List of ambassadors of the United States to Peru explained

Post:Ambassador
Body:the United States to Peru
Insignia:US Department of State official seal.svg
Insigniasize:120px
Insigniacaption:Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbentsince:June 20, 2024
Nominator:The President of the United States
Appointer:The President
Appointer Qualified:with Senate advice and consent
Inaugural:James Cooley
as Chargé d'Affaires
Formation:May 21, 1827
Website:U.S. Embassy - Lima

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

List of representatives

RepresentativeTitlePresentation
of credentials		Termination
of mission		Appointed by
James CooleyChargé d'Affairesalign=center May 21, 1827align=center February 24, 1828[1] John Quincy Adams
Samuel LarnedChargé d'Affairesalign=center November 30, 1829align=center March 6, 1837
James B. ThorntonChargé d'Affairesalign=center March 16, 1837align=center December 10, 1837Andrew Jackson
J. C. PickettChargé d'Affairesalign=center January 30, 1840align=center April 28, 1845Martin Van Buren
John A. BryanChargé d'Affairesalign=center April 28, 1845align=center August 4, 1845John Tyler
Albert G. JewettChargé d'Affairesalign=center August 4, 1845align=center July 21, 1847[2] James K. Polk
John Randolph ClayChargé d'Affairesalign=center December 15, 1847align=center August 22, 1853
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center August 22, 1853align=center October 27, 1860Franklin Pierce
Christopher RobinsonEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center January 11, 1862align=center December 21, 1865[3] Abraham Lincoln
Alvin P. HoveyEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center May 22, 1866align=center September 22, 1870Andrew Johnson
Thomas SettleEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center May 13, 1871align=center November 22, 1871Ulysses S. Grant
Francis ThomasEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center July 10, 1872align=center July 5, 1875
Richard GibbsEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center July 10, 1875align=center April 15, 1879
Isaac P. ChristiancyEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center April 19, 1879align=center August 2, 1881Rutherford B. Hayes
Stephen A. HurlbutEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center August 2, 1881align=center March 27, 1882[4] James Garfield
Seth Ledyard PhelpsEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center April 24, 1884align=center June 24, 1885Chester A. Arthur
Charles W. BuckEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center September 1881align=center March 13, 1889Grover Cleveland
John HicksEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center May 31, 1889align=center June 24, 1893Benjamin Harrison
James A. McKenzieEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center June 24, 1893align=center April 13, 1897Grover Cleveland
Irving B. DudleyEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center September 20, 1897align=center February 14, 1907William McKinley
Leslie CombsEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center April 10, 1907align=center February 23, 1911Theodore Roosevelt
H. Clay HowardEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center May 1, 1911align=center September 9, 1913William H. Taft
Benton McMillinEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryalign=center September 9, 1913align=center September 5, 1919Woodrow Wilson
William E. GonzalesAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center April 24, 1920align=center October 11, 1921
Miles PoindexterAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center April 20, 1923align=center March 21, 1928Calvin Coolidge
Alexander P. MooreAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center June 11, 1928align=center July 10, 1929
Fred Morris DearingAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center May 23, 1930align=center June 3, 1937Herbert Hoover
Laurence A. SteinhardtAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center September 13, 1937align=center April 10, 1939Franklin D. Roosevelt
Raymond Henry NorwebAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center April 10, 1940align=center September 30, 1943
John Campbell WhiteAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center April 4, 1944align=center June 17, 1945
William D. PawleyAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center July 20, 1945align=center April 27, 1946Harry S. Truman
Prentice CooperAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center July 1, 1946align=center June 29, 1948
Harold H. Tittmann Jr.Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center September 27, 1948align=center March 30, 1955
Ellis O. BriggsAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center March 27, 1955align=center June 5, 1956Dwight D. Eisenhower
Theodore C. AchillesAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center July 24, 1956align=center January 27, 1960
Selden ChapinAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center May 7, 1960align=center August 7, 1960
James LoebAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center May 23, 1961align=center July 26, 1962[5] John F. Kennedy
J. Wesley JonesAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center February 6, 1963align=center June 2, 1969
Taylor G. BelcherAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center August 29, 1969align=center April 4, 1974Richard Nixon
Robert W. DeanAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center May 2, 1974align=center June 17, 1977
Harry W. ShlaudemanAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center June 28, 1977align=center October 20, 1980Jimmy Carter
Edwin Gharst CorrAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center November 6, 1980align=center October 11, 1981
Frank V. Ortiz Jr.Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center November 10, 1981align=center October 27, 1983Ronald Reagan
David C. JordanAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center March 20, 1984align=center July 17, 1986
Alexander Fletcher WatsonAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center November 27, 1986align=center August 9, 1989
Anthony Cecil Eden QuaintonAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center December 11, 1989align=center September 16, 1992George H. W. Bush
Charles H. BrayshawChargé d'Affaires ad interimalign=center September 16, 1992align=center December 15, 1993
Alvin P. Adams, Jr.Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center December 15, 1993align=center August 16, 1996Bill Clinton
Dennis C. JettAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center October 16, 1996align=center July 3, 1999
John Randle HamiltonAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center September 6, 1999align=center July 10, 2002
John R. DawsonAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center December 2, 2002align=center June 10, 2003[6] George W. Bush
James Curtis StrubleAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center February 4, 2004align=center August 13, 2007[7]
P. Michael McKinleyAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center August 27, 2007[8] align=center July 14, 2010
Rose M. LikinsAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center September 15, 2010align=center June 27, 2014Barack Obama
Brian A. NicholsAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center July 3, 2014[9] align=center October 13, 2017
Krishna UrsAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center October 25, 2017align=center July 29, 2020Donald Trump
Denison OffuttChargé d'Affairesalign=center July 29, 2020align=center March 10, 2021[10]
Lisa D. KennaAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center March 22, 2021align=center September 8, 2023[11] Joe Biden
John T. McNamaraChargé d'Affairesalign=center September 8, 2023align=center June 20, 2024Joe Biden
Stephanie Syptak-RamnathAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryalign=center June 20, 2024align=center Incumbent Joe Biden

See also

References

External links

Notes and References

  1. Died at post
  2. Recall requested by Peruvian government in 1846
  3. Normal relations interrupted November 26, 1865.
  4. Normal relations interrupted September 28, 1881.
  5. Normal relations interrupted July 18, 1962
  6. Died in New York.
  7. Web site: Struble, J. Curtis .
  8. Date of Senate confirmation rather than of Presentation of Credentials.
  9. Date of Senate confirmation rather than of Presentation of Credentials.
  10. https://sa.usembassy.gov/embassy-consulates/riyadh/dcm/
  11. https://twitter.com/USAmbPeru/status/1700202087315898781?s=19

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