US GOVERNMENT OFFICE

US Ambassador to Taiwan. See also US Ambassador to China. For Ambassador surrogates after 1979, see Director of the American Institute in Taiwan.

Aug-1950	Apr-1953	Karl L. Rankin	Interim
02-Apr-1953	30-Dec-1957	Karl L. Rankin
08-Mar-1958	08-Mar-1962	Everett F. Drumright
05-Jul-1962	18-Jan-1963	Alan G. Kirk
29-Jun-1963	25-Jul-1965	Jerauld Wright
28-Jun-1966	04-Apr-1974	Walter P. McConaughy
25-May-1974	19-Jan-1979	Leonard S. Unger	Relations terminated 1-Jan-1979; Embassy closed 28-Feb-1979.

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