<page_title> List of ambassadors of the Republic of the Congo to the United States </page_title> <section_title> List of representatives </section_title> <table> <cell> 1960 <col_header> Diplomatic agrément </col_header> </cell> <cell> Charles David Ganao <col_header> ambassador </col_header> </cell> <cell> Upon independence, Ganao was named the country's first ambassador to the US and first permanent representative to the UN he then served as foreign minister from 1963 to 1974. <col_header> Observations </col_header> </cell> </table>
Charles David Ganao was the Republic of Congo's first ambassador to the United States and first permanent representative to the United Nations following the country's independence in 1960.