List of ambassadors of the United States to Bolivia explained

Post:Ambassador
Body:the United States to Bolivia
Insignia:US Department of State official seal.svg
Insigniacaption:Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent:Debra Hevia
Chargé d'Affaires[1]
Incumbentsince:September 14, 2023
Nominator:The President of the United States
Appointer:The President
Appointer Qualified:with Senate advice and consent
Inaugural:John Appleton
as Chargé d'Affaires
Formation:January 3, 1849
Website:U.S. Embassy - La Paz

The following is a list of envoys, ministers, and ambassadors that the United States has sent to Bolivia. As a point of note, the first Ambassador of the United States to Bolivia was John Appleton, who served as the charge d'Affaires from January 3, 1849, to May 4, 1849. Since September 15, 2008, there has been no official Ambassador with the office being held by a chargé d'Affaires.

List

No.Name[2] Title(s)Term startTerm finish
[3] John AppletonChargé d'AffairesJanuary 3, 1849May 4, 1849
[4] [5] Alexander Keith McClungChargé d'AffairesJuly 3, 18501851
[6] [7] Horace H. MillerChargé d'AffairesDecember 18, 1852January 1854
[8] John W. DanaChargé d'Affaires
Minister Resident
February 23, 1854March 10, 1859
[9] John Cotton SmithMinister ResidentMarch 10, 1859May 1, 1861
[10] David K. CartterMinister ResidentJuly 28, 1861March 10, 1863
[11] Allen A. HallMinister ResidentSeptember 4, 1863May 18, 1867
[12] John W. CaldwellMinister ResidentNovember 2, 1868July 25, 1869
[13] Leopold MarkbreitMinister ResidentJuly 25, 1869February 12, 1873
[14] John T. CroxtonMinister ResidentApril 9, 1873April 16, 1874
11[15] Robert M. ReynoldsMinister ResidentJanuary 30, 1875October 11, 1876
12[16] Solomon Newton PettisMinister Resident
Consul General
June 2, 1879October 30, 1879
13[17] Charles AdamsMinister Resident
Consul General
July 8, 1880August 29, 1882
14[18] George ManeyMinister Resident
Consul General
November 4, 1882June 1, 1883
15[19] Richard GibbsMinister Resident
Consul General
October 16, 1883September 11, 1885
16[20] William A. SeayMinister Resident
Consul General
September 19, 1885April 12, 1887
17[21] S. S. CarlisleMinister Resident
Consul General
January 17, 1888December 16, 1889
18[22] Thomas H. AndersonMinister Resident
Consul General
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
December 16, 1889November 22, 1892
19[23] Frederic J. GrantEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryApril 12, 1893October 24, 1893
20[24] Thomas MoonlightEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryApril 14, 1894January 8, 1898
21[25] George H. BridgmanEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJuly 4, 1898January 13, 1902
22[26] William B. SorsbyEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryOctober 4, 1902March 16, 1908
23[27] James F. StutesmanEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiarySeptember 8, 1908April 15, 1910
24[28] Horace G. KnowlesEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryDecember 28, 1910August 23, 1913
25[29] John D. O'RearEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryAugust 31, 1913July 14, 1918
26[30] S. Abbot MaginnisEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJanuary 14, 1920December 5, 1921
27[31] Jesse S. CottrellEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJanuary 6, 1922January 26, 1928
28[32] David E. KaufmanEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryMay 30, 1928January 10, 1929
29[33] Edward F. FeelyEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiarySeptember 23, 1930September 29, 1933
