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 . 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 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 W. Wendell Blancke – Career FSO *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary *Appointed: November 9, 1960 *Presented credentials: December 23, 1960 *Terminated mission: Left post, December 14, 1963 Henry L. T. Koren – Career FSO *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary *Appointed: April 8, 1964 *Presented credentials: May 13, 1964 *Terminated mission: Left post, August 4 , 1965 Note: 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to civil strife and insecure conditions, the U.S. Embassy in Brazzaville was closed and all diplomatic personnel were withdrawn from the country on August 15, 1965.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 *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary *Appointed: April 26, 1979 *Presented credentials: May 11, 1979 *Terminated mission: Left post, May 30, 1981 Kenneth Lee Brown – Career FSO *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary *Appointed: December 11 , 1981 *Presented credentials: February 13, 1982 *Terminated mission: Left post, June 10, 1984 Alan Wood Lukens – Career FSO *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary *Appointed: August 13 , 1984 *Presented credentials: September 22 , 1984 *Terminated mission: Left post, May 6, 1987 Leonard Grant Shurtleff – Career FSO *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary *Appointed: August 10 , 1987 *Presented credentials: September 26, 1987 *Terminated mission: Left post, July 5 , 1990 James Daniel Phillips – Career FSO *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary *Appointed: June 27, 1990 *Presented credentials: August 23, 1990 *Terminated mission: Left post, September 10, 1993 William Christie Ramsay – Career FSO *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary *Appointed: July 16, 1993 *Presented credentials: September 23, 1993 *Terminated mission: Left post, April 13, 1996 Aubrey Hooks – Career FSO *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary *Appointed: June 6, 1996 *Presented credentials: July 11, 1996 *Terminated mission: Left post January 9, 1999 David H. Kaeuper – Career FSO *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary *Appointed: November 16, 1999 *Presented credentials: December 27, 1999 *Terminated mission: Left post September 5, 2002 Robin Renee Sanders – Career FSO *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary *Appointed: November 15, 2002 *Presented credentials: February 13, 2003 *Terminated mission: July 16, 2005 Robert Weisberg – Career FSO *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary *Appointed: March 21, 2006 *Presented credentials: Unknown *Terminated mission: March 2, 2008 Alan W. Eastham – Career FSO *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary *Appointed: August 22 , 2008 *Presented credentials: Unknown *Terminated mission: Prior to September 2010 Christopher W. Murray – Career FSO *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary *Appointed: August 23, 2010 *Presented credentials: September 16, 2010 *Terminated mission: August 14, 2013 Stephanie S. Sullivan – Career FSO *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary *Appointed: August 12, 2013 *Presented credentials: November 26 , 2013 *Terminated mission: January 20, 2017 Todd Philip Haskell – Career FSO *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary *Appointed: May 18, 2017 *Presented credentials: June 26, 2017 *Terminated mission: Incumbent
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