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Mali

Note: Embassy Dakar (in the Federation of Mali) was established Jun 20, 1960, with Donald A. Dumont as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim.

Name: Henry S. Villard
State of Residency: New York
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 18, 1960
Note: Commissioned to the Federation of Mali (capital at Dakar). Took oath of office, but the Federation of Mali was dissolved before Villard proceeded to post. See under Senegal for subsequent representation at Dakar. Embassy Bamako was established Sep 24, 1960, with John G. Dean as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim. Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Aug 27, 1960.

Name: Thomas K. Wright
State of Residency: Florida
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 5, 1960
Presentation of Credentials: Jan 17, 1961
Termination of Mission: Left post, Dec 27, 1961
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Feb 6, 1961.

Name: William J. Handley
State of Residency: Virginia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Dec 7, 1961
Presentation of Credentials: Feb 14, 1962
Termination of Mission: Left post, Sep 8, 1964
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Jan 30, 1962.

Name: C. Robert Moore
State of Residency: Washington
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 11, 1965
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 17, 1965
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jun 19, 1968

Name: G. Edward Clark
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 24, 1968
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 1, 1968
Termination of Mission: Left post, Sep 1, 1970

Name: Robert O. Blake
State of Residency: California
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Dec 10, 1970
Presentation of Credentials: Jan 8, 1971
Termination of Mission: Left post, May 20, 1973

Name: Ralph J. McGuire
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Dec 19, 1973
Presentation of Credentials: Mar 15, 1974
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 26, 1976

Name: Patricia M. Byrne
State of Residency: Ohio
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 16, 1976
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 3, 1976
Termination of Mission: Left post, Oct 30, 1979

Name: Anne Forrester Holloway
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 6, 1979
Presentation of Credentials: Jan 5, 1980
Termination of Mission: Left post, Feb 27, 1981

Name: Parker W. Borg
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Non-career appointee
Appointment: Jul 18, 1981
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 18, 1981
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 8, 1984

Name: Robert J. Ryan, Jr.
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 13, 1984
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 14, 1984
Termination of Mission: Left post, Aug 31, 1987

Name: Robert Maxwell Pringle
State of Residency: Virginia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 6, 1987
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 14, 1987
Termination of Mission: Left post, Sep 17, 1990

Name: Herbert Donald Gelber
State of Residency: Florida
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 22, 1990
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 18, 1990
Termination of Mission: Left post, Aug 22, 1993

Name: William H. Dameron, 3rd
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 16, 1993
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 9, 1993
Termination of Mission: Left post, Mar 31, 1995

Note: Carolee Heileman served as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim, Mar 1995–Mar 1996.

Name: David P. Rawson
State of Residency: Michigan
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Dec 19, 1995
Presentation of Credentials: Mar 1, 1996
Termination of Mission: Left post Jul 26, 1999

Name: Michael Edward Ranneberger
State of Residency: Virginia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 16, 1999
Presentation of Credentials: Feb 14, 2000
Termination of Mission: Left post Jul 28, 2002

Name: Vicki Huddleston
State of Residency: Arizona
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 3, 2002
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 9, 2002
Termination of Mission: Left post Jan 21, 2005

Name: Terence Patrick McCulley
State of Residency: Oregon
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 21, 2005
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 2, 2005
Termination of Mission:


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