30[34] Fay A. Des PortesEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryNovember 15, 1933May 1, 1936
31[35] Raymond Henry NorwebEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryAugust 10, 1936June 15, 1937
32[36] Robert Granville CaldwellEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryAugust 21, 1937June 23, 1939
33[37] Douglas JenkinsEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryOctober 26, 1939October 3, 1941
34[38] [39] Pierre de Lagarde BoalAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMay 23, 1942February 5, 1944
35[40] Walter C. ThurstonAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 16, 1944January 3, 1946
36[41] Joseph FlackAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJuly 15, 1946May 17, 1949
37[42] Irving FlormanAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryFebruary 27, 1950September 4, 1951
38[43] Edward J. SparksAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJune 13, 1952October 29, 1954
Gerald A. DrewAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryDecember 8, 1954April 6, 1957
Philip BonsalAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMay 10, 1957February 6, 1959
Carl W. StromAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMay 4, 1959May 8, 1961
Ben S. StephanskyAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJune 29, 1961October 15, 1963
Douglas HendersonAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryDecember 7, 1963August 6, 1968
Raúl Héctor CastroAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarySeptember 3, 1968November 3, 1969
Ernest V. SiracusaAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryDecember 5, 1969July 30, 1973
William Perry Stedman, Jr.[44] Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 3, 1973June 23, 1977
Paul H. BoekerAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 26, 1977February 17, 1980
Marvin WeissmanAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMarch 26, 1980July 17, 1980
Edwin G. CorrAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryDecember 10, 1981August 9, 1985
Edward Morgan RowellAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 20, 1985January 19, 1988
Robert S. GelbardAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 11, 1988July 20, 1991
Charles R. BowersAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 23, 1991October 7, 1994
Curtis Warren KammanAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 16, 1994November 26, 1997
Donna Jean HrinakAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJanuary 14, 1998July 17, 2000
Manuel RochaAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 4, 2000April 27, 2002
[45] David N. GreenleeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJanuary 17, 2003May 10, 2006
Philip S. GoldbergAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 13, 2006September 14, 2008
Krishna R. UrsChargé d’Affaires a.iSeptember 15, 2008June 25, 2009
[46] James CreaganChargé d’Affaires a.iJune 25, 2009August 28, 2009
[47] John S. CreamerChargé d’Affaires a.iAugust 28, 2009July 13, 2012
[48] Larry L. MemmottChargé d’Affaires a.iJuly 14, 2012February 28, 2014
Aruna AmirthanayagamChargé d’Affaires a.iFebruary 28, 2014June 8, 2014
[49] Peter M. BrennanChargé d’AffairesJune 8, 2014December 17, 2017
[50] Bruce WilliamsonChargé d’AffairesDecember 20, 2017August 26, 2020
[51] Charisse PhillipsChargé d’AffairesAugust 26, 2020October 7, 2022
[52] Jarahn HillsmanChargé d’AffairesOctober 7, 2022June 24, 2023
[53] Marcos Mandojana Chargé d’AffairesJune 25, 2023July 17, 2023
[54] Joe TordellaChargé d’AffairesJuly 18, 2023September 14, 2023
[55] Debra HeviaChargé d’AffairesSeptember 14, 2023Incumbent

