List of ambassadors of the United States to Venezuela explained

Post:Ambassador
Body:the United States to Venezuela
Insignia:US Department of State official seal.svg
Insigniasize:120px
Insigniacaption:Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent:Francisco Palmieri
Chief of Mission
Incumbentsince:May 19, 2023
Nominator:The President of the United States
Inaugural:John G. A. Williamson
as Chargé d'Affaires
Formation:June 30, 1835
Website:U.S. Embassy - Caracas

The following is a list of United States ambassadors, or other chiefs of mission, to Venezuela. The title given by the United States State Department to this position is currently Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary. The ambassadors are posted at the Embassy of the United States, Caracas.

Ambassadors

RepresentativeTitlePresentation
of credentials		Termination
of mission		Appointed by
B.Irvine[1] Chargé d'Affairesalign=center February 14, 1819align=center June 29, 1835[2] Martin Van Buren
John G. A. WilliamsonChargé d'Affairesalign=center June 30, 1835align=center August 7, 1840[3] Andrew Jackson
A. A. HallChargé d'Affairesalign=center September 22, 1841align=center November 29, 1844John Tyler
Vespasian EllisChargé d'Affairesalign=center November 29, 1844align=center August 1, 1845
Benjamin G. ShieldsChargé d'Affairesalign=center August 1, 1845align=center January 2, 1850James K. Polk
I. Nevitt SteeleChargé d'Affairesalign=center January 7, 1850align=center October 18, 1853Zachary Taylor
Charles EamesChargé d'Affairesalign=center May 23, 1854align=center September 2, 1854Franklin Pierce
Minister Residentalign=center September 2, 1854align=center September 14, 1858
Edward A. TurpinMinister Residentalign=center September 21, 1858align=center November 16, 1861James Buchanan
Henry T. BlowMinister Residentalign=center June 8, 1861[4] align=center February 22, 1862Abraham Lincoln
Erastus D. CulverMinister Residentalign=center October 7, 1862align=center May 17, 1866
James WilsonMinister Residentalign=center October 10, 1866align=center August 8, 1867Andrew Johnson
Thomas N. StilwellMinister Residentalign=center December 16, 1867align=center June 7, 1868
James R. PartridgeMinister Residentalign=center July 8, 1869align=center May 9, 1870Ulysses S. Grant
William A. PileMinister Residentalign=center October 9, 1871align=center January 9, 1874
Thomas RussellMinister Residentalign=center July 4, 1874align=center January 29, 1877[5]
Jehu BakerMinister Residentalign=center March 18, 1878align=center September 5, 1881Rutherford B. Hayes
George W. CarterMinister Residentalign=center September 1881align=center May 16, 1882Chester A. Arthur
Jehu BakerMinister Residentalign=center May 16, 1882align=center July 7, 1884Rutherford B. Hayes[6]
Minister Resident/Consul Generalalign=center July 7, 1884align=center June 20, 1885Chester A. Arthur
Charles L. ScottMinister Resident/Consul Generalalign=center June 24, 1885align=center September 18, 1888Grover Cleveland
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center September 18, 1888align=center January 18, 1889
William L. ScruggsEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center May 30, 1889align=center December 15, 1892Benjamin Harrison
Frank C. PartridgeEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center March 4, 1893align=center January 9, 1894Grover Cleveland
Seneca HaseltonEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center July 14, 1894align=center May 1, 1895
Allen ThomasEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center July 22, 1895align=center June 30, 1897
Francis B. LoomisEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center October 6, 1897align=center March 25, 1901[7] William McKinley
Herbert W. BowenEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center August 24, 1901align=center May 1, 1905
William W. RussellEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center August 22, 1905align=center March 8, 1908Theodore Roosevelt
Jacob SleeperChargé d'Affaires ad interim[8] align=center March 8, 1908align=center March 15, 1909
William W. RussellEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center March 15, 1909align=center March 24, 1910William H. Taft
John W. GarrettEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center March 30, 1911align=center October 21, 1911
Elliott NorthcottEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center February 14, 1912align=center June 3, 1913
Preston Buford McGoodwinEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center October 22, 1913align=center October 5, 1921Woodrow Wilson
Willis C. CookEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center February 1, 1922align=center May 7, 1929Warren G. Harding
George T. SummerlinEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center February 21, 1930align=center January 15, 1935Herbert Hoover
Meredith NicholsonEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center April 22, 1935align=center April 14, 1938Franklin D. Roosevelt
Antonio C. GonzalezEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center May 18, 1938align=center February 8, 1939
Frank P. CorriganAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center August 14, 1939align=center September 5, 1947
Walter J. DonnellyAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center December 1, 1947align=center September 2, 1950Harry S. Truman
Norman ArmourAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center December 7, 1950align=center October 2, 1951
Fletcher WarrenAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center November 21, 1951align=center March 24, 1956
Dempster McIntoshAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center April 26, 1956align=center December 27, 1957Dwight D. Eisenhower
Edward J. SparksAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center March 19, 1958align=center April 15, 1961
Teodoro MoscosoAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center May 23, 1961align=center November 21, 1961John F. Kennedy
C. Allan StewartAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center March 14, 1962align=center November 28, 1964
Maurice M. BernbaumAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center March 4, 1965align=center July 9, 1969Lyndon B. Johnson
Robert M. McClintockAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center July 7, 1970align=center March 14, 1975Richard Nixon
Harry W. ShlaudemanAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center May 9, 1975align=center May 14, 1976Gerald Ford
Viron P. VakyAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center July 26, 1976align=center June 24, 1978
William H. LuersAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center October 9, 1978align=center June 28, 1982Jimmy Carter
George W. LandauAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center August 25, 1982align=center June 4, 1985Ronald Reagan
Otto J. ReichAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center June 6, 1986align=center July 17, 1989
Kenneth N. Skoug, Jr.Chargé d'Affaires ad interimalign=center July 17, 1989align=center September 1990George H. W. Bush
Robert C. FelderChargé d'Affaires ad interimalign=center September 1990align=center November 19, 1990
Michael Martin SkolAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center November 19, 1990align=center August 23, 1993
Jeffrey DavidowAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center October 1, 1993align=center May 16, 1996Bill Clinton
John F. Keane[9] Chargé d'Affaires ad interimalign=center May 1996align=center March 1997
John Francis MaistoAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center March 21, 1997align=center August 7, 2000
Donna Jean HrinakAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center August 25, 2000align=center January 23, 2002
Charles S. ShapiroAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center March 19, 2002align=center August 31, 2004George W. Bush
William BrownfieldAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center October 15, 2004[10] align=center July 2007
Patrick Duddy[11] Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center October 29, 2007[12] align=center September 6, 2008[13]
John CaulfieldChargé d'Affaires ad interimalign=center September 6, 2008[14] align=center July 1, 2009 [15]
Patrick DuddyAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center July 1, 2009 align=center July 16, 2010Barack Obama
Phil LaidlawChargé d'Affaires ad interimalign=center July 16, 2010 [16] align=center July 9, 2014
M. Lee McClennyChargé d'Affaires ad interimalign=center July 9, 2014 [17] align=center December 15, 2017[18]  
Larry Leon Palmer[19] Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNot commissioned—Barack Obama
Todd D. RobinsonChargé d'Affaires ad interimDecember 18, 2017May 22, 2018[20] Donald Trump
James B. StoryAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary July 2018May 19, 2023[21]
Francisco PalmieriChief of MissionMay 19, 2023IncumbentJoe Biden

