AMBASSADOR

Former American Ambasadors to Cote d'Ivoire

Note: Embassy Abidjan was established Aug 7, 1960, with Donald L. Norland as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim. Name changed from Ivory Coast to Cote d'Ivoire Oct 15, 1986. 

Former Ambassador George Mu (Photo: Department of State)

Name: R. Borden Reams
State of Residency: Nevada
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 14, 1960
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 20, 1960
Termination of Mission: Left post, May 12, 1962
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation
on Feb 6, 1961. Accredited also to Dahomey, Niger, and Upper Volta; resident at Abidjan.

Name: James Wine
State of Residency: Connecticut
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 23, 1962
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 27, 1962
Termination of Mission: Left post, Mar 6, 1965

Name: George A. Morgan
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 18, 1965
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 5, 1965
Termination of Mission: Left post, Nov 16, 1969

Name: John F. Root
State of Residency: Pennsylvania
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 4, 1969
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 23, 1969
Termination of Mission: Left post, Mar 6, 1974

Name: Robert S. Smith
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Feb 11, 1974
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 11, 1974
Termination of Mission: Left post, Aug 8, 1976

Name: Monteagle Stearns
State of Residency: Massachusetts
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 5, 1976
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 13, 1976
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 12, 1979

Name: Nancy V. Rawls
State of Residency: Florida
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 28, 1979
Presentation of Credentials: Jan 16, 1980
Termination of Mission: Left post Aug 16, 1983

Name: Robert Hopkins Miller
State of Residency: Washington
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 7, 1983
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 18, 1983
Termination of Mission: Left post, Aug 3, 1986

Name: Dennis Kux
State of Residency: New York
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 12, 1986
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 2, 1986
Termination of Mission: Left post, Oct 8, 1989

Name: Kenneth L. Brown
State of Residency: California
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 10, 1989
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 22, 1989
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 3, 1992

Name: Hume Alexander Horan
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 15, 1992
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 10, 1992
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 6, 1995

Name: Lannon Walker
State of Residency: Maryland
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 27, 1995
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 6, 1995
Termination of Mission: Left post Sep 28, 1998

Name: George Mu
State of Residency: California
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 22, 1998
Presentation of Credentials: Jan 6, 1999
Termination of Mission: Left post Jul 12, 2001

Name: Arlene Render
State of Residency: Virginia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 1, 2001
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 19, 2001
Termination of Mission:  Left Post, July 23, 2004

Name: Aubrey Hooks
State of Residency: Virginia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 12, 2004
Presentation of Credentials:  Aug. 20, 2004
Termination of Mission: Aug. 02, 2007