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Chiefs of Mission for Lithuania
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Chiefs of Mission
- Frederick William Backus Coleman (1874–1947)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, December 5, 1922–October 20, 1931
- Robert Peet Skinner (1866–1960)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, February 13, 1932–April 29, 1933
- John Van Antwerp MacMurray (1881–1960)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, December 20, 1933–February 13, 1936
- Arthur Bliss Lane (1894–1956)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, June 24, 1936–September 16, 1937
- Owen Joseph Christoffer Norem (1902–)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, November 26, 1937–June 15, 1940
- Bernard Anthony Gufler (1903–1973)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, –September 5, 1940
- The United States resumed diplomatic relations with Lithuania on September 2, 1991.
- Darryl Norman Johnson (1938–2018)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, September 2, 1991–
- Darryl Norman Johnson (1938–2018)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 14, 1992–May 23, 1994
- James W. Swihart Jr. (1946–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 26, 1994–July 16, 1997
- Keith C. Smith (1938–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 9, 1997–July 29, 2000
- John F. Tefft (1949–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 30, 2000–May 10, 2003
- Stephen D. Mull (1958–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 26, 2003–June 16, 2006
- John A. Cloud Jr. (1953–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 17, 2006–July 7, 2009
- Anne E. Derse (1954–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 14, 2009–July 1, 2012
- Deborah Ann McCarthy (1955–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, February 19, 2013–July 27, 2016
- Anne Hall (?–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 7, 2016–July 19, 2019
- Robert S. Gilchrist (?–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, February 4, 2020–
Other Nominees
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