List of ambassadors of the United States to Dominica explained

Post:Ambassador
Body:the United States to Dominica
Insignia:US Department of State official seal.svg
Insigniasize:120px
Insigniacaption:Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent:Roger F. Nyhus
Incumbentsince:February 26, 2024
Nominator:The President of the United States
Appointer:The President
Appointer Qualified:with Senate advice and consent
Inaugural:Sally Angela Shelton
as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Formation:July 18, 1979
Website:U.S. Embassy - Bridgetown

The United States ambassador to Dominica is the official representative of the government of the United States to the government of Dominica. The title of the ambassador is United States Ambassador to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean and is concurrently the ambassador to Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

No mission has ever been established at Roseau. All diplomatic functions are handled out of the U.S. Embassy at Bridgetown, Barbados.

List of U.S. ambassadors to Dominica

The following is a list of U.S. ambassadors, or other chiefs of mission, to Dominica. 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
Sally Angela Shelton[1] Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center July 18, 1979align=center February 24, 1981Jimmy Carter
Milan D. Bish[2] Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center December 18, 1981align=center March 4, 1984Ronald Reagan
Thomas H. Anderson, Jr.[3] Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center August 1, 1984align=center March 12, 1986
Paul A. RussoAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center December 1986align=center June 25, 1988
John E. ClarkChargé d'Affaires ad interimalign=center June 1988align=center November 1990
G. Philip Hughes[4] Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center November 19, 1990align=center June 17, 1993George H. W. Bush
Jeanette W. Hyde[5] Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center April 21, 1994align=center January 31, 1998Bill Clinton
E. William Crotty[6] Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center October 22, 1998[7] align=center October 10, 1999[8]
James A. DaleyAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center October 23, 2000align=center March 1, 2001
Earl Norfleet PhillipsAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center May 9, 2002align=center June 1, 2003George W. Bush
Mary KramerAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center March 3, 2004align=center October 30, 2006
Mary Martin OurismanAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center January 24, 2007align=center January 16, 2009
Brent HardtChargé d'Affaires ad interimalign=center January 16, 2009align=center June 19, 2011[9] [10]
Christopher SandroliniChargé d'Affaires ad interimalign=center June 19, 2011align=center May 22, 2012
Larry Leon PalmerAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center May 30, 2012[11] align=center January 19, 2016Barack Obama
Linda Swartz TaglialatelaAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center March 2, 2016align=center December 27, 2023
Joaquin F. MonserrateChargé d'Affaires ad interimalign=center December 28, 2023align=center January 11, 2024Joe Biden
Roger F. NyhusAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center February 26, 2024align=center Incumbent Joe Biden

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Notes and References

  1. Also accredited to Barbados and Grenada; Minister to St. Lucia, and Special Representative to Antigua; St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla; and St. Vincent. Resident at Bridgetown.
  2. Also accredited to Barbados; Antigua and Barbuda; St. Lucia; and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Resident at Bridgetown.
  3. Also accredited to Barbados; Antigua and Barbuda; St. Christopher and Nevis; St. Lucia; St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Resident at Bridgetown.
  4. Also accredited to Barbados; St. Lucia; and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Resident at Bridgetown.
  5. Appointed Ambassador to Grenada; Antigua and Barbuda; and St. Kitts and Nevis, March 4, 1995.
  6. Also accredited to Barbados; Antigua and Barbuda; Grenada; St. Kitts and Nevis; St. Lucia; and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Resident at Bridgetown.
  7. Date of appointment. Crotty did not present credentials in Dominica.
  8. Died at Gainesville, Florida on this date.
  9. Web site: Chargé d'Affaires. United States Department of State. 2011-07-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20110724143201/http://barbados.usembassy.gov/charge.html. 2011-07-24. dead.
  10. Chargés d’Affaires a.i. are not appointed by the President.
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