List of ambassadors of the United States to Egypt

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Ambassador of the United States to Egypt
سفير الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية فى مصر
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Seal of the United States Department of State
Herro Mustafa Garg, U.S. Ambassador.jpg
Incumbent
Herro Mustafa
since November 15, 2023
NominatorThe President of the United States
AppointerThe President
with Senate advice and consent
Inaugural holder Daniel Smith McCauley
as Agent/Consul General
FormationAugust 14, 1848
Website U.S. Embassy - Cairo

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

Contents

The United States first established diplomatic relations with Egypt in 1848, when President James K. Polk appointed Daniel Smith McCauley as the first envoy to Egypt with the title Consul General. McCauley and his family were transported to Egypt aboard the USS Constitution in 1849.

Relations between Egypt and the United States have been continuous since 1848, except for the period between 1967 and 1974. The then United Arab Republic severed relations with the U.S. following the Six-Day War; Egypt restored relations following the Yom Kippur War.

The United States Embassy in Egypt is located in Cairo.

Ambassadors

NameAppointed Presented credentials Terminated missionNotes
Daniel Smith McCauley August 14, 1848March 17, 1849Died at post October 24, 1852Ambassadors held the title of Agent/Consul General [1] until 1922
Richard B. Jones December 28, 1852May 7, 1853December 14, 1853
Edwin De Leon May 24, 1853December 14, 1853March 4, 1861
William Sydney Thayer March 20, 1861Unknown. Assumed charge July 1, 1861Died at post April 10, 1864
Charles Hale [2] May 18, 1864About October 15, 1864Presented recall, May 23, 1870
George Harris Butler March 15, 1870June 2, 1870July 16, 1872
Richard Beardsley July 23, 1872September 24, 1872Died at post January 23, 1876
Elbert E. Farman March 27, 1876July 17, 1876May 17, 1881
Simon Wolf June 30, 1881October 22, 1881March 27, 1882
George P. Pomeroy December 16, 1881July 1, 1882July 20, 1884
John Cardwell October 2, 1885April 19, 1886October 7, 1889
Eugene Schuyler [3] June 26, 1889November 23, 1889July 2, 1890
John A. Anderson February 27, 1891July 13, 1891April 21, 1892
Edward C. Little November 15, 1892April 22, 1893August 22, 1893
Frederic Courtland Penfield May 13, 1893December 11, 1893June 17, 1897
Thomas Harrison April 22, 1897December 23, 1897March 22, 1899
John G. Long October 30, 1899April 2, 1900July 15, 1903
John W. Riddle September 8, 1903March 28, 1904June 9, 1905
Lewis M. Iddings [4] March 23, 1905December 23, 1905April 14, 1910
Peter Augus Jay December 21, 1909November 28, 1910October 8, 1913
Olney Arnold September 2, 1913March 23, 1914January 8, 1916
Hampson Gary October 2, 1917February 7, 1918 [5] December 7, 1919
Carroll Sprigg May 11, 1920August 2, 1920 [6] October 31, 1921
J. Morton Howell October 7, 1921Unknown [7] July 6, 1927The title of the ambassador was changed to Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary on June 21, 1922.
Franklin Mott Gunther April 5, 1928July 19, 1928July 30, 1930
William M. Jardine July 21, 1930October 13, 1930September 5, 1933
Bert Fish [8] September 6, 1933December 2, 1933February 28, 1941
Alexander C. Kirk [9] [10] February 11, 1941March 29, 1941April 29, 1944
S. Pinkney Tuck May 4, 1944June 14, 1944May 30, 1948The title of ambassador was changed to Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary on September 19. 1946
Stanton Griffis July 7, 1948September 2, 1948March 18, 1949
Jefferson Caffery July 9, 1949September 29, 1949January 11, 1955
Henry A. Byroade January 24, 1955March 7, 1955September 10, 1956
Raymond A. Hare August 14, 1956September 25, 1956March 10, 1958Recommissioned and reaccredited to the United Arab Republic. Egypt and Syria incorporated themselves into United Arab Republic on February 22, 1958. Subsequent ambassadors were commissioned to the UAR until 1967. Syria seceded from the UAR in September 1961 but Egypt continued to use the UAR name until 1971.
Raymond A. Hare [11] [12] March 10, 1958March 19, 1958December 18, 1959
G. Frederick Reinhardt [12] [13] January 27, 1960March 22, 1960May 6, 1961
John S. Badeau [12] May 29, 1961July 19, 1961June 9, 1964
Lucius D. Battle [12] July 31, 1964September 22, 1964March 5, 1967
Richard H. Nolte [12] April 5, 1967Did not present credentials [14] June 10, 1967The United Arab Republic (Egypt) severed diplomatic relations with the United States on June 6, 1967 during the Six-Day War with Israel.
Hermann F. Eilts [15] March 19, 1974April 20, 1974May 20, 1979Diplomatic relations between the United States and Egypt were resumed in 1974. The U.S. embassy was reestablished on February 28, 1974.
Alfred L. Atherton, Jr. May 17, 1979July 2, 1979November 12, 1983
Nicholas A. Veliotes October 7, 1983November 24, 1983April 1, 1986
Frank G. Wisner August 18, 1986August 28, 1986June 6, 1991
Robert H. Pelletreau July 2, 1992September 12, 1991December 11, 1993
Edward S. Walker, Jr. May 9, 1994July 20, 1994December 7, 1997
Daniel Charles Kurtzer November 10, 1997January 13, 1998June 22, 2001
C. David Welch July 12, 2001September 22, 2001March 15, 2005
Francis J. Ricciardone, Jr. August 2, 2005November 13, 2005April 18, 2008 [16]
Margaret Scobey March 14, 2008June 16, 2008June 30, 2011
Anne W. Patterson July 2011August 18, 2011August 31, 2013
Robert Stephen Beecroft [17] June 26, 2014February 14, 2015 [18] June 30, 2017 [19]
Thomas H. Goldberger [20] June 30, 2017October 16, 2019Chargé d'Affaires ad interim
Jonathan Cohen August 1, 2019November 17, 2019March 31, 2022
Nicole Shampaine March 31, 2022August 23, 2022Chargé d'Affaires ad interim
Daniel Rubinstein August 23, 2022April 26, 2023Chargé d'Affaires ad interim
John Desrocher April 26, 2023August 12, 2023Chargé d'Affaires ad interim
Evyenia SidereasAugust 12, 2023October 9, 2023Chargé d'Affaires ad interim
A. Elizabeth Jones October 9, 2023November 15, 2023Chargé d'Affaires ad interim
Herro Mustafa November 1, 2023November 15, 2023present

