United States Ambassador to Zimbabwe

The first United States Ambassador to Zimbabwe was appointed on May 23, 1980, after the Republic of Zimbabwe came into being to replace the previous white-minority government of Rhodesia

Rhodesia

Rhodesia , officially the Republic of Rhodesia from 1970, was an unrecognised state located in southern Africa that existed between 1965 and 1979 following its Unilateral Declaration of Independence from the United Kingdom on 11 November 1965...

, and its successor Zimbabwe-Rhodesia (1979–1980).

The Republic of Zimbabwe came into being on April 18, 1980. The United States immediately recognized

Diplomatic recognition

Diplomatic recognition in international law is a unilateral political act with domestic and international legal consequences, whereby a state acknowledges an act or status of another state or government in control of a state...

the new nation and moved to establish diplomatic relations

Diplomacy

Diplomacy is the art and practice of conducting negotiations between representatives of groups or states...

. An embassy in Harare

Harare

Harare before 1982 known as Salisbury) is the largest city and capital of Zimbabwe. It has an estimated population of 1,600,000, with 2,800,000 in its metropolitan area . Administratively, Harare is an independent city equivalent to a province. It is Zimbabwe's largest city and its...

was established on April 18, 1980—independence day for Zimbabwe. Jeffrey Davidow was appointed as chargé d'affaires

Chargé d'affaires

In diplomacy, chargé d’affaires , often shortened to simply chargé, is the title of two classes of diplomatic agents who head a diplomatic mission, either on a temporary basis or when no more senior diplomat has been accredited.-Chargés d’affaires:Chargés d’affaires , who were...

ad interim
Ad interim
The Latin phrase ad interim literally means "in the time between" denotes the meaning of "in the meantime", "for an intervening time" or "temporarily" in the English language...

pending the appointment of an ambassador

Ambassador

An ambassador is the highest ranking diplomat who represents a nation and is usually accredited to a foreign sovereign or government, or to an international organization....

. The first ambassador, Robert V. Keeley

Robert V. Keeley

Ambassador Robert Vossler Keeley had a 34-year career in the Foreign Service of the United States, from 1956 to 1989. He served three times as Ambassador: to Greece , Zimbabwe , and Mauritius...

, was appointed one month later on May 23, 1980.

Ambassadors

Robert V. Keeley
Robert V. Keeley
Ambassador Robert Vossler Keeley had a 34-year career in the Foreign Service of the United States, from 1956 to 1989. He served three times as Ambassador: to Greece , Zimbabwe , and Mauritius...

– Career FSO
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: May 23, 1980
- Presented credentials: June 19, 1980
- Terminated mission: Left post February 20, 1984
David Charles Miller, Jr. – Career FSO
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: March 30, 1984
- Presented credentials: May 31, 1984
- Terminated mission: Left post April 17, 1986
James Wilson Rawlings – Political appointee
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: October 16, 1986
- Presented credentials: November 27, 1986
- Terminated mission: Left post March 30, 1989
Note: Edward F. Fugit served as chargé d'affaires ad interim, March 1989-April 1990.
J. Steven Rhodes – Political appointee
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: March 8, 1990
- Presented credentials: April 5, 1990
- Terminated mission: Left post August 6, 1990
Edward G. Lanpher – Career FSO
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: October 25, 1991
- Presented credentials: November 20, 1991
- Terminated mission: Left post January 12, 1995
Johnnie Carson – Career FSO
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: March 4, 1995
- Presented credentials: April 20, 1995
- Terminated mission: Left post 25 July 1997
Tom McDonald
Tom McDonald (diplomat)
Tom McDonald was the United States Ambassador to Zimbabwe from 1997 to 2001. A graduate of George Washington University and the University of Minnesota Law School, McDonald is now an attorney with the Washington, D.C. firm of Baker Hostetler. He is a member of the Council of American Ambassadors...

– Political appointee
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: November 4, 1997
- Presented credentials: December 11, 1997
- Terminated mission: Left post December 15, 2000
Joseph Gerard Sullivan – Career FSO
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: August 7, 2001
- Presented credentials: October 18, 2001
- Terminated mission: ~2004
Christopher W. Dell
Christopher Dell
Christopher William Dell is a career United States Foreign Service officer who currently serves as the U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Kosovo, after having been posted to Angola and Zimbabwe.-Education:...

– Career FSO
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: August 11, 2004
- Presented credentials: ~2004
- Terminated mission: July 2007
James D. McGee
James D. McGee
James David McGee is an American diplomat who served as U.S. ambassador to Zimbabwe. He is the former U.S. ambassador to Swaziland, Madagascar and the Comoros.-Early life:...

– Career FSO
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: October, 2007
- Presented credentials: November 22, 2007
- Terminated mission: 2009
Charles A. Ray
Charles A. Ray
Charles Aaron Ray has been the U.S. Ambassador to Zimbabwe since 2009. He is a Foreign Service Officer, career member of the Senior Foreign Service, author, and retired U.S...

– Career FSO
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: September 14, 2009
- Presented credentials: December 9, 2009
- Terminated mission: Incumbent

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Ambassadors

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