List of ambassadors of the United States to Sudan

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Ambassador of the United States to Sudan
سفارة الولايات المتحدة الأميركية فى جمهورية السودان
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Incumbent
Daniel Rubinstein
Chargé d'Affairs ad interim
since February 23, 2024
Inaugural holder Arthur E. Beach
as Chargé d'Affaires
FormationMarch 1956
Website U.S. Embassy – Khartoum

The following is a list of United States ambassadors to Sudan. The first chief of mission sent by the United States was Arthur E. Beach, who presented his credentials in March 1956. From 1967 to 1972 the embassy was closed, and a U.S. Interest Section was opened in the Netherlands Embassy. In 1973 Ambassador Cleo A. Noel, Jr. was taken hostage and killed by the Black September Organization during the attack on the Saudi embassy in Khartoum. The embassy was again closed in 1996, but reopened in 2002. From 2002 to 2022, the United States posted a sequence of chargés d'affaires ad interim to the country. Ambassador-level representation resumed in 2022 with the appointment of Ambassador John Godfrey, who served until 2024.

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Ambassadors

NameTitleAppointed Presented credentials Terminated missionNotes
Arthur E. Beach [1] – Career FSOChargé d'AffairesMarch 17, 1956Superseded, May 17, 1956The Embassy in Khartoum was established Feb 15, 1956, with Beach in charge.
Lowell C. Pinkerton – Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryApril 12, 1956May 17, 1956August 25, 1957
James S. Moose, Jr. – Career FSOMarch 26, 1958April 17, 1958May 5, 1962
William M. Rountree – Career FSOJuly 3, 1962August 2, 1962September 17, 1965
William H. Weathersby – Career FSOOctober 20, 1965December 4, 1965Sudan severed diplomatic relations with U.S., June 7, 1967; Weathersby left post June 18, 1967.The Embassy in Khartoum was closed as of June 6, 1967. A U.S. Interest Section was established in the Netherlands Embassy on August 14, 1967. Principal Officers were: Cleo A. Noel, Jr. (August 1967 – June 1969), and George Curtis Moore (July 1969 – July 1972). The Embassy in Khartoum was re-established July 25, 1972, with Moore as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim.
Cleo A. Noel, Jr. [2] – Career FSODec 2, 1972Dec 23, 1972Assassinated at post Mar 2, 1973
William D. Brewer – Career FSOJul 16, 1973Sep 22, 1973May 7, 1977
Donald C. Bergus – Career FSOMay 19, 1977Jul 19, 1977Apr 1, 1980
C. William Kontos – Political appointeeMay 23, 1980Jun 24, 1980Jul 21, 1983
Hume Alexander Horan – Career FSOJul 6, 1983Jul 30, 1983Jul 4, 1986
G. Norman Anderson – Career FSOJun 16, 1986Aug 12, 1986Oct 24, 1989
James Richard Cheek – Career FSOOct 10, 1989Nov 16, 1989Aug 8, 1992
Donald K. Petterson – Career FSOJun 15, 1992Aug 24, 1992Jul 28, 1995
Timothy Michael Carney – Career FSOJun 27, 1995Sep 9, 1995November 30, 1997Embassy Khartoum closed Feb 7, 1996; Ambassador Carney left Nairobi Nov 30, 1997.
Jeffrey MillingtonChargé d'Affaires ad interimMay 23, 2002August 2003Embassy Khartoum was reopened May 23, 2002
Gerard M. GallucciAugust 2003September 2004
David KaeuperFebruary 2005May 2005
John Limbert July 2005September 2005
Cameron R. Hume October 2005May 2007
Alberto M. Fernandez June 2007May 2009
Robert E. Whitehead May 2009July 2011
Mary Carlin Yates September 2011February 2012
Joseph D. Stafford IIIJune 2012May 13, 2014
Jerry P. Lanier May 13, 2014February 26, 2016
Steven Koutsis July 7, 2016September 10, 2019
Brian W. Shukan October 2019January 2022
Lucy Tamlyn February 3, 2022August 24, 2022
John Godfrey – Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJuly 14, 2022September 1, 2022February 23, 2024
Daniel Rubinstein Chargé d'Affaires ad interimFebruary 23, 2024Incumbent

Notes

  1. ↑ Not commissioned; letter of credence dated Mar 2, 1956.
  2. ↑ Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on February 8, 1973.

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