List of ambassadors of the United States to Grenada explained

Post:Ambassador
Body:the United States to Grenada
Insignia:US Department of State official seal.svg
Insigniasize:120px
Insigniacaption:Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent:Roger F. Nyhus
Incumbentsince:February 6, 2024
Nominator:The President of the United States
Appointer:The President
Appointer Qualified:with Senate advice and consent
Inaugural:Theodore R. Britton, Jr.
as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Formation:February 2, 1984

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

The U.S. Government established an embassy in Grenada at St. George's on February 2, 1984. The U.S. Ambassador to Grenada is resident in Bridgetown, Barbados.

List of U.S. ambassadors to Grenada

The following is a list of U.S. ambassadors, or other chiefs of mission, to Grenada. 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
Theodore R. Britton, Jr.[1] Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center February 25, 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 July 23, 1979align=center February 24, 1981
Charles A. GillespieChargé d'Affaires ad interimalign=center February 2, 1984align=center March 1984Ronald Reagan
Loren E. LawrenceChargé d'Affaires ad interimalign=center March 1984align=center December 1984
Roy T. HaverkampChargé d'Affaires ad interimalign=center December 1984align=center March 1986
John C. LearyChargé d'Affaires ad interimalign=center March 1986align=center January 9, 1987
Chargé d'Affairesalign=center January 9, 1987align=center May 1988
James Ford CooperChargé d'Affairesalign=center June 1988align=center January 1991
Annette T. VelerChargé d'Affairesalign=center July 1991align=center July 1993George H. W. Bush
Ollie P. Anderson, Jr.Chargé d'Affairesalign=center September 1993align=center September 1994Bill Clinton
Dennis F. CarterChargé d'Affairesalign=center December 1994align=center March 1995
Jeanette W. Hyde[4] Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center April 4, 1995align=center January 31, 1998
E. William CrottyAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center January 30, 1999align=center October 10, 1999[5]
James A. DaleyAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center October 17, 2000align=center March 1, 2001
Earl Norfleet PhillipsAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center March 26, 2002align=center June 1, 2003George W. Bush
Mary KramerAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center February 5, 2004align=center October 30, 2006
Mary Martin OurismanAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center January 18, 2007align=center January 16, 2009
Brent HardtChargé d'Affaires ad interimalign=center January 16, 2009align=center June 19, 2011[6] [7]
Christopher SandroliniChargé d'Affaires ad interimalign=center June 19, 2011align=center May 22, 2012
Larry Leon PalmerAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center June 28, 2012[8] align=center January 19, 2016Barack Obama
Linda Swartz Taglialatela[9] Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center February 3, 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 February 6, 2024align=center Incumbent Joe Biden

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Notes and References

  1. Also accredited to Barbados. Resident at Bridgetown.
  2. Also accredited to Barbados; Special Representative to Antigua; Dominica; St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla; St. Lucia; and St. Vincent. Resident at Bridgetown.
  3. Also accredited to Barbados 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; Barbados; Dominica; St. Kitts and Nevis; St. Lucia; and St. Vincent and the Grenadines; resident at Bridgetown.
  5. Died at Gainesville, Florida on this date.
  6. 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.
  7. Chargés d’Affaires a.i. are not appointed by the President.
  8. .
  9. Web site: 2021-11-07 . Ambassador Linda S. Taglialatela - U.S. Embassy in Barbados, the Eastern Caribbean, and the OECS . 2021-11-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211107030836if_/https://bb.usembassy.gov/our-relationship/our-ambassador/ . 7 November 2021 . dead.

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