List of ambassadors of the United States to Germany explained

Post:Ambassador
Body:the United States to Germany
Native Name:Botschafter der Vereinigten Staaten in Deutschland
Insignia:US Department of State official seal.svg
Insigniasize:120
Insigniacaption:Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent:Alan Meltzer
Chargé d'Affairs ad interim
Incumbentsince:July 26, 2024[1]
Nominator:The President of the United States
Appointer:The President
Appointer Qualified:with Senate advice and consent
Inaugural:John Quincy Adams (as Minister)
Formation:1797
Website:U.S. Embassy – Berlin

The United States has had diplomatic relations with the nation of Germany and its principal predecessor nation, the Kingdom of Prussia, since 1835. These relations were broken twice (1917 to 1921, and 1941 to 1955) while Germany and the United States were at war and for a continuation interval afterwards.

Prior to 1835, the United States and Prussia recognized one another but did not exchange representatives, except for a brief period when John Quincy Adams was accredited to the Prussian court from 1797 to 1801.

President Joe Biden nominated then University of Pennsylvania president and political philosopher Amy Gutmann for the position on July 2, 2021; by a vote of 54-42, she was confirmed by the Senate on February 8, 2022.[2] She presented her credentials to the German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on February 17, 2022.

List of United States ambassadors to Germany

This is a list of the chief U.S. diplomatic agents to Prussia, Germany, and West Germany (the Federal Republic of Germany), their diplomatic rank, and the effective start and end of their service in Germany.

Heads of the U.S. Legation at Berlin (1797–1801)

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John Quincy Adams, Ministeralign=center align=center December 5, 1797align=center May 5, 1801

Heads of the U.S. Legation at Berlin (1835–1848)

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Henry Wheaton, Chargé d'Affairesalign=center align=center June 9, 1835align=center September 29, 1837
Henry Wheaton, Envoyalign=center align=center September 29, 1837align=center July 18, 1846
Andrew Jackson Donelson, Envoyalign=center align=center July 18, 1846align=center September 13, 1848

Heads of the U.S. Legation at Frankfurt (1848–1849)

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Andrew Jackson Donelson, Envoyalign=center align=center September 13, 1848align=center November 2, 1849

Heads of the U.S. Legation at Berlin (1849–1893)

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Edward A. Hannegan, Envoyalign=center align=center June 30, 1849align=center January 13, 1850
Daniel D. Barnard, Envoyalign=center align=center December 10, 1850align=center September 21, 1853
Peter D. Vroom, Envoyalign=center align=center November 4, 1853align=center August 10, 1857
Joseph A. Wright, Envoyalign=center align=center September 3, 1857align=center July 1, 1861
Norman B. Judd, Envoyalign=center align=center July 1, 1861align=center September 3, 1865
Joseph A. Wright, Envoyalign=center align=center September 3, 1865align=center May 11, 1867
George Bancroft, Envoyalign=center align=center August 28, 1867align=center June 30, 1874
J. C. Bancroft Davis, Envoyalign=center align=center August 28, 1874align=center September 26, 1877
Bayard Taylor, Envoyalign=center align=center May 7, 1878align=center December 19, 1878
Andrew D. White, Envoyalign=center align=center June 19, 1879align=center August 15, 1881
Aaron A. Sargent, Envoyalign=center align=center May 18, 1882align=center June 6, 1884
John A. Kasson, Envoyalign=center align=center September 10, 1884align=center June 21, 1885
George H. Pendleton, Envoyalign=center align=center June 21, 1885align=center April 25, 1889
William Walter Phelps, Envoyalign=center align=center September 26, 1889align=center June 4, 1893
Theodore Runyon, Envoyalign=center align=center June 4, 1893align=center October 26, 1893

Heads of the U.S. Embassy at Berlin (1893–1917)

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Theodore Runyon, Ambassadoralign=center align=center October 26, 1893align=center January 27, 1896
Edwin F. Uhl, Ambassadoralign=center align=center May 3, 1896align=center June 8, 1897
Andrew D. White, Ambassadoralign=center align=center June 12, 1897align=center November 27, 1902
Charlemagne Tower, Ambassadoralign=center align=center December 19, 1902align=center June 8, 1908
David Jayne Hill, Ambassadoralign=center align=center June 14, 1908align=center September 2, 1911
John G. A. Leishman, Ambassadoralign=center align=center October 24, 1911align=center October 4, 1913
James W. Gerard, Ambassadoralign=center align=center October 29, 1913align=center February 5, 1917

