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Time Served
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President
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Ambassador
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January 17, 1946 - June 3, 1946
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Harry Truman
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Edward Stettinius Jr.
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(Acting) June 3, 1946 - January 14, 1947
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Harry Truman
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Herschel Johnson
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January 14, 1947 - January 22, 1953
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Harry Truman
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Warren Austin
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January 27, 1953 - September 3, 1960
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.
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September 8, 1960 - January 21, 1961
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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James Jeremiah Wadsworth
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January 23, 1961 - July 14, 1965
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John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson
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Adlai Stevenson II
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July 28, 1965 - June 24, 1968
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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Arthur Goldberg
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June 26, 1968 - September 25, 1968
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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George Ball
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October 7, 1968 - January 20, 1969
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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James Russell Wiggins
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January 23, 1969 - February 25, 1971
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Richard Nixon
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Charles W. Yost
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March 1, 1971 - January 18, 1973
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Richard Nixon
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George H.W. Bush
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February 20, 1973 - June 29, 1975
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Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford
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John A. Scali
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June 30, 1975 - February 2, 1976
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Gerald Ford
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Daniel Patrick Moynihan
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March 15, 1976 - January 19, 1977
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Gerald Ford
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January 19, 1977
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January 30, 1977 - September 23, 1979
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Jimmy Carter
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Andrew Young
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September 23, 1979 - January 20, 1981
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Jimmy Carter
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Donald McHenry
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February 4, 1981 - April 1, 1985
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Ronald Reagan
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Jeane Kirkpatrick
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May 22, 1985 - March 15, 1989
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Ronald Reagan
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Vernon A. Walters
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March 20, 1989 - May 7, 1992
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George H.W. Bush
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Thomas R. Pickering
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May 12, 1992 - January 27, 1993
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George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton
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Edward J. Perkins
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January 27, 1993 - January 21, 1997
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Bill Clinton
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Madeleine Albright
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January 21, 1997 - August 18, 1998
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Bill Clinton
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Bill Richardson
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(Acting) August 18, 1998 - September 7, 1999
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Bill Clinton
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Peter Burleigh
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September 7, 1999 - January 20, 2001
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Bill Clinton
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Peter Burleigh
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(Acting) January 20, 2001 - September 19, 2001
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George W. Bush
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James B. Cunningham
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September 19, 2001 - July 23, 2004
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George W. Bush
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John Negroponte
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July 23, 2004 - January 20, 2005
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George W. Bush
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John Danforth
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(Acting) January 20, 2005 - August 2, 2005
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George W. Bush
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Anne W. Patterson
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August 2, 2005 - December 31, 2006
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George W. Bush
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John Bolton
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(Acting) December 31, 2006 - April 30, 2007
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George W. Bush
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Alejandro Daniel Wolff
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April 30, 2007 - January 22, 2009
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George W. Bush, Barack Obama
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Alejandro Daniel Wolff
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January 26, 2009 - June 30, 2013
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Barack Obama
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Susan Rice
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(Acting) June 30, 2013 - August 5, 2013
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Barack Obama
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Rosemary DiCarlo
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August 5, 2013 - January 20, 2017
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Barack Obama
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Samantha Power
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(Acting) January 20, 2017 - January 27, 2017
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Donald Trump
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Michele J. Sison
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January 27, 2017 - December 31, 2018
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Donald Trump
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Nikki Haley
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(Acting) January 1, 2019 - September 12, 2019
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Donald Trump
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Jonathan R. Cohen
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September 12, 2019 - January 20, 2021
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Donald Trump
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Kelly Craft
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(Acting) January 20, 2021 - February 25, 2021
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Joe Biden
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Richard M. Mills Jr.
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February 25, 2021 - January 20, 2025
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Joe Biden
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Linda Thomas-Greenfield
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January 20, 2025 - September 21, 2025
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Donald Trump
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Dorothea Shea
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September 21, 2025 - Present
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Donald Trump
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Mike Waltz
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