List of ambassadors of the United States to Colombia explained

Post:Ambassador
Body:the United States to Colombia
Native Name:Embajador de los Estados Unidos en Colombia
Insignia:US Department of State official seal.svg
Insigniasize:120
Insigniacaption:Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent:Francisco Palmieri
Chargé d'Affaires
Incumbentsince:June 1, 2022[1]
Nominator:The President of the United States
Appointer:The President
Appointer Qualified:with Senate advice and consent
Inaugural:Richard Clough Anderson, Jr.
as Minister Plenipotentiary
Formation:December 16, 1823
Website:U.S. Embassy - Bogotá

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

Gran Colombia

The following were commissioned either Chargés d'Affaires or Ministers to Gran Colombia.

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Richard Clough Anderson, Jr.Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center December 16, 1823align=center July 24, 1826[2] James Monroe
Beaufort T. WattsChargé d'Affairesalign=center March 3, 1827[3] align=center November 21, 1827John Quincy Adams
William Henry HarrisonEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center February 5, 1829align=center September 26, 1829
Thomas P. MooreEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center September 26, 1829align=center April 16, 1833Andrew Jackson

New Granada

The following were commissioned as either Chargés d'Affaires or Ministers to New Granada.

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Robert B. McAfeeChargé d'Affairesalign=center July 1, 1833align=center June 20, 1837Andrew Jackson
James SempleChargé d'Affairesalign=center April 21, 1838align=center March 4, 1842Martin Van Buren
William M. BlackfordChargé d'Affairesalign=center September 17, 1842align=center December 24, 1844John Tyler
Benjamin A. BidlackChargé d'Affairesalign=center December 5, 1845align=center February 6, 1849James K. Polk
Thomas M. FooteChargé d'Affairesalign=center January 5, 1850align=center October 15, 1850Zachary Taylor
Yelverton P. KingChargé d'Affairesalign=center August 25, 1851align=center April 5, 1853Millard Fillmore
James S. GreenChargé d'Affairesalign=center December 19, 1853align=center August 13, 1854Franklin Pierce
James B. BowlinMinister Residentalign=center April 10, 1855align=center May 20, 1857
George Wallace JonesMinister Residentalign=center August 29, 1859align=center November 4, 1861James Buchanan

United States of Colombia

The following were commissioned as Ministers to the United States of Colombia.

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Allan W. BurtonMinister Resident[4] align=center March 9, 1864align=center December 10, 1866Abraham Lincoln
Peter J. SullivanMinister Residentalign=center July 25, 1867align=center June 26, 1869Andrew Johnson
Stephen A. HurlbutMinister Residentalign=center November 13, 1869align=center April 3, 1872Ulysses S. Grant
William L. ScruggsMinister Residentalign=center July 24, 1873align=center October 26, 1876
Ernest J. DichmanMinister Residentalign=center October 4, 1878align=center September 21, 1881Rutherford B. Hayes
George ManeyMinister Residentalign=center September 21, 1881align=center July 19, 1882Chester A. Arthur
William L. ScruggsMinister Residentalign=center July 19, 1882align=center December 4, 1884
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center December 4, 1884align=center December 15, 1885
Charles D. JacobEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center January 26, 1886align=center May 29, 1886Grover Cleveland

Republic of Colombia

The following were commissioned as either Ministers or Ambassadors to the Republic of Colombia.

