List of ambassadors of the United States to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines explained

Post:Ambassador
Body:the United States to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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 9, 2024
Nominator:The President of the United States
Inaugural:Milan D. Bish
as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Formation:December 11, 1981
Website:U.S. Embassy - Bridgetown

The United States ambassador to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is the official representative of the government of the United States to the government of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. 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. Lucia.

No U.S. mission has ever been established at Kingstown. All diplomatic functions are handled out of the U.S. embassy at Bridgetown, Barbados, where the U.S. ambassador to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is resident.

List of U.S. ambassadors to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

The following is a list of U.S. ambassadors, or other chiefs of mission, to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. 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
Milan D. Bish[1] Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center December 11, 1981align=center March 4, 1984Ronald Reagan
Thomas H. Anderson, Jr.[2] Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center August 22, 1984align=center March 12, 1986
Paul A. RussoAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center December 5, 1986align=center June 25, 1988
G. Philip Hughes[3] Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center November 19, 1990align=center June 17, 1993George H. W. Bush
Jeanette W. Hyde[4] Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center May 24, 1994align=center January 31, 1998Bill Clinton
E. William Crotty[5] Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center January 29, 1999align=center October 10, 1999[6]
James A. DaleyAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center October 26, 2000align=center March 1, 2000
Earl Norfleet PhillipsAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center April 16, 2002align=center June 1, 2003George W. Bush
Mary KramerAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center February 12, 2004align=center October 30, 2006
Mary Martin OurismanAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center February 26, 2007align=center January 16, 2009
Brent HardtChargé d'Affaires ad interimalign=center January 16, 2009align=center June 19, 2011[7] [8]
Christopher SandroliniChargé d'Affaires ad interimalign=center June 19, 2011align=center May 22, 2012
Larry Leon PalmerAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center June 7, 2012[9] 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 February 9, 2024align=center Incumbent Joe Biden

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Notes and References

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