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Appointments - Gerald Ford
Total Appointments: 97
Career Appointments: 60/61.9%
Political Appointments: 37/38.2%
The list below is alphabetized by country name. Click on a letter to jump down to the first country on the list whose name begins with that letter.
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| Post | Ambassador | Career / Political | Dates of Service |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | Richard B. Parker | Career | 1974-1977 |
| Argentina | No Appointments | ||
| Australia and Nauru | James Ward Hargrove | Political | 1976-1977 |
| Austria | Wiley Thomas Buchanan | Political | 1975-1977 |
| Bahamas | Seymour Weiss | Political | 1975-1976 |
| Jack B. Olson | Political | 1976-1977 | |
| Bahrain | Wat Tyler Cluverius | Career | 1976-1978 |
| Bangladesh | Edward E. Masters | Career | 1976-1977 |
| Barbados and Granada | Theodore Roosevelt Britton | Political | 1974-1977 |
| Belgium | No Appointments | ||
| Benin | No Appointments | ||
| Bolivia | No Appointments | ||
| Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland | Donald Richard Norland | Career | 1976-1979 |
| Brazil | No Appointments | ||
| Bulgaria | No Appointments | ||
| Burkina Faso | No Appointments | ||
| Burma | No Appointments | ||
| Burundi | No Appointments | ||
| Cambodia | No Appointments | ||
| Cameroon | Herbert John Spiro | Political | 1975-1977 |
| Canada | Thomas Ostrom Enders | Career | 1975-1979 |
| Central African Republic | Anthony Cecil Eden Quainton | Career | 1976-1978 |
| Chad | Edward Southard Little | Career | 1974-1976 |
| William G. Bradford | Career | 1976-1979 | |
| Chile | No Appointments | ||
| China | George H. W. Bush | Political | 1974-1975 |
| Thomas Sovereign Gates | Political | 1976- | |
| Colombia | Phillip Victor Sanchez | Political | 1976-1977 |
| Congo | No Appointments | ||
| Costa Rica | Terence Alphonso Todman | Career | 1974-1977 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | Monteagle Stearns | Career | 1976-1979 |
| Cyprus | William Rex Crawford | Career | 1974-1978 |
| Czechoslovakia | Thomas Ryan Byrne | Career | 1976-1978 |
| Denmark | John Gunther Dean | Career | 1975-1978 |
| Dominican Republic | No Appointments | ||
| Ecuador | Richard Joseph Bloomfield | Career | 1976-1978 |
| Egypt | No Appointments | ||
| El Salvador | Ignacio E. Lozano | Political | 1976-1977 |
| Equatorial Guinea | Herbert John Spiro | Political | 1975- |
| Ethiopia | Arthur William Hummel | Career | 1975-1976 |
| Fiji | No Appointments | ||
| Finland | Marcus Jacob (Mark Evans) Austad | Political | 1975-1977 |
| France | Kenneth Rush | Political | 1974-1977 |
| Gabon and São Tomé & Principe | Arthur William Hummel | Career | 1975-1976 |
| Gambia | No Appointments | ||
| German Democratic Republic | John Sherman Cooper | Political | 1974-1976 |
| Germany | Walter John Stoessel | Career | 1976-1981 |
| Ghana | Shirley Jane Temple Black | Political | 1974-1976 |
| Robert Powell Smith | Career | 1976-1979 | |
| Greece | Jack Bloom Kubisch | Career | 1974-1977 |
| Guatemala | Davis Eugene Boster | Career | 1976-1979 |
| Guinea | William Caldwell Harrop | Career | 1975-1977 |
| Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde | Melissa Foelsch Wells | Career | 1976-1977 |
| Guyana | No Appointments | ||
| Haiti | No Appointments | ||
| Honduras | Ralph Elihu Becker | Political | 1976-1977 |
| Hungary | Eugene Vincent McAuliffe | Career | 1975-1976 |
| Iceland | James Joseph Blake | Career | 1976-1978 |
| India | William Bart Saxbe | Political | 1975-1976 |
| Indonesia | No Appointments | ||
| Iran | No Appointments | ||
| Ireland | Walter Joseph Patrick Curley | Political | 1975-1977 |
| Israel | Malcolm Toon | Career | 1975-1976 |
| Italy | No Appointments | ||
| Jamaica | No Appointments | ||
| Japan | No Appointments | ||
| Jordan | No Appointments | ||
| Kenya | No Appointments | ||
