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Chiefs of Mission for The Gambia
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Notice posted on January 12, 2024.
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Chiefs of Mission
- Mercer Cook (1903–1987)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 9, 1965–July 1, 1966
- William Robert Rivkin (1919–1967)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 16, 1967–March 19, 1967
- Lewis Dean Brown (1920–2001)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 18, 1968–August 15, 1970
- Gilbert Edward Clark (1917–1984)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 24, 1970–October 16, 1973
- Orison Rudolph Aggrey (1926–2016)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 17, 1974–July 10, 1977
- Herman Jay Cohen (1932–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 29, 1978–July 21, 1980
- Larry G. Piper (1928–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 21, 1980–August 23, 1982
- Robert Thomas Hennemeyer (1925–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 20, 1984–June 27, 1986
- Herbert E. Horowitz (1930–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 24, 1986–November 4, 1989
- A. Donald Bramante (1930–2016)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, January 1990–December 1990
- Arlene Render (1943–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 31, 1990–August 8, 1993
- Andrew J. Winter (1946–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 29, 1993–May 31, 1995
- Gerald Wesley Scott (1940–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, February 16, 1996–June 27, 1998
- George Williford Boyce Haley (1925–2015)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 15, 1998–July 14, 2001
- Jackson C. McDonald (1956–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 29, 2001–May 26, 2004
- Joseph D. Stafford (1950–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 15, 2004–June 5, 2007
- Barry L. Wells (1942–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, February 13, 2008–May 13, 2009
- Pamela Ann White (1948–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 29, 2010–June 2, 2012
- Edward M. Alford (1951–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 5, 2012–July 28, 2013
- Carolyn Patricia Alsup (1961–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 13, 2016–September 22, 2018
- Richard C. Paschall III (?–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 9, 2019–
Other Nominees
- Sharon Erdkamp Ahmad (1933–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary: Did not serve under this appointment.
- Ruth V. Washington (1921–1990)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary: Died at Greenburgh, New York, on January 20, 1990, before going to post.