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Notes and References

  1. National Archives, Washington. RG 59, General Records of the Department of State, Special Agents, Volume 8. T. XII, p. 119
  2. Died at post
  3. Died at post
  4. Never presented credentials
  5. Venezuelan government refused to have further dealings with him.
  6. Because Baker had not presented a letter of recall in 1881, he resumed his functions as Minister Resident on May 16, 1882 without reaccreditation under his original appointment.
  7. Recall requested by Venezuelan government
  8. The U.S. severed relations with Venezuela on June 20, 1908
  9. Web site: US Ambassador to Venezuela . 2007 . 2007-08-27 . .
  10. Date of Brownfield’s appointment, rather than of Presentation of Credentials.
  11. Ambassador Duddy was declared persona non grata and expelled by the Venezuelan government in September 2008. He was returned to his post by mutual agreement of the U.S. and Venezuelan governments in 2009. Duddy completed his tour in July 2010. Web site: Background Note: Venezuela. United States Department of State. 2011-07-04.
  12. Date of Duddy’s swearing in, rather than of Presentation of Credentials.
  13. Web site: Estados Unidos expulsam embaixador venezuelano . 2008 . 2008-09-12 . .
  14. Web site: Deputy Chief of Mission :: U.S. Embassy, Venezuela :: . 2008-11-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100527133221/http://venezuela.usembassy.gov/?b=14&lang=en . 2010-05-27 . dead .
  15. Web site: Patrick Duddy. April 28, 2010 . 10 September 2007 . United States Department of State .
  16. Web site: HeadlineAlley.
  17. Web site: U.S. Re-Establishing Direct Diplomatic Relations With Venezuela - More 'Productive' That Way . . 2014-07-10 . 2016-11-23.
  18. Web site: Lee McClenny - People - Department History - Office of the Historian .
  19. On June 28, 2010, President Obama had nominated Ambassador Palmer for the post and the government of Venezuela had agreed, but December 20, 2010 the Venezuelan government revoked agreement for Ambassador-designate Palmer, which had been issued in May. Web site: Background Note: Venezuela. United States Department of State. 2011-07-04.
  20. Web site: Todd Robinson . United States Department of State . 2019-03-28.
  21. Web site: Chief of Mission Francisco L. Palmieri . 19 May 2023 .

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