List of ambassadors of the United States to Mali explained

Post:	Ambassador
Body:	the United States to Mali
Insignia:	US Department of State official seal.svg
Insigniasize:	120px
Insigniacaption:	Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent:	Rachna Korhonen
Incumbentsince:	March 16, 2023
Nominator:	The President of the United States
Appointer:	The President
Appointer Qualified:	with Senate advice and consent
Website:	U.S. Embassy - Bamako

The United States ambassador to Mali is the official representative of the government of the United States to the government of Mali.

Ambassadors

• Thomas Kenneth Wright (1960-1961)
• William Jules Handley (1961-1964)
• Charles Robert Moore^[1] (1965-1968)
• Gilbert Edward Clark (1968-1970)
• Robert O. Blake – Career FSO
  • Appointed: December 10, 1970
  • Terminated mission: May 20, 1973
• Patricia M. Byrne – Career FSO
  • Appointed: 1976
  • Terminated mission: 1979
• Anne Forrester – Career FSO
  • Appointed: 1979
  • Terminated mission: 1981
• Parker W. Borg – Career FSO
  • Appointed: 1981
  • Terminated mission: 1984
• Robert Joseph Ryan (1984-1987)
• Robert Maxwell Pringle (1987-1990)
• Herbert Donald Gelber (1990-1993)^[2]
• William H. Dameron (1993-1995)
• David P. Rawson (1996-1999)
• Michael Edward Ranneberger (1999-2002)
• Vicki J. Huddleston (2002-2005)
• Terence Patrick McCulley (2005-2008)
• Gillian Milovanovic – Career FSO
  • Appointed: September 26, 2008
  • Terminated mission: June 1, 2011
• Mary Beth Leonard – Career FSO
  • Appointed: November 7, 2011
  • Terminated mission: September 22, 2014
• Paul Folmsbee – Career FSO
  • Appointed: May 23, 2015
  • Terminated mission: January 2, 2019
• Dennis B. Hankins – Career FSO
  • Appointed: March 15, 2019
  • Terminated mission: September 26, 2022
• Rachna Korhonen – Career FSO
  • Appointed: March 16, 2023
  • Terminated mission: Incumbent

See also

• Mali - United States relations
• Foreign relations of Mali
• Ambassadors of the United States

References

• United States Department of State: Background notes on Mali

External links

• United States Department of State: Chiefs of Mission for Mali
• United States Department of State: Mali
• United States Embassy in Bamako

Notes and References

1. Web site: May 1988 . The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR C. ROBERT MOORE . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240701072928/https://adst.org/OH%20TOCs/Moore,%20C.%20Robert.toc.pdf . 1 July 2024 . 29 July 2024 . Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training.
2. Web site: 2 June 1995 . The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs History Project AMBASSADOR HERBERT DONALD GELBER . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240711171354/https://adst.org/OH%20TOCs/Gelber-Herbert-D.pdf . 11 July 2024 . 11 July 2024 . Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training.