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Chiefs of Mission for Gabon
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Notice posted on January 12, 2024.
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Chiefs of Mission
- Alan Wood Lukens (1924–2019)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, August 17, 1960–
- Wilton Wendell Blancke (1908–1971)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 13, 1961–October 10, 1961
- Charles Francis Darlington (1904–1986)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 18, 1961–July 26, 1964
- David Morgan Bane (1915–2004)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 14, 1965–June 29, 1969
- Richard Edgar Funkhouser (1917–2008)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 9, 1969–August 2, 1970
- John Alexander McKesson III (1922–2002)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, February 4, 1971–June 1, 1975
- Andrew Lee Steigman (1933–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 9, 1975–August 21, 1977
- Arthur T. Tienken (1922–2006)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 6, 1978–July 19, 1981
- Francis Terry McNamara (1927–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 19, 1982–August 3, 1984
- Larry C. Williamson (1930–2014)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 20, 1984–August 21, 1987
- Warren Clark Jr. (1936–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 19, 1987–August 24, 1989
- Keith Leveret Wauchope (1941–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 8, 1989–July 13, 1992
- Joseph Charles Wilson IV (1949–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 17, 1992–August 5, 1995
- Elizabeth Raspolic (1939–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 29, 1995–July 24, 1998
- James Vela Ledesma (1941–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 16, 1998–June 18, 2001
- Thomas Frederick Daughton (1961–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, June 2001–June 2002
- Kenneth Price Moorefield (1942–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 20, 2002–July 31, 2004
- R. Barrie Walkley (1944–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 12, 2004–April 27, 2007
- Eunice S. Reddick (1951–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 6, 2007–July 18, 2010
- Eric D. Benjaminson (1960–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 3, 2010–May 21, 2013
- Cynthia Helen Akuetteh (1948–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 26, 2014–February 26, 2018
- Joel Danies (?–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 18, 2018–March 1, 2019
- Robert E. Whitehead (1950–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, July 8, 2019–August 17, 2020
- Samuel Robert Watson III (?–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, September 28, 2020–
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