Post: | Ambassador |
Body: | the United States to the Dominican Republic |
Insignia: | US Department of State official seal.svg |
Insigniasize: | 120px |
Insigniacaption: | Seal of the United States Department of State |
Incumbent: | Patricia Aguilera Chargé d'Affaires |
Incumbentsince: | September 28, 2023[1] |
Nominator: | The President of the United States |
Appointer: | The President |
Appointer Qualified: | with Senate advice and consent |
Inaugural: | John M. Langston as Chargé d'Affaires |
Formation: | March 26, 1884 |
Website: | U.S. Embassy - Santo Domingo |
This is a list of ambassadors of the United States to the Dominican Republic.
Name | Title | Presentation of credentials | Termination of mission | Notes | |
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Chargé d'Affaires | Transmitted recall by mail, June 23, 1885 | Accredited to Santo Domingo, also accredited to Haiti; resident at Port-au-Prince. | |||
Chargé d'Affaires | Relinquished charge at Port-au-Prince about October 17, 1889 | Accredited to Santo Domingo, also accredited to Haiti; resident at Port-au-Prince. | |||
Chargé d'Affaires | Left Port-au-Prince, July 1891 | Accredited to Santo Domingo, also accredited to Haiti; resident at Port-au-Prince. | |||
Chargé d'Affaires | Presented recall, November 18, 1893 | Accredited to Santo Domingo, also accredited to Haiti; resident at Port-au-Prince. | |||
Chargé d'Affaires | Left Santo Domingo, March 20, 1897 | Accredited to Santo Domingo, also accredited to Haiti; resident at Port-au-Prince. Credentials presented on November 18, 1893, by his predecessor; Smythe was officially received in person at Santo Domingo, October 28, 1895. | |||
Chargé d'Affaires | Superseded, July 23, 1904 | Accredited to Santo Domingo, also accredited to Haiti; resident at Port-au-Prince. Officially received on February 18, 1898; had transmitted credentials by mail in November 1897. | |||
Left post, May 5, 1907 | Accredited to Santo Domingo. | ||||
Minister Resident/Consul General | Left post, October 7, 1909 | Accredited to Santo Domingo. | |||
Minister Resident/Consul General | Presented recall, August 2, 1910 | ||||
Minister Resident/Consul General | Promoted to Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | ||||
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | Left post, March 2, 1913 | ||||
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | Left post, June 20, 1915 | ||||
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | Left post, September 12, 1925 | ||||
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | Left post, December 31, 1929 | ||||
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | Left post, August 11, 1931 | ||||
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | Left post, April 27, 1937 | ||||
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | Presented recall, February 13-February 19, 1940 | ||||
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | Left post, March 14, 1942 | ||||
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | Promoted to Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | ||||
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | Left post, April 22, 1944 | ||||
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | Left post, January 14, 1945 | ||||
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | Left post, November 16, 1945 | ||||
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | Left post, February 5, 1948 | ||||
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | Left post, June 11, 1952 | ||||
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | Left post, May 30, 1953 | ||||
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | Left post, June 2, 1957 | ||||
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | Left post, May 28, 1960 | ||||
Chargé d'Affaires ad interim | Unknown | Diplomatic ties severed, August 26, 1960 | U.S. severed diplomatic relations with the Dominican Republic on August 26, 1960. | ||
Chargé d'Affaires ad interim | Unknown | U.S. Embassy in Santo Domingo was reestablished January 6, 1962 | |||
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | June 23, 1960 | Unknown | Appointed on June 23, 1960, and took oath of office, but did not proceed to post. | ||
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | Left post, September 28, 1963 | Normal relations interrupted, September 25, 1963; new Government of the Dominican Republic still unrecognized by the U.S. when Martin left post. | |||
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | Left post, April 13, 1966 | ||||
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | Left post, April 16, 1969 | ||||
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | Left post, August 6, 1973 | ||||
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | Left post, April 5, 1978 | ||||
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | Left post, June 7, 1982 | ||||
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | Left post, August 3, 1985 | ||||
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | Left post, August 8, 1988 | ||||
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | Left post January 9, 1992 | ||||
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | Left post June 28, 1994 | ||||
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | |||||
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | Unknown | Unknown | Nomination of April 28 withdrawn on October 5, 1998 | ||
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | Left post March 1, 2001 | ||||
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | November 29, 2001 | Left post May 1, 2007 | |||
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | December 13, 2007 | Left post January 20, 2009 | |||
Chargé d'Affaires ad interim | August 2009 | November 17, 2010 | |||
Raúl H. Yzaguirre | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | November 17, 2010 | Left post May 29, 2013 | ||
James "Wally" Brewster Jr. | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | December 9, 2013 | Left post January 20, 2017 | ||
Robin S. Bernstein | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | September 3, 2018 | Left post January 20, 2021 | ||
Robert W. Thomas | Chargé d'Affaires ad interim | January 20, 2021 | February 22, 2023[2] | ||
Alexander Titolo | Chargé d'Affaires ad interim | February 23, 2023 | May 25, 2023 | ||
Isiah Parnell | Chargé d'Affaires ad interim | May 25, 2023 | September 28, 2023 | ||
Patricia Aguilera | Chargé d'Affaires ad interim | September 28, 2023 | Incumbent |