List of ambassadors of the United States to Cambodia

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Ambassador of the United States to Cambodia
ឯកអគ្គរដ្ឋទូតនៃសហរដ្ឋអាមេរិកប្រចាំនៅកម្ពុជា
US Department of State official seal.svg
Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent
Andrew Harrup
Chargé d'Affaires ad interim [1]
since May 20, 2024
Nominator President of the United States
AppointerThe President
with Senate advice and consent
Inaugural holder Donald R. Heath
as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
FormationJune 29, 1950;74 years ago (1950-06-29)
Website U.S. Embassy – Phnom Penh

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

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Until 1953 Cambodia had been French protectorate as a part of French Indochina, but became independent on November 9, 1953. The United States had appointed its first envoy to Cambodia, Donald R. Heath, in 1950. Heath was a non-resident minister who was commissioned to Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam, while resident in Saigon.

Diplomatic relations between Cambodia and the United States were broken twice: The first time between 1965 and 1969, and the second time in 1975 just before the Pol Pot regime gained control of the country. Relations were finally restored in 1991.

The U.S. Embassy in Cambodia is located in Phnom Penh.

Ambassadors

NamePortraitAppointedPresentation

of credentials

Termination of mission President
Donald R. Heath Donald R. Heath (cropped).jpg June 29, 1950July 11, 1950October 2, 1954 Harry S. Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert McClintock US-DeptOfState-Seal.svg August 18, 1954October 2, 1954October 15, 1956
Carl W. Strom US-DeptOfState-Seal.svg October 11, 1956December 7, 1956March 8, 1959
William C. Trimble William Trimble.jpg February 16, 1959April 23, 1959June 8, 1962
John F. Kennedy
Philip D. Sprouse US-DeptOfState-Seal.svg June 28, 1962August 20, 1962March 3, 1964John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Randolph A. Kidder [2] US-DeptOfState-Seal.svg July 9, 1964did not present credentialsSeptember 18, 1964Lyndon B. Johnson
Office vacant from 1964 to 1970.
Emory C. Swank US-DeptOfState-Seal.svg September 3, 1970September 15, 1970September 5, 1973 Richard Nixon
John Gunther Dean US-DeptOfState-Seal.svg March 14, 1974April 3, 1974April 12, 1975
Gerald Ford
Office vacant from 1975 to 1994.
Charles H. Twining US-DeptOfState-Seal.svg May 13, 1994May 17, 1994November 20, 1995 Bill Clinton
Kenneth M. Quinn Kenneth M. Quinn.jpg December 12, 1995March 28, 1996July 25, 1999
Kent M. Wiedemann US-DeptOfState-Seal.svg June 7, 1999August 31, 1999May 16, 2002
George W. Bush
Charles A. Ray Charles A Ray ambassador.JPG November 15, 2002January 4, 2003July 11, 2005
Joseph A. Mussomeli Joseph A Mussomeli.jpg June 27, 2005September 22, 2005December 25, 2008
Carol A. Rodley Carol A Rodley.jpg October 24, 2008January 20, 2009September 29, 2011
Barack Obama
William E. Todd William Todd Official Portrait.jpg April 2, 2012June 8, 2012August 14, 2015
William A. Heidt William Heidt.jpg September 14, 2015December 2, 2015November 28, 2018
Donald Trump
W. Patrick Murphy Ambassador W. Patrick Murphy.jpg August 8, 2019October 19, 2019May 18, 2024
Joe Biden
Robert W. Forden
(nominee)		 Robert W. Forden (cropped).jpg Pending U.S. Senate confirmation––

Source: List of U.S. Ambassadors to Cambodia

Notes

  1. ↑ https://kh.usembassy.gov/our-relationship/our-ambassador/
  2. ↑ "The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR RANDOLPH A. KIDDER" (PDF). Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training. 13 December 1989. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 June 2024. Retrieved 23 July 2024.

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