List of ambassadors of the United States to Zambia

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Ambassador of the United States to Zambia
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since September 16, 2022
NominatorThe President of the United States
Inaugural holder Robert C. Good
as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
FormationMarch 11, 1965
Website U.S. Embassy - Lusaka OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

The history of ambassadors of the United States to Zambia began in 1964.

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Until 1964 Zambia had been a colony of the British Empire, first as Northern Rhodesia and then as a part of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. On December 31, 1963, the federation was dissolved into Rhodesia and Northern Rhodesia. On October 24, 1964, Northern Rhodesia gained full independence as the Republic of Zambia.

The United States immediately recognized the new nation and moved to establish diplomatic relations. An embassy in Lusaka was established on October 24, 1964—independence day for Zambia. Robert C. Foulon was appointed as Chargé d’Affaires ad interim pending the appointment of an ambassador. The first ambassador, Robert C. Good was appointed on March 11, 1965. All U.S. Ambassadors to Zambia have held the official title Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.

The United States embassy in Zambia is located in Lusaka.

The U.S. ambassador to Zambia serves concurrently as the U.S. representative to the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA). [1]

Ambassadors

ImageNameAppointed Presented credentials Terminated mission
Robert C. Good.png Robert C. Good – Political appointeeMarch 11, 1965March 24, 1965December 14, 1968
Oliver L. Troxel, Jr. – Career FSOMay 27, 1969July 17, 1969May 12, 1972
JeanMWilkowski1962.png Jean M. Wilkowski – Career FSOJune 27, 1972September 26, 1972July 24, 1976
Stephen Low – Career FSOAugust 5, 1976August 31, 1976July 5, 1979
Frank G. Wisner as Ambassador.png Frank George Wisner II – Career FSOAugust 2, 1979August 28, 1979April 19, 1982
Nicholas Platt – Career FSOJuly 22, 1982August 31, 1982December 17, 1984
Paul Julian Hare – Career FSOJuly 12, 1985July 31, 1985August 8, 1988
Jeffrey Davidow.jpg Jeffrey Davidow – Career FSOJuly 11, 1988September 1, 1988March 31, 1990
Gordon L. Streeb – Career FSOOctober 22, 1990November 21, 1990December 27, 1993
Roland Karl Kuchel - State 1992-10- Iss 359 (IA sim state-magazine 1992-10 359) (page 12 crop).jpg Roland Karl Kuchel [2] – Career FSOAugust 9, 1993January 14, 1994November 10, 1996
Arlene Render.jpg Arlene Render – Career FSOJuly 2, 1996December 20, 1996June 30, 1999
David B Dunn.jpg David B. Dunn – Career FSOJuly 7, 1999September 2, 1999July 1, 2002
Martin George Brennan – Career FSOOctober 3, 2002December 5, 2002July 15, 2005
Carmen M Martinez.jpg Carmen M. Martinez – Career FSONovember 2, 2005December 12, 2005July 29, 2008
Donald E Booth newer.jpg Donald E. Booth – Career FSOJune 4, 2008September 19, 2008March 17, 2010
Mark Storella official.jpg Mark C. Storella – Career FSOAugust 20, 2010September 21, 2010August 8, 2013 [3]
Eric Schulz.jpg Eric T. Schultz – Career FSOSeptember 18, 2014December 12, 2014November 20, 2017
AmbassadorFoote (cropped).jpg Daniel Lewis Foote – Career FSONovember 20, 2017December 14, 2017January 2, 2020
Michael C. Gonzales, U.S. Ambassador.jpg Michael C. Gonzales - Career FSOAugust 4, 2022September 16, 2022Incumbent

Notes

  1. ↑ "Ambassador Mark C. Storella". United States Department of State, U.S. Embassy Lusaka. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
  2. ↑ "The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR ROLAND K. KUCHEL" (PDF). Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training. 21 February 1997. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 June 2024. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  3. ↑ "Mark C. Storella - People - Department History - Office of the Historian".

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