List of ambassadors of the United States to Saint Lucia explained

Post:Ambassador
Body:the United States to Saint Lucia
Insignia:US Department of State official seal.svg
Insigniasize:120px
Insigniacaption:Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent:Roger F. Nyhus
Incumbentsince:January 31, 2024
Nominator:The President of the United States
Inaugural:Sally Angela Shelton
as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Formation:June 11, 1979
Website:U.S. Embassy - Bridgetown

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

No U.S. mission has ever been established at Castries. All diplomatic functions are handled out of the U.S. Embassy at Bridgetown, Barbados, where the U.S. Ambassador to Saint Lucia is resident.

List of U.S. ambassadors to Saint Lucia

The following is a list of U.S. ambassadors, or other chiefs of mission, to Saint Lucia. 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] Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center June 11, 1979align=center February 24, 1981Jimmy Carter
Milan D. Bish[2] Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center December 15, 1981align=center March 4, 1984Ronald Reagan
Thomas H. Anderson, Jr.[3] Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center August 22, 1984align=center March 12, 1986
Paul A. RussoAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center December 2, 1986align=center June 25, 1988
G. Philip Hughes[4] Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center November 21, 1990align=center June 17, 1993George H. W. Bush
Jeanette W. Hyde[5] Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center May 3, 1994align=center January 31, 1998Bill Clinton
E. William Crotty[6] Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center August 17, 1999align=center October 10, 1999[7]
James A. DaleyAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center November 6, 2000align=center March 1, 2000
Earl Norfleet PhillipsAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center April 9, 2002align=center June 1, 2003George W. Bush
Mary KramerAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center February 11, 2004align=center October 30, 2006
Mary Martin OurismanAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center February 20, 2007align=center January 16, 2009
Brent HardtChargé d'Affaires ad interimalign=center January 16, 2009align=center June 19, 2011[8] [9]
Christopher SandroliniChargé d'Affaires ad interimalign=center June 19, 2011align=center May 22, 2012
Larry Leon PalmerAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center June 4, 2012[10] align=center January 19, 2016Barack Obama
Linda Swartz TaglialatelaAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center February 1, 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 January 31, 2024align=center IncumbentJoe Biden

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Notes and References

  1. Also Ambassador to Barbados, Grenada, and Dominica; Special Representative to Antigua; St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla; and St. Vincent. Resident at Bridgetown.
  2. Also accredited to Barbados, Grenada, and Dominica; Special Representative to Antigua; St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla; and St. Vincent. Resident at Bridgetown.
  3. Also accredited to Antigua and Barbuda; Barbados; Dominica; St. Kitts and Nevis; and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Resident at Bridgetown.
  4. Also accredited to Barbados; Dominica; and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Resident at Bridgetown.
  5. Appointed Ambassador to Antigua and Barbuda; Grenada; and St. Kitts and Nevis on March 4, 1995.
  6. Also accredited to Antigua and Barbuda; Barbados; Dominica; Grenada; St. Kitts and Nevis; St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Resident at Bridgetown.
  7. Died at Gainesville, Florida on this date.
  8. 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.
  9. Chargés d’Affaires are not appointed by the President.
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