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Formation
  
February 20, 1964

Website
  
U.S. Embassy - Nairobi

United States Ambassador to Kenya

Nominator
  
The President of the United States

Inaugural holder
  
Laurence C. Vass as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim

After Kenya's independence on December 12, 1963, the United States immediately recognized the new nation and moved to establish diplomatic relations. The embassy in Nairobi was established December 12, 1963—Kenya’s independence day—with Laurence C. Vass as chargé d’affaires ad interim pending the appointment of an ambassador.

Ambassadors

  • William Attwood – Political appointee
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: February 20, 1964
  • Presented credentials: March 2, 1964
  • Terminated mission: left post, May 1, 1966
  • Glenn W. Ferguson – Political appointee
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: September 16, 1966
  • Presented credentials: November 4, 1966
  • Terminated mission: Left post, April 7, 1969
  • Robinson McIlvaine – Career FSO
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: September 15, 1969
  • Presented credentials: September 30, 1969
  • Terminated mission: Left post, April 4, 1973
  • Anthony D. Marshall – Political appointee
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: December 19, 1973
  • Presented credentials: January 22, 1974
  • Terminated mission: Left post, April 26, 1977
  • Wilbert John LeMelle – Political appointee
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: May 11, 1977
  • Presented credentials: August 10, 1977
  • Terminated mission: Left post, June 28, 1980
  • William Caldwell Harrop – Career FSO
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: May 23, 1980
  • Presented credentials: July 10, 1980
  • Terminated mission: September 1, 1983
  • Gerald Eustis Thomas – Political appointee
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: October 7, 1983
  • Presented credentials: November 9, 1983
  • Terminated mission: Left post, September 29, 1989
  • Elinor Greer Constable – Career FSO
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: October 16, 1986
  • Presented credentials: December 11, 1986
  • Terminated mission: Left post, September 29, 1989
  • Smith Hempstone, Jr. – Political appointee
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: November 6, 1989
  • Presented credentials: December 7, 1989
  • Terminated mission: Left post, February 26, 1993
  • Aurelia E. Brazeal – Career FSO
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: August 9, 1993
  • Presented credentials: September 21, 1993
  • Terminated mission: Left post, September 11, 1996
  • Prudence Bushnell – Career FSO
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: June 11, 1996
  • Presented credentials: September 2, 1996
  • Terminated mission: Left post May 22, 1999
  • Johnnie Carson – Career FSO
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: July 7, 1999
  • Presented credentials: September 23, 1999
  • Terminated mission: July 6, 2003
  • William M. Bellamy – Career FSO
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: April 16, 2003
  • Presented credentials: September 9, 2003
  • Terminated mission: Left post June 25, 2006
  • Michael Ranneberger – Career FSO
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: June 28, 2006
  • Presented credentials: August 2006
  • Terminated mission: Unknown
  • Scott Gration – Political appointee
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: April 18, 2011
  • Presented credentials: Unknown
  • Terminated mission: June, 2012
  • Robert F. Godec – Career FSO
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed September 12, 2012
  • Presented credentials: February 15, 2013
  • Terminated mission: Incumbent

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