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Chiefs of Mission for Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
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Chiefs of Mission
- John Doren Tomlinson (1903–1981)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Congo (Kinshasa), June 30, 1960–
- Clare Hayes Timberlake (1907–1982)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Congo (Kinshasa), July 25, 1960–June 15, 1961
- Edmund Asbury Gullion (1913–1998)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Congo (Kinshasa), September 11, 1961–February 20, 1964
- George McMurtrie Godley II (1917–1999)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Congo (Kinshasa), March 23, 1964–October 15, 1966
- Robert Henry McBride (1918–1983)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Congo (Kinshasa), June 29, 1967–May 16, 1969
- Sheldon Baird Vance (1917–1995)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Congo (Kinshasa), June 28, 1969–March 26, 1974
- Deane Roesch Hinton (1923–2017)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Congo (Kinshasa), August 21, 1974–June 18, 1975
- Walter Leon Cutler (1931–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Congo (Kinshasa), December 23, 1975–May 9, 1979
- Robert Bigger Oakley (1931–2014)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Congo (Kinshasa), November 28, 1979–August 22, 1982
- Peter Dalton Constable (1932–2000)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Congo (Kinshasa), October 18, 1982–August 31, 1984
- Brandon Hambright Grove Jr. (1929–2016)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Congo (Kinshasa), September 18, 1984–September 18, 1987
- William Caldwell Harrop (1929–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Congo (Kinshasa), January 28, 1988–May 18, 1991
- Melissa Foelsch Wells (1932–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Congo (Kinshasa), June 11, 1991–March 21, 1992
- John Melvin Yates (1939–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Congo (Kinshasa), March 1992–September 1995
- Daniel Howard Simpson (1939–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Congo (Kinshasa), November 23, 1995–June 11, 1998
- William Lacy Swing (1934–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Congo (Kinshasa), October 13, 1998–August 11, 2001
- Aubrey Hooks (1948–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Congo (Kinshasa), September 4, 2001–April 17, 2004
- Roger A. Meece (1949–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Congo (Kinshasa), August 3, 2004–August 14, 2007
- William J. Garvelink (1949–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Congo (Kinshasa), November 29, 2007–May 10, 2010
- James F. Entwistle (1956–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Congo (Kinshasa), November 4, 2010–August 10, 2013
- James Christopher Swan (1963–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Congo (Kinshasa), November 1, 2013–December 31, 2016
- Jennifer Haskell (?–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Congo (Kinshasa), June 29, 2017–October 23, 2018
- Michael A. Hammer (1963–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Congo (Kinshasa), December 22, 2018–
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