List of ambassadors of the United States to Sudan

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, though reopened in 2002, since which time the United States has posted several chargés d'affaires ad interim to the country.

Ambassador of the United States to Sudan
سفارة الولايات المتحدة الأميركية فى جمهورية السودان
Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent
Brian W. Shukan
as Chargé d'Affaires
since October 2019
Inaugural holderArthur E. Beach
as Chargé d'Affaires
FormationMarch 1956
WebsiteU.S. Embassy – Khartoum

Ambassadors
  • Arthur E. Beach[1] – Career FSO
    • Title: Chargé d'Affaires
    • Appointment:
    • Presentation of Credentials: March 17, 1956
    • Termination of Mission: Superseded, May 17, 1956

Note: The Embassy in Khartoum was established Feb 15, 1956, with Beach in charge.

  • Lowell C. Pinkerton – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointment: April 12, 1956
    • Presentation of Credentials: May 17, 1956
    • Termination of Mission: Left post August 25, 1957
  • James S. Moose, Jr. – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointment: March 26, 1958
    • Presentation of Credentials: April 17, 1958
    • Termination of Mission: Left post May 5, 1962
  • William M. Rountree – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointment: July 3, 1962
    • Presentation of Credentials: August 2, 1962
    • Termination of Mission: Left post September 17, 1965
  • William H. Weathersby – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointment: October 20, 1965
    • Presentation of Credentials: December 4, 1965
    • Termination of Mission: Sudan severed diplomatic relations with U.S., June 7, 1967; Weathersby left post June 18, 1967.

Note: 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 FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointment: Dec 2, 1972
    • Presentation of Credentials: Dec 23, 1972
    • Termination of Mission: Assassinated at post Mar 2, 1973
  • William D. Brewer – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointment: Jul 16, 1973
    • Presentation of Credentials: Sep 22, 1973
    • Termination of Mission: Left post May 7, 1977
  • Donald C. Bergus – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointment: May 19, 1977
    • Presentation of Credentials: Jul 19, 1977
    • Termination of Mission: Left post Apr 1, 1980
  • C. William Kontos – Political appointee
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointment: May 23, 1980
    • Presentation of Credentials: Jun 24, 1980
    • Termination of Mission: Left post Jul 21, 1983
  • Hume Alexander Horan – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointment: Jul 6, 1983
    • Presentation of Credentials: Jul 30, 1983
    • Termination of Mission: Left post Jul 4, 1986
  • G. Norman Anderson – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointment: Jun 16, 1986
    • Presentation of Credentials: Aug 12, 1986
    • Termination of Mission: Left post Oct 24, 1989
  • James Richard Cheek – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointment: Oct 10, 1989
    • Presentation of Credentials: Nov 16, 1989
    • Termination of Mission: Left post Aug 8, 1992
  • Donald K. Petterson – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointment: Jun 15, 1992
    • Presentation of Credentials: Aug 24, 1992
    • Termination of Mission: Left post Jul 28, 1995
  • Timothy Michael Carney – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointment: Jun 27, 1995
    • Presentation of Credentials: Sep 9, 1995
    • Termination of Mission: Embassy Khartoum closed Feb 7, 1996; Ambassador Carney left Nairobi Nov 30, 1997.

Note: Embassy Khartoum was reopened May 23, 2002, with Jeffrey Millington as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim. The following officers have served in this capacity: Jeffrey Millington (May 2002 – Aug 2003), Gerard M. Gallucci (Aug 2003 – Sep 2004), Robert Whitehead (Sep 2004 – Feb 2005; May–Jul 2005), David Kaeuper (Feb–May 2005), John Limbert (Jul–Sep 2005), Cameron R. Hume (Oct 2005 – May 2007), Alberto Fernandez (Jun 2007 – May 2009), Robert E. Whitehead (May 2009–2011), Mary Carlin Yates (Sep 2011 – Feb 2012), Joseph D. Stafford III (Jun 2012 – Jan 2014), Jerry P. Lanier (May 2014 – Mar 2016), Steven Koutsis (July 2016 – Sep 2019), Brian Shukan (Oct 2019 – present).

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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