List of ambassadors of the United States to Sri Lanka and the Maldives
Parts of this article (those related to the Maldives ambassadorship) need to be updated.(December 2023) |
Ambassador of the United States to Sri Lanka and the Maldives | |
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Nominator | The President of the United States |
Appointer | The President with Senate advice and consent |
Inaugural holder | Felix Cole as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary |
Formation | August 3, 1949 |
Website | U.S. Embassy – Colombo |
U.S. diplomatic terms |
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Career FSO After 1915, The Latin phrase meaning "for the time being", "in the meantime". |
The position of United States Ambassador to Sri Lanka and the Maldives has existed since 1949.ambassadorial residence of the ambassador in Colombo.
United States Ambassadors to Ceylon
# | Name | Start date | Finish date | References | |
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1 | Felix Cole | August 3, 1949 | October 30, 1949 | Harry S. Truman | |
2 | Joseph C. Satterthwaite | November 19, 1949 | July 25, 1953 | Harry S. Truman | |
3 | Maxwell Henry Gluck | September 19, 1953 | September 27, 1956 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | |
4 | Philip K. Crowe | September 19, 1957 | October 2, 1958 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | |
5 | James Lampton Berry |
November 22, 1958 | June 3, 1959 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | |
6 | Bernard Gufler | August 24, 1959 | March 1, 1961 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | |
7 | Frances E. Willis | May 11, 1961 | September 20, 1964 | John F. Kennedy | |
8 | Cecil B. Lyon | October 30, 1964 | June 17, 1967 | Lyndon B. Johnson | |
9 | Andrew V. Corry | May 24, 1967 | March 21, 1970 | Lyndon B. Johnson |
United States Ambassadors to Sri Lanka
# | Name | Image | Career track | Start date | Finish date | President(s) | References |
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10 | Robert Strausz-Hupé | Political appointee | May 3, 1970 | December 12, 1971 | Richard Nixon | ||
11 | Christopher Van Hollen
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October 27, 1972 | April 21, 1976 | Richard Nixon | ||
12 | John H. Reed | Political appointee | July 2, 1976 | June 1, 1977 | Gerald Ford | ||
13 | William Howard Wriggins | Political appointee | August 18, 1977 | December 13, 1979 | Jimmy Carter | ||
14 | Donald R. Toussaint | Career FSO
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January 21, 1980 | January 17, 1982 | Jimmy Carter | ||
15 | John H. Reed | Political appointee | February 8, 1982 | September 3, 1985 | Ronald Reagan | ||
16 | James W. Spain | Career FSO
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November 21, 1985 | June 16, 1989 | Ronald Reagan | ||
17 | Marion V. Creekmore, Jr.
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November 29, 1989 | August 27, 1992 | George H. W. Bush | ||
18 | Teresita Currie Schaffer | Career FSO
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October 7, 1992 | August 15, 1995 | George H. W. Bush | ||
19 | Peter Burleigh | Career FSO
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January 19, 1996 | August 1, 1997 | Bill Clinton | ||
20 | Shaun E. Donnelly | December 19, 1997 | August 16, 2000 | Bill Clinton | |||
21 | E. Ashley Wills | November 13, 2000 | June 17, 2003 | Bill Clinton | |||
22 | Jeffrey Lunstead | September 26, 2003 | September 9, 2006 | George W. Bush | |||
23 | Robert O. Blake, Jr.
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September 9, 2006 | May 21, 2009 | George W. Bush | ||
24 | Patricia A. Butenis | Career FSO
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September 17, 2009 | August 1, 2012 | Barack Obama | ||
25 | Michele J. Sison | Career FSO
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September 14, 2012 | December 6, 2014 | Barack Obama | ||
26 | Atul Keshap | Career FSO
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August 21, 2015 | July 15, 2018 | Barack Obama | ||
27 | Alaina B. Teplitz | Career FSO
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November 1, 2018 | December 6, 2021 | Donald Trump | ||
28 | Julie J. Chung | Career FSO
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February 25, 2022 | Incumbent | Joe Biden |
Notes
- ^ until 1972 the name was: "United States Ambassador to Ceylon and the Maldives"
See also
- Sri Lanka – United States relations
- Maldives – United States relations
- Foreign relations of Sri Lanka
- Foreign relations of the Maldives
- Ambassadors of the United States
References
- United States Department of State: Background notes on Sri Lanka
- United States Department of State: Background notes on the Maldives
- This article incorporates public domain material from U.S. Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets. United States Department of State.