US GOVERNMENT OFFICE

US Ambassador to Afghanistan.

04-May-1935	16-Mar-1936	William H. Hornibrook
19-May-1941	25-Jul-1942	Louis G. Dreyfus, Jr.
02-Jul-1942	17-Aug-1945	Cornelius Van H. Engert
06-Dec-1945	18-Nov-1948	Ely E. Palmer
16-Aug-1949	19-Jan-1951	Louis G. Dreyfus, Jr.
28-Jun-1951	03-May-1952	George R. Merrell
08-Nov-1952	03-Mar-1956	Angus Ward
06-May-1956	03-Feb-1959	Sheldon T. Mills
21-Mar-1959	19-Jan-1962	Henry A. Byroade
20-Mar-1962	21-Jul-1966	John M. Steeves
19-Feb-1967	10-Sep-1973	Robert G. Neumann
21-Nov-1973	14-Jun-1978	Theodore L. Eliot, Jr.
12-Jul-1978	14-Feb-1979	Adolph Dubs	Assassinated
Feb-1979	Feb-1980	J. Bruce Amstutz	Interim
Feb-1980	Jan-1982	Hawthorne Q. Mills	Interim
Jan-1982	May-1983	Charles F. Dunbar	Interim
Jun-1983	Mar-1986	Edward Hurwitz	Interim
Mar-1986	Sep-1987	James M. Ealum	Interim
Sep-1987	Jan-1989	John D. Glassman	Interim; Embassy in Kabul closed 30-Jan-1989
02-Jan-2002	Apr-2002	Ryan C. Crocker	Interim; Liaison Office in Kabul reopened 17-Dec-2001
03-Apr-2002	01-Aug-2003	Robert Finn
28-Nov-2003	20-Jun-2005	Zalmay Khalilzad
01-Aug-2005	02-Mar-2007	Ronald E. Neumann
16-Apr-2007	03-Apr-2009	William B. Wood
29-Apr-2009	--	Karl W. Eikenberry

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