List of ambassadors of the Republic of the Congo to the United States
List of representatives

List of ambassadors of the Republic of the Congo to the United States

Section Title: List of representatives
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Diplomatic agrément	Diplomatic accreditation	ambassador	Observations	List of Presidents of the Republic of the Congo	List of Presidents of the United States	Term end

1960	Charles David Ganao	Upon independence, Ganao was named the country's first ambassador to the US and first permanent representative to the UN he then served as foreign minister from 1963 to 1974.	Fulbert Youlou	Dwight D. Eisenhower

March 21, 1961	March 21, 1961	EMBASSY OPENED	Fulbert Youlou	John F. Kennedy

December 9, 1960	January 14, 1965	Emmanuel Damongo-Dadet	Fulbert Youlou	Dwight D. Eisenhower

December 23, 1964	Jonas Mouanza	Alphonse Massemba-Débat	Lyndon B. Johnson

August 8, 1965	EMBASSY CLOSED - Diplomats Recalled U.S. Embassy Congo-Brazzaville closed about the same time.	Alphonse Massemba-Débat	Lyndon B. Johnson

June 1, 1977	Relations resumed under bilateral agreement	Joachim Yhombi-Opango	Jimmy Carter

October 30, 1977	January 11, 1979	U.S. Embassy at Brazzaville reopened in care of Jay Katzen as Charge d'Affaires.	Joachim Yhombi-Opango	Jimmy Carter

October 24, 1978	November 5, 1985	Nicolas Mondjo	Joachim Yhombi-Opango	Jimmy Carter

June 5, 1985	December 21, 1987	Stanislas Batchi	Denis Sassou-Nguesso	Ronald Reagan

November 19, 1987	May 29, 1990	Benjamin Bounkoulou	Denis Sassou-Nguesso	Ronald Reagan

May 21, 1990	December 9, 1993	Roger Issombo	Denis Sassou-Nguesso	George H. W. Bush

October 12, 1993	April 30, 1996	Pierre-Damien Boussoukou-Boumba	Pascal Lissouba	Bill Clinton

April 22, 1996	August 11, 2001	Dieudonne-Antoinne Ganga	Pascal Lissouba	Bill Clinton

June 27, 2001	Serge Mombouli	Denis Sassou-Nguesso	George W. Bush

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Charles David Ganao was the Republic of Congo's first ambassador to the United States and first permanent representative to the United Nations following the country's independence in 1960.

final_sentence: Charles David Ganao was the Republic of Congo's first ambassador to the United States and first permanent representative to the United Nations following the country's independence in 1960.