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Chiefs of Mission for Tanzania
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Chiefs of Mission
- William Redman Duggan (1915–1977)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, December 9, 1961–
- On December 10, 1963, the Embassy in Zanzibar was established with Frederick P. Picard III as Chargé d’Affaires ad interim. An Ambassador to Zanzibar had not yet been appointed when that country was united with the Republic of Tanganyika on April 27, 1964. Frank C. Carlucci III was serving as Charge d’Affaires ad interim when Embassy Zanzibar was changed in rank to a Consulate General, effective June 27, 1964.
- William Leonhart (1919–1997)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 3, 1962–December 22, 1965
- John Howard Burns (1913–2017)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 3, 1966–June 22, 1969
- Claude George Anthony Ross (1917–2006)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 27, 1969–June 25, 1972
- William Beverly Carter Jr. (1921–1982)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 24, 1972–October 14, 1975
- James William Spain (1926–2008)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 8, 1976–August 21, 1979
- Richard Noyes Viets (1930–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 18, 1979–May 16, 1981
- David Charles Miller Jr. (1942–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 4, 1981–February 28, 1984
- John William Shirley (1931–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 28, 1984–July 18, 1986
- Donald K. Petterson (1930–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 8, 1986–December 26, 1989
- Edmund T. DeJarnette (1938–2015)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, February 26, 1990–September 12, 1992
- Peter John De Vos (1938–2008)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 8, 1993–June 3, 1994
- J. Brady Anderson (1945–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 13, 1994–October 7, 1997
- Charles Richard Stith (1949–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 17, 1998–January 20, 2001
- Robert V. Royall (1934–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 19, 2001–November 22, 2003
- Michael S. Owen (1951–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, November 2003–July 2005
- Michael Retzer (1946–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 1, 2005–August 31, 2007
- Mark Green (1960–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 12, 2007–January 20, 2009
- Alfonso E. Lenhardt (1943–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 12, 2009–October 9, 2013
- Mark Bradley Childress (1959–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 22, 2014–October 25, 2016
- Inmi K. Patterson (?–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, June 5, 2017–June 22, 2020
- Donald J. Wright (?–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 2, 2020–
Other Nominees
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