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List of ambassadors of the Republic of the Congo to the United States

Ambassador of Republic of the Congo to the United States
Embassy of the Republic of Congo in Washington, D.C.
Embassy of the Republic of Congo in Washington, D.C.
since June 27, 2001
Inaugural holderCharles David Ganao
Formation1960

The Congolese ambassador in Washington, D. C. is the official representative of the Government in Brazzaville to the Government of the United States.

List of representatives

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Diplomatic agrément Diplomatic accreditation Ambassador Observations List of presidents of the Republic of the Congo List of presidents of the United States Term end
1960 Charles David Ganao
  • Upon independence, Ganao was named the country's first ambassador to the US and first permanent representative to the UN he then served as foreign minister from 1963 to 1974.
  • After brief specialized training in France, he joined the Congolese foreign ministry as head of its political division (1960–1963).
  • December 9, 1964: The Representative of the Congo (Brazzaville), Foreign Minister Ganao, opened the discussion in the United Nations General Assembly by stating that the Congo issue was of direct interest to his Government “. . . because it affects the race to which I have the misfortune of belonging—I refer to the black race, setting the tone by deploring the racism he saw as implicit in the Stanleyville rescue.
  • The mood of Black Africa after Stanleyville was summed up later by Charles-David Ganao, Foreign Minister of the Congo- Brazzaville, when he spoke in the United Nations
  • He was one of the leading critics at the UN of the US-Belgian airdrop in Stanleyville in 1964.
  • In 1964 M. Ganao had summoned the American Charge d'Affaires after a statement by Mr. Averell Harriman that discontented political
  • From September 1969 to 1973 he was Permanent Representative next the United Nations Office at Geneva.,[1]
 Fulbert Youlou Dwight D. Eisenhower
March 21, 1961 March 21, 1961 EMBASSY OPENED Fulbert Youlou John F. Kennedy
December 9, 1960 January 14, 1965 Emmanuel Damongo-Dadet Fulbert Youlou Dwight D. Eisenhower
December 23, 1964 Jonas Mouanza Alphonse Massemba-Débat Lyndon B. Johnson
August 8, 1965
  • EMBASSY CLOSED - Diplomats Recalled
  • U.S. Embassy Congo-Brazzaville closed about the same time.
  • DID NOT SEVER RELATIONS - most of Embassy staff removed to New York
 Alphonse Massemba-Débat Lyndon B. Johnson
June 1, 1977 Relations resumed under bilateral agreement Joachim Yhombi-Opango Jimmy Carter
October 30, 1977 January 11, 1979 U.S. Embassy at Brazzaville reopened in care of Jay Katzen as Charge d'Affaires. Joachim Yhombi-Opango Jimmy Carter
October 24, 1978 November 5, 1985 Nicolas Mondjo Joachim Yhombi-Opango Jimmy Carter
June 5, 1985 December 21, 1987 Stanislas Batchi Denis Sassou-Nguesso Ronald Reagan
November 19, 1987 May 29, 1990 Benjamin Bounkoulou Denis Sassou-Nguesso Ronald Reagan
May 21, 1990 December 9, 1993 Roger Issombo Denis Sassou-Nguesso George H. W. Bush
October 12, 1993 April 30, 1996 Pierre-Damien Boussoukou-Boumba Pascal Lissouba Bill Clinton
April 22, 1996 August 11, 2001 Dieudonne-Antoinne Ganga Pascal Lissouba Bill Clinton
June 27, 2001 Serge Mombouli Denis Sassou-Nguesso George W. Bush

38°54′49″N 77°02′13″W / 38.913528°N 77.036889°W / 38.913528; -77.036889 [2]

References

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  1. ^ [1]Charles David Ganao
  2. ^ Chief of Protocol, [2]
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