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Chiefs of Mission for Guyana
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Notice posted on January 12, 2024.
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Chiefs of Mission
- Delmar Richard Carlson (1918–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 17, 1966–September 13, 1969
- Spencer Mathews King (1917–1988)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 15, 1969–March 8, 1974
- Max Vance Krebs (1916–2006)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 4, 1974–June 15, 1976
- John Richard Burke (1924–1993)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 30, 1977–September 22, 1979
- George B. Roberts Jr. (1930–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 5, 1979–September 8, 1981
- Gerald Eustis Thomas (1929–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, February 18, 1982–September 6, 1983
- Clint Arlen Lauderdale (1932–2009)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 2, 1984–June 11, 1987
- Theresa Anne Tull (1936–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 18, 1987–July 10, 1990
- Dennis K. Hays (1953–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, July 1990–January 1992
- George Fleming Jones (1935–2015)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 21, 1992–August 25, 1995
- David L. Hobbs (1940–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 2, 1995–September 15, 1996
- Hugh V. Simon Jr. (1944–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, September 1996–September 1997
- James F. Mack (1941–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 25, 1997–April 21, 2000
- Ronald D. Godard (1942–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 29, 2001–July 6, 2003
- Roland Wentworth Bullen (1944–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 14, 2003–March 20, 2006
- David M. Robinson (1955–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 26, 2006–March 16, 2008
- John Melvin Jones (1944–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 8, 2008–December 31, 2009
- D. Brent Hardt (1962–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 15, 2011–July 6, 2014
- Perry L. Holloway (1960–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 2, 2015–December 9, 2018
- Sarah-Ann Lynch (?–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 13, 2019–
Other Nominees
- William W. Maguire (1908–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary: Not commissioned; nomination not acted upon by the Senate.