List of ambassadors of the United States to Nicaragua explained

Post:Ambassador
Body:the United States to Nicaragua
Insignia:US Department of State official seal.svg
Insigniasize:120px
Insigniacaption:Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent:Kevin O'Reilly
Chargé d'Affairs ad interim
Incumbentsince:June 28, 2023
Nominator:The President of the United States
Appointer:The President
Appointer Qualified:with Senate advice and consent
Inaugural:John B. Kerr
as Chargé d'Affaires
Formation:February 18, 1851
Website:Ambassador to Nicaragua

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

Ambassadors

RepresentativeTitlePresentation
of credentials		Termination
of mission		Appointed by
John B. KerrChargé d'Affairesalign=center February 18, 1851align=center June 1, 1853Millard Fillmore
Solon Borland[1] Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center April 18, 1853align=center April 17, 1854Franklin Pierce
John H. WheelerMinister Residentalign=center April 7, 1855align=center October 23, 1856
Mirabeau B. Lamar[2] Minister Residentalign=center February 8, 1858align=center May 20, 1859James Buchanan
Alexander Dimitry[3] Minister Residentalign=center December 7, 1859align=center April 27, 1861
Andrew B. DickinsonMinister Residentalign=center July 11, 1861align=center January 15, 1863Abraham Lincoln
Thomas H. ClayMinister Residentalign=center January 15, 1863align=center May 31, 1863
Andrew B. DickinsonMinister Resident and Extraordinaryalign=center May 31, 1863align=center July 29, 1869
Charles N. RiotteMinister Residentalign=center July 29, 1869align=center January 15, 1873Ulysses S. Grant
George Williamson[4] Minister Residentalign=center November 1, 1873align=center January 31, 1879
Cornelius A. LoganMinister Residentalign=center July 30, 1879align=center April 15, 1882Rutherford B. Hayes
Henry C. HallMinister Residentalign=center August 12, 1882align=center November 2, 1882Chester A. Arthur
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center November 2, 1882align=center May 23, 1889
Lansing B. MiznerEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center August 7, 1889align=center December 31, 1890Benjamin Harrison
Romualdo PachecoEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center May 21, 1891align=center October 13, 1891
Richard Cutts Shannon[5] Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center October 13, 1891align=center April 30, 1893
Lewis BakerEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center May 13, 1893align=center December 9, 1897Grover Cleveland
William L. Merry[6] Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center March 1, 1899align=center August 24, 1908William McKinley
John Gardner CoolidgeEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center August 24, 1908align=center November 21, 1908Theodore Roosevelt
John H. Gregory, Jr.Chargé d'Affaires ad interimalign=center November 21, 1908align=center March 12, 1909
Elliott NorthcottEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center February 21, 1911align=center June 23, 1911William H. Taft
George T. WeitzelEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center January 22, 1912align=center April 19, 1913
Benjamin L. JeffersonEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center September 5, 1913align=center October 24, 1921Woodrow Wilson
John E. RamerEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center December 30, 1921align=center April 5, 1925Warren G. Harding
Charles C. EberhardtEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center August 7, 1925align=center May 10, 1929Calvin Coolidge
Matthew E. HannaEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center April 11, 1930align=center September 6, 1933Herbert Hoover
Arthur Bliss LaneEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center December 7, 1933align=center March 14, 1936Franklin D. Roosevelt
Boaz W. LongEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center March 19, 1936align=center April 1, 1938
Meredith NicholsonEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center June 9, 1938align=center February 27, 1941
Pierre de Lagarde BoalEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center July 24, 1941align=center March 5, 1942
James B. StewartEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center June 12, 1942align=center April 14, 1943
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center April 14, 1943align=center January 4, 1945
Fletcher WarrenAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center May 9, 1945align=center May 4, 1947Harry S. Truman
George P. ShawAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center September 1, 1948align=center June 8, 1949
Capus M. WaynickAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center July 12, 1949align=center July 22, 1951
Thomas E. WhelanAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center November 3, 1951align=center March 22, 1961
Aaron S. BrownAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center April 21, 1961align=center May 3, 1967John F. Kennedy
Kennedy M. CrockettAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center August 21, 1967align=center April 19, 1970Lyndon B. Johnson
Turner B. SheltonAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center November 20, 1970align=center August 11, 1975Richard Nixon
James D. ThebergeAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center August 11, 1975align=center June 8, 1977Gerald Ford
Mauricio SolaúnAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center September 30, 1977align=center February 26, 1979Jimmy Carter
Lawrence A. PezzulloAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center July 31, 1979align=center August 18, 1981
Anthony Cecil Eden QuaintonAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center March 26, 1982align=center May 6, 1984Ronald Reagan
Harry E. Bergold, Jr.Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center May 31, 1984align=center July 1, 1987
Richard Huntington MeltonAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center May 4, 1988align=center July 12, 1988[7]
Jack LeonardChargé d'Affaires ad interimalign=center July 11, 1988align=center June 21, 1990
Harry W. ShlaudemanAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center June 21, 1990align=center March 14, 1992George H. W. Bush
Ron GodardChargé d’Affaires a.i.March 14, 1992September 8, 1993 
John Francis MaistoAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center September 8, 1993align=center November 15, 1996Bill Clinton
Lino GutierrezAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center December 5, 1996align=center July 21, 1999
Oliver P. GarzaAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center September 24, 1999align=center August 30, 2002
Barbara C. MooreAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center September 13, 2002align=center July 15, 2005George W. Bush
Paul A. TrivelliAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center September 9, 2005align=center August 6, 2008[8]
Robert J. CallahanAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center August 27, 2008align=center July 19, 2011[9]
Robert R. DownesChargé d’Affaires a.i.July 19, 2011March 2012
Phyllis M. Powers[10] Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMay 5, 2012August 5, 2015
Laura Farnsworth DoguAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 6, 2015October 30, 2018
Kevin K. Sullivan[11] Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 14, 2018May 19, 2023[12]
Carla Fleharty Chargé d’Affaires a.i.May 20, 2023June 28, 2023
Kevin O'ReillyChargé d’Affaires a.i.June 28, 2023[13] Present

