List of ambassadors of the United States to India

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Ambassador of the United States of America to the Republic of India
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Seal of the United States Department of State
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Incumbent
Eric Garcetti
since May 11, 2023 [1]
Appointer The President
with the advice and consent of the Senate
Inaugural holderGeorge R. Merrell
(as Chargé d'affaires ad interim)
FormationNovember 1, 1946
Website in.usembassy.gov

The United States ambassador to India is the chief diplomatic representative of United States in India. The U.S. ambassador's office is situated at the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi.

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On March 15, 2023, Eric Garcetti was confirmed as ambassador. He was sworn in on March 24, 2023, and presented his credentials to President Droupadi Murmu on May 11, 2023. [2]

Chiefs of mission to India

U.S. ambassadors to the Dominion of India (1947–1950)

President George Washington, on November 19, 1792, nominated Benjamin Joy of Newbury Port as the first American Consul to Calcutta (present-day Kolkata) and later commissioned Joy to that office on November 21, 1792. [3]

NameStatusTitleAppointmentCredentials
presented		Termination
of mission		Notes
Henry F. Grady Non-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryApril 10, 1947July 1, 1947Left post, June 22, 1948Accredited also to Nepal; resident at New Delhi.
Loy W. Henderson Foreign Service officerAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJuly 14, 1948November 19, 1948Re-accredited when India became a republic; presented new credentials February 24, 1950Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on March 2, 1949. Also accredited to Nepal; resident at New Delhi.

U.S. ambassadors to the Republic of India (1950–present)

Ambassador Richard Verma meeting with Maneka Gandhi in 2015 The US Ambassador to India, Mr. Richard Verma meeting the Union Minister for Women and Child Development, Smt. Maneka Sanjay Gandhi, in New Delhi on February 20, 2015.jpg
Ambassador Richard Verma meeting with Maneka Gandhi in 2015
President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump with Ambassador Kenneth Juster at the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi in 2018 President Trump and the First Lady in India (49609323811).jpg
President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump with Ambassador Kenneth Juster at the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi in 2018
NameStatusTitleAppointmentCredentials
presented		Termination
of mission		Notes
Loy W. Henderson Foreign Service officerAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryFebruary 24, 1950September 21, 1951Reaccredited when India became a republic; presented new credentials Feb 24, 1950; left post Sep 21, 1951; commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Mar 2, 1949. Also accredited to Nepal; resident at New Delhi.
Chester Bowles Non-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 10, 1951November 1, 1951Left post, Mar 23, 1953Also accredited to Nepal; resident at New Delhi.
George V. Allen Foreign Service officerAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMarch 11, 1953May 4, 1953Left post, November 30, 1954Also accredited to Nepal; resident at New Delhi.
John Sherman Cooper Non-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryFebruary 4, 1955April 9, 1955Left post, April 23, 1956Also accredited to Nepal; resident at New Delhi.
Ellsworth Bunker Non-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 28, 1956March 4, 1957Left India, March 23, 1961Also accredited to Nepal; resident at New Delhi. Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on January 25, 1957.
John Kenneth Galbraith Non-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMarch 29, 1961April 18, 1961Left post, Jul 12, 1963
Chester Bowles Non-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMay 3, 1963July 19, 1963Left post, April 21, 1969
Kenneth B. Keating Non-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMay 1, 1969July 2, 1969Left post, July 26, 1972
Daniel P. Moynihan Non-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryFebruary 8, 1973February 28, 1973Left post, January 7, 1975
William B. Saxbe Non-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryFebruary 3, 1975March 8, 1975Left post, November 20, 1976
Robert F. Goheen Non-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryApril 26, 1977May 26, 1977Left post, December 10, 1980
Harry G. Barnes Jr. Foreign Service officerAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 1, 1981November 17, 1981Left post, June 27, 1985
John Gunther Dean Foreign Service officerAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 2, 1985September 6, 1985Left post November 7, 1988
John R. Hubbard Non-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 22, 1988December 27, 1988Left post November 15, 1989Commissioned during a recess of the Senate.
William Clark Jr. Foreign Service officerAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 10, 1989December 22, 1989Left post, July 2, 1992
Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Service officerAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryApril 6, 1992August 14, 1992Left post, March 23, 1993 Kenneth Brill served as Chargé d'affaires ad interim, March 1993 – August 1994.
Frank G. Wisner Foreign Service officerAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJune 9, 1994August 2, 1994Left post, July 12, 1997
Richard Frank Celeste Non-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 10, 1997November 28, 1997Left post April 25, 2001
Robert Blackwill Non-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJuly 12, 2001September 14, 2001Left post July 31, 2003
David Campbell Mulford Non-career officerAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryDecember 12, 2003February 23, 2004Left post January 15, 2009 [4]
Peter Burleigh Foreign Service officer [5] Chargé d'affairesJanuary 15, 2009August 11, 2009
Timothy J. Roemer Non-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJuly 23, 2009 [6] August 11, 2009Left post June 30, 2011
Peter Burleigh Foreign Service officer [5] Chargé d'affairesJuly 1, 2011April 19, 2012
Nancy Jo Powell Foreign Service officerAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryFebruary 7, 2012April 19, 2012May 21, 2014
Kathleen Stephens Foreign Service officer
(interim)		Chargé d'affairesMay 22, 2014June 6, 2014 [7] January 16, 2015Assumed position after resignation of Nancy Jo Powell.
Richard Verma Non-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryDecember 12, 2014January 16, 2015January 20, 2017First U.S. Ambassador to India of Indian origin. [8]
MaryKay Carlson Foreign Service officer
(interim)		Chargé d'affairesJanuary 20, 2017November 15, 2017Assumed office after Ambassador Richard Verma demitted office following President Trump's inauguration on January 20.
Kenneth Juster Non-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 3, 2017November 23, 2017January 20, 2021
Donald Heflin Foreign Service officer
(interim)		Chargé d'affairesJanuary 20, 2021April 30, 2021Minister-Counselor for Consular Affairs. [9]
Daniel Bennett Smith Foreign Service officer
(interim)		Chargé d'affairesApril 30, 2021June 29, 2021 [10] [11]
Atul Keshap Foreign Service officer
(interim)		Chargé d'affairesJune 29, 2021September 9, 2021 [12]
Patricia A. Lacina Foreign Service officer
(interim)		Chargé d'affairesSeptember 9, 2021October 24, 2022 [13]
A. Elizabeth Jones Foreign Service officer
(interim)		Chargé d'affairesOctober 24, 2022April 11, 2023 [14]
Eric Garcetti Non-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMarch 15, 2023May 11, 2023PresentIn July 2021, Joe Biden nominated Garcetti. When the nomination expired in 2023, Biden once again nominated Garcetti.

