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Chiefs of Mission for Hungary
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Chiefs of Mission
- Theodore Brentano (1854–1940)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, May 16, 1922–May 6, 1927
- Joshua Butler Wright (1877–1939)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, June 18, 1927–October 24, 1930
- Nicholas Roosevelt (1893–1982)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, November 12, 1930–May 9, 1933
- John Flournoy Montgomery (1878–1954)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, August 1, 1933–March 17, 1941
- Herbert Claiborne Pell (1884–1961)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, May 20, 1941–December 11, 1941
- Hans Frederick Arthur Schoenfeld (1889–1952)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, January 26, 1946–June 1, 1947
- Selden Chapin (1899–1963)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, July 9, 1947–February 11, 1949
- Nathaniel Penistone Davis (1895–1973)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, October 21, 1949–May 18, 1951
- Christian Magelssen Ravndal (1899–1984)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, January 11, 1952–August 5, 1956
- Garret G. Ackerson Jr. (1904–1992)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, July 1957–February 1961
- Horace Gates Torbert Jr. (1911–2008)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, February 1961–December 1962
- Owen Thomas Jones (1907–2003)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, December 1962–July 1964
- Elim O’Shaughnessy (1907–1966)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, November 1964–September 1966
- Richard Womser Tims (1912–1996)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, September 1966–October 1967
- Martin Joseph Anthony Hillenbrand (1915–2005)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 30, 1967–February 15, 1969
- Alfred Puhan (1913–2005)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 16, 1969–July 9, 1973
- Richard Foote Pedersen (1925–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 10, 1973–March 26, 1975
- Eugene Vincent McAuliffe (1918–2000)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 28, 1975–April 15, 1976
- Philip Mayer Kaiser (1913–2007)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 4, 1977–March 9, 1980
- Harry Earl Bergold Jr. (1931–1995)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 31, 1980–November 9, 1983
- Nicolas M. Salgo (1914–2005)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 23, 1983–August 1, 1986
- Robie Marcus Hooker Palmer (1941–2013)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 8, 1986–January 31, 1990
- Charles H. Thomas (1934–1998)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 2, 1990–January 11, 1994
- Donald M. Blinken (1925–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 1, 1994–November 20, 1997
- Peter Francis Tufo (1938–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 3, 1997–March 1, 2001
- Nancy Goodman Brinker (1946–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 26, 2001–June 19, 2003
- George H. Walker (1931–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 6, 2003–August 6, 2006
- April H. Foley (1947–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 18, 2006–April 2, 2009
- Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis (1966–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 11, 2010–July 20, 2013
- Mark A. Goodfriend (1957–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, September 2013–January 2015
- Colleen Bradley Bell (1967–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 21, 2015–January 20, 2017
- David Kostelancik (?–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, January 20, 2017–June 22, 2018
- David B. Cornstein (?–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 25, 2018–October 30, 2020
Other Nominees
- Edward Thompson Wailes (1903–1969)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary: Took oath of office and proceeded to post, but did not present credentials. Left post on February 27, 1957.