United States Ambassador to the Central African Republic

The United States Ambassador to the Central African Republic is the ambassador of the United States to the Central African Republic

Central African Republic

The Central African Republic , is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It borders Chad in the north, Sudan in the north east, South Sudan in the east, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo in the south, and Cameroon in the west. The CAR covers a land area of about ,...

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Alan W. Lukens (resident at Brazzaville

Brazzaville

-Transport:The city is home to Maya-Maya Airport and a railway station on the Congo-Ocean Railway. It is also an important river port, with ferries sailing to Kinshasa and to Bangui via Impfondo...

) presented credentials

Diplomatic credentials

Diplomatic credentials are documents presented by foreign ambassadors and ministers to the chief of state of the host government. The documents, which follow a standard text, identify the diplomats as representatives of their governments and empowered to speak for them.According to diplomatic...

as chargé d'affaires ad interim
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...

on August 13, 1960. During Blancke's tenure as non-resident Ambassador to the Central African Republic, the United States Embassy in Bangui

Bangui

-Law and government:Bangui is an autonomous commune of the Central African Republic. With an area of 67 km², it is by far the smallest high-level administrative division of the CAR in area but the highest in population...

was established on February 10, 1961, with Lukens as resident chargé d'affaires ad interim. Ambassador Cooke was commissioned to the Central African Empire

Central African Empire

The Central African Empire was a short-lived, self-declared autocratic monarchy that replaced the Central African Republic and was, in turn, replaced by the restoration of the republic. The empire was formed when Jean-Bédel Bokassa, President of the republic, declared himself Emperor Bokassa I on...

Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

Name	State	Type	Appointed	Presented Credentials	Mission Terminated	Notes
W. Wendell Blancke	California California California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...	FSO Foreign Service Officer A Foreign Service Officer is a commissioned member of the United States Foreign Service. As diplomats, Foreign Service Officers formulate and implement the foreign policy of the United States. FSOs spend most of their careers overseas as members of U.S. embassies, consulates, and other diplomatic...	Dec 12, 1960	Jan 6, 1961	Nov 29, 1961	Commissioned during a recess of the Senate Recess appointment A recess appointment is the appointment, by the President of the United States, of a senior federal official while the U.S. Senate is in recess. The U.S. Constitution requires that the most senior federal officers must be confirmed by the Senate before assuming office, but while the Senate is in... . Recommissioned after confirmation Advice and consent Advice and consent is an English phrase frequently used in enacting formulae of bills and in other legal or constitutional contexts, describing a situation in which the executive branch of a government enacts something previously approved of by the legislative branch.-General:The expression is... on Feb 6, 1961. Also accredited to Chad United States Ambassador to Chad This is a list of Ambassadors of the United States to Chad.09-Jan-1961 28-May-1961 W. Wendell Blancke Jan-1961 May-1961 Frederic L. Chapin *28-May-1961 01-Apr-1963 John A. Calhoun... , Congo-Brazzaville United States Ambassador to the Republic of the Congo This is a list of Ambassadors of the United States to the Republic of the Congo.From 1885 until 1960, the republic had been under the control of France as a protectorate. In 1908, France organized French Equatorial Africa , comprising its colonies of Middle Congo , Gabon, Chad, and Oubangui-Chari... , and Gabon United States Ambassador to Gabon This is a list of Ambassadors of the United States to Gabon.Gabon had been an overseas territory of France since 1910. At that time it became part of French Equatorial Africa, which included Middle Congo , Chad, and Oubangui-Chari... ; resident at Brazzaville Brazzaville -Transport:The city is home to Maya-Maya Airport and a railway station on the Congo-Ocean Railway. It is also an important river port, with ferries sailing to Kinshasa and to Bangui via Impfondo... .
John H. Burns	Oklahoma Oklahoma Oklahoma is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. With an estimated 3,751,351 residents as of the 2010 census and a land area of 68,667 square miles , Oklahoma is the 28th most populous and 20th-largest state...	FSO Foreign Service Officer A Foreign Service Officer is a commissioned member of the United States Foreign Service. As diplomats, Foreign Service Officers formulate and implement the foreign policy of the United States. FSOs spend most of their careers overseas as members of U.S. embassies, consulates, and other diplomatic...	Nov 10, 1961	Nov 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 California California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...	FSO Foreign Service Officer A Foreign Service Officer is a commissioned member of the United States Foreign Service. As diplomats, Foreign Service Officers formulate and implement the foreign policy of the United States. FSOs spend most of their careers overseas as members of U.S. embassies, consulates, and other diplomatic...	Aug 1, 1963	Sep 16, 1963	Left post, Apr 22, 1967
Geoffrey W. Lewis	Virginia Virginia The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...	FSO Foreign Service Officer A Foreign Service Officer is a commissioned member of the United States Foreign Service. As diplomats, Foreign Service Officers formulate and implement the foreign policy of the United States. FSOs spend most of their careers overseas as members of U.S. embassies, consulates, and other diplomatic...	Sep 13, 1967	Oct 23, 1967	Left post, Aug 2, 1970
Melvin L. Manfull Melvin L. Manfull Melvin Lawrence Manfull served as the United States Ambassador to the Central African Republic from 1970 to December 1972. He then served as the United States Ambassador to Liberia until his resignation in 1975....	Utah Utah Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...	FSO Foreign Service Officer A Foreign Service Officer is a commissioned member of the United States Foreign Service. As diplomats, Foreign Service Officers formulate and implement the foreign policy of the United States. FSOs spend most of their careers overseas as members of U.S. embassies, consulates, and other diplomatic...	Nov 23, 1970	Feb 4, 1971	Left post, Dec 13, 1972
William N. Dale	New Mexico New Mexico New Mexico is a state located in the southwest and western regions of the United States. New Mexico is also usually considered one of the Mountain States. With a population density of 16 per square mile, New Mexico is the sixth-most sparsely inhabited U.S...	FSO Foreign Service Officer A Foreign Service Officer is a commissioned member of the United States Foreign Service. As diplomats, Foreign Service Officers formulate and implement the foreign policy of the United States. FSOs spend most of their careers overseas as members of U.S. embassies, consulates, and other diplomatic...	Jul 24, 1973	Sep 18, 1973	Left post, Jul 17, 1975
Anthony C. E. Quainton Anthony C. E. Quainton Anthony Cecil Eden Quainton is a former United States diplomat. He was born in Seattle on April 4, 1934 and was educated at Princeton University, where he received a B.A. in 1955, and Oxford University, England as a Marshall Scholar, where he received a B.Litt. in 1958. While in England, he...	Washington	FSO Foreign Service Officer A Foreign Service Officer is a commissioned member of the United States Foreign Service. As diplomats, Foreign Service Officers formulate and implement the foreign policy of the United States. FSOs spend most of their careers overseas as members of U.S. embassies, consulates, and other diplomatic...	Feb 4, 1976	Feb 20, 1976	Left post, Jun 9, 1978
Goodwin Cooke	Connecticut Connecticut Connecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately...	FSO Foreign Service Officer A Foreign Service Officer is a commissioned member of the United States Foreign Service. As diplomats, Foreign Service Officers formulate and implement the foreign policy of the United States. FSOs spend most of their careers overseas as members of U.S. embassies, consulates, and other diplomatic...	Oct 11, 1978	Nov 4, 1978	Left post, Jul 13, 1980
Arthur H. Woodruff	Florida Florida Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...	FSO Foreign Service Officer A Foreign Service Officer is a commissioned member of the United States Foreign Service. As diplomats, Foreign Service Officers formulate and implement the foreign policy of the United States. FSOs spend most of their careers overseas as members of U.S. embassies, consulates, and other diplomatic...	May 7, 1981	Jul 10, 1981	Left post, Aug 2, 1983
Edmund DeJarnette	Virginia Virginia The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...	FSO Foreign Service Officer A Foreign Service Officer is a commissioned member of the United States Foreign Service. As diplomats, Foreign Service Officers formulate and implement the foreign policy of the United States. FSOs spend most of their careers overseas as members of U.S. embassies, consulates, and other diplomatic...	Oct 7, 1983	Nov 17, 1983	Left post, May 26, 1986
David C. Fields	California California California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...	FSO Foreign Service Officer A Foreign Service Officer is a commissioned member of the United States Foreign Service. As diplomats, Foreign Service Officers formulate and implement the foreign policy of the United States. FSOs spend most of their careers overseas as members of U.S. embassies, consulates, and other diplomatic...	Oct 16, 1986	Dec 4, 1986	Left post, Oct 3, 1989
Daniel Howard Simpson	Ohio Ohio Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...	FSO Foreign Service Officer A Foreign Service Officer is a commissioned member of the United States Foreign Service. As diplomats, Foreign Service Officers formulate and implement the foreign policy of the United States. FSOs spend most of their careers overseas as members of U.S. embassies, consulates, and other diplomatic...	Nov 21, 1989	Feb 6, 1990	Left post, Dec 15, 1992
Robert E. Gribbin, 3rd	Alabama Alabama Alabama is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama ranks 30th in total land area and ranks second in the size of its inland...	FSO Foreign Service Officer A Foreign Service Officer is a commissioned member of the United States Foreign Service. As diplomats, Foreign Service Officers formulate and implement the foreign policy of the United States. FSOs spend most of their careers overseas as members of U.S. embassies, consulates, and other diplomatic...	Jun 15, 1992	Jan 16, 1993	Left post, Sep 16, 1995
Mosina H. Jordan	New York New York New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...	FSO Foreign Service Officer A Foreign Service Officer is a commissioned member of the United States Foreign Service. As diplomats, Foreign Service Officers formulate and implement the foreign policy of the United States. FSOs spend most of their careers overseas as members of U.S. embassies, consulates, and other diplomatic...	Jun 27, 1995	Nov 29, 1995	Left post Mar 31, 1997
Robert Cephas Perry	Virginia Virginia The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...	FSO Foreign Service Officer A Foreign Service Officer is a commissioned member of the United States Foreign Service. As diplomats, Foreign Service Officers formulate and implement the foreign policy of the United States. FSOs spend most of their careers overseas as members of U.S. embassies, consulates, and other diplomatic...	Oct 12, 1998	Feb 1, 1999	Jul 1, 2001
Mattie R. Sharpless	North Carolina North Carolina North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...	FSO Foreign Service Officer A Foreign Service Officer is a commissioned member of the United States Foreign Service. As diplomats, Foreign Service Officers formulate and implement the foreign policy of the United States. FSOs spend most of their careers overseas as members of U.S. embassies, consulates, and other diplomatic...	Oct 1, 2001	Dec 14, 2001	Left post, Dec. 2, 2002
Frederick B. Cook	Florida Florida Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...	FSO Foreign Service Officer A Foreign Service Officer is a commissioned member of the United States Foreign Service. As diplomats, Foreign Service Officers formulate and implement the foreign policy of the United States. FSOs spend most of their careers overseas as members of U.S. embassies, consulates, and other diplomatic...	Jul 27, 2007	Aug 27, 2007	Prior to September 2010
Laurence D. Wohlers	Washington	FSO	September 8, 2010	Unknown	Current

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