Ambassador of the United States to Germany | |
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Botschafter der Vereinigten Staaten in Deutschland | |
Nominator | The President of the United States |
Appointer | The President with Senate advice and consent |
Inaugural holder | John Quincy Adams (as Minister) |
Formation | 1797 |
Website | U.S. Embassy – Berlin |
The United States has had diplomatic relations with the nation of Germany and its principal predecessor nation, the Kingdom of Prussia, since 1835. These relations were broken twice (1917 to 1921, and 1941 to 1955) while Germany and the United States were at war and for a continuation interval afterwards.
Prior to 1835, the United States and Prussia recognized one another but did not exchange representatives, except for a brief period when John Quincy Adams was accredited to the Prussian court from 1797 to 1801.
President Joe Biden nominated then University of Pennsylvania president and political philosopher Amy Gutmann for the position on July 2, 2021; by a vote of 54-42, she was confirmed by the Senate on February 8, 2022. [2] She presented her credentials to the German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on February 17, 2022.
This is a list of the chief U.S. diplomatic agents to Prussia, Germany, and West Germany (the Federal Republic of Germany), their diplomatic rank, and the effective start and end of their service in Germany.
Name and title | Portrait | Presentation of credentials | Termination of mission |
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John Quincy Adams, Minister | December 5, 1797 | May 5, 1801 |
Name and title | Portrait | Presentation of credentials | Termination of mission |
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Henry Wheaton, Chargé d'Affaires | June 9, 1835 | September 29, 1837 | |
Henry Wheaton, Envoy | September 29, 1837 | July 18, 1846 | |
Andrew Jackson Donelson, Envoy | July 18, 1846 | September 13, 1848 |
Name and title | Portrait | Presentation of credentials | Termination of mission |
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Andrew Jackson Donelson, Envoy | September 13, 1848 | November 2, 1849 |
Name and title | Portrait | Presentation of credentials | Termination of mission |
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Edward A. Hannegan, Envoy | June 30, 1849 | January 13, 1850 | |
Daniel D. Barnard, Envoy | December 10, 1850 | September 21, 1853 | |
Peter D. Vroom, Envoy | November 4, 1853 | August 10, 1857 | |
Joseph A. Wright, Envoy | September 3, 1857 | July 1, 1861 | |
Norman B. Judd, Envoy | July 1, 1861 | September 3, 1865 | |
Joseph A. Wright, Envoy | September 3, 1865 | May 11, 1867 | |
George Bancroft, Envoy | August 28, 1867 | June 30, 1874 | |
J. C. Bancroft Davis, Envoy | August 28, 1874 | September 26, 1877 | |
Bayard Taylor, Envoy | May 7, 1878 | December 19, 1878 | |
Andrew D. White, Envoy | June 19, 1879 | August 15, 1881 | |
Aaron A. Sargent, Envoy | May 18, 1882 | June 6, 1884 | |
John A. Kasson, Envoy | September 10, 1884 | June 21, 1885 | |
George H. Pendleton, Envoy | June 21, 1885 | April 25, 1889 | |
William Walter Phelps, Envoy | September 26, 1889 | June 4, 1893 | |
Theodore Runyon, Envoy | June 4, 1893 | October 26, 1893 |
Name and title | Portrait | Presentation of credentials | Termination of mission |
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Theodore Runyon, Ambassador | October 26, 1893 | January 27, 1896 | |
Edwin F. Uhl, Ambassador | May 3, 1896 | June 8, 1897 | |
Andrew D. White, Ambassador | June 12, 1897 | November 27, 1902 | |
Charlemagne Tower, Ambassador | December 19, 1902 | June 8, 1908 | |
David Jayne Hill, Ambassador | June 14, 1908 | September 2, 1911 | |
John G. A. Leishman, Ambassador | October 24, 1911 | October 4, 1913 | |
James W. Gerard, Ambassador | October 29, 1913 | February 5, 1917 |
Name and title | Portrait | Presentation of credentials | Termination of mission |
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Ellis Loring Dresel, Chargé d'Affaires | December 10, 1921 | April 18, 1922 | |
Alanson B. Houghton, Ambassador | April 22, 1922 | February 21, 1925 | |
Jacob Gould Schurman, Ambassador | June 29, 1925 | January 21, 1930 | |
Frederic M. Sackett, Ambassador | February 12, 1930 | March 24, 1933 | |
William E. Dodd, Ambassador | August 30, 1933 | December 29, 1937 | |
Hugh R. Wilson, Ambassador | March 3, 1938 | November 16, 1938 | |
Alexander C. Kirk, Chargé d'Affaires | May 1939 | October 1940 | |
Leland B. Morris, Chargé d'Affaires | October 1940 | December 11, 1941 |
Name and title | Portrait | Presentation of credentials | Termination of mission |
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James B. Conant, Ambassador | May 14, 1955 | February 19, 1957 | |
David K. E. Bruce, Ambassador | April 17, 1957 | October 29, 1959 | |
Walter C. Dowling, Ambassador | December 3, 1959 | April 21, 1963 | |
George C. McGhee, Ambassador | May 18, 1963 | May 21, 1968 | |
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., Ambassador | May 27, 1968 | January 14, 1969 | |
Kenneth Rush, Ambassador | July 22, 1969 | February 20, 1972 | |
Martin J. Hillenbrand, Ambassador | June 27, 1972 | October 18, 1976 | |
Walter J. Stoessel Jr., Ambassador | October 27, 1976 | January 5, 1981 | |
Arthur F. Burns, Ambassador | June 30, 1981 | May 16, 1985 | |
Richard R. Burt, Ambassador | September 16, 1985 | February 17, 1989 | |
Vernon A. Walters, Ambassador | April 24, 1989 | August 18, 1991 | |
Robert Michael Kimmitt, Ambassador | September 5, 1991 | August 28, 1993 | |
Richard Holbrooke, Ambassador | October 19, 1993 | September 12, 1994 | |
Charles E. Redman, Ambassador | October 31, 1994 | June 17, 1996 | |
James D. Bindenagel, Chargé d'Affaires | June 17, 1996 | September 10, 1997 | |
John C. Kornblum, Ambassador | September 10, 1997 | July 7, 1999 |
Name and title | Portrait | Presentation of credentials | Termination of mission |
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John C. Kornblum, Ambassador | July 7, 1999 | January 16, 2001 | |
Daniel R. Coats, Ambassador | September 12, 2001 | February 25, 2005 | |
William R. Timken, Ambassador | September 2, 2005 | December 5, 2008 | |
John M. Koenig, Chargé d'Affaires | December 6, 2008 | September 2, 2009 | |
Philip D. Murphy, Ambassador | September 3, 2009 | August 26, 2013 | |
John B. Emerson, Ambassador | August 26, 2013 | January 20, 2017 | |
Kent Logsdon, Chargé d'Affaires | January 20, 2017 | May 8, 2018 | |
Richard Grenell, Ambassador | May 8, 2018 | June 1, 2020 | |
Robin Quinville, Chargé d'Affaires | June 1, 2020 | July 1, 2021 | |
Woodward Clark Price, Chargé d'Affaires | July 1, 2021 | February 17, 2022 | |
Amy Gutmann, Ambassador | February 17, 2022 | July 13, 2024 | |
Woodward Clark Price, Chargé d'Affaires | July 13, 2024 | July 26, 2024 | |
Alan Meltzer, Chargé d'Affaires | July 26, 2024 | Incumbent |
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