List of ambassadors of the United States to the Central African Republic
Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

List of ambassadors of the United States to the Central African Republic

Section Title: Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
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Name	State	Type	Appointed	Presented Credentials	Mission Terminated	Notes

W. Wendell Blancke	California	FSO	December 12, 1960	January 6, 1961	November 29, 1961	Commissioned during a recess of the Senate. Recommissioned after confirmation on February 6, 1961.

John H. Burns	Oklahoma	FSO	November 10, 1961	November 29, 1961	Left post, May 6, 1963	Commissioned during a recess of the Senate Recommissioned after confirmation on Jan 30, 1962.

Claude G. Ross	California	FSO	August 1, 1963	September 16, 1963	Left post, April 22, 1967

Geoffrey W. Lewis	Virginia	FSO	September 13, 1967	October 23, 1967	Left post, August 2, 1970

Melvin L. Manfull	Utah	FSO	November 23, 1970	February 4, 1971	Left post, December 13, 1972

William N. Dale	New Mexico	FSO	July 24, 1973	September 18, 1973	Left post, July 17, 1975

Anthony C. E. Quainton	Washington	FSO	February 4, 1976	February 20, 1976	Left post, June 9, 1978

Goodwin Cooke	Connecticut	FSO	October 11, 1978	November 4, 1978	Left post, July 13, 1980

Arthur H. Woodruff	Florida	FSO	May 7, 1981	July 10, 1981	Left post, August 2, 1983

Edmund DeJarnette	Virginia	FSO	October 7, 1983	November 17, 1983	Left post, May 26, 1986

David C. Fields	California	FSO	October 16, 1986	December 4, 1986	Left post, October 3, 1989

Daniel Howard Simpson	Ohio	FSO	November 21, 1989	February 6, 1990	Left post, December 15, 1992

Robert E. Gribbin, 3rd	Alabama	FSO	June 15, 1992	January 16, 1993	Left post, September 16, 1995

Mosina H. Jordan	New York	FSO	June 27, 1995	November 29, 1995	Left post March 31, 1997

Robert Cephas Perry	Virginia	FSO	October 12, 1998	February 1, 1999	Left post July 1, 2001

Mattie R. Sharpless	North Carolina	FSO	October 1, 2001	December 14, 2001	Left post November 2, 2002

Frederick B. Cook	Florida	FSO	July 27, 2007	August 29, 2007	Left post August 17, 2010

Laurence D. Wohlers	Washington	FSO	September 8, 2010	October 30, 2010	Left post August 1, 2013

Jeffrey J. Hawkins	California	FSO	October 15, 2015	October 30, 2015	Left post January 11, 2018

Lucy Tamlyn	New York	FSO	January 2, 2019	January 11, 2019	Incumbent

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