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References

  1. ↑ "U.S. Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti Presents Credentials". U.S. Embassy & Consulates in India. May 11, 2023. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
  2. ↑ "VP Kamala Harris swears in ex-LA Mayor Eric Garcetti as US ambassador to India". Los Angeles Daily News . March 24, 2023.
  3. ↑ "U.S. Consulate General Kolkata". Archived from the original on October 25, 2015. Retrieved August 26, 2015.
  4. ↑ "David Campbell Mulford - People - Department History - Office of the Historian".
  5. 1 2 "Albert Peter Burleigh - People - Department History - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Obama names ambassador nominees" . Retrieved May 20, 2023.
  7. ↑ "United States Chargé d'Affaires, Ambassador Kathleen Stephens, Arrives in New Delhi". U.S. Embassy & Consulates in India. June 6, 2014. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
  8. ↑ "Rich Verma confirmed as US ambassador to India - Hindustan Times". December 10, 2014. Archived from the original on December 10, 2014. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
  9. ↑ Deputy chief of mission Edgard Kagan was appointed Senior Director for East Asia and Oceania at the U.S. National Seucity Council in January 2021.
  10. ↑ "Appointment of Ambassador Daniel Smith as Chargé d'Affaires at Embassy New Delhi". United States Department of State. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
  11. ↑ "Appointment of Ambassador Atul Keshap as Chargé d'Affaires at Embassy New Delhi". United States Department of State. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
  12. ↑ Lakshman, Sriram; Haidar, Suhasini (June 29, 2021). "Seasoned South Asia diplomat Atul Keshap appointed next U.S. Chargé D'affaires in India". The Hindu. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
  13. ↑ "Patricia Lacina assumes office as Chargé d'Affaires at US Embassy". Outlook India. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
  14. ↑ "Appointment of Ambassador Elizabeth Jones as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim at Embassy New Delhi".

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