List of ambassadors of the United States to the Central African Republic
Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Table:
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, 3rd

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[1]

Florida

FSO

July 27, 2007

August 29, 2007

Left post August 17, 2010

Laurence D. Wohlers[2]

Washington

FSO

September 8, 2010

October 30, 2010

Left post August 1, 2013

Jeffrey J. Hawkins[3]

California

FSO

October 15, 2015

October 30, 2015

Left post January 11, 2018

Lucy Tamlyn

New York

FSO

January 2, 2019

January 11, 2019

Incumbent

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