Directors General of The United States Foreign Service
| Name | Assumed Office | Left Office | President served under |
|---|---|---|---|
| Selden Chapin | November 13, 1946 | April 30, 1947 | Harry S. Truman |
| Christian M. Ravndal | May 1, 1947 | June 23, 1949 | Harry S. Truman |
| Richard P. Butrick | September 7, 1949 | April 1, 1952 | Harry S. Truman |
| Gerald A. Drew | March 30, 1952 | October 18, 1954 | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| Raymond A. Hare | October 19, 1954 | August 29, 1956 | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| Joseph C. Satterthwaite | May 6, 1957 | September 1, 1958 | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| Waldemar J. Gallman | November 17, 1958 | January 31, 1961 | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| Tyler Thompson | May 14, 1961 | February 15, 1964 | John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson |
| Joseph Palmer II | February 16, 1964 | April 10, 1966 | Lyndon B. Johnson |
| John M. Steeves | August 1, 1966 | July 31, 1969 | Lyndon B. Johnson |
| John H. Burns | August 1, 1969 | June 15, 1971 | Richard Nixon |
| William O. Hall | July 5, 1971 | September 30, 1973 | Richard Nixon |
| Nathaniel Davis | November 13, 1973 | March 17, 1975 | Richard Nixon |
| Carol C. Laise | April 11, 1975 | December 26, 1977 | Gerald Ford |
| Harry G. Barnes, Jr. | December 22, 1977 | February 8, 1981 | Jimmy Carter |
| Joan M. Clark | July 27, 1981 | October 24, 1983 | Ronald Reagan |
| Alfred Atherton | December 2, 1983 | December 28, 1984 | Ronald Reagan |
| George S. Vest | June 8, 1985 | May 3, 1989 | Ronald Reagan |
| Edward J. Perkins | September 22, 1989 | May 7, 1992 | George H. W. Bush |
| Genta H. Holmes | September 7, 1992 | August 18, 1995 | George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton |
| Anthony C. E. Quainton | December 29, 1995 | August 22, 1997 | Bill Clinton |
| Edward Gnehm | August 25, 1997 | June 14, 2000 | Bill Clinton |
| Marc Grossman | June 19, 2000 | Bill Clinton | |
| Ruth A. Davis | June 15, 2001 | June 30, 2003 | George W. Bush |
| W. Robert Pearson | October 7, 2003 | February 27, 2006 | George W. Bush |
| George McDade Staples | May 25, 2006 | June 27, 2007 | George W. Bush |
| Harry K. Thomas, Jr. | September 21, 2007 | August 2, 2009 | George W. Bush and Barack Obama |
| Nancy Jo Powell | August 3, 2009 | December 16, 2011 | Barack Obama |
| Linda Thomas-Greenfield | April 2, 2012 | Present | Barack Obama |
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