List of ambassadors of the United States to Peru

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Ambassador of the United States to Peru
US Department of State official seal.svg
Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent
John T. McNamara
Chargé d'Affaires ad interim [1]
since September 8, 2023
NominatorThe President of the United States
AppointerThe President
with Senate advice and consent
Inaugural holder James Cooley
as Chargé d'Affaires
FormationMay 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.

Contents

In January 2023, Stephanie Syptak-Ramnath was nominated as the next Ambassador to Peru by President Joe Biden. [2]

List of representatives

RepresentativeTitlePresentation
of credentials		Termination
of mission		Appointed by
James Cooley Chargé d'Affaires May 21, 1827February 24, 1828 [3] John Quincy Adams
Samuel Larned Chargé d'AffairesNovember 30, 1829March 6, 1837
James B. Thornton Chargé d'AffairesMarch 16, 1837December 10, 1837 Andrew Jackson
J. C. Pickett Chargé d'AffairesJanuary 30, 1840April 28, 1845 Martin Van Buren
John A. Bryan Chargé d'AffairesApril 28, 1845August 4, 1845 John Tyler
Albert G. Jewett Chargé d'AffairesAugust 4, 1845July 21, 1847 [4] James K. Polk
John Randolph Clay Chargé d'AffairesDecember 15, 1847August 22, 1853
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary August 22, 1853October 27, 1860 Franklin Pierce
Christopher Robinson Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJanuary 11, 1862December 21, 1865 [5] Abraham Lincoln
Alvin P. Hovey Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryMay 22, 1866September 22, 1870 Andrew Johnson
Thomas Settle Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryMay 13, 1871November 22, 1871 Ulysses S. Grant
Francis Thomas Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJuly 10, 1872July 5, 1875
Richard Gibbs Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJuly 10, 1875April 15, 1879
Isaac P. Christiancy Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryApril 19, 1879August 2, 1881 Rutherford B. Hayes
Stephen A. Hurlbut Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryAugust 2, 1881March 27, 1882 [3] [6] James Garfield
Seth Ledyard Phelps Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryApril 24, 1884June 24, 1885 [3] Chester A. Arthur
Charles W. Buck Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiarySeptember 1881March 13, 1889 Grover Cleveland
John Hicks Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryMay 31, 1889June 24, 1893 Benjamin Harrison
James A. McKenzie Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJune 24, 1893April 13, 1897 Grover Cleveland
Irving B. Dudley Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiarySeptember 20, 1897February 14, 1907 William McKinley
Leslie Combs Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryApril 10, 1907February 23, 1911 Theodore Roosevelt
H. Clay Howard Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryMay 1, 1911September 9, 1913 William H. Taft
Benton McMillin Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiarySeptember 9, 1913September 5, 1919 Woodrow Wilson
William E. Gonzales Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary April 24, 1920October 11, 1921
Miles Poindexter Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryApril 20, 1923March 21, 1928 Calvin Coolidge
Alexander P. Moore Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJune 11, 1928July 10, 1929
Fred Morris Dearing Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMay 23, 1930June 3, 1937 Herbert Hoover
Laurence A. Steinhardt Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarySeptember 13, 1937April 10, 1939 Franklin D. Roosevelt
Raymond Henry Norweb Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryApril 10, 1940September 30, 1943
John Campbell White Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryApril 4, 1944June 17, 1945
William D. Pawley Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJuly 20, 1945April 27, 1946 Harry S. Truman
Prentice Cooper Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJuly 1, 1946June 29, 1948
Harold H. Tittmann Jr. Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarySeptember 27, 1948March 30, 1955
Ellis O. Briggs Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMarch 27, 1955June 5, 1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower
Theodore C. Achilles Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJuly 24, 1956January 27, 1960
Selden Chapin Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMay 7, 1960August 7, 1960
James Loeb Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMay 23, 1961July 26, 1962 [7] John F. Kennedy
J. Wesley Jones Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryFebruary 6, 1963June 2, 1969
Taylor G. Belcher Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 29, 1969April 4, 1974 Richard Nixon
Robert W. Dean Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMay 2, 1974June 17, 1977
Harry W. Shlaudeman Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJune 28, 1977October 20, 1980 Jimmy Carter
Edwin Gharst Corr Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 6, 1980October 11, 1981
Frank V. Ortiz Jr. Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 10, 1981October 27, 1983 Ronald Reagan
David C. Jordan Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMarch 20, 1984July 17, 1986
Alexander Fletcher Watson Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 27, 1986August 9, 1989
Anthony Cecil Eden Quainton Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryDecember 11, 1989September 16, 1992 George H. W. Bush
Charles H. Brayshaw Chargé d'Affaires ad interimSeptember 16, 1992December 15, 1993
Alvin P. Adams, Jr. Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryDecember 15, 1993August 16, 1996 Bill Clinton
Dennis C. Jett Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 16, 1996July 3, 1999
John Randle Hamilton Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarySeptember 6, 1999July 10, 2002
John R. Dawson Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryDecember 2, 2002June 10, 2003 [8] George W. Bush
James Curtis Struble Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryFebruary 4, 2004August 13, 2007 [9]
P. Michael McKinley Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 27, 2007 [10] July 14, 2010
Rose M. Likins Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarySeptember 15, 2010June 27, 2014 Barack Obama
Brian A. Nichols Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJuly 3, 2014 [11] October 13, 2017
Krishna Urs Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 25, 2017July 29, 2020 Donald Trump
Denison OffuttChargé d'AffairesJuly 29, 2020March 10, 2021 [12]
Lisa D. Kenna Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMarch 22, 2021September 8, 2023 [13] Joe Biden
John T. McNamaraChargé d'AffairesSeptember 8, 2023Incumbent Joe Biden

Notes

  1. ↑ "Chargé d'Affaires John T. McNamara". April 21, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Biden nomina nueva embajadora de Estados Unidos en el Perú en plena crisis por Castillo". El Comercio. January 4, 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 Died at post
  4. ↑ Recall requested by Peruvian government in 1846
  5. ↑ Normal relations interrupted November 26, 1865.
  6. ↑ Normal relations interrupted September 28, 1881.
  7. ↑ Normal relations interrupted July 18, 1962
  8. ↑ Died in New York.
  9. ↑ "Struble, J. Curtis".
  10. ↑ Date of Senate confirmation rather than of Presentation of Credentials.
  11. ↑ Date of Senate confirmation rather than of Presentation of Credentials.
  12. ↑ https://sa.usembassy.gov/embassy-consulates/riyadh/dcm/
  13. ↑ https://twitter.com/USAmbPeru/status/1700202087315898781?s=19

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