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List of ambassadors of the United States to the Republic of the Congo

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Ambassador of the United States to the Republic of the Congo
Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent
Eugene Young
since March 30, 2022
NominatorThe President of the United States
AppointerThe President
with Senate advice and consent
Inaugural holderW. Wendell Blancke
as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
FormationNovember 9, 1960
WebsiteU.S. Embassy - Brazzaville

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 (AEF), comprising its colonies of Middle Congo (modern Congo), Gabon, Chad, and Oubangui-Chari (now Central African Republic). Brazzaville was selected as the federal capital.

In 1958 Middle Congo became an autonomous colony and was renamed Republic of the Congo. The republic was granted full independence on August 15, 1960. As the Belgian Congo (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) also chose the name Republic of Congo upon receiving its independence, the two countries were more commonly known as Congo-Leopoldville and Congo-Brazzaville, after their capital cities.

The United States immediately recognized the new Republic of the Congo and moved to establish diplomatic relations. The embassy in Brazzaville was established August 15, 1960, with Alan W. Lukens as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim. The first ambassador, W. Wendell Blancke was appointed on November 9, 1960.

Ambassadors

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Name Title Appointed Presented credentials Terminated mission Notes
W. Wendell Blancke – Career FSO[1][2] Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary November 9, 1960 December 23, 1960 December 14, 1963
Henry L. T. Koren – Career FSO April 8, 1964 May 13, 1964 August 4, 1965 Due to civil strife and insecure conditions, the U.S. Embassy in Brazzaville was closed and all diplomatic personnel were withdrawn from the country on August 15, 1965. The embassy was reestablished on October 30, 1977, with Jay Katzen as chargé d'affaires ad interim. A new ambassador was appointed on April 26, 1979.
William L. Swing – Career FSO April 26, 1979 May 11, 1979 May 30, 1981
Kenneth Lee Brown – Career FSO December 11, 1981 February 13, 1982 June 10, 1984
Alan Wood Lukens – Career FSO August 13, 1984 September 22, 1984 May 6, 1987
Leonard Grant Shurtleff[3] – Career FSO August 10, 1987 September 26, 1987 July 5, 1990
James Daniel Phillips – Career FSO June 27, 1990 August 23, 1990 September 10, 1993
William Christie Ramsay – Career FSO July 16, 1993 September 23, 1993 April 13, 1996
Aubrey Hooks – Career FSO June 6, 1996 July 11, 1996 January 9, 1999
David H. Kaeuper – Career FSO November 16, 1999 December 27, 1999 September 5, 2002
Robin Renee Sanders – Career FSO November 15, 2002 February 13, 2003 July 16, 2005[4]
Robert Weisberg – Career FSO March 21, 2006 April 27, 2006[5] March 2, 2008
Alan W. Eastham – Career FSO August 22, 2008 November 18, 2008 July 23, 2010
Christopher W. Murray – Career FSO August 23, 2010 September 16, 2010 August 14, 2013
Stephanie S. Sullivan – Career FSO August 12, 2013 November 26, 2013 January 20, 2017
Todd Philip Haskell – Career FSO May 19, 2017 July 13, 2017 January 28, 2021[6]
Daniel Travis Chargé d’Affaires ad interim January 28, 2021 – March 30, 2022
Eugene Young – Career FSO Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary December 18, 2021 March 30, 2022 Incumbent

Notes

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  1. ^ Blancke was commissioned during a recess of the Senate and recommissioned after confirmation on February 6, 1961.
  2. ^ Blancke was also accredited to the Central African Republic, Chad, and Gabon while resident at Brazzaville.
  3. ^ "The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR LEONARD SHURTLEFF" (PDF). Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training. 28 December 2012. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 July 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  4. ^ "Robin Renee Sanders (1954–)". Office of the Historian. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  5. ^ "Robert Weisberg (1950–)". Office of the Historian. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  6. ^ "Chargé d'Affaires Todd P. Haskell". U.S. Embassy & Consulates in South Africa. Retrieved 2021-12-12.

See also

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References

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