List of ambassadors of the United States to Guatemala explained

Post:Ambassador
Body:the United States to Guatemala
Insignia:US Department of State official seal.svg
Insigniasize:120
Insigniacaption:Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent:Tobin John Bradley
Incumbentsince:February 12, 2024
Style:His Excellency
Nominator:The President of the United States
Appointer:The President
Appointer Qualified:with Senate advice and consent
Inaugural:John Williams
as Chargé d'Affaires
Formation:May 3, 1826
Website:U.S. Embassy - Guatemala

The following is a list of ambassadors of the United States, or other chiefs of mission, to Guatemala. 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
John Williams[1] Chargé d'Affairesalign=center May 3, 1826align=center December 1, 1826John Quincy Adams
Charles G. DeWittChargé d'Affairesalign=center December 17, 1833align=center January 1, 1839Andrew Jackson
Elijah HiseChargé d'Affairesalign=center January 31, 1849align=center June 23, 1849James K. Polk
Solon Borland[2] Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center [3] align=center December 31, 1854Franklin Pierce
John L. MarlingMinister Residentalign=center February 14, 1855align=center May 8, 1856
Beverly L. Clarke[4] Minister Residentalign=center July 13, 1858align=center March 17, 1860[5] James Buchanan
Elisha Oscar CrosbyMinister Residentalign=center May 28, 1861align=center June 22, 1864Abraham Lincoln
Fitz Henry WarrenMinister Residentalign=center June 27, 1866align=center August 11, 1869Andrew Johnson
Silas A. HudsonMinister Residentalign=center August 11, 1869align=center October 12, 1872Ulysses S. Grant
George Williamson[6] Minister Residentalign=center September 9, 1873align=center January 31, 1879
Cornelius A. LoganMinister Residentalign=center June 11, 1879align=center April 12, 1882Rutherford B. Hayes
Henry C. HallMinister Residentalign=center July 25, 1882align=center August 10, 1882Chester A. Arthur
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center August 10, 1882align=center May 15, 1889
Lansing B. MiznerEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center June 4, 1889align=center December 31, 1890Benjamin Harrison
Romualdo PachecoEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center February 28, 1891align=center June 12, 1893
Pierce M. B. YoungEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center June 12, 1893align=center May 23, 1896Grover Cleveland
Macgrane CoxeEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center September 29, 1896align=center June 30, 1897
W. Godfrey HunterEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center January 25, 1898align=center February 2, 1903William McKinley
Leslie CombsEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center February 2, 1903align=center February 25, 1907Theodore Roosevelt
Joseph W. J. LeeEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center March 19, 1907align=center October 13, 1907
William HeimkeEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center May 2, 1908align=center September 30, 1909
William Franklin SandsEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center October 9, 1909align=center October 14, 1910William H. Taft
R. S. Reynolds HittEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center October 14, 1910align=center March 4, 1913
William Hayne LeavellEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center November 29, 1913align=center October 24, 1918Woodrow Wilson
Benton McMillinEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center January 15, 1920align=center December 6, 1921[7]
Arthur H. GeisslerEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center July 31, 1922align=center January 23, 1930Warren G. Harding
Sheldon WhitehouseEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center March 21, 1930align=center July 23, 1933Herbert Hoover
Matthew E. HannaEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center October 28, 1933align=center February 9, 1936Franklin D. Roosevelt
Fay A. Des PortesEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center May 22, 1936align=center May 14, 1943
Boaz LongAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center May 19, 1943align=center April 11, 1945
Edwin Jackson KyleAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center May 8, 1945align=center August 22, 1948
Richard C. Patterson, Jr.Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center November 24, 1948align=center April 24, 1951Harry S. Truman
Rudolf E. SchoenfeldAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center April 24, 1951align=center October 19, 1953
John PeurifoyAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center November 4, 1953align=center October 2, 1954Dwight D. Eisenhower
Norman ArmourAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center October 18, 1954align=center May 9, 1955
Edward J. SparksAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center July 29, 1955align=center February 15, 1958
Lester D. MalloryAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center February 27, 1958align=center November 11, 1959
John J. MuccioAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center February 1, 1960align=center November 10, 1961
John O. BellAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center January 30, 1962align=center August 26, 1965John F. Kennedy
John Gordon MeinAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center September 22, 1965align=center August 28, 1968[8] Lyndon B. Johnson
Nathaniel DavisAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center November 21, 1968align=center August 21, 1971
William G. BowdlerAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center October 19, 1971align=center August 26, 1973Richard Nixon
Francis E. Meloy, Jr.Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center February 7, 1974align=center April 19, 1976
Davis E. BosterAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center October 13, 1976align=center January 17, 1979Gerald Ford
Frank V. Ortiz, Jr.Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center July 17, 1979align=center August 6, 1980Jimmy Carter
Frederic L. ChapinAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center September 3, 1981align=center February 28, 1984Ronald Reagan
Alberto Martinez PiedraAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center August 17, 1984align=center August 22, 1987
James H. Michel[9] Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center October 28, 1987align=center September 1, 1989
Thomas F. StroockAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center October 31, 1989align=center November 10, 1992George H. W. Bush
Marilyn McAfeeAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center June 16, 1993align=center June 20, 1996Bill Clinton
Donald J. PlantyAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center August 22, 1996align=center August 14, 1999
Prudence BushnellAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center October 14, 1999align=center June 15, 2002
John Randle HamiltonAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center January 3, 2003align=center July 15, 2005George W. Bush
James M. DerhamAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center September 1, 2005align=center July 15, 2008
Stephen G. McFarlandAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center August 5, 2008align=center August 25, 2011
Arnold A. ChacónAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center August 29, 2011align=center March 5, 2014Barack Obama
Todd D. RobinsonAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center September 16, 2014align=center September 20, 2017
David HodgeChargé d'Affairesalign=center September 20, 2017align=center October 3, 2017Donald Trump
Luis E. ArreagaAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center October 3, 2017[10] align=center October 2, 2020
William W. PoppAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center October 19, 2020align=center August 24, 2023[11]
Patrick VentrellChargé d'Affairesalign=center August 24, 2023align=center February 2, 2024[12] Joe Biden
Tobin John BradleyAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center February 12, 2024align=center Incumbent

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Notes and References

  1. Commissioned to Central America.
  2. Commissioned to Central America.
  3. Borland did not present credentials in Guatemala.
  4. Commissioned to Guatemala and Honduras.
  5. Died at post.
  6. Commissioned to “the Central American States” but individually accredited to Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua; resident at Guatemala.
  7. Normal relations interrupted December 6, 1921.
  8. Assassinated.
  9. Web site: 21 October 2005 . The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR JAMES MICHEL . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240629021722/https://adst.org/OH%20TOCs/Michel,%20James.toc.pdf . 29 June 2024 . 29 July 2024 . Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training.
  10. Web site: Luis E. Arreaga Share. https://web.archive.org/web/20171006001341/https://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/210600.htm. dead. 6 October 2017. U.S. Department of State. 2 November 2017.
  11. https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=707444428091537&set=a.365877728914877
  12. https://twitter.com/usembassyguate/status/1753518470011007311?t=jtLz3qVWbnNEUfRBawctYA&s=19

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