List of ambassadors of the United States to Pakistan explained

Post:Ambassador
Body:the United States to Pakistan
پاکستان میں امریکا کے سفیر
Insignia:US Department of State official seal.svg
Insigniasize:120px
Insigniacaption:Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent:Donald Blome
Incumbentsince:July 1, 2022
Nominator:The President of the United States
Appointer:The President
Appointer Qualified:with Senate advice and consent
Inaugural:Paul H. Alling
as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Formation:September 20, 1947
Website:U.S. Embassy - Islamabad

The U.S. embassy in Karachi was established August 15, 1947, with Edward W. Holmes as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim, pending the appointment of an ambassador. The first ambassador, Paul H. Alling, was appointed on September 20, 1947. Anne W. Patterson was nominated as United States Ambassador to Pakistan in May 2007, replacing Ryan C. Crocker who was appointed United States Ambassador to Iraq after completing three years of service in Pakistan. In 2010, her post was succeeded by Cameron Munter. The American ambassador is based in the U.S. Embassy, Islamabad.

Ambassadors

!Name!Title!Appointed!Presented credentials!Terminated mission!Notes
Paul H. Alling – Career FSO[1] Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarySeptember 20, 1947February 26, 1948June 27, 1948
Avra M. Warren – Career FSO[2] February 2, 1950February 25, 1950November 26, 1952
Horace A. Hildreth – Political appointee[3] May 13, 1953May 19, 1953May 1, 1957
James M. Langley – Political appointeeJune 13, 1957July 27, 1957July 29, 1959
William M. Rountree – Career FSOJune 18, 1959August 17, 1959February 7, 1962The capital of Pakistan was moved to Islamabad in August 1960.
Walter P. McConaughy – Career FSOMarch 1, 1962March 20, 1962May 27, 1966
Eugene Murphy Locke – Political appointeeMay 27, 1966June 9, 1966April 16, 1967
Benjamin H. Oehlert, Jr. – Political appointeeJuly 27, 1967August 16, 1967June 17, 1969
Joseph S. Farland – Political appointeeSeptember 19, 1969November 15, 1969April 30, 1972The post was vacant May 1972–December 1973. Sidney Sober served as chargé d'affaires ad interim during that period
Henry A. Byroade – Career FSOOctober 15, 1973December 5, 1973April 23, 1977
Arthur W. Hummel, Jr. – Career FSOJune 8, 1977June 28, 1977July 19, 1981
Ronald I. Spiers – Career FSOOctober 1, 1981October 29, 1981October 27, 1983
Deane Roesch Hinton – Career FSONovember 21, 1983December 26, 1983November 9, 1986
Arnold Lewis Raphel – Career FSO[4] May 4, 1987June 24, 1987Died in office, August 17, 1988
Robert B. Oakley – Career FSO[5] August 18, 1988September 1, 1988August 29, 1991
Nicholas Platt – Career FSOJuly 2, 1991October 24, 1991November 3, 1992
John Cameron Monjo – Career FSOOctober 9, 1992November 10, 1992September 10, 1995
Thomas W. Simons – Career FSODecember 19, 1995January 25, 1996August 24, 1998
William B. Milam – Career FSOAugust 3, 1998September 10, 1998July 6, 2001
Wendy Jean Chamberlin – Career FSOJuly 12, 2001September 13, 2001May 29, 2002
Nancy Jo Powell – Career FSOAugust 2, 2002August 16, 2002November 5, 2004
Ryan C. Crocker – Career FSOOctober 18, 2004November 25, 2004March 28, 2007
Anne W. Patterson – Career FSOJuly 2, 2007July 31, 2007October 5, 2010
Cameron Munter – Career FSOOctober 6, 2010October 27, 2010May 7, 2012
Richard Olson – Career FSOSeptember 24, 2012October 31, 2012October 27, 2015
David Hale – Career FSOSeptember 21, 2015December 3, 2015[6] August 29, 2018
John Hoover – Career FSOChargé d'Affaires ad interimAugust 29, 2018September 22, 2018
Paul W. Jones – Career FSOSeptember 22, 2018August 31, 2020
Angela Aggeler – Career FSOSeptember 1, 2020May 23, 2022
Donald Blome – Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMarch 1, 2022July 1, 2022Incumbent

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Notes and References

  1. Alling was commissioned during a recess of the Senate and recommissioned after confirmation on December 9, 1947.
  2. Avra was commissioned on December 28, 1949, during a recess of the Senate but did not serve under the recess appointment. He was nominated again, confirmed by the United States Senate, and commissioned on February 2, 1950.
  3. Hildreth was reaccredited when Pakistan became a republic and formally received April 23, 1956.
  4. Raphel died on August 17, 1988, in an airplane crash near Bhawalpur with Pakistani President Zia ul-Haq and Brigadier General Herbert M. Wassom, chief of the U.S. military group in Pakistan.
  5. Oakley was commissioned during a recess of the Senate and recommissioned after confirmation on October 17, 1988.
  6. Web site: David Hale (1961–). July 11, 2018. Office of the Historian, U.S Department of State.

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