See also

References

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Notes and References

  1. Commissioned to Central America; resident at Managua.
  2. Also accredited to Costa Rica; resident at Managua.
  3. Also accredited to Costa Rica; resident partly at Managua and partly at San José. ALEXANDER DIMITRY, Minister to Nicaragua and Costa Rica, has been recalled, although no successor bas been named. It is becoming a disgrace to the late Administration that this step was not taken long ago. Let us hope that Mr. LINCOLN will send sober men and anti-filibusters to represent the United States in all the Spanish-American countries. The New York Times, March 20, 1861, https://www.nytimes.com/1861/03/20/news/national-affairs-latest-report-relative-fort-sumpter-fort-pickens-not-be.html
  4. Commissioned to "the Central American States" but accredited individually to Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua; resident at Guatemala.
  5. Also accredited to El Salvador and Costa Rica; resident at Managua.
  6. Originally accredited to Costa Rica, El Salvador, and Nicaragua; after December 12, 1907, only to Costa Rica and Nicaragua. Resident at San José.
  7. Ambassador Melton and seven other members of the American embassy were expelled by the Government of Nicaragua on July 11, 1988 because of United States support of the opposition to the Sandinista government. – Web site: Nicaragua. U.S. Department of State. 2011-07-02.
  8. Web site: Paul A. Trivelli - People - Department History - Office of the Historian .
  9. Web site: Robert J. Callahan - People - Department History - Office of the Historian .
  10. Web site: Ambassador - U.S. Embassy Managua, Nicaragua . 2012-05-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060923074903/http://nicaragua.usembassy.gov/ambassador.html . 2006-09-23 . dead .
  11. Web site: Ambassador Kevin K. Sullivan. State Department. August 14, 2019. en.
  12. Web site: Technical Difficulties . May 2, 2023 .
  13. Web site: U.S. Embassy Managua Welcomes Kevin M. O'Reilly as Chargé d'Affaires . June 28, 2023 .

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