List of ambassadors of the United States to Paraguay explained

Post:Ambassador
Body:the United States to Paraguay
Insignia:US Department of State official seal.svg
Insigniasize:120px
Insigniacaption:Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent:Marc Ostfield
Incumbentsince:March 9, 2022
Nominator:The President of the United States
Appointer:The President
Appointer Qualified:with Senate advice and consent
Inaugural:Charles Ames Washburn
as Commissioner
Formation:November 26, 1861
Website:U.S. Embassy - Asuncion

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

RepresentativeTitlePresentation
of credentials		Termination
of mission		Appointed by
Charles Ames WashburnCommissioneralign=center November 26, 1861align=center May 13, 1863Abraham Lincoln
Minister Residentalign=center May 13, 1863align=center September 10, 1868
Martin T. McMahonMinister Residentalign=center December 12, 1868align=center June 21, 1869Andrew Johnson
John L. Stevens[1] Minister Residentalign=center August 26, 1870align=center May 19, 1873Ulysses S. Grant
John C. CaldwellMinister Residentalign=center December 15, 1874align=center October 6, 1876
Chargé d'Affairesalign=center October 6, 1876align=center July 10, 1882
William WilliamsChargé d'Affairesalign=center August 26, 1882align=center July 21, 1885Chester A. Arthur
John E. BaconChargé d'Affairesalign=center September 16, 1885align=center October 23, 1888Grover Cleveland
Minister Residentalign=center October 23, 1888align=center December 26, 1888
George ManeyMinister Residentalign=center May 19, 1890align=center August 1891Benjamin Harrison
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center August 1891align=center June 30, 1894
Granville StuartEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center September 6, 1894align=center January 4, 1898Grover Cleveland
William R. FinchEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center August 3, 1898align=center May 29, 1905William McKinley
Edward C. O'BrienEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center August 5, 1905align=center October 10, 1909Theodore Roosevelt
Edwin V. MorganEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center June 29, 1910align=center July 8, 1911William H. Taft
Nicolai A. GrevstadEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center October 30, 1911align=center February 19, 1914
Daniel F. MooneyEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center May 13, 1914align=center June 13, 1921Woodrow Wilson
William J. O'TooleEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center April 3, 1922align=center February 21, 1924Warren G. Harding
George L. KreeckEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center July 22, 1925align=center February 5, 1930Calvin Coolidge
Post WheelerEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center February 12, 1930align=center April 17, 1933Herbert Hoover
Meredith NicholsonEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center October 30, 1933align=center February 3, 1935Franklin D. Roosevelt
Findley B. HowardEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center October 14, 1935align=center January 16, 1941
Wesley FrostEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center April 30, 1941align=center April 15, 1942
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center April 15, 1942align=center May 28, 1944
Willard L. BeaulacAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center September 13, 1944align=center May 28, 1947
Fletcher WarrenAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center October 8, 1947align=center July 25, 1950Harry S. Truman
Howard H. TewksburyAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center January 9, 1951align=center February 16, 1952
George P. ShawAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center July 1, 1952align=center October 31, 1953
Arthur A. AgetonAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center September 9, 1954align=center April 10, 1957Dwight D. Eisenhower
Walter C. PloeserAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center November 6, 1957align=center September 12, 1959
Harry F. Stimpson, Jr.Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center October 23, 1959align=center March 12, 1961
William P. SnowAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center August 4, 1961align=center June 15, 1967John F. Kennedy
Benigno C. HernándezAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center August 9, 1967align=center July 15, 1969Lyndon B. Johnson
J. Raymond YlitaloAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center August 14, 1969align=center September 11, 1972Richard Nixon
George W. LandauAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center October 13, 1972align=center October 14, 1977
Robert E. WhiteAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center November 30, 1977align=center January 27, 1980Jimmy Carter
Lyle Franklin LaneAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center September 9, 1980align=center May 21, 1982
Arthur H. Davis, Jr.[2] Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center August 6, 1982align=center September 28, 1985Ronald Reagan
Clyde D. Taylor[3] Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center November 12, 1985align=center September 2, 1988
Timothy Lathrop TowellAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center September 26, 1988align=center April 27, 1991
Jon David GlassmanAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center August 8, 1991align=center May 3, 1994George H. W. Bush
Robert Edward ServiceAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center November 18, 1994align=center October 7, 1997Bill Clinton
Maura HartyAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center October 22, 1997align=center May 30, 1999
David N. GreenleeAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center July 19, 2000align=center January 15, 2003
John F. KeaneAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center February 11, 2003align=center October 27, 2005George W. Bush
James Caldwell CasonAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center February 1, 2006align=center August 2, 2008
Liliana AyaldeAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center August 11, 2008align=center August 5, 2011
James H. ThessinAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center September 30, 2011align=center August 2, 2014Barack Obama
Leslie A. BassettAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center January 15, 2015align=center January 31, 2017
M. Lee McClennyAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center February 20, 2018align=center September 16, 2020Donald Trump
Joseph SalazarChargé d'Affairesalign=center September 16, 2020align=center March 9, 2022Donald Trump
Joe Biden
Marc OstfieldAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center March 9, 2022align=center IncumbentJoe Biden

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Notes and References

  1. Also accredited to Uruguay; resident at Montevideo.
  2. Web site: 24 May 1991 . The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR ARTHUR H. DAVIS, JR. . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240716185321/https://adst.org/OH%20TOCs/Davis,%20Arthur%20H.%20Jr.toc.pdf . 16 July 2024 . 16 July 2024 . Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training.
  3. Web site: 24 January 1996 . The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR CLYDE DONALD TAYLOR . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240709175011/https://adst.org/OH%20TOCs/Taylor-Clyde.pdf . 9 July 2024 . 5 August 2024 . Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training.

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