List of ambassadors of the United States to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
The United States ambassador to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is the official representative of the government of the United States to the government of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. The ambassador is the United States ambassador to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, resident in Bridgetown, Barbados, and is concurrently the ambassador to Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, and St. Lucia.
Ambassador of the United States to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | |
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since February 9, 2024 | |
Nominator | The President of the United States |
Inaugural holder | Milan D. Bish as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary |
Formation | December 11, 1981 |
Website | U.S. Embassy - Bridgetown |
No U.S. mission has ever been established at Kingstown. All diplomatic functions are handled out of the U.S. embassy at Bridgetown, Barbados, where the U.S. ambassador to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is resident.
List of U.S. ambassadors to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
editThe following is a list of U.S. ambassadors, or other chiefs of mission, to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. The title given by the United States State Department to this position is currently Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.
Representative | Title | Presentation of credentials |
Termination of mission |
Appointed by |
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Milan D. Bish[1] | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | December 11, 1981 | March 4, 1984 | Ronald Reagan |
Thomas H. Anderson, Jr.[2] | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | August 22, 1984 | March 12, 1986 | |
Paul A. Russo[2] | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | December 5, 1986 | June 25, 1988 | |
G. Philip Hughes[3] | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | November 19, 1990 | June 17, 1993 | George H. W. Bush |
Jeanette W. Hyde[3][4] | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | May 24, 1994 | January 31, 1998 | Bill Clinton |
E. William Crotty[5] | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | January 29, 1999 | October 10, 1999[6] | |
James A. Daley[5] | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | October 26, 2000 | March 1, 2000 | |
Earl Norfleet Phillips[5] | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | April 16, 2002 | June 1, 2003 | George W. Bush |
Mary Kramer[5] | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | February 12, 2004 | October 30, 2006 | |
Mary Martin Ourisman[5] | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | February 26, 2007 | January 16, 2009 | |
Brent Hardt[5] | Chargé d'Affaires ad interim | January 16, 2009 | June 19, 2011[7] | [8] |
Christopher Sandrolini[5] | Chargé d'Affaires ad interim | June 19, 2011 | May 22, 2012[7] | |
Larry Leon Palmer | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | June 7, 2012[9] | January 19, 2016 | Barack Obama |
Linda Swartz Taglialatela | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | February 1, 2016 | December 27, 2023 | |
Joaquin F. Monserrate | Chargé d'Affaires ad interim | December 28, 2023 | January 11, 2024 | Joe Biden |
Roger F. Nyhus | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | February 9, 2024 | Incumbent | Joe Biden |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Also accredited to Antigua and Barbuda; Barbados; Dominica; and St. Lucia. Special Representative to St. Christopher and Nevis. Resident at Bridgetown.
- ^ a b Also accredited to Antigua and Barbuda; Barbados; Dominica; St. Christopher and Nevis; and St. Lucia. Resident at Bridgetown.
- ^ a b Also accredited to Barbados; Dominica; and St. Lucia. Resident in Bridgetown.
- ^ Appointed Ambassador to Antigua and Barbuda; Grenada; and St. Kitts and Nevis on March 4, 1995.
- ^ a b c d e f g Also accredited to Antigua and Barbuda; Barbados; Dominica; Grenada; St. Kitts and Nevis; St. Lucia. Resident at Bridgetown.
- ^ Died at Gainesville, Florida on this date.
- ^ a b "Chargé d'Affaires". United States Department of State. Archived from the original on July 24, 2011. Retrieved July 3, 2011.
- ^ Chargés d’Affaires a.i. are not appointed by the President.
- ^ Embassy of the United States - Barbados & E. Caribbean (2012), Congress Confirms Ambassador to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, U.S. Department of State, archived from the original on May 9, 2012, retrieved May 21, 2012.