List of ambassadors of the United States to Guyana

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Ambassador of the United States to Guyana
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Seal of the United States Department of State
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since October 23, 2023
Style The Honorable
Residence Georgetown, Guyana
NominatorThe President of the United States
AppointerThe President
with Senate advice and consent
Inaugural holder Delmar R. Carlson
as Chargé d’Affaires ad interim
FormationMay 26, 1966
Website U.S. Embassy - Georgetown

The following is a list of ambassadors of the United States to Guyana. The current title given by the United States State Department to this position is Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.

Contents

RepresentativeTitlePresentation
of credentials
Termination
of mission
Appointed by
Delmar R. Carlson Chargé d'Affaires ad interim May 26, 1966August 17, 1966 Lyndon B. Johnson
Delmar R. Carlson Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary August 17, 1966September 13, 1969
Spencer Matthews King Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 15, 1969March 8, 1974 Richard Nixon
Max V. Krebs Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryApril 4, 1974June 15, 1976
John R. Burke Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarySeptember 30, 1977September 22, 1979 Jimmy Carter
George B. Roberts Jr. Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 5, 1979September 8, 1981
Gerald Eustis Thomas Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryFebruary 18, 1982September 6, 1983 Ronald Reagan
Clint Arlen Lauderdale Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 2, 1984June 11, 1987
Theresa Anne Tull Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarySeptember 18, 1987July 10, 1990
Dennis K. Hays Chargé d'Affaires ad interimJuly 10, 1990January 21, 1992 George H. W. Bush
George Fleming Jones Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJanuary 21, 1992August 25, 1995
David L. Hobbs [1] Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 2, 1995September 15, 1996 Bill Clinton
Hugh Simon Chargé d'Affaires ad interimSeptember 15, 1996September 25, 1997
James F. Mack Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarySeptember 25, 1997April 21, 2000
Ronald D. Godard Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJanuary 29, 2001July 6, 2003 George W. Bush
Roland W. Bullen Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 14, 2003July 14, 2006 [2]
David M. Robinson Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 26, 2006March 16, 2008 [3]
John Melvin Jones [4] Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJuly 21, 2008December 31, 2009 [5]
Thomas C. Pierce Chargé d'Affaires ad interimAugust 31, 2010 [6] September 15, 2011 Barack Obama
D. Brent Hardt Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarySeptember 15, 2011July 6, 2014
Perry L. Holloway Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 2, 2015December 8, 2018
Terry Steers-Gonzalez Chargé d'Affaires ad interimJanuary 2019March 13, 2019 Donald Trump
Sarah-Ann Lynch Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMarch 13, 2019September 12, 2023 [7]
Adrienne Galanek Chargé d'Affaires ad interimSeptember 13, 2023October 23, 2023 Joe Biden
Nicole D. Theriot Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 23, 2023Incumbent

See also

References

  1. "Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR DAVID L. HOBBS" (PDF). Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training. March 4, 1997. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 18, 2024. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
  2. "Bullen, Roland W".
  3. https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/robinson-david-m [ bare URL ]
  4. "The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR JOHN M. JONES" (PDF). Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training. October 20, 2011. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 22, 2024. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
  5. "Jones, John Melvin (1944- )".
  6. "New US Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission meets President". September 2010.
  7. "Ambassador Lynch bids farewell to Guyana". September 12, 2023.