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

The United States ambassador to the Central African Republic is the ambassador of the United States to the Central African Republic.
Alan W. Lukens (resident at Brazzaville) presented credentials as chargé d'affaires ad interim on August 13, 1960. During Blancke's tenure as non-resident ambassador to the Central African Republic, the United States Embassy in Bangui was established on February 10, 1961, with Lukens as resident chargé d'affaires ad interim. Ambassador Cooke was commissioned to the Central African Empire.

## Ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary

| 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. Also accredited to Chad, Congo-Brazzaville, and Gabon; resident at Brazzaville. |
| 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 III | 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 11, 2019 | February 6, 2019 | Left post January 28, 2022 | |
| Patricia Mahoney | Virginia | FSO | December 18, 2021 | April 8, 2022 | Incumbent | |