See also

References

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: New Chargé d'Affaires Debra Hevia Arrives in Bolivia . 14 September 2023 .
  2. Web site: Bolivia - Chiefs of Mission - People - Department History - Office of the Historian. history.state.gov.
  3. Web site: John Appleton (1815–1864) . . 5 September 2014 . 6 September 2014 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20140906065505/https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/appleton-john.
  4. Web site: Alexander Keith McClung (1812–1855) . . 5 September 2014.
  5. Book: Davis, Jefferson . 1982 . The Papers of Jefferson Davis . LSU Press . 9780807158678 . 30 . 3.
  6. Web site: Horace H. Miller . https://web.archive.org/web/20140908181043/https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/miller-horace-h . 8 September 2014 . live . . 8 September 2014.
  7. Book: Hasse, Adelaide . 1921 . Index to United States Documents Relating to Foreign Affairs, 1828-1861 . Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1921 . 1778.
  8. Web site: John Winchester Dana(1808–1867) . https://web.archive.org/web/20140908202346/http://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/dana-john-winchester . 8 September 2014 . live . . 8 September 2014.
  9. Web site: John Cotton Smith (1810–1879) . . 8 September 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140908181043/https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/miller-horace-h . live . 8 September 2014.
  10. Web site: David Kellogg Cartter (1812–1887) . https://web.archive.org/web/20140908231055/http://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/cartter-david-kellogg . 8 September 2014 . live . . 8 September 2014.
  11. Web site: Allen A. Hall - People - Department History - Office of the Historian. history.state.gov.
  12. Web site: John Watson Caldwell - People - Department History - Office of the Historian. history.state.gov.
  13. Web site: Leopold Markbreit - People - Department History - Office of the Historian. history.state.gov.
  14. Web site: John Thomas Croxton - People - Department History - Office of the Historian. history.state.gov.
  15. Web site: Robert McConnell Reynolds - People - Department History - Office of the Historian. history.state.gov.
  16. Web site: Solomon Newton Pettis - People - Department History - Office of the Historian. history.state.gov.
  17. Web site: Charles Adams - People - Department History - Office of the Historian. history.state.gov.
  18. Web site: George Earl Maney - People - Department History - Office of the Historian. history.state.gov.
  19. Web site: Richard Gibbs - People - Department History - Office of the Historian. history.state.gov.
  20. Web site: William A. Seay - People - Department History - Office of the Historian. history.state.gov.
  21. Web site: Office of the Historian - Department History - People - Samuel S. Carlisle . history.state.gov . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090207150933/http://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/carlisle-samuel-s . 2009-02-07.
  22. Web site: Thomas Henry Anderson - People - Department History - Office of the Historian. history.state.gov.
  23. Web site: Frederic James Grant - People - Department History - Office of the Historian. history.state.gov.
  24. Web site: Thomas Moonlight - People - Department History - Office of the Historian. history.state.gov.
  25. Web site: George H. Bridgman - People - Department History - Office of the Historian. history.state.gov.
  26. history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/sorsby-william-brooks
  27. Web site: James Flynn Stutesman - People - Department History - Office of the Historian. history.state.gov.
  28. Web site: Horace Greeley Knowles - People - Department History - Office of the Historian. history.state.gov.
  29. Web site: John Davis O'Rear - People - Department History - Office of the Historian. history.state.gov.
  30. Web site: Samuel Abbot Maginnis - People - Department History - Office of the Historian. history.state.gov.
  31. Web site: Jesse Samuel Cottrell - People - Department History - Office of the Historian. history.state.gov.
  32. Web site: David E. Kaufman - People - Department History - Office of the Historian. history.state.gov.
  33. Web site: Edward Francis Feely - People - Department History - Office of the Historian. history.state.gov.
  34. Web site: Fay Allen Des Portes - People - Department History - Office of the Historian. history.state.gov.
  35. Web site: Raymond Henry Norweb - People - Department History - Office of the Historian. history.state.gov.
  36. Web site: Robert Granville Caldwell - People - Department History - Office of the Historian. history.state.gov.
  37. Web site: Douglas Jenkins - People - Department History - Office of the Historian. history.state.gov.
  38. Web site: Pierre de Lagarde Boal - People - Department History - Office of the Historian. history.state.gov.
  39. Book: Shavit, David . 1992 . The United States in Latin America: A Historical Dictionary . 407 . . 9780313275951.
  40. Web site: Walter Clarence Thurston - People - Department History - Office of the Historian. history.state.gov.
  41. Web site: Joseph Flack - People - Department History - Office of the Historian. history.state.gov.
  42. Web site: Irving Florman - People - Department History - Office of the Historian. history.state.gov.
  43. Web site: Edward John Sparks - People - Department History - Office of the Historian. history.state.gov.
  44. Web site: 23 February 1989 . The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR WILLIAM P. STEDMAN, JR. . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240707231026/https://adst.org/OH%20TOCs/Stedman-William-P.-Jr-.toc_.pdf . 7 July 2024 . 5 August 2024 . Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training.
  45. Web site: David N. Greenlee (1943–) . . September 5, 2014.
  46. Web site: James F. Creagan, Ph.D.. 2020-11-25. St. Mary's University. en-US.
  47. Web site: John S. Creamer - People - Department History - Office of the Historian. 2020-11-25. history.state.gov.
  48. Web site: Larry L. Memmott - People - Department History - Office of the Historian. 2020-11-25. history.state.gov.
  49. Web site: 2017-07-31. Chargé d'Affaires Peter Brennan U.S. Embassy in Bolivia. 2020-11-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20170731191758/https://bo.usembassy.gov/our-relationship/our-ambassador/. 2017-07-31.
  50. Web site: 2019-06-08. Chargé d'Affaires Bruce Williamson U.S. Embassy in Bolivia. 2020-11-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20190608191347/https://bo.usembassy.gov/our-relationship/our-ambassador/. 2019-06-08.
  51. Web site: 2020-11-01. Chargée d'Affaires Charisse Phillips U.S. Embassy in Bolivia. 2020-11-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20201101025804/https://bo.usembassy.gov/our-relationship/our-ambassador/. 2020-11-01.
  52. Web site: Chargé d'Affaires a.I. Jarahn Hillsman . U.S. Embassy in Bolivia . 2022-10-07.
  53. https://bo.usembassy.gov/charge-daffaires-a-i-marcos-mandojana/
  54. Web site: Deputy Chief of Mission Joe Tordella . 26 June 2023 .
  55. Web site: New Chargé d'Affaires Debra Hevia Arrives in Bolivia . 14 September 2023 .