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Chiefs of Mission for Trinidad and Tobago
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Notice posted on January 12, 2024.
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updated March 14, 2024.
Chiefs of Mission
- William Harold Christensen (1909–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, August 31, 1962–
- Robert Graham Miner (1911–1990)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 1, 1962–September 18, 1967
- William Aloysious Costello (1904–1969)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 26, 1967–March 17, 1969
- John Fife Symington Jr. (1910–2007)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 11, 1969–November 14, 1971
- Anthony Dryden Marshall (1924–2014)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, February 22, 1972–December 27, 1973
- Lloyd Ivan Miller Jr. (1924–1990)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, February 8, 1974–May 23, 1975
- Albert Bel Fay (1913–1992)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, February 17, 1976–April 5, 1977
- Richard Kenneth Fox Jr. (1925–2017)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 21, 1977–July 16, 1979
- Irving Gottlieb Cheslaw (1921–2013)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 18, 1979–September 1, 1981
- Melvin H. Evans (1917–1984)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 1, 1982–November 27, 1984
- Sheldon J. Krys (1934–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 19, 1985–April 24, 1988
- Charles A. Gargano (1934–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 9, 1988–June 7, 1991
- Sally G. Cowal (1944–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 27, 1991–August 22, 1994
- Brian J. Donnelly (1946–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 5, 1994–September 24, 1997
- Edward E. Shumaker III (1948–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 13, 1998–March 31, 2001
- Roy L. Austin (1939–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 6, 2001–January 20, 2009
- Len Kusnitz (1956–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, January 2009–May 2010
- Beatrice W. Welters (1951–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 11, 2010–November 2, 2012
- David Wolfe (1961–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, November 2012–July 2013
- Margaret Brumfield Diop (1960–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, July 2013–April 2016
- John L. Estrada (1955–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 19, 2016–January 20, 2017
- John W. McIntyre (?–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, January 20, 2017–October 15, 2018
- Joseph N. Mondello (?–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 23, 2018–
Other Nominees
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