# List of ambassadors of the United States to Malawi

The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland was dissolved on December 31, 1963, and Malawi became a fully independent member of the Commonwealth of Nations on July 6, 1964.
The United States immediately recognized the new nation and moved to establish diplomatic relations. The U.S. embassy in Blantyre (later Zomba) was established July 6, 1964—independence day for Malawi—with Amy W. Diaz as current ambassador.

## Ambassadors

| Name | Title | Appointed | Presented credentials | Terminated mission | Notes |
| Sam P. Gilstrap – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | July 1, 1964 | July 8, 1964 | October 6, 1965 | |
| Marshall P. Jones – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | November 10, 1965 | January 13, 1966 | March 20, 1970 | Jones was reaccredited after Malawi became a republic and presented new credentials July 8, 1966. |
| William C. Burdett Jr. – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | April 8, 1970 | May 13, 1970 | May 11, 1974 | |
| Robert A. Stevenson – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | June 20, 1974 | August 15, 1974 | May 21, 1978 | The Embassy was moved to Lilongwe April 1, 1976, during Stevenson’s tenure. |
| Harold E. Horan – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | August 11, 1978 | January 24, 1979 | July 17, 1980 | The post was vacant July 1980–August 1981. Robert M. Maxim served as chargé d'affaires during that interval. |
| John A. Burroughs, Jr. – Political appointee | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | May 7, 1981 | August 17, 1981 | June 9, 1984 | |
| Weston Adams – Political Appointee | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | June 11, 1984 | August 17, 1984 | August 8, 1986 | The post was vacant August 1986–May 1988. Dennis C. Jett served as chargé d'affaires ad interim during that period. |
| George Arthur Trail III – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | April 28, 1988 | May 13, 1988 | May 2, 1991 | |
| Michael T. F. Pistor – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | July 1, 1991 | July 25, 1991 | June 20, 1994 | |
| Peter R. Chaveas – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | May 9, 1994 | September 12, 1994 | June 27, 1997 | |
| Amelia Ellen Shippy – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | November 7, 1997 | February 2, 1998 | August 5, 2000 | |
| Roger A. Meece – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | September 15, 2000 | November 7, 2000 | July 20, 2003 | |
| Steven A. Browning – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | May 27, 2003 | September 19, 2003 | May 16, 2004 | |
| Alan W. Eastham – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | August 2, 2005 | August 25, 2005 | July 15, 2008 | |
| Peter Bodde – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | June 6, 2008 | October 28, 2008 | August 1, 2010 | Edward W. Holmes served as chargé d'affaires ad interim from August 2010 to July 2011 |
| Jeanine E. Jackson, Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | July 5, 2011 | October 20, 2011 | September 25, 2014 | |
| Virginia E. Palmer, Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | December 18, 2014 | February 27, 2015 | June 7, 2019 | |
| Robert K. Scott, Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | April 16, 2019 | August 6, 2019 | October 20, 2021 | |
| David Young, Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | March 2, 2022 | May 5, 2022 | February 12, 2024 | |
| Amy W. Diaz, Career FSO | Chargé d'Affaires ad interim | February 12, 2024 | | Incumbent | |