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Principal Officers and Chiefs of Mission, by Name: v

Note: Career Foreign Service appointees are asterisked.

Vail, Aaron (1796-1878)
- Chargé d'Affaires, United Kingdom (1832-1836)
- Chief Clerk (1838-1840)
- Chargé d'Affaires, Spain (1840-1842)
*Vaky, Viron Peter (1925-)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Costa Rica (1972-1974)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Colombia (1973-1976)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Venezuela (1976-1978)
- Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs (1978-1979)
Valdez, Abelardo Lopez (1942-)
- Chief of Protocol (1979-1981)
Valenzuela, Arturo (?-)
- Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs (2009-2011)
Vallee, Rodolphe M. (1960-)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Slovakia (2005-2007)
Van Alen, James J. (1846-1923)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Italy (1893)
Van Alen, John Trumbull (?-?)
- Chargé d'Affaires, Ecuador (1849)
Van Buren, Martin (1782-1862)
- Secretary of State (1829-1831)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, United Kingdom (1831-1832)
van Dyke, Henry (1852-1933)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Luxembourg (1913-1917)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Netherlands (1913-1917)
Van Gorkom, Jerome W. (1917-)
- Under Secretary of State for Management (1982-1983)
*Van Hollen, Christopher (1922-)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Maldives (1972-1976)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Sri Lanka (1972-1976)
Van Ness, Cornelius Peter (1782-1852)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Spain (1829-1836)
Van Valkenburgh, Robert Bruce (1821-1888)
- Minister Resident, Japan (1866-1869)
*van Voorst, Carol (?-)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Iceland (2005-2009)
Vance, Cyrus Roberts (1917-2002)
- Secretary of State (1977-1980)
*Vance, Sheldon Baird (1917-1995)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Chad (1967-1969)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Congo, Democratic Republic of the (1969-1974)
Vanden Heuvel, William J. (1935-)
- Representative of the U.S.A. to the European Office of the United Nations (Geneva) (1979)
*Vass, Laurence Coolidge (1909-)
- Chargé d'Affaires ad interim, Kenya (Embassy Nairobi was established Dec 12, 1963, with Laurence C. Vass as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim.)
Vaughn, Jack Hood (1920-)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Panama (1964-1965)
- Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs (1965-1966)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Colombia (1969-1970)
*Veliotes, Nicholas Alexander (1928-)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Jordan (1978-1981)
- Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs (1981-1983)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Egypt (1983-1986)
Venable, William Edward (1804-1857)
- Minister Resident, Guatemala (1857)
Verma, Richard Rahul (?-)
- Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs (2009-2011)
*Vershbow, Alexander Russel (1952-)
- U.S. Permanent Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (1997-2001)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Russia (2001-2005)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Korea (2005-2008)
Verveer, Mellane (?-)
- Ambassador at Large (2009)
*Vest, George Southall (1918-)
- Assistant Secretary of State for Politico-Military Affairs (1974-1977)
- Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs (1977-1981)
- Representative of the U.S.A. to the European Union, with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (1981-1985)
- Director General of the Foreign Service (1985-1989)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Pakistan (Nomination withdrawn May 5, 1977.)
- Career Ambassador (1987)
*Viets, Richard Noyes (1930-)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Tanzania (1979-1981)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Portugal (Nomination of Sep 15, 1987, not acted upon by the Senate. An earlier nomination of Jan 21, 1987, was also not acted upon by the Senate.)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Jordan (1981)
*Villard, Henry Serrano (1900-1996)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Libya (1952-1954)
- Representative of the U.S.A. to the European Office of the United Nations (Geneva) (1958-1960)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mali (1960)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Senegal (1960-1961)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mauritania (1960-1961)
*Villarosa, Shari (1951-)
- Chargé d'Affaires ad interim, Burma (no date on record)
*Vincent, John Carter (1900-1972)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Switzerland (1947-1951)
- Diplomatic Agent/Consul General, Morocco (1951-1953)
*Vine, Richard David (1925-)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Switzerland (1979-1981)
- Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration Affairs (1982)
*Vogelgesang, Sandra Louise (1942-)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Nepal (1994-1997)
Volker, Kurt D. (1964-)
- U.S. Permanent Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (2008)
Volpe, John Anthony (1908-)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Italy (1973-1977)
Von Damm, Helene A. (1938-)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Austria (1983-1986)
Vopicka, Charles Joseph (1857-1935)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Bulgaria (1913)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Romania (1913-1920)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Yugoslavia (1913)
Vreeland, Frederick (1927-)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Morocco (1991-1993)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Burma (Nomination not acted upon by the Senate.)
Vroom, Peter Dumont (1791-1873)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Germany (1853-1857)

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