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Dabney H. MauryEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center January 20, 1887align=center June 22, 1889Grover Cleveland
John T. AbbottEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center June 22, 1889align=center July 17, 1893Benjamin Harrison
Luther F. McKinneyEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center July 17, 1893align=center December 6, 1896Grover Cleveland
Charles Burdett HartEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center July 19, 1897align=center March 19, 1903William McKinley
Arthur M. BeaupreEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center April 13, 1903align=center December 19, 1903Theodore Roosevelt
William W. RussellEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center December 9, 1904align=center May 24, 1905
John BarrettEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center November 27, 1905align=center September 24, 1906
Thomas C. DawsonEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center October 16, 1907align=center April 25, 1909
Elliott NorthcottEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center August 13, 1909align=center September 16, 1910William Howard Taft
James T. DuBoisEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center November 18, 1911align=center March 1, 1913
Thaddeus Austin ThomsonEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center August 30, 1913align=center June 26, 1916Woodrow Wilson
Hoffman PhilipEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center February 22, 1919align=center May 29, 1922
Samuel H. PilesEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center May 29, 1922align=center September 17, 1928Warren G. Harding
Jefferson CafferyEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center November 28, 1928align=center May 20, 1933Calvin Coolidge
Edwin Sheldon WhitehouseEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center December 6, 1933align=center December 8, 1934Franklin D. Roosevelt
William DawsonEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center May 6, 1935align=center November 16, 1937
Spruille BradenAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center February 15, 1939align=center March 12, 1942
Arthur Bliss LaneAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center April 30, 1942align=center October 18, 1944
John Cooper WileyAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center December 16, 1944align=center May 3, 1947
Willard L. BeaulacAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center September 30, 1947align=center June 29, 1951Harry S. Truman
Capus M. WaynickAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center August 23, 1951align=center September 21, 1953
Rudolf E. SchoenfeldAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center January 28, 1954align=center January 26, 1955Dwight D. Eisenhower
Philip BonsalAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center April 1, 1955align=center April 24, 1957
John Moors CabotAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center July 12, 1957align=center July 15, 1959
Dempster McIntoshAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center July 30, 1959align=center January 6, 1961
Fulton FreemanAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center June 15, 1961align=center March 14, 1964John F. Kennedy
Covey T. OliverAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center August 13, 1964align=center August 29, 1966Lyndon B. Johnson
Reynold E. CarlsonAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center October 6, 1966align=center June 2, 1969
Jack H. VaughnAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center June 9, 1969align=center June 25, 1970Richard Nixon
Leonard J. Saccio[5] Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center February 24, 1971align=center July 12, 1973
Viron P. VakyAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center April 5, 1974align=center June 23, 1976
Phillip V. SanchezAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center September 2, 1976align=center April 5, 1977Gerald Ford
Diego C. AsencioAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center December 6, 1977align=center June 22, 1980Jimmy Carter
Thomas D. BoyattAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center December 3, 1980align=center April 14, 1983
Lewis Arthur TambsAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center May 2, 1983align=center February 15, 1985Ronald Reagan
Charles A. Gillespie Jr.Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center August 28, 1985align=center September 19, 1988
Thomas E. McNamaraAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center October 4, 1988align=center August 14, 1991
Morris D. BusbyAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center September 18, 1991align=center July 5, 1994George H. W. Bush
Myles FrechetteAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center July 25, 1994align=center November 8, 1997Bill Clinton
Curtis Warren KammanAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center March 19, 1998align=center August 15, 2000
Anne W. PattersonAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center August 24, 2000align=center June 11, 2003
William B. WoodAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center August 13, 2003align=center March 12, 2007George W. Bush
William R. BrownfieldAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center September 12, 2007align=center August 3, 2010
Michael McKinleyAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center September 14, 2010align=center September 1, 2013Barack Obama
Kevin WhitakerAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center May 20, 2014align=center August 17, 2019
Philip S. GoldbergAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center September 19, 2019align=center June 1, 2022Donald Trump
Francisco PalmieriChargé d'Affairesalign=center June 1, 2022align=center incumbentJoe Biden

See also

References

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Chargé d'Affaires a.i. Francisco L. Palmieri . June 2022 .
  2. Died at post.
  3. Had served as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim since June 1826.
  4. Burton was commissioned to Granadine Confederation in 1861. Presented credentials to United States of Colombia in 1864.
  5. Web site: 30 September 1990 . The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR LEONARD J. SACCIO . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240703175306/https://adst.org/OH%20TOCs/Saccio,%20Leonard%20J.toc.pdf . 3 July 2024 . 2 August 2024 . Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training.

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