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References

  1. ↑ Commissioned as Consul General only and used the title Agent and Consul General with the acquiescence of the Department of State.
  2. ↑ Hale was commissioned as Consul General only. He was not recommissioned when his title was changed to Agent and Consul General by Act of Congress approved June 20, 1864.
  3. ↑ Schuyler was commissioned during a recess of the Senate and died in Venice on way home [presumably for his recommissioning].
  4. ↑ Iddings was commissioned during a recess of the Senate and recommissioned after confirmation on December 15, 1905.
  5. ↑ Gary was received by the Sultan on February 7, 1918.
  6. ↑ Sprigg was received by the Sultan on August 2, 1920.
  7. ↑ No record has been found of the date on which Howell was presented to the Sultan as Agent and Consul General.
  8. ↑ Fish was also appointed as the ambassador to Saudi Arabia when that post was established on February 4, 1940. He remained resident in Cairo.
  9. ↑ Kirk was also accredited to Saudi Arabia, while resident in Cairo, until July 18, 1943, when a minister was appointed to Saudi Arabia.
  10. ↑ Kirk was also accredited to the government-in-exile of Greece in Cairo Until Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, Jr. was appointed to that post on November 13, 1941.
  11. ↑ Hare was also the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to North Yemen from February 16, 1959 until December 18, 1959.
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 Commissioned to the United Arab Republic
  13. ↑ Reinhard was also the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to North Yemen.
  14. ↑ Nolte had proceeded to his post after confirmation, but the UAR had severed relations with the U.S. before he could present his credentials.
  15. ↑ Eilts had been the last Chargé d’Affaires at the U.S. Interests section in Cairo during the break in U.S.–Egypt relations.
  16. ↑ "Francis Joseph Ricciardone - People - Department History - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
  17. ↑ "US appoints Robert Stephen Beecroft as new Ambassador to Egypt". IANS. news.biharprabha.com. Retrieved May 9, 2014.
  18. ↑ "Robert Stephen Beecroft - People - Department History - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
  19. ↑ "U.S. Ambassador to Egypt Completes His Tour, Departs Cairo". United States Embassy and Consulate in Egypt. eg.usembassy.gov. July 2, 2017. Retrieved August 9, 2017.
  20. ↑ "Thomas Goldberger - People - Department History - Office of the Historian".

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