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Chiefs of Mission for Latvia
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Chiefs of Mission
- Frederick William Backus Coleman (1874–1947)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, November 13, 1922–October 20, 1931
- Robert Peet Skinner (1866–1960)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, January 28, 1932–April 29, 1933
- John Van Antwerp MacMurray (1881–1960)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, December 13, 1933–February 12, 1936
- Arthur Bliss Lane (1894–1956)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, July 2, 1936–September 16, 1937
- John Cooper Wiley (1893–1967)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, October 6, 1938–July 25, 1940
- Earl LeNoir Packer (1894–1993)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, –September 5, 1940
- The United States resumed diplomatic relations with Latvia on September 2, 1991.
- Ints M. Silins (1942–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, October 2, 1991–
- Ints M. Silins (1942–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 10, 1992–July 14, 1995
- Larry C. Napper (1947–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 1, 1995–October 1, 1998
- James Howard Holmes (1943–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 27, 1998–September 15, 2001
- Brian E. Carlson (1947–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 4, 2001–December 6, 2004
- Catherine Todd Bailey (1951–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, February 4, 2005–February 4, 2008
- Charles W. Larson Jr. (1968–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, February 12, 2008–January 20, 2009
- Judith Gail Garber (1961–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 14, 2009–July 9, 2012
- Mark A. Pekala (1959–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 4, 2012–August 7, 2014
- Nancy Bikoff Pettit (1953–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 8, 2015–July 14, 2019
- John L. Carwile (?–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 5, 2019–
Other Nominees
- Frederick Augustine Sterling (1876–1957)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary: Took oath of office, but did not proceed to post.