List of ambassadors of the United States to Panama explained

Post:Ambassador
Body:the United States to Panama
Insignia:US Department of State official seal.svg
Insigniasize:120px
Insigniacaption:Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent:Mari Carmen Aponte
Incumbentsince:November 21, 2022
Nominator:The President of the United States
Appointer:The President
Appointer Qualified:with Senate advice and consent
Inaugural:William Insco Buchanan
(as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary)
Formation:December 17, 1903
Website:U.S. Embassy - Panama City

The United States has maintained diplomatic relations with Panama since its separation from Colombia in 1903. The rank of the U.S. chief of mission to Panama was originally Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, but it was upgraded to Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in 1939.

Normal diplomatic relations between the United States and Panama have been interrupted only once, from January 10 to April 3, 1964, in the aftermath of the Martyrs' Day riots over sovereignty.

List of ambassadors

The following is a list of United States ambassadors, or other chiefs of mission, to Panama. 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
William I. BuchananEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary[1] align=center December 17, 1903align=center February 2, 1904Theodore Roosevelt
John BarrettEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center July 22, 1904align=center May 13, 1905
Charles E. MagoonEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center August 7, 1905align=center September 25, 1906
Herbert G. SquiersEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center November 8, 1906align=center August 3, 1909
R. S. Reynolds HittEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center March 26, 1910align=center July 19, 1910William H. Taft
Thomas C. DawsonEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center September 24, 1910align=center December 1, 1910
Henry Percival DodgeEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center November 9, 1911align=center June 10, 1913
William Jennings PriceEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center October 11, 1913align=center December 28, 1921Woodrow Wilson
John Glover SouthEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center December 28, 1921align=center January 5, 1930Warren G. Harding
Roy T. DavisEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center March 14, 1930align=center September 20, 1933Herbert Hoover
Antonio C. GonzalezEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center October 11, 1933align=center January 9, 1935Franklin D. Roosevelt
George T. SummerlinEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center March 8, 1935align=center July 7, 1937
Frank P. CorriganEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center September 2, 1937align=center June 14, 1939
William DawsonAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center July 14, 1939align=center April 21, 1941
Edwin C. WilsonAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center May 23, 1941align=center September 23, 1943
Avra M. WarrenAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center June 22, 1944align=center January 5, 1945
Frank T. HinesAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center November 1, 1945align=center February 20, 1948Harry S. Truman
Monnett B. DavisAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center May 28, 1948align=center January 24, 1951
John C. WileyAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center July 25, 1951align=center November 27, 1953
Selden ChapinAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center January 22, 1954align=center May 29, 1955Dwight D. Eisenhower
Julian F. HarringtonAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center August 30, 1955align=center July 14, 1960
Joseph S. FarlandAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center August 29, 1960align=center August 31, 1963
Wallace W. StuartChargé d'Affaires ad interimalign=center September 1963align=center January 10, 1964Lyndon B. Johnson
Henry L. TaylorChargé d'Affaires ad interimalign=center April 3, 1964align=center May 6, 1964
Jack Hood VaughnAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center May 6, 1964align=center February 27, 1965
Charles W. Adair, Jr.Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center May 13, 1965align=center September 6, 1969
Robert M. SayreAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center October 31, 1969align=center March 14, 1974Richard Nixon
William J. JordenAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center April 17, 1974align=center August 25, 1978
Ambler Hodges Moss, Jr.Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center October 6, 1978align=center July 15, 1982Jimmy Carter
Everett Ellis BriggsAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center October 29, 1982align=center February 24, 1986Ronald Reagan
Arthur H. Davis, Jr.Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center April 4, 1986align=center January 3, 1990
Deane Roesch HintonAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center January 9, 1990align=center February 12, 1994George H. W. Bush
Oliver P. GarzaChargé d'Affaires ad interimalign=center February 12, 1994align=center November 7, 1995Bill Clinton
William J. HughesAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center November 7, 1995align=center October 13, 1998
Simon FerroAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center February 26, 1999align=center March 1, 2001
Linda Ellen WattAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center December 17, 2002align=center June 3, 2005George W. Bush
William A. EatonAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center September 9, 2005align=center July 5, 2008[2]
Barbara J. StephensonAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 6, 2008[3] July 14, 2010
Phyllis M. Powers[4] Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 8, 2010April 3, 2012
John Law[5] Chargé d'Affaires ad interimApril 3, 2012May 15, 2012
Jonathan D. Farrar[6] Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMay 15, 2012June 5, 2015
John D. Feeley[7] Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryDecember 9, 2015March 9, 2018
Chargé d'Affaires ad interimMarch 9, 2018January 16, 2020
Philip LaidlawChargé d'Affaires ad interimJanuary 16, 2020August 1, 2020
Stewart TuttleChargé d'Affaires ad interimAugust 1, 2020November 21, 2022Donald Trump
Joe Biden
Mari Carmen AponteAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 21, 2022IncumbentJoe Biden

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Notes and References

  1. Buchanan presented credentials as “Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary on special mission” in December 1903; he received new credentials as “Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary” only a few days before he was to leave Panama and apparently did not present them. He ceased to act “on special mission,” however, and conducted business in the capacity of “Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary” until his departure.
  2. Web site: William A. Eaton - People - Department History - Office of the Historian .
  3. Web site: Barbara Jean Stephenson - People - Department History - Office of the Historian .
  4. Web site: Phyllis Marie Powers - People - Department History - Office of the Historian.
  5. Web site: Embassy of the United States Panama - Deputy Chief of Mission. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110115192659/http://panama.usembassy.gov/dcm.html. 2011-01-15.
  6. Web site: Jonathan D. Farrar - People - Department History - Office of the Historian.
  7. Web site: Ambassador. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080306201905/http://panama.usembassy.gov/ambassador.html. 2008-03-06.

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