List of ambassadors of the United States to Botswana

From 1885 until 1966 the area of Southern Africa that is now Botswana was part of the Bechuanaland Protectorate of Great Britain.

Ambassador of the United States to Botswana
Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent
Craig Cloud
since April 2, 2019
NominatorThe President of the United States
AppointerThe President
with Senate advice and consent
Inaugural holderCharles H. Pletcher
as Chargé d'Affaires
FormationSeptember 1966
WebsiteU.S. Embassy - Gaborone

In June 1964, Britain accepted proposals for democratic self-government in Botswana. The seat of government was moved from Mahikeng in South Africa, to newly established in Gaberones (now Gaborone) in 1965. The 1965 constitution led to the first general elections and to independence on September 30, 1966.

The United States immediately recognized the new nation and moved to establish diplomatic relations. An embassy in Gaberones was established on September 30, 1966—independence day for Botswana. Charles H. Pletcher was appointed as Chargé d'affaires ad interim pending the appointment of an ambassador.

Ambassadors
  • Note: Charles H. Pletcher served as chargé d'affaires September 1966–June 1970. W. Kennedy Cromwell III served June 1970–September 1971.
  • Note: Until 1979 one ambassador, resident at Gaborone, was accredited to Botswana, Eswatini, and Lesotho.
  • Charles J. Nelson – Political appointee
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: June 9, 1971
    • Presented credentials: November 3, 1971
    • Terminated mission: Left Gaborone, March 2, 1974
  • David B. Bolen – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: February 28, 1974
    • Presented credentials: April 22, 1974
    • Terminated mission: Left Gaborone, August 11, 1976
  • Donald R. Norland – Career FSO[1]
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: November 17, 1976
    • Presented credentials: February 23, 1978
    • Terminated mission: Left Gaborone, September 8, 1979
  • Note: In 1979 the first ambassador was appointed solely for Botswana.
  • Horace Dawson – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: October 12, 1979
    • Presented credentials: November 27, 1979
    • Terminated mission: Left post August 27, 1982
  • Theodore C. Maino – Political appointee
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: September 30, 1982
    • Presented credentials: December 2, 1982
    • Terminated mission: Left post, September 6, 1985
  • Natale H. Bellocchi – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: October 28, 1985
    • Presented credentials: November 19, 1985
    • Terminated mission: Left post, September 16, 1988
  • John Florian Kordek – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: August 11, 1988
    • Presented credentials: September 29, 1988
    • Terminated mission: Left post, November 1, 1989
  • David Passage – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: June 27, 1990
    • Presented credentials: August 7, 1990
    • Terminated mission: Left post, April 29, 1993
  • Howard Franklin Jeter – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: July 16, 1993
    • Presented credentials: September 9, 1993
    • Terminated mission: Left post, June 21, 1996
  • Robert Krueger – Political appointee
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: June 6, 1996
    • Presented credentials: July 23, 1996
    • Terminated mission: Left post December 6, 1999
  • John E. Lange – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: November 16, 1999
    • Presented credentials: December 15, 1999
    • Terminated mission: Left post August 8, 2002
  • Joseph Huggins – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: November 15, 2002
    • Presented credentials: January 28, 2003
    • Terminated mission: Left post, July 26, 2005
  • Emil Skodon – Career FSO[2]
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed:
    • Presented credentials:
    • Terminated mission:
  • Katherine H. P. Canavan – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: August 2, 2005
    • Presented credentials: September 27, 2005
    • Terminated mission: June 27, 2008[3]
  • Stephen J. Nolan – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: June 23, 2008[4]
    • Presented credentials: October 6, 2008
    • Terminated mission: ca. June 2011
  • Michelle D. Gavin – Political appointee
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: ca. April 2011
    • Presented credentials: ca. June 2011
    • Terminated mission: February 2014
  • Earl Robert Miller – Foreign Service Specialist
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: December 2014
    • Presented credentials: January 2015
    • Terminated mission: September 24, 2018
  • Craig Cloud - Career FSO
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: January 7, 2019
    • Presented credentials: April 2, 2019[5]
    • Terminated mission: Incumbent


Notes

  1. Norland was commissioned during a recess of the Senate and recommissioned after confirmation on June 24, 1977.
  2. Skodon’s nomination was not acted upon by the Senate.
  3. United States Dep’t of State: Biography of Katherine H. Canavan
  4. United States Dep’t of State: Biography of Stephen J. Nolan
  5. Molefhi, Aobakwe (April 3, 2019). "Botswana: Four Envoys Present Credentials". allAfrica. Retrieved 2019-04-06.

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