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The United States (U.S.) immediately recognized the new nation and moved to establish diplomatic relations. The U.S. embassy in Dar es Salaam opened on the day of Tanganyika’s independence. William R. Duggan served as the charg\u00e9 d’affaires ad interim pending the appointment of an ambassador.       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4The Sultanate of Zanzibar became independent from the U.K. on December 19, 1963, as a constitutional monarchy headed by its sultan. The U.S. established an embassy in Zanzibar on December 10, 1963, with Frederick P. Picard III serving as charg\u00e9 d’affaires ad interim. In January 1964, the sultan was overthrown and the P.R.Z. was established.On April 26, 1964, Tanganyika united with the P.R.Z. to form the United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar (U.R.T.Z.). The U.S. ambassador to Tanganyika, William Leonhart, immediately became the ambassador to the U.R.T.Z. A U.S. ambassador to the P.R.Z. had not yet been appointed when that country united with Tanganyika. In lieu of an ambassador, Frank C. Carlucci III was serving as the charg\u00e9 d’affaires ad interim and continued in that capacity until the U.S. embassy was downgraded to a consulate general on June 27, 1964.The country was renamed the United Republic of Tanzania on October 29, 1964.The U.S. did not have an ambassador to Tanzania from October 2016 to August 2020.[1]       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Table of ContentsAmbassadors[edit]See also[edit]References[edit]External links[edit]Ambassadors[edit]NameTitleAppointedPresented credentialsTerminated missionNotesWilliam Leonhart \u2013 Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 22, 1962October 3, 1962December 22, 1965Leonhart was originally commissioned to Tanganyika. He was recommissioned when Tanganyika became a republic and presented new credentials on December 17, 1962. Leonhart continued to serve without further reaccreditation after the formation of the United Republic of Tanganyika and ZanzibarJohn H. Burns \u2013 Career FSOSeptember 24, 1965January 3, 1966June 22, 1969Claude G. Ross \u2013 Career FSOOctober 9, 1969December 27, 1969June 25, 1972W. Beverly Carter, Jr. \u2013 Career FSOJune 27, 1972July 24, 1972October 14, 1975James W. Spain \u2013 Career FSONovember 20, 1975January 8, 1976August 21, 1979Richard Noyes Viets \u2013 Career FSOSeptember 28, 1979October 18, 1979May 16, 1981David Charles Miller, Jr. \u2013 Political appointeeOctober 26, 1981November 4, 1981February 28, 1984John William Shirley \u2013 Career FSOJune 28, 1984July 28, 1984July 18, 1986Donald K. Petterson \u2013 Career FSOOctober 16, 1986December 8, 1986December 26, 1989Edmund DeJarnette, Jr. \u2013 Career FSONovember 21, 1989February 26, 1990September 12, 1992Peter Jon de Vos \u2013 Career FSOJune 15, 1992January 8, 1993June 3, 1994J. Brady Anderson \u2013 Political appointeeAugust 26, 1994September 13, 1994October 7, 1997Charles Richard Stith \u2013 Political appointeeJune 29, 1998September 17, 1998January 20, 2001Robert V. Royall \u2013 Political appointeeNovember 5, 2001December 19, 2001November 21, 2003The post was vacant from November 2003 until August 2005. Michael S. Owen served as charg\u00e9 d’affaires ad interim during that time.Michael Retzer \u2013 Political appointeeAugust 24, 2005March 9, 2005August 31, 2007Mark Andrew Green \u2013 Political appointeeAugust 23, 2007September 13, 2007January 20, 2009Alfonso E. Lenhardt \u2013 Political appointeeNovember 12, 2009November 12, 2009October 9, 2013Mark B. Childress \u2013 Political appointeeApril 7, 2014May 22, 2014October 25, 2016Donald J. Wright \u2013 Political appointeeFebruary 14, 2020August 2, 2020January 11, 2023Michael Battle – Political appointeeDecember 13, 2022February 27, 2023IncumbentSee also[edit]References[edit]External links[edit]     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki41\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki41\/list-of-ambassadors-of-the-united-states-to-tanzania\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"List of ambassadors of the United States to Tanzania"}}]}]