| Post: | Ambassador |
| Body: | the Republic of the Philippines to the United States of America Sugo ng Republika ng Pilipinas sa Estados Unidos ng Amerika |
| Insignia: | Seal of the Department of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines.svg |
| Insigniasize: | 150px |
| Insigniacaption: | Seal of the Department of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines |
| Department: | Department of Foreign Affairs Embassy of the Philippines, Washington, D.C. |
| Reports To: | Department of Foreign Affairs |
| Incumbent: | Jose Manuel Romualdez |
| Incumbentsince: | [1] [2] |
| Style: | His Excellency |
| Residence: | Emma S. Fitzhugh House |
| Seat: | 1600 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Washington D.C., United States |
| Nominator: | Secretary of Foreign Affairs |
| Termlength: | No fixed term |
| Inaugural: | Joaquín Miguel Elizalde |
The ambassador of the Republic of the Philippines to the United States of America (Filipino; Pilipino: Sugo ng Republika ng Pilipinas sa Estados Unidos ng Amerika) is the Republic of the Philippines' foremost diplomatic representative in the United States of America. As head of the Philippines' diplomatic mission there, the ambassador is the official representative of the president and the government of the Philippines to the president and government of the United States. The position has the rank and status of an ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary and is based at the embassy located at the 1600 Massachusetts Avenue, Northwest in Washington D.C. within its Embassy Row. The Philippine ambassador to the United States is also accredited as non-resident ambassador to various Caribbean countries.[3]
The position is currently held by Jose Manuel Romualdez since July 24, 2017.
| Head of mission | Tenure begins | Tenure ends | American president | Philippine president | Note(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | 1952 | Harry S. Truman | First term. Previously served as Resident Commissioner of the Philippines from 1938 to 1944. | |||
| 1952 | 1953 | Harry S. Truman Dwight D. Eisenhower | First term. Previously served as Resident Commissioner of the Philippines from 1944 to its dissolution in 1946.[4] | |||
| Joaquín Miguel Elizalde | 1953 | 1955 | Second term. | |||
| Carlos P. Romulo | 1955 | 1962 | Dwight D. Eisenhower John F. Kennedy | Second term. | ||
| Emilio Abello | February 1962 | September 1962 | John F. Kennedy Lyndon B. Johnson | |||
| Amelito Mutuc | September 1962 | 1964 | ||||
| 1964 | 1966 | Lyndon B. Johnson | Diosdado Macapagal Ferdinand Marcos | |||
| 1968 | 1969 | Ferdinand Marcos | ||||
| Ernesto Lagdameo | 1969 | 1971 | ||||
| 1971 | 1982 | Credentials were presented to President Nixon on October 31, 1971.[5] | ||||
| 1982 | 1986 | Ronald Reagan | Ferdinand Marcos Corazon Aquino | Served as Ambassador of the Philippines to the People's Republic of China in the 1970s. | ||
| 1986 | 1992 | Ronald Reagan George H.W. Bush | Corazon Aquino Fidel V. Ramos | Previously served as Vice President of the Philippines from 1961 to 1965. | ||
| Pablo Suarez | 1992 | 1993 | George H.W. Bush Bill Clinton | Fidel V. Ramos | ||
| Raul Rabe | 1993 | 1999 | Bill Clinton | |||
| 1999 | 2001 | |||||
| 2001 | 2006 | George W. Bush Barack Obama | Later served as Secretary of Foreign Affairs from 2011 to 2016. | |||
| Willy C. Gaa | 2006 | 2010 | Initially served as Chargé d’Affaires until promoted to Ambassador.[6] | |||
| 2011 | 2016 | Barack Obama | Benigno S. Aquino III | Previously served as Governor of the Bangko Sentral from 1990 to 1993; credentials were presented to President Obama on July 7, 2011.[7] [8] | ||
| 2017 | present | Donald Trump Joe Biden | Appointed as Special Envoy until 2017; credentials were presented to President Trump on November 29, 2017.[9] |
