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.
Arthur E. Beach - 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Termination of Mission: Superseded, May 17, 1956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. - 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-May 2014), Jerry P. Lanier (May 2014-Present)