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Chiefs of Mission for Cape Verde
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Chiefs of Mission
- Melissa Foelsch Wells (1932–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 18, 1976–March 23, 1977
- Edward Marks (1934–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 18, 1977–July 11, 1980
- Peter John De Vos (1938–2008)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 24, 1980–March 30, 1983
- John Melvin Yates (1939–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 26, 1983–May 24, 1986
- Vernon Dubois Penner Jr. (1939–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 15, 1986–November 21, 1989
- Francis Terry McNamara (1927–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 23, 1989–December 31, 1992
- Joseph Monroe Segars (1938–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 24, 1993–March 17, 1996
- Lawrence Neal Benedict (1942–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 30, 1996–August 11, 1999
- Michael D. Metelits (1942–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 15, 1999–July 24, 2002
- Donald C. Johnson (1949–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 21, 2002–July 27, 2005
- Roger Dwayne Pierce (1951–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 27, 2005–June 9, 2007
- Marianne Matuzek Myles (1953–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 6, 2008–August 1, 2011
- Adrienne S. O’Neal (1954–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 9, 2011–January 31, 2015
- Donald J. Heflin (1958–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 31, 2015–September 11, 2018
- John J. Daigle (?–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 10, 2019–
Other Nominees
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