List of ambassadors of the United States to Malaysia
Ambassadors to Malaysia
Embassy Kuala Lumpur was established on August 31, 1957, with Wright in charge.

List of ambassadors of the United States to Malaysia

Section Title: Ambassadors to Malaysia
Table Section Text: Embassy Kuala Lumpur was established on August 31, 1957, with Wright in charge.

Name	Career	Title	Appointment	Presentation of Credentials	Termination of Mission

Thomas K. Wright	Career FSO	Chargé d'Affaires	August 31, 1957	September 4, 1957	Superseded December 2, 1957

Homer M. Byington, Jr.	Career FSO	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	October 3, 1957	December 2, 1957	Left post, April 1, 1961

Charles F. Baldwin	Career FSO	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	February 22, 1961	April 29, 1961	Left post, January 22, 1964

James D. Bell	Career FSO	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	March 4, 1964	March 23, 1964	Left post, July 15, 1969

Jack W. Lydman	Career FSO	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	September 15, 1969	October 8, 1969	Left post, December 20, 1973

Francis T. Underhill, Jr.	Career FSO	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	December 19, 1973	February 11, 1974	Left post, May 10, 1977

Robert Hopkins Miller	Career FSO	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	May 26, 1977	June 8, 1977	Left post, March 8, 1980

Barbara M. Watson	Political appointee	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	August 20, 1980	September 25, 1980	Left post, March 1, 1981

Ronald DeWayne Palmer	Career FSO	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	June 11, 1981	June 24, 1981	Left post, October 30, 1983

Thomas P. Shoesmith	Career FSO	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	November 18, 1983	December 12, 1983	Left post, February 14, 1987

John Cameron Monjo	Career FSO	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	April 7, 1987	June 10, 1987	Left post, April 22, 1989

Paul Matthews Cleveland	Career FSO	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	October 10, 1989	November 8, 1989	Left post, July 23, 1992

John Stern Wolf	Career FSO	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	August 11, 1992	October 7, 1992	Left post, June 10, 1995

John R. Malott	Career FSO	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	December 19, 1995	January 25, 1996	Left post December 30, 1998

B. Lynn Pascoe	Career FSO	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	October 22, 1998	March 1, 1999	Left post August 11, 2001

Marie T. Huhtala	Career FSO	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	August 3, 2001	October 17, 2001	Left post May 28, 2004

Christopher J. LaFleur	Career FSO	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	October 18, 2004	January 4, 2005	September 14, 2007

James P. Keith	Career FSO	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	May 30, 2007	December 4, 2007	Left post, March 15, 2010

Paul W. Jones	Career FSO	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	August 5, 2010	September 8, 2010	September 10, 2013

Joseph Y. Yun	Career FSO	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	September 12, 2013	October 3, 2013	October 2016

Kamala Shirin Lakhdhir	Career FSO	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	December 9, 2016	February 21, 2017	Incumbent

Sentence(s)

Lakhdhir was United States Ambassador to Malaysia.

final_sentence: Lakhdhir was United States Ambassador to Malaysia.