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Chiefs of Mission for Iceland
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Chiefs of Mission
- Lincoln MacVeagh (1890–1972)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, September 30, 1941–June 27, 1942
- Leland Burnette Morris (1886–1950)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, October 7, 1942–May 10, 1944
- Louis Goethe Dreyfus Jr. (1889–1973)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, June 14, 1944–January 21, 1946
- Richard Porter Butrick (1894–1997)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, April 29, 1948–August 10, 1949
- Edward Burnett Lawson (1895–1962)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, September 22, 1949–May 29, 1954
- John Joseph Muccio (1900–1989)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, October 12, 1954–November 3, 1955
- John Joseph Muccio (1900–1989)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 3, 1955–December 16, 1959
- Tyler Thompson (1907–2002)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, February 19, 1960–April 16, 1961
- James Kedzie Penfield (1908–2004)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 24, 1961–March 16, 1967
- Karl Fritjof Rolvaag (1913–1990)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 9, 1967–March 27, 1969
- Luther Irvin Replogle (1902–1981)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 12, 1969–June 15, 1972
- Frederick Irving (1921–2016)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 11, 1972–April 21, 1976
- James Joseph Blake (1922–2009)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 8, 1976–September 29, 1978
- Richard August Ericson Jr. (1923–2005)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 21, 1978–August 15, 1981
- Marshall Brement (1932–2009)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 16, 1981–August 1, 1985
- L. Nicholas Ruwe (1933–1990)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 21, 1985–October 7, 1989
- Charles Elvan Cobb Jr. (1936–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 8, 1989–January 10, 1992
- Sigmund A. Rogich (1944–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 4, 1992–October 14, 1993
- Parker W. Borg (1939–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 24, 1993–July 13, 1996
- Day Olin Mount (1940–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 3, 1996–August 12, 1999
- Barbara J. Griffiths (1949–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 29, 1999–July 29, 2002
- James Irvin Gadsden (1948–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 9, 2002–July 14, 2005
- Carol van Voorst (1952–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 26, 2006–April 30, 2009
- Samuel Robert Watson III (?–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, August 2009–September 2010
- Luis E. Arreaga-Rodas (1952–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 20, 2010–November 23, 2013
- Paul Christopher O’Friel (1959–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, November 2013–January 2015
- Robert C. Barber (1950–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 28, 2015–January 20, 2017
- Jill M. Esposito (?–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, January 20, 2017–June 25, 2019
- Jeffrey Ross Gunter (?–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 2, 2019–
Other Nominees
- Ruth Bryan Owen (1885–1954)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary: Commission cancelled.
- Robert S. Connan (1947–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary: Nomination announced on May 27, 2009, but not submitted to the Senate.