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Chiefs of Mission for Tajikistan
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Chiefs of Mission
- Edmund McWilliams (1947–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, March 13, 1992–
- Stanley Tuemler Escudero (1942–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 19, 1992–July 1, 1995
- On October 25, 1992, Embassy Dushanbe was closed and all U.S. personnel were withdrawn. Escudero reopened the Embassy on March 11, 1993.
- R. Grant Smith (1939–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 31, 1995–August 21, 1998
- Robert Patrick John Finn (1945–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 11, 1998–July 13, 2001
- Franklin Pierce Huddle Jr. (1943–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 26, 2001–October 9, 2003
- Richard Eugene Hoagland (1950–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 24, 2003–August 3, 2006
- Tracey Ann Jacobson (1965–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 4, 2006–July 27, 2009
- Kenneth E. Gross Jr. (1953–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 2, 2009–July 12, 2012
- Susan Marsh Elliott (1952–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 19, 2012–October 5, 2015
- Elisabeth I. Millard (1954–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 11, 2016–August 31, 2017
- Kevin Covert (?–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, August 31, 2017–March 10, 2019
- John M. Pommersheim (?–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 15, 2019–
Other Nominees
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