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

This is a list of ambassadors of the United States to the Republic of the Congo.
From 1885 until 1960, the republic had been under the control of France as a protectorate. In 1908, France organized French Equatorial Africa (AEF), comprising its colonies of Middle Congo (modern Congo), Gabon, Chad, and Oubangui-Chari (now Central African Republic). Brazzaville was selected as the federal capital.
In 1958 Middle Congo became an autonomous colony and was renamed Republic of the Congo. The republic was granted full independence on August 15, 1960. As the Belgian Congo (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) also chose the name Republic of Congo upon receiving its independence, the two countries were more commonly known as Congo-Leopoldville and Congo-Brazzaville, after their capital cities.
The United States immediately recognized the new Republic of the Congo and moved to establish diplomatic relations. The embassy in Brazzaville was established August 15, 1960, with Alan W. Lukens as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim. The first ambassador, W. Wendell Blancke was appointed on November 9, 1960.

## Ambassadors

| Name | Title | Appointed | Presented credentials | Terminated mission | Notes |
| W. Wendell Blancke – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | November 9, 1960 | December 23, 1960 | December 14, 1963 | |
| Henry L. T. Koren – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | April 8, 1964 | May 13, 1964 | August 4, 1965 | Due to civil strife and insecure conditions, the U.S. Embassy in Brazzaville was closed and all diplomatic personnel were withdrawn from the country on August 15, 1965. The embassy was reestablished on October 30, 1977, with Jay Katzen as chargé d'affaires ad interim. A new ambassador was appointed on April 26, 1979. |
| William L. Swing – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | April 26, 1979 | May 11, 1979 | May 30, 1981 | |
| Kenneth Lee Brown – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | December 11, 1981 | February 13, 1982 | June 10, 1984 | |
| Alan Wood Lukens – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | August 13, 1984 | September 22, 1984 | May 6, 1987 | |
| Leonard Grant Shurtleff – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | August 10, 1987 | September 26, 1987 | July 5, 1990 | |
| James Daniel Phillips – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | June 27, 1990 | August 23, 1990 | September 10, 1993 | |
| William Christie Ramsay – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | July 16, 1993 | September 23, 1993 | April 13, 1996 | |
| Aubrey Hooks – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | June 6, 1996 | July 11, 1996 | January 9, 1999 | |
| David H. Kaeuper – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | November 16, 1999 | December 27, 1999 | September 5, 2002 | |
| Robin Renee Sanders – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | November 15, 2002 | February 13, 2003 | July 16, 2005 | |
| Robert Weisberg – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | March 21, 2006 | April 27, 2006 | March 2, 2008 | |
| Alan W. Eastham – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | August 22, 2008 | November 18, 2008 | July 23, 2010 | |
| Christopher W. Murray – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | August 23, 2010 | September 16, 2010 | August 14, 2013 | |
| Stephanie S. Sullivan – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | August 12, 2013 | November 26, 2013 | January 20, 2017 | |
| Todd Philip Haskell – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | May 19, 2017 | July 13, 2017 | January 28, 2021 | |
| Daniel Travis | Chargé d’Affaires ad interim | January 28, 2021 | – | March 30, 2022 | |
| Eugene Young – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | December 18, 2021 | March 30, 2022 | Incumbent | |