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Chiefs of Mission for Malaysia
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Notice posted on January 12, 2024.
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Chiefs of Mission
- Thomas Kenneth Wright (1908–1998)
- Chargé d’Affaires, September 4, 1957–December 2, 1957
- Homer Morrison Byington Jr. (1908–1987)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 2, 1957–April 1, 1961
- Charles Franklin Baldwin (1902–1993)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 29, 1961–January 22, 1964
- James Dunbar Bell (1911–1979)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 23, 1964–July 15, 1969
- Jack Wilson Lydman (1914–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 8, 1969–December 20, 1973
- Francis Trelease Underhill Jr. (1921–1999)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, February 11, 1974–May 10, 1977
- Robert Hopkins Miller (1927–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 8, 1977–March 8, 1980
- Barbara Mae Watson (1918–1983)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 25, 1980–March 1, 1981
- Ronald DeWayne Palmer (1932–2014)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 24, 1981–October 30, 1983
- Thomas P. Shoesmith (1922–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 12, 1983–February 14, 1987
- John Cameron Monjo (1931–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 10, 1987–April 22, 1989
- Paul Matthews Cleveland (1931–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 8, 1989–July 23, 1992
- John Stern Wolf (1948–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 7, 1992–June 10, 1995
- John Raymond Malott (1946–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 25, 1996–December 30, 1998
- B. Lynn Pascoe (1943–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 1, 1999–August 11, 2001
- Marie T. Huhtala (1949–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 17, 2001–May 28, 2004
- Christopher L. LaFleur (1949–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 4, 2005–September 14, 2007
- James R. Keith (1957–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 4, 2007–October 6, 2009
- Paul Wayne Jones (1960–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 18, 2010–July 8, 2013
- Joseph Yousang Yun (1954–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 2, 2013–October 14, 2016
- Kamala S. Lakhdhir (?–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, February 21, 2017–
Other Nominees
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