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Chiefs of Mission for Jamaica
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Chiefs of Mission
- Irving Gottlieb Cheslaw (1921–2013)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, August 16, 1962–
- William Charles Doherty (1902–1987)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 26, 1962–April 25, 1964
- Wilson Thomas Moore Beale Jr. (1909–1997)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 13, 1965–October 22, 1967
- Walter Nathan Tobriner (1902–1979)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 11, 1967–March 21, 1969
- Vincent William de Roulet (1925–1975)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 23, 1969–July 18, 1973
- Sumner Gerard (1916–2005)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 4, 1974–April 15, 1977
- Frederick Irving (1921–2016)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 18, 1977–November 22, 1978
- Loren E. Lawrence (1926–1992)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 12, 1979–July 9, 1982
- William Alexander Hewitt (1914–1998)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 1, 1982–October 14, 1985
- Michael Sotirhos (1928–2019)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 12, 1985–July 7, 1989
- Glen A. Holden (1927–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 21, 1989–March 1, 1993
- Lacy A. Wright (1942–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, March 1993–November 1994
- Jerome Gary Cooper (1936–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 4, 1994–November 27, 1997
- Stanley Louis McLelland (1945–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, February 6, 1998–March 1, 2001
- Sue McCourt Cobb (1937–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 12, 2001–February 1, 2005
- Brenda LaGrange Johnson (1939–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 15, 2005–January 20, 2009
- Pamela E. Bridgewater Awkward (1947–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 3, 2010–November 25, 2013
- Elizabeth Lee Martinez (1958–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, November 2013–January 2015
- Luis G. Moreno (1955–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 13, 2015–June 30, 2017
- Eric Khant (?–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, June 30, 2017–July 16, 2019
- Donald R. Tapia (?–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 11, 2019–
Other Nominees
- Shirley Anita Chisholm (1924–2005)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary: On July 29, 1993, President Clinton announced his intention to nominate Chisholm. The nomination was withdrawn on October 13, 1993.