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Notice posted on January 12, 2024.
Last updated March 14, 2024.

Chiefs of Mission

• Richard Crane (1882–1938)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Czechoslovakia, June 11, 1919–December 5, 1921
• Lewis David Einstein (1877–1967)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Czechoslovakia, December 20, 1921–February 1, 1930
• Abraham C. Ratshesky (Radzkey) (1864–1943)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Czechoslovakia, May 2, 1930–May 13, 1932
• Francis White (1892–1961)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Czechoslovakia, September 7, 1933–November 30, 1933
• Joshua Butler Wright (1877–1939)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Czechoslovakia, October 25, 1934–June 1, 1937
• Wilbur John Carr (1870–1942)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Czechoslovakia, September 16, 1937–March 15, 1939
• Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle Jr. (1896–1961)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Czechoslovakia, October 28, 1941–July 12, 1943
• Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle Jr. (1896–1961)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Czechoslovakia, July 12, 1943–December 1, 1943
• Alfred Will Klieforth (1889–1969)
  • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Czechoslovakia, May 29, 1945–
• Laurence Adolph Steinhardt (1892–1950)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Czechoslovakia, July 20, 1945–September 19, 1948
• Joseph Earle Jacobs (1893–1971)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Czechoslovakia, January 5, 1949–October 12, 1949
• Ellis Ormsbee Briggs (1899–1976)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Czechoslovakia, November 8, 1949–August 27, 1952
• George Wadsworth II (1893–1958)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Czechoslovakia, December 29, 1952–October 30, 1953
• Ural Alexis Johnson (1908–1997)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Czechoslovakia, December 31, 1953–December 29, 1957
• John Moore Allison (1905–1978)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Czechoslovakia, April 24, 1958–May 4, 1960
• Christian Magelssen Ravndal (1899–1984)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Czechoslovakia, September 16, 1960–May 6, 1961
• Edward Thompson Wailes (1903–1969)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Czechoslovakia, July 28, 1961–October 22, 1962
• Outerbridge Horsey II (1910–1983)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Czechoslovakia, January 3, 1963–August 1, 1966
• Jacob Dyneley Beam (1908–1993)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Czechoslovakia, August 31, 1966–March 5, 1969
• Malcolm Toon (1916–2009)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Czechoslovakia, July 31, 1969–October 11, 1971
• Albert William Sherer Jr. (1916–1986)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Czechoslovakia, March 15, 1972–July 29, 1975
• Thomas Ryan Byrne (1923–2014)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Czechoslovakia, June 23, 1976–November 15, 1978
• Francis Joseph Meehan (1924–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Czechoslovakia, May 30, 1979–October 20, 1980
• Jack Foust Matlock Jr. (1929–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Czechoslovakia, November 11, 1981–September 20, 1983
• William Henry Luers (1929–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Czechoslovakia, December 29, 1983–March 11, 1986
• Julian Martin Niemczyk (1920–2009)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Czechoslovakia, October 2, 1986–July 7, 1989
• Shirley Jane Temple Black (1928–2014)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Czechoslovakia, August 23, 1989–July 12, 1992
• Adrian A. Basora (1938–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Czechoslovakia, July 20, 1992–December 31, 1992

Other Nominees

• Henry Frank Holthusen (1894–1971)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary: Not commissioned; nomination not confirmed by the Senate.