List of ambassadors of the United States to Malawi

The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland was dissolved on December 31, 1963, and Malawi became a fully independent member of the Commonwealth of Nations on July 6, 1964.

Ambassador of the United States to Malawi
Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent
Jeremey Neitzke
Chargé d’Affaires
since October 20, 2021
NominatorThe President of the United States
AppointerThe President
with Senate advice and consent
Inaugural holderEdward W. Holmes
as Chargé d'affaires ad interim
FormationJuly 6, 1964
WebsiteU.S. Embassy - Lilongwe

The United States immediately recognized the new nation and moved to establish diplomatic relations. The U.S. embassy in Blantyre (later Zomba) was established July 6, 1964—independence day for Malawi—with Robert K. Scott as current ambassador.

Ambassadors
Name Title Appointed Presented Credentials Terminated Mission Notes
Sam P. Gilstrap – Career FSO Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary July 1, 1964 July 8, 1964 October 6, 1965
Marshall P. Jones – Career FSO[1] November 10, 1965 January 13, 1966 March 20, 1970 Jones was reaccredited after Malawi became a republic and presented new credentials July 8, 1966.
William C. Burdett – Career FSO April 8, 1970 May 13, 1970 May 11, 1974
Robert A. Stevenson – Career FSO June 20, 1974 August 15, 1974 May 21, 1978 The Embassy was moved to Lilongwe April 1, 1976, during Stevenson’s tenure.
Harold E. Horan – Career FSO August 11, 1978 January 24, 1979 July 17, 1980 The post was vacant July 1980–August 1981. Robert M. Maxim served as chargé d'affaires during that interval.
John A. Burroughs, Jr. – Political appointee[2] May 7, 1981 August 17, 1981 June 9, 1984
Weston Adams – Political Appointee June 11, 1984 August 17, 1984 August 8, 1986 The post was vacant August 1986–May 1988. Dennis C. Jett served as chargé d'affaires ad interim during that period.
George Arthur Trail III – Career FSO April 28, 1988 May 13, 1988 May 2, 1991
Michael T. F. Pistor – Career FSO July 1, 1991 March 25, 1991 June 20, 1994
Peter R. Chaveas – Career FSO May 9, 1994 September 12, 1994 June 27, 1997
Amelia Ellen Shippy – Career FSO November 7, 1997 February 2, 1998 August 5, 2000
Roger A. Meece – Career FSO September 15, 2000 November 7, 2000 July 20, 2003
Steven A. Browning – Career FSO May 27, 2003 September 19, 2003 May 16, 2004
Alan W. Eastham – Career FSO August 2, 2005 August 25, 2005 July 15, 2008
Peter Bodde – Career FSO June 6, 2008 October 28, 2008 August 1, 2010 Edward W. Holmes served as chargé d'affaires ad interim from August 2010 to July 2011
Jeanine E. Jackson, Career FSO [3][4] July 5, 2011 October 20, 2011 September 25, 2014
Virginia E. Palmer, Career FSO December 18, 2014 February 27, 2015 June 7, 2019
Robert K. Scott, Career FSO April 16, 2019 August 6, 2019[5] October 20, 2021

Notes
  1. Jones was commissioned during a recess of the Senate and recommissioned after confirmation on January 27, 1966.
  2. An earlier nomination of September 22, 1980 was not acted upon by the Senate.
  3. "Government In The Lab | Blog | Ambassador to Malawi: Who is Jeanine Jackson?". govinthelab.com. Archived from the original on 2011-08-12.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-11-16. Retrieved 2011-11-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "US Ambassador presents credentials to Mutharika". Retrieved 2019-08-08.

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