List of ambassadors of the United States to Pakistan
Ambassador of the United States to Pakistan پاکستان میں امریکا کے سفیر | |
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Nominator | The President of the United States |
Appointer | The President with Senate advice and consent |
Inaugural holder | Paul H. Alling as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary |
Formation | September 20, 1947 |
Website | U.S. Embassy - Islamabad |
The U.S. embassy in
U.S. Embassy, Islamabad
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Ambassadors
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Career FSO After 1915, The Latin phrase meaning "for the time being", "in the meantime". |
Name | Title | Appointed | Presented credentials | Terminated mission | Notes |
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Paul H. Alling – Career FSO[1] | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | September 20, 1947 | February 26, 1948 | June 27, 1948 | |
Avra M. Warren – Career FSO[2] | February 2, 1950 | February 25, 1950 | November 26, 1952 | ||
Horace A. Hildreth – Political appointee[3]
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May 13, 1953 | May 19, 1953 | May 1, 1957 | ||
James M. Langley – Political appointee | June 13, 1957 | July 27, 1957 | July 29, 1959 | ||
William M. Rountree – Career FSO | June 18, 1959 | August 17, 1959 | February 7, 1962 | The capital of Pakistan was moved to Islamabad in August 1960. | |
Walter P. McConaughy – Career FSO | March 1, 1962 | March 20, 1962 | May 27, 1966 | ||
Eugene Murphy Locke – Political appointee | May 27, 1966 | June 9, 1966 | April 16, 1967 | ||
Benjamin H. Oehlert, Jr. – Political appointee
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July 27, 1967 | August 16, 1967 | June 17, 1969 | ||
Joseph S. Farland – Political appointee | September 19, 1969 | November 15, 1969 | April 30, 1972 | The post was vacant May 1972–December 1973. Sidney Sober served as chargé d'affaires ad interim during that period | |
Henry A. Byroade – Career FSO | October 15, 1973 | December 5, 1973 | April 23, 1977 | ||
Arthur W. Hummel, Jr. – Career FSO
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June 8, 1977 | June 28, 1977 | July 19, 1981 | ||
Ronald I. Spiers – Career FSO | October 1, 1981 | October 29, 1981 | October 27, 1983 | ||
Deane Roesch Hinton – Career FSO
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November 21, 1983 | December 26, 1983 | November 9, 1986 | ||
Arnold Lewis Raphel – Career FSO[4] | May 4, 1987 | June 24, 1987 | Died in office, August 17, 1988 | ||
Robert B. Oakley – Career FSO[5] | August 18, 1988 | September 1, 1988 | August 29, 1991 | ||
Nicholas Platt – Career FSO | July 2, 1991 | October 24, 1991 | November 3, 1992 | ||
John Cameron Monjo – Career FSO | October 9, 1992 | November 10, 1992 | September 10, 1995 | ||
Thomas W. Simons – Career FSO
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December 19, 1995 | January 25, 1996 | August 24, 1998 | ||
William B. Milam – Career FSO | August 3, 1998 | September 10, 1998 | July 6, 2001 | ||
Wendy Jean Chamberlin – Career FSO | July 12, 2001 | September 13, 2001 | May 29, 2002 | ||
Nancy Jo Powell – Career FSO | August 2, 2002 | August 16, 2002 | November 5, 2004 | ||
Ryan C. Crocker – Career FSO | October 18, 2004 | November 25, 2004 | March 28, 2007 | ||
Anne W. Patterson – Career FSO | July 2, 2007 | July 31, 2007 | October 5, 2010 | ||
Cameron Munter – Career FSO | October 6, 2010 | October 27, 2010 | May 7, 2012 | ||
Richard Olson – Career FSO | September 24, 2012 | October 31, 2012 | October 27, 2015 | ||
David Hale – Career FSO | September 21, 2015 | December 3, 2015[6] | August 29, 2018 | ||
John Hoover – Career FSO | Chargé d'Affaires ad interim | August 29, 2018 | September 22, 2018 | ||
Paul W. Jones – Career FSO | September 22, 2018 | August 31, 2020 | |||
Angela Aggeler – Career FSO
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September 1, 2020 | May 23, 2022 | |||
Donald Blome – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | March 1, 2022 | July 1, 2022 | Incumbent |
Notes
- ^ Alling was commissioned during a recess of the Senate and recommissioned after confirmation on December 9, 1947.
- ^ Avra was commissioned on December 28, 1949, during a recess of the Senate but did not serve under the recess appointment. He was nominated again, confirmed by the United States Senate, and commissioned on February 2, 1950.
- ^ Hildreth was reaccredited when Pakistan became a republic and formally received April 23, 1956.
- Zia ul-Haqand Brigadier General Herbert M. Wassom, chief of the U.S. military group in Pakistan.
- ^ Oakley was commissioned during a recess of the Senate and recommissioned after confirmation on October 17, 1988.
- ^ "David Hale (1961–)". Office of the Historian, U.S Department of State. Retrieved 2018-07-11.
See also
- Embassy of the United States, Islamabad
- Pakistan – United States relations
- Foreign relations of Pakistan
- Ambassadors of the United States
References
- United States Department of State: Background notes on Pakistan
- This article incorporates public domain material from U.S. Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets. United States Department of State.