre Robert Graham (1922–1988)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 30, 1974–June 13, 1978
- Thomas David Boyatt (1933–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 21, 1978–October 23, 1980
- Larry C. Grahl (1940–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, October 1980–November 1981
- Julius Waring Walker Jr. (1927–2003)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 18, 1981–July 5, 1984
- Leonardo Neher (1922–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 21, 1984–August 1, 1987
- David H. Shinn (1940–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 28, 1987–August 6, 1990
- Edward P. Brynn (1942–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 14, 1991–April 17, 1993
- Donald J. McConnell (1939–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 22, 1993–June 4, 1996
- Sharon P. Wilkinson (1947–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 24, 1996–July 12, 1999
- Jimmy J. Kolker (1948–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 11, 2000–August 2, 2002
- J. Anthony Holmes (1950–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 23, 2002–July 9, 2005
- Jeanine Elizabeth Jackson (1949–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 24, 2006–March 7, 2009
- J. Thomas Dougherty (1951–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 30, 2010–September 30, 2013
- Tulinabo Salama Mushingi (1956–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 17, 2013–November 7, 2016
- Andrew R. Young (?–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 20, 2016–March 26, 2020
- Sandra E. Clark (?–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 23, 2020–
Other Nominees
- Gayleatha Beatrice Brown (1947–2013)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary: Did not serve under this appointment.