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Chiefs of Mission for Ghana
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Notice posted on January 12, 2024.
Last
updated March 14, 2024.
Chiefs of Mission
- Donald Wakeham Lamm (1914–1996)
- Chargé d’Affaires, March 12, 1957–April 19, 1957
- Peter Rutter (1915–1989)
- Chargé d’Affaires, April 25, 1957–June 19, 1957
- Wilson Clark Flake (1906–1977)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 19, 1957–November 21, 1960
- Francis Henry Russell (1904–1989)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 23, 1961–March 13, 1962
- William Patrick Mahoney Jr. (1916–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 22, 1962–May 26, 1965
- Franklin Hall Williams (1917–1990)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 17, 1966–May 3, 1968
- Thomas Watkins McElhiney (1919–1998)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 14, 1968–May 29, 1971
- Fred Latimer Hadsel (1916–2010)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 25, 1971–July 29, 1974
- Shirley Jane Temple Black (1928–2014)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 6, 1974–July 13, 1976
- Robert Powell Smith (1929–2012)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 17, 1976–May 7, 1979
- Thomas William Macauley Smith (1930–1987)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 12, 1979–July 2, 1983
- Robert Eugene Fritts (1934–2015)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 28, 1983–June 2, 1986
- Stephen R. Lyne (1935–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 11, 1987–September 9, 1989
- Raymond C. Ewing (1936–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 9, 1989–August 14, 1992
- Kenneth Lee Brown (1936–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 24, 1992–July 19, 1995
- Edward P. Brynn (1942–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 19, 1995–July 10, 1998
- Kathryn Dee Robinson (1950–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 16, 1998–September 1, 2001
- Nancy Jo Powell (1947–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 14, 2001–May 26, 2002
- Mary Carlin Yates (1946–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 28, 2003–July 25, 2005
- Pamela E. Bridgewater Awkward (1947–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 11, 2005–June 10, 2008
- Donald Gene Teitelbaum (1963–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 9, 2008–August 31, 2012
- Gene Allan Cretz (1950–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 8, 2012–June 26, 2015
- Robert Porter Jackson (1956–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, February 4, 2016–July 28, 2018
- Stephanie Sanders Sullivan (1958–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 23, 2019–
Other Nominees
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