List of ambassadors of the United States to Barbados

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Ambassador of the United States to Barbados
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Incumbent
Roger F. Nyhus
since January 19, 2024
NominatorThe President of the United States
AppointerThe President
with Senate advice and consent
Inaugural holder George Dolgin
as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim
FormationNovember 30, 1966
Website Ambassador to Barbados

The United States ambassador to Barbados is the official representative of the government of the United States to the government of Barbados. The title of the ambassador is United States Ambassador to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean and is concurrently the ambassador to Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines, while residing in Bridgetown, Barbados.

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List of U.S. ambassadors to Barbados

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

RepresentativeTitlePresentation
of credentials
Termination
of mission
Appointed by
George Dolgin Chargé d'Affaires ad interimNovember 30, 1966November 30, 1967 Lyndon B. Johnson
Fredric R. Mann Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary November 27, 1967April 10, 1969
Eileen R. Donovan Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarySeptember 5, 1969August 3, 1974 Richard Nixon
Theodore R. Britton, Jr. [1] Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryFebruary 12, 1975April 22, 1977 Gerald Ford
Frank V. Ortiz, Jr. [2] Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJuly 29, 1977May 15, 1979 Jimmy Carter
Sally Shelton-Colby [3] Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJune 7, 1979February 24, 1981
Milan D. Bish [4] Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryDecember 10, 1981March 4, 1984 Ronald Reagan
Thomas H. Anderson, Jr. [5] Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJuly 11, 1984March 12, 1986
Paul A. Russo [5] Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryDecember 10, 1986June 25, 1988
John E. ClarkChargé d'Affaires ad interimJune 25, 1988November 14, 1990
G. Philip Hughes [6] Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 14, 1990June 17, 1993 George H. W. Bush
Jeanette W. Hyde [6] [7] Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryApril 14, 1994January 31, 1998 Bill Clinton
E. William Crotty [8] Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 24, 1998October 10, 1999 [9]
James A. Daley [8] Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarySeptember 26, 2000March 1, 2001
Marcia Bernicat Chargé d'Affaires ad interimAugust 2001March 2002 [10]
Roland W. BullenChargé d'Affaires ad interimMarch 2002April 10, 2002
Earl Norfleet Phillips [8] Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryApril 10, 2002June 1, 2003 George W. Bush
Mary E. Kramer [8] Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryFebruary 3, 2004October 30, 2006
Mary Martin Ourisman [8] Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 7, 2006January 16, 2009
Brent Hardt [8] Chargé d'Affaires ad interimJanuary 16, 2009June 19, 2011 [11] [10] Barack Obama
Christopher Sandrolini [8] Chargé d'Affaires ad interimJune 19, 2011May 22, 2012 [11]
Larry Leon Palmer Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMay 22, 2012 [12] January 19, 2016
Linda Swartz Taglialatela Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryFebruary 1, 2016December 27, 2023
Joaquin F. MonserrateChargé d'Affaires ad interimDecember 28, 2023January 11, 2024 Joe Biden
Roger F. Nyhus Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJanuary 19, 2024Incumbent Joe Biden

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References

  1. Also accredited to Grenada. Resident at Bridgetown.
  2. Also accredited to Grenada; Special Representative to Antigua; Dominica; St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla; St. Lucia; and St. Vincent. Resident at Bridgetown.
  3. Also accredited to Grenada and Dominica; Minister to St Lucia, and Special Representative to Antigua, St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla, and St. Vincent. Resident at Bridgetown.
  4. Also accredited to Antigua and Barbuda; Dominica; St. Lucia; and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Resident at Bridgetown.
  5. 1 2 Also accredited to Antigua and Barbuda; Dominica; St. Christopher and Nevis; St. Lucia; St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Resident at Bridgetown.
  6. 1 2 Also accredited to Dominica; St. Lucia; and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Resident at Bridgetown.
  7. Appointed Ambassador to Grenada; Antigua and Barbuda; and St. Kitts and Nevis on March 4, 1995.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Also accredited to Antigua and Barbuda; Dominica; Grenada; St. Kitts and Nevis; St. Lucia; and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Resident at Bridgetown.
  9. Died at Gainesville, Florida on this date.
  10. 1 2 Chargés d’Affaires a.i. are not appointed by the President.
  11. 1 2 "Chargé d'Affaires". United States Department of State. Archived from the original on July 24, 2011. Retrieved July 3, 2011.
  12. Embassy of the United States - Barbados & E. Caribbean (2012), Congress Confirms Ambassador to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, U.S. Department of State, archived from the original on May 9, 2012, retrieved May 21, 2012.