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Chiefs of Mission for Mali
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Chiefs of Mission
- Donald Albert Dumont (1911–1996)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, June 20, 1960–
- John Gunther Dean (1926–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, September 24, 1960–
- Thomas Kenneth Wright (1908–1998)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 17, 1961–December 27, 1961
- William Jules Handley (1918–1979)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, February 14, 1962–September 8, 1964
- Charles Robert Moore (1915–1992)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 17, 1965–June 19, 1968
- Gilbert Edward Clark (1917–1984)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 1, 1968–September 1, 1970
- Robert Orris Blake (1921–2015)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 8, 1971–May 20, 1973
- Ralph Jack McGuire (1920–1996)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 15, 1974–July 26, 1976
- Patricia Mary Byrne (1925–2007)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 3, 1976–October 30, 1979
- Anne Forrester Holloway (1941–2006)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 5, 1980–February 27, 1981
- Parker W. Borg (1939–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 18, 1981–July 8, 1984
- Robert J. Ryan Jr. (1939–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 14, 1984–August 31, 1987
- Robert Maxwell Pringle (1936–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 14, 1987–September 17, 1990
- Herbert Donald Gelber (1942–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 18, 1990–August 22, 1993
- William H. Dameron III (1942–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 9, 1993–March 31, 1995
- Carolee Heileman (1946–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, March 1995–March 1996
- David P. Rawson (1941–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 1, 1996–July 26, 1999
- Michael Edward Ranneberger (1949–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, February 14, 2000–July 28, 2002
- Vicki J. Huddleston (1942–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 9, 2002–January 21, 2005
- Terence Patrick McCulley (1957–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 2, 2005–July 4, 2008
- Gillian Arlette Milovanovic (1949–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 31, 2008–June 1, 2011
- Mary Beth Leonard (1962–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 22, 2011–September 22, 2014
- Paul Arthur Folmsbee (1960–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 3, 2015–November 19, 2018
- Dennis B. Hankins (1959–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 15, 2019–
Other Nominees
- Henry Serrano Villard (1900–1996)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary: Commissioned to the Federation of Mali (capital at Dakar). Took oath of office, but the Federation of Mali was dissolved before Villard proceeded to post. Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on August 27, 1960, after confirmation.