List of ambassadors of the United States to Singapore explained

Post:	United States Ambassador to Singapore
Insignia:	U.S. Department of State official seal.svg
Insigniasize:	100px
Insigniacaption:	Seal of the United States Department of State
Department:	Department of State
Incumbent:	Jonathan Kaplan
Incumbentsince:	December 6, 2021
Seat:	Singapore
Reports To:	U.S. Secretary of State
Nominator:	President of the United States
Appointer:	United States Congress
Termlength:	No term limit
Inaugural:	Richard H. Donald
Website:	U.S. Embassy – Singapore

The United States ambassador to Singapore is the official representative of the United States of America to the Republic of Singapore. The incumbent ambassador is Jonathan E. Kaplan since December 6, 2021, serving as the ambassador of the Embassy of the United States in Singapore.

List of ambassadors

No.	Name	Took office	Left office	President
1	Richard H. Donald	April 4, 1966	September 1966	Lyndon B. Johnson
2	Francis Joseph Galbraith	December 8, 1966	July 7, 1969
3	Charles T. Cross	October 10, 1969	November 18, 1971^[1]	Richard Nixon
4	Edwin M. Cronk	July 31, 1972	June 7, 1975^[2]	Richard Nixon Gerald Ford
5	John H. Holdridge	August 5, 1975	June 9, 1978	Gerald Ford Jimmy Carter
6	Richard F. Kneip	August 7, 1978	September 25, 1980^[3]	Jimmy Carter
7	Harry E. T. Thayer	December 13, 1980	June 14, 1984^[4]	Jimmy Carter Ronald Reagan
8	J. Stapleton Roy	October 26, 1984	October 4, 1986	Ronald Reagan
9	Daryl Arnold	April 28, 1987	July 8, 1989^[5]	Ronald Reagan George H. W. Bush
10	Robert D. Orr	July 14, 1989	September 12, 1992^[6]	George H. W. Bush
11	Jon Huntsman Jr.	September 22, 1992	June 15, 1993	George H. W. Bush Bill Clinton
12	Ralph L. Boyce	June 15, 1993	August 15, 1994	Bill Clinton
13	Timothy Chorba	August 15, 1994	January 7, 1998^[7]
14	Steven J. Green	January 13, 1998	February 27, 2001	Bill Clinton George W. Bush
15	Frank Lavin	September 10, 2001	October 11, 2005^[8]	George W. Bush
16	Patricia L. Herbold	December 29, 2005	January 20, 2009
17	Daniel L. Shields	January 20, 2009	April 29, 2010^[9]	Barack Obama
18	David I. Adelman	April 29, 2010	September 1, 2013
19	Kirk Wagar	September 25, 2013	January 20, 2017^[10]
20	Stephanie Syptak-Ramnath	January 20, 2017^[11]	July 26, 2019	Donald Trump
21	Rafik Mansour	July 30, 2019^[12]	December 6, 2021
22	Jonathan Kaplan	December 6, 2021^[13]	Incumbent	Joe Biden
source:^[14]

See also

• Singapore–United States relations
• Foreign relations of Singapore
• Ambassadors of the United States

References

• United States Department of State: Background notes on Singapore

External links

• United States Department of State: Chiefs of Mission for Singapore
• United States Department of State: Singapore
• United States Embassy in Singapore

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20020111204006/http://www.unc.edu/depts/diplomat/archives_roll/2001_03-06/book_fritz_born/book_fritz_born.html Fritz | Review: Born a Foreigner
2. Web site: Arrangement Regarding International Tade in Textile . 2007-07-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070930163104/http://192.91.247.23/gatt_docs/English/SULPDF/90570126.pdf. 2007-09-30.
3. Web site: South Dakota Historical Listing Legislator Detail Richard F. Kneip . 2007-07-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080309105027/http://legis.state.sd.us/historical/Index.aspx?FuseAction=Detail&MemberID=2764 . 2008-03-09 . dead .
4. Web site: Nominations, August 16, 1984. 1984-08-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20160307091329/https://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1984/81684e.htm. 2016-03-07.
5. Web site: Nomination of Daryl Arnold To Be United States Ambassador to Singapore. 1987-02-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20160308002320/https://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1987/022687d.htm. 2016-03-08.
6. Web site: Gov. Robert D. Orr. 2007-07-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20080925221422/http://www2.indystar.com/library/factfiles/people/o/orr_robert/orr.html. 2008-09-25.
7. Web site: Timothy A. Chorba. 2007-07-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20070928063122/http://www.americanambassadors.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Members.view&memberid=72. 2007-09-28.
8. Web site: International Trade Administration. 2007-07-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20070918225055/http://www.ita.doc.gov/press/bios/lavin.asp . 2007-09-18.
9. Web site: World Factbook - Singapore . Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) . 25 April 2010 .
10. Web site: Miami lawyer Kirk Wagar tapped to be ambassador to Singapore . . 2013-07-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20140915050514/http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/07/30/3531637/miami-lawyer-tapped-to-be-ambassador.html. 2014-09-15.
11. Web site: Chargé d'Affaires, ad interim . sg.usembassy.gov . US Dept of State. https://web.archive.org/web/20190328042804/https://sg.usembassy.gov/our-relationship/our-ambassador/. 2019-03-28.
12. Web site: U.S. Embassy Singapore Announces the Arrival of Chargé d'Affaires, a.i. Rafik Mansour. US Embassy in Singapore. 1 August 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20201128173748/https://sg.usembassy.gov/u-s-embassy-singapore-announces-the-arrival-of-charge-daffaires-a-i-rafik-mansour/. 2020-11-28. live.
13. Web site: 2021-12-06. Ambassador Jonathan Kaplan. 2021-12-06. U.S. Embassy in Singapore. en-US.
14. Web site: Former U.S. Ambassadors to Singapore. U.S. Embassy in Singapore.