List of ambassadors of the United States to Hungary

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Ambassador of the United States to Hungary
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Incumbent
David Pressman
since September 14, 2022
Residence Szabadság Square 12, Budapest, H-1054
NominatorThe President of the United States
AppointerThe President
with Senate advice and consent
Inaugural holder Ulysses Grant-Smith
as Chargé d'Affaires pro tem
FormationDecember 26, 1921
Website U.S. Embassy - Budapest

This is a list of ambassadors of the United States to Hungary.

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Until 1867 Hungary had been part of the Austrian Empire, when the empire became Austria-Hungary. Hungary had no separate diplomatic relations with other nations. The United States had diplomatic relations with the empire and Austria-Hungary through the legation in Vienna.

The empire was dissolved following World War I, and the United States established separate diplomatic relations with Austria and Hungary in 1921, reopening the embassy in Vienna and establishing a legation in Budapest. Ulysses Grant-Smith opened the U.S. legation on December 26, 1921, and remained the chief of mission as chargé d'affaires until an ambassador was commissioned the following year.

For ambassadors to Austria-Hungary prior to the dissolution of the empire, see United States Ambassador to Austria.

The United States Embassy in Hungary is located on Szabadság tér (Liberty Square) in the Pest part of Budapest.

Ambassadors

NameTitleAppointed Presented credentials Terminated missionNotes
Ulysses Grant-Smith [lower-alpha 1] – Career FSOChargé d'Affaires pro temNot commissionedJanuary 24, 1922April 28, 1922
Theodore Brentano – Political appointeeEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryFebruary 10, 1922May 16, 1922Presented recall, May 6, 1927
J. Butler Wright – Career FSOFebruary 26, 1927June 18, 1927Presented recall, October 24, 1930
Nicholas Roosevelt [lower-alpha 2] – Political appointeeSeptember 29, 1930November 12, 1930May 9, 1933
John Flournoy Montgomery – Political appointeeJune 13, 1933August 1, 1933March 17, 1941
Herbert Claiborne Pell – Political appointeeFebruary 11, 1941May 20, 1941January 16, 1942
Hungary severed diplomatic relations with the United States on December 11, 1941, the day the United States declared war on Germany. Hungary declared war on the United States two days later. Pell closed the legation and departed Hungary on January 16, 1942. The United States and Hungary established normal diplomatic relations again after the war ended in 1945.
H.F. Arthur Schoenfeld – Career FSOEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryDecember 15, 1945January 26, 1946June 1, 1947
Selden Chapin [lower-alpha 3] – Career FSOApril 10, 1947July 9, 1947February 17, 1949
Nathaniel P. Davis – Career FSOSeptember 1, 1949October 21, 1949May 18, 1951
Christian M. Ravndal – Career FSOOctober 3, 1951January 11, 1952August 5, 1956
Edward T. Wailes – Career FSOJuly 26, 1956Did not present credentialsleft post, February 27, 1957Ambassador Wailes had been commissioned as ambassador during the Imre Nagy regime in Hungary, prior to the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. He arrived in Hungary on November 2, 1956, shortly after the new János Kádár government had been installed. Wailes refused to present his credentials to the new government, stating that the government "did not represent the people." Shortly thereafter he was "recalled for consultations" and he left Hungary on February 27, 1957. [3]
Garret G. Ackerson Jr. Chargé d'Affaires ad interimJuly 1957UnknownFebruary 1961
Horace G. Torbert Jr. February 1961December 1962
Owen T. Jones December 1962July 1964
Elim O'Shaughnessy November 1964September 1966
Richard W. Tims September 1966October 1967
Martin J. Hillenbrand – Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarySeptember 13, 1967October 30, 1967February 15, 1969 Legation upgraded to embassy; title upgraded to "Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary".
Alfred Puhan – Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMay 1, 1969June 16, 1969July 9, 1973
Richard F. Pedersen – Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJuly 24, 1973September 10, 1973March 26, 1975
Eugene V. McAuliffe – Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMarch 25, 1975April 28, 1975April 15, 1976
Philip M. Kaiser – Political appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJuly 7, 1977August 4, 1977March 9, 1980
Harry E. Bergold Jr. – Political appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMarch 3, 1980March 31, 1980November 9, 1983
Nicolas M. Salgo – Political appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 7, 1983November 23, 1983August 1, 1986
Robie Marcus Hooker Palmer – Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJuly 24, 1986December 8, 1986January 31, 1990
Charles H. Thomas – Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJune 27, 1990July 2, 1990January 11, 1994
Donald M. Blinken – Political appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMarch 28, 1994April 1, 1994November 20, 1997
Peter Francis Tufo – Political appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 10, 1997December 3, 1997March 1, 2001
Nancy Goodman Brinker – Political appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 7, 2001September 26, 2001June 19, 2003
George H. Walker III – Political appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 4, 2003October 6, 2003August 6, 2006
April H. Foley – Political appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMay 30, 2006August 18, 2006April 2, 2009
Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis – Political appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJanuary 7, 2010January 11, 2010July 20, 2013
M. André Goodfriend [4] Chargé d’Affaires ad interimAugust 18, 2013n/aJanuary 20, 2015
Colleen Bradley Bell – Political appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryDecember 14, 2014January 21, 2015January 20, 2017
David KostelancikChargé d’Affaires ad interimJanuary 20, 2017"n/a"June 22, 2018
David B. Cornstein – Political appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryFebruary 13, 2018June 22, 2018October 30, 2020 [5]
Marc DillardChargé d’Affaires ad interimOctober 30, 2020n/aAugust 10, 2022
B. Bix Aliu [6] Chargé d'Affaires ad interimAugust 10, 2022n/aSeptember 14, 2022Served as Chargé d'Affaires until the arrival of the appointed Ambassador, David Pressman. [7]
David Pressman – Career FSO [8] Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAug 8, 2022 [9] September 14, 2022 [10] Incumbent

Notes

  1. ↑ Grant-Smith was not commissioned. His letter of credence was dated December 27, 1921. He had opened the legation on December 26 and had been granted provisional recognition as Chargé d’Affaires.
  2. ↑ Roosevelt was commissioned during a recess of the Senate and recommissioned after confirmation on December 16, 1930.
  3. ↑ Chapin was declared persona non grata by the government of Hungary on February 11, 1949, and departed Hungary on February 17. The government of Hungary had accused Chapin of conspiring with Cardinal József Mindszenty. [1] [2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Changing Cast". Time . June 6, 1955. Archived from the original on December 15, 2008. Retrieved February 7, 2023.
  2. ↑ Plischke, Elmer (1999). U.S. Department of State–A Reference History. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 524. ISBN   9780313291265.
  3. ↑ "Diplomats at Work". Time. March 25, 1957. Archived from the original on November 2, 2012. Retrieved February 7, 2023.
  4. ↑ Chargè d'Affaires, a.i. at the Wayback Machine (archived 2014-01-12)
  5. ↑ "A message from Ambassador Cornstein". U.S. Embassy in Hungary. September 15, 2020. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Chargé d'Affaires, a.i." U.S. Embassy in Hungary. Retrieved August 26, 2022.
  7. ↑ "U.S. Senate: U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 117th Congress - 2nd Session". www.senate.gov. Retrieved August 26, 2022.
  8. ↑ Bayer, Lili (November 15, 2022). "Orbán's new public enemy: A Twitter-savvy US ambassador calling out conspiracies". Politico. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
  9. ↑ Ambassador US Embassy
  10. ↑ "US Ambassador visits Hungarian President with his rainbow family". September 15, 2022.

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