Ambassador of the United States to Sudan
سفارة الولايات المتحدة الأميركية فى جمهورية السودان
Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent
John Godfrey
since September 1, 2022
Inaugural holderArthur E. Beach
as Chargé d'Affaires
FormationMarch 1956
WebsiteU.S. Embassy – Khartoum

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, but reopened in 2002. From 2002 to 2022, the United States posted a sequence of chargés d'affaires ad interim to the country. Ambassador-level representation resumed in 2022 with the appointment of Ambassador John Godfrey.

Ambassadors

U.S. diplomatic terms

Career FSO
After 1915, The United States Department of State began classifying ambassadors as career Foreign Service Officers (FSOs) for those who have served in the Foreign Service for a specified amount of time.

Political appointee
A person who is not a career foreign service officer, but is appointed by the president (often as a reward to political friends).

Appointed
The date that the ambassador took the oath of office; also known as "commissioning". It follows confirmation of a presidential appointment by the Senate, or a Congressional recess appointment by the president. In the case of a recess appointment, the ambassador requires subsequent confirmation by the Senate to remain in office.

Presented credentials
The date that the ambassador presented his letter of credence to the head of state or appropriate authority of the receiving nation. At this time the ambassador officially becomes the representative of his country. This would normally occur a short time after the ambassador's arrival on station. The host nation may reject the ambassador by not receiving the ambassador's letter, but this occurs only rarely.

Terminated mission
Usually the date that the ambassador left the country. In some cases a letter of recall is presented, ending the ambassador's commission, either as a means of diplomatic protest or because the diplomat is being reassigned elsewhere and replaced by another envoy.

Chargé d'affaires
The person in charge of the business of the embassy when there is no ambassador commissioned to the host country.

Ad interim
Latin phrase meaning "for the time being", "in the meantime".
Name Title Appointed Presented credentials Terminated mission Notes
Arthur E. Beach[1] – Career FSO Chargé d'Affaires March 17, 1956 Superseded, May 17, 1956 The Embassy in Khartoum was established Feb 15, 1956, with Beach in charge.
Lowell C. Pinkerton – Career FSO Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary April 12, 1956 May 17, 1956 August 25, 1957
James S. Moose, Jr. – Career FSO March 26, 1958 April 17, 1958 May 5, 1962
William M. Rountree – Career FSO July 3, 1962 August 2, 1962 September 17, 1965
William H. Weathersby – Career FSO October 20, 1965 December 4, 1965 Sudan severed diplomatic relations with U.S., June 7, 1967; Weathersby left post June 18, 1967. 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 Dec 2, 1972 Dec 23, 1972 Assassinated at post Mar 2, 1973
William D. Brewer – Career FSO Jul 16, 1973 Sep 22, 1973 May 7, 1977
Donald C. Bergus – Career FSO May 19, 1977 Jul 19, 1977 Apr 1, 1980
C. William Kontos – Political appointee May 23, 1980 Jun 24, 1980 Jul 21, 1983
Hume Alexander Horan – Career FSO Jul 6, 1983 Jul 30, 1983 Jul 4, 1986
G. Norman Anderson – Career FSO Jun 16, 1986 Aug 12, 1986 Oct 24, 1989
James Richard Cheek – Career FSO Oct 10, 1989 Nov 16, 1989 Aug 8, 1992
Donald K. Petterson – Career FSO Jun 15, 1992 Aug 24, 1992 Jul 28, 1995
Timothy Michael Carney – Career FSO Jun 27, 1995 Sep 9, 1995 November 30, 1997 Embassy Khartoum closed Feb 7, 1996; Ambassador Carney left Nairobi Nov 30, 1997.
Jeffrey Millington Chargé d'Affaires ad interim May 23, 2002 August 2003 Embassy Khartoum was reopened May 23, 2002
Gerard M. Gallucci August 2003 September 2004
David Kaeuper February 2005 May 2005
John Limbert July 2005 September 2005
Cameron R. Hume October 2005 May 2007
Alberto M. Fernandez June 2007 May 2009
Robert E. Whitehead May 2009 July 2011
Mary Carlin Yates September 2011 February 2012
Joseph D. Stafford III June 2012 May 13, 2014
Jerry P. Lanier May 13, 2014 February 26, 2016
Steven Koutsis July 7, 2016 September 10, 2019
Brian W. Shukan October 2019 January 2022
Lucy Tamlyn February 3, 2022 August 24, 2022
John Godfrey – Career FSO Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary July 14, 2022 September 1, 2022 Incumbent

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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