List of ambassadors of the United States to Guatemala

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Ambassador of the United States to Guatemala
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since February 12, 2024
Style His Excellency
NominatorThe President of the United States
AppointerThe President
with Senate advice and consent
Inaugural holder John Williams
as Chargé d'Affaires
FormationMay 3, 1826
Website U.S. Embassy - Guatemala

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

Contents

RepresentativeTitlePresentation
of credentials
Termination
of mission
Appointed by
John Williams [1] Chargé d'Affaires May 3, 1826December 1, 1826 John Quincy Adams
Charles G. DeWitt [1] Chargé d'AffairesDecember 17, 1833January 1, 1839 Andrew Jackson
Elijah Hise Chargé d'AffairesJanuary 31, 1849June 23, 1849 James K. Polk
Solon Borland [2] Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary [3] December 31, 1854 Franklin Pierce
John L. Marling Minister Resident February 14, 1855May 8, 1856
Beverly L. Clarke [4] Minister ResidentJuly 13, 1858March 17, 1860 [5] James Buchanan
Elisha Oscar Crosby Minister ResidentMay 28, 1861June 22, 1864 Abraham Lincoln
Fitz Henry Warren Minister ResidentJune 27, 1866August 11, 1869 Andrew Johnson
Silas A. Hudson Minister ResidentAugust 11, 1869October 12, 1872 Ulysses S. Grant
George Williamson [6] Minister ResidentSeptember 9, 1873January 31, 1879
Cornelius A. Logan [6] Minister ResidentJune 11, 1879April 12, 1882 Rutherford B. Hayes
Henry C. Hall [6] Minister ResidentJuly 25, 1882August 10, 1882 Chester A. Arthur
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryAugust 10, 1882May 15, 1889
Lansing B. Mizner [6] Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJune 4, 1889December 31, 1890 Benjamin Harrison
Romualdo Pacheco [6] Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryFebruary 28, 1891June 12, 1893
Pierce M. B. Young [4] Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJune 12, 1893May 23, 1896 Grover Cleveland
Macgrane Coxe [4] Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiarySeptember 29, 1896June 30, 1897
W. Godfrey Hunter [4] Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJanuary 25, 1898February 2, 1903 William McKinley
Leslie Combs [4] Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryFebruary 2, 1903February 25, 1907 Theodore Roosevelt
Joseph W. J. Lee [4] Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryMarch 19, 1907October 13, 1907
William Heimke Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryMay 2, 1908September 30, 1909
William Franklin Sands Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryOctober 9, 1909October 14, 1910 William H. Taft
R. S. Reynolds Hitt Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryOctober 14, 1910March 4, 1913
William Hayne Leavell Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryNovember 29, 1913October 24, 1918 Woodrow Wilson
Benton McMillin Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJanuary 15, 1920December 6, 1921 [7]
Arthur H. Geissler Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJuly 31, 1922January 23, 1930 Warren G. Harding
Sheldon Whitehouse Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryMarch 21, 1930July 23, 1933 Herbert Hoover
Matthew E. Hanna Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryOctober 28, 1933February 9, 1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt
Fay A. Des Portes Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryMay 22, 1936May 14, 1943
Boaz Long Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary May 19, 1943April 11, 1945
Edwin Jackson Kyle Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMay 8, 1945August 22, 1948
Richard C. Patterson, Jr. Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 24, 1948April 24, 1951 Harry S. Truman
Rudolf E. Schoenfeld Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryApril 24, 1951October 19, 1953
John Peurifoy Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 4, 1953October 2, 1954 Dwight D. Eisenhower
Norman Armour Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 18, 1954May 9, 1955
Edward J. Sparks Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJuly 29, 1955February 15, 1958
Lester D. Mallory Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryFebruary 27, 1958November 11, 1959
John J. Muccio Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryFebruary 1, 1960November 10, 1961
John O. Bell Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJanuary 30, 1962August 26, 1965 John F. Kennedy
John Gordon Mein Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarySeptember 22, 1965August 28, 1968 [8] Lyndon B. Johnson
Nathaniel Davis Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 21, 1968August 21, 1971
William G. Bowdler Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 19, 1971August 26, 1973 Richard Nixon
Francis E. Meloy, Jr. Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryFebruary 7, 1974April 19, 1976
Davis E. Boster Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 13, 1976January 17, 1979 Gerald Ford
Frank V. Ortiz, Jr. Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJuly 17, 1979August 6, 1980 Jimmy Carter
Frederic L. Chapin Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarySeptember 3, 1981February 28, 1984 Ronald Reagan
Alberto Martinez Piedra Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 17, 1984August 22, 1987
James H. Michel [9] Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 28, 1987September 1, 1989
Thomas F. Stroock Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 31, 1989November 10, 1992 George H. W. Bush
Marilyn McAfee Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJune 16, 1993June 20, 1996 Bill Clinton
Donald J. Planty Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 22, 1996August 14, 1999
Prudence Bushnell Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 14, 1999June 15, 2002
John Randle Hamilton Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJanuary 3, 2003July 15, 2005 George W. Bush
James M. Derham Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarySeptember 1, 2005July 15, 2008
Stephen G. McFarland Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 5, 2008August 25, 2011
Arnold A. Chacón Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 29, 2011March 5, 2014 Barack Obama
Todd D. Robinson Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarySeptember 16, 2014September 20, 2017
David Hodge Chargé d'AffairesSeptember 20, 2017October 3, 2017 Donald Trump
Luis E. Arreaga Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 3, 2017 [10] October 2, 2020
William W. Popp Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 19, 2020August 24, 2023 [11]
Patrick VentrellChargé d'AffairesAugust 24, 2023February 2, 2024 [12] Joe Biden
Tobin John Bradley Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryFebruary 12, 2024Incumbent

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References

  1. 1 2 Commissioned to Central America.
  2. Commissioned to Central America.
  3. Borland did not present credentials in Guatemala.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Commissioned to Guatemala and Honduras.
  5. Died at post.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 Commissioned to “the Central American States” but individually accredited to Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua; resident at Guatemala.
  7. Normal relations interrupted December 6, 1921.
  8. Assassinated.
  9. "The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR JAMES MICHEL" (PDF). Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training. October 21, 2005. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 29, 2024. Retrieved July 29, 2024.
  10. "Luis E. Arreaga Share". U.S. Department of State. Archived from the original on October 6, 2017. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
  11. "Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved October 9, 2024.
  12. "US Embassy Guatemala". Twitter .