| Kiribati | No Appointments | ||
| Korea (South) | No Appointments | ||
| Kuwait | Frank Eusebio Maestrone | Career | 1976-1979 |
| Laos | Galen Luther Stone | Career | 1975- |
| Thomas James Corcoran | Career | 1975-1978 | |
| Lebanon | Francis Edward Meloy | Career | 1976-1976 |
| Liberia | William Beverly Carter | Career | 1976-1979 |
| Luxembourg | Rosemary Lucas Ginn | Political | 1976-1977 |
| Madagascar and Comoros | No Appointments | ||
| Malawi | No Appointments | ||
| Malaysia | No Appointments | ||
| Mali | Patricia Mary Byrne | Career | 1976-1979 |
| Malta | Lowell Bruce Laingen | Career | 1976-1979 |
| Mauritania | Holsey Gates Handyside | Career | 1975-1977 |
| Mauritius | Robert Vossler Keeley | Career | 1976-1978 |
| Mexico | No Appointments | ||
| Morocco | Robert Anderson | Career | 1976-1978 |
| Mozambique | Willard Ames De Pree | Career | 1976-1980 |
| NATO | David Kirkpatrick Este Bruce | Political | 1974-1976 |
| Robert Strausz-Hupe | Political | 1976-1977 | |
| Nepal | Marquita Moseley Maytag | Political | 1976-1977 |
| Netherlands | Robert James McCloskey | Career | 1976-1978 |
| New Zealand | No Appointments | ||
| Nicaragua | James Daniel Theberge | Political | 1975-1977 |
| Niger | Charles A. James | Political | 1976-1979 |
| Nigeria | Donald Boyd Easum | Career | 1975-1979 |
| Norway | William Allison Anders | Political | 1976-1977 |
| Oman | No Appointments | ||
| Pakistan | No Appointments | ||
| Panama | No Appointments | ||
| Papua New Guinea | Mary Seymour Olmsted | Career | 1975-1979 |
| Paraguay | No Appointments | ||
| Peru | No Appointments | ||
| Philippines | No Appointments | ||
| Poland | No Appointments | ||
| Portugal | Frank Charles Carlucci | Career | 1974-1978 |
| Qatar | No Appointments | ||
| Romania | No Appointments | ||
| Rwanda | Trusten Frank Crigler | Career | 1976-1979 |
| Saudi Arabia | William James Porter | Career | 1975-1977 |
| Senegal | No Appointments | ||
| Seychelles | Anthony Dryden Marshall | Political | 1976-1977 |
| Sierra Leone | Michael Anthony Samuels | Political | 1974-1977 |
| Singapore | John Herbert Holdridge | Career | 1975-1978 |
| Somalia | John Lewis Loughran | Career | 1975-1978 |
| South Africa | William Garton Bowdler | Career | 1975-1978 |
| Soviet Union | Malcolm Toon | Career | 1976-1979 |
| Spain | Wells Stabler | Career | 1975-1978 |
| Sri Lanka and Maldives | John Hathaway Reed | Political | 1976-1977 |
| Sudan | No Appointments | ||
| Suriname | Joseph Owen Zurhellen | Career | 1976-1977 |
| Sweden | David Shiverick Smith | Political | 1976-1977 |
| Switzerland | Peter Hoyt Dominick | Political | 1975-1975 |
| Nathaniel Davis | Career | 1975-1977 | |
| Syria | Richard William Murphy | Career | 1974-1978 |
| Tanzania | James William Spain | Career | 1975-1979 |
| Thailand | Charles Sheldon Whitehouse | Career | 1975-1978 |
| Togo | Ronald DeWayne Palmer | Career | 1976-1978 |
| Tonga | No Appointments | ||
| Trinidad & Tobago | Albert Bel Fay | Political | 1976-1977 |
| Tunisia | Edward William Mulcahy | Career | 1976-1979 |
| Turkey | No Appointments | ||
| Uganda | No Appointments | ||
| United Arab Emirates | Francois Moussiegt Dickman | Career | 1976-1979 |
| United Kingdom | Elliot Lee Richardson | Political | 1975-1976 |
| Anne Legendre Armstrong | Political | 1976-1977 | |
| United Nations | Daniel Patrick Moynihan | Political | 1975-1976 |
| William Warren Scranton | Political | 1976-1977 | |
| UN/Geneva | Henry Edward Catto Jr. | Political | 1976-1977 |
| Uruguay | No Appointments | ||
| Venezuela | Harry Walter Shlaudeman | Career | 1975-1976 |
| Viron Peter Vaky | Career | 1976-1978 | |
| Yemen | Thomas James Scotes | Career | 1974-1978 |
| Yugoslavia | Laurence Hirsch Silberman | Political | 1975-1976 |
| Zaire | Walter Leon Cutler | Career | 1975-1979 |
| Zambia | Stephen Low | Career | 1976-1979 |
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