Heads of the U.S. Embassy at Berlin (1921–1941)

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Ellis Loring Dresel, Chargé d'Affairesalign=center align=center December 10, 1921align=center April 18, 1922
Alanson B. Houghton, Ambassadoralign=center align=center April 22, 1922align=center February 21, 1925
Jacob Gould Schurman, Ambassadoralign=center align=center June 29, 1925align=center January 21, 1930
Frederic M. Sackett, Ambassadoralign=center align=center February 12, 1930align=center March 24, 1933
William E. Dodd, Ambassadoralign=center align=center August 30, 1933align=center December 29, 1937
Hugh R. Wilson, Ambassadoralign=center align=center March 3, 1938align=center November 16, 1938
Alexander C. Kirk, Chargé d'Affairesalign=center align=center May 1939align=center October 1940
Leland B. Morris, Chargé d'Affairesalign=center align=center October 1940align=center December 11, 1941

Heads of the U.S. Embassy at Bonn (1955–1999)

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James B. Conant, Ambassadoralign=center align=center May 14, 1955align=center February 19, 1957
David K. E. Bruce, Ambassadoralign=center align=center April 17, 1957align=center October 29, 1959
Walter C. Dowling, Ambassadoralign=center align=center December 3, 1959align=center April 21, 1963
George C. McGhee, Ambassadoralign=center align=center May 18, 1963align=center May 21, 1968
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., Ambassadoralign=center align=center May 27, 1968align=center January 14, 1969
Kenneth Rush, Ambassadoralign=center align=center July 22, 1969align=center February 20, 1972
Martin J. Hillenbrand, Ambassadoralign=center align=center June 27, 1972align=center October 18, 1976
Walter J. Stoessel Jr., Ambassadoralign=center align=center October 27, 1976align=center January 5, 1981
Arthur F. Burns, Ambassadoralign=center align=center June 30, 1981align=center May 16, 1985
Richard R. Burt, Ambassadoralign=center align=center September 16, 1985align=center February 17, 1989
Vernon A. Walters, Ambassadoralign=center align=center April 24, 1989align=center August 18, 1991
Robert Michael Kimmitt, Ambassadoralign=center align=center September 5, 1991align=center August 28, 1993
Richard Holbrooke, Ambassadoralign=center align=center October 19, 1993align=center September 12, 1994
Charles E. Redman, Ambassadoralign=center align=center October 31, 1994align=center June 17, 1996
James D. Bindenagel, Chargé d'Affairesalign=center align=center June 17, 1996align=center September 10, 1997
John C. Kornblum, Ambassadoralign=center align=center September 10, 1997align=center July 7, 1999

Heads of the U.S. Embassy at Berlin (1999–present)

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credentials		valign=bottom width="25%"Termination of
mission
John C. Kornblum, Ambassadoralign=center align=center July 7, 1999align=center January 16, 2001
Daniel R. Coats, Ambassadoralign=center align=center September 12, 2001align=center February 25, 2005
William R. Timken, Ambassadoralign=center align=center September 2, 2005align=center December 5, 2008
John M. Koenig, Chargé d'Affairesalign=center 80pxDecember 6, 2008September 2, 2009
Philip D. Murphy, Ambassadoralign=center align=center September 3, 2009align=center August 26, 2013
John B. Emerson, Ambassadoralign=center align=center August 26, 2013align=center January 20, 2017
Kent Logsdon, Chargé d'Affairesalign=center January 20, 2017 May 8, 2018
Richard Grenell, Ambassadoralign=center align=center May 8, 2018align=center June 1, 2020
Robin Quinville, Chargé d'Affairesalign=center June 1, 2020July 1, 2021
Woodward Clark Price, Chargé d'Affairesalign=center align=center July 1, 2021align=center February 17, 2022
Amy Gutmann, Ambassadoralign=center align=center February 17, 2022align=center July 13, 2024
Woodward Clark Price, Chargé d'Affairesalign=center align=center July 13, 2024align=center July 26, 2024
Alan Meltzer, Chargé d'Affairesalign=center align=center July 26, 2024align=center Incumbent

See also

References

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://de.usembassy.gov/alan-meltzer-new-charge-daffaires/
  2. News: Zengerle. Patricia. 2022-02-08. U.S. Senate votes to confirm Biden's ambassador to Germany. en. Reuters. 2022-02-11.

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