List of ambassadors of the United States to Barbados explained

Post:Ambassador
Body:the United States to Barbados
Insignia:US Department of State official seal.svg
Insigniasize:120px
Insigniacaption:Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent:Roger F. Nyhus
Incumbentsince:January 19, 2024
Nominator:The President of the United States
Appointer:The President
Appointer Qualified:with Senate advice and consent
Inaugural:George Dolgin
as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim
Formation:November 30, 1966
Website:Ambassador to Barbados

The United States ambassador to Barbados is the official representative of the government of the United States to the government of Barbados. The title of the ambassador is United States Ambassador to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean and is concurrently the ambassador to Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines, while residing in Bridgetown, Barbados.

List of U.S. ambassadors to Barbados

The following is a list of U.S. ambassadors, or other chiefs of mission, to Barbados. The title given by the United States State Department to this position is currently Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.

RepresentativeTitlePresentation
of credentials
Termination
of mission
Appointed by
George DolginChargé d'Affaires ad interimalign=center November 30, 1966align=center November 30, 1967Lyndon B. Johnson
Fredric R. MannAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center November 27, 1967align=center April 10, 1969
Eileen R. DonovanAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center September 5, 1969align=center August 3, 1974Richard Nixon
Theodore R. Britton, Jr.[1] Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center February 12, 1975align=center April 22, 1977Gerald Ford
Frank V. Ortiz, Jr.[2] Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center July 29, 1977align=center May 15, 1979Jimmy Carter
Sally Shelton-Colby[3] Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center June 7, 1979align=center February 24, 1981
Milan D. Bish[4] Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center December 10, 1981align=center March 4, 1984Ronald Reagan
Thomas H. Anderson, Jr.[5] Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center July 11, 1984align=center March 12, 1986
Paul A. RussoAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center December 10, 1986align=center June 25, 1988
John E. ClarkChargé d'Affaires ad interimalign=center June 25, 1988align=center November 14, 1990
G. Philip Hughes[6] Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center November 14, 1990align=center June 17, 1993George H. W. Bush
Jeanette W. Hyde[7] Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center April 14, 1994align=center January 31, 1998Bill Clinton
E. William Crotty[8] Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center November 24, 1998align=center October 10, 1999[9]
James A. DaleyAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center September 26, 2000align=center March 1, 2001
Marcia BernicatChargé d'Affaires ad interimalign=center August 2001align=center March 2002[10]
Roland W. BullenChargé d'Affaires ad interimalign=center March 2002align=center April 10, 2002
Earl Norfleet PhillipsAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center April 10, 2002align=center June 1, 2003George W. Bush
Mary E. KramerAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center February 3, 2004align=center October 30, 2006
Mary Martin OurismanAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center November 7, 2006align=center January 16, 2009
Brent HardtChargé d'Affaires ad interimalign=center January 16, 2009align=center June 19, 2011[11] Barack Obama
Christopher SandroliniChargé d'Affaires ad interimalign=center June 19, 2011align=center May 22, 2012
Larry Leon PalmerAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center May 22, 2012[12] align=center January 19, 2016
Linda Swartz TaglialatelaAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center February 1, 2016align=center December 27, 2023
Joaquin F. MonserrateChargé d'Affaires ad interimalign=center December 28, 2023align=center January 11, 2024Joe Biden
Roger F. NyhusAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center January 19, 2024align=center IncumbentJoe Biden

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Notes and References

  1. Also accredited to Grenada. Resident at Bridgetown.
  2. Also accredited to Grenada; Special Representative to Antigua; Dominica; St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla; St. Lucia; and St. Vincent. Resident at Bridgetown.
  3. Also accredited to Grenada and Dominica; Minister to St Lucia, and Special Representative to Antigua, St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla, and St. Vincent. Resident at Bridgetown.
  4. Also accredited to Antigua and Barbuda; Dominica; St. Lucia; and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Resident at Bridgetown.
  5. Also accredited to Antigua and Barbuda; Dominica; St. Christopher and Nevis; St. Lucia; St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Resident at Bridgetown.
  6. Also accredited to Dominica; St. Lucia; and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Resident at Bridgetown.
  7. Appointed Ambassador to Grenada; Antigua and Barbuda; and St. Kitts and Nevis on March 4, 1995.
  8. Also accredited to Antigua and Barbuda; Dominica; Grenada; St. Kitts and Nevis; St. Lucia; and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Resident at Bridgetown.
  9. Died at Gainesville, Florida on this date.
  10. Chargés d’Affaires a.i. are not appointed by the President.
  11. Web site: Chargé d'Affaires. United States Department of State. 2011-07-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20110724143201/http://barbados.usembassy.gov/charge.html. 2011-07-24. dead.
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