List of ambassadors of the United States to Jamaica

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Ambassador of the United States to Jamaica
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Incumbent
Amy Tachco
Chargé d'affaires
since January 20, 2025
NominatorThe President of the United States
AppointerThe President
with Senate advice and consent
Inaugural holderIrving G. Cheslaw
as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim
FormationAugust 16, 1962
Website U.S. Embassy - Kingston

This is a list of United States ambassadors to Jamaica. The U.S. Embassy is located in Jamaica's capital, Kingston, and was established there on August 16, 1962.

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Ambassadors

NameBackgroundTitleAppointmentPresentation of credentialsTermination of missionNotes
Irving G. CheslawNon-career appointee Chargé d'Affaires ad interimAugust 16, 1962UnknownNovember 1962
William C. Doherty Non-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 23, 1962November 26, 1962Left post, April 25, 1964 [1]
Wilson T. M. Beale Jr.Foreign Service officerAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarySeptember 1, 1965October 13, 1965Left post, October 22, 1967
Walter N. Tobriner Non-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 7, 1967December 11, 1967Left post, March 21, 1969
Vincent de Roulet Non-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarySeptember 19, 1969October 23, 1969Left post, July 18, 1973 [2]
Sumner Gerard Non-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMarch 22, 1974June 4, 1974Left post, April 15, 1977
Frederick Irving Foreign Service officerAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMay 26, 1977July 18, 1977Left post, November 22, 1978
Loren E. Lawrence Foreign Service officerAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMarch 23, 1979April 12, 1979Left post, July 9, 1982
William Alexander Hewitt Non-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarySeptember 30, 1982November 1, 1982Left post, October 14, 1985
Michael Sotirhos Non-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 28, 1985November 12, 1985Left post, July 7, 1989
Glen A. Holden Non-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 10, 1989November 21, 1989Left post, March 1, 1993
Lacy A. Wright, Jr. Chargé d'Affaires ad interimMarch 1, 1993November 4, 1994
Jerome Gary Cooper Non-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 5, 1994November 4, 1994Left post, November 27, 1997
Stanley Louis McLelland Non-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 12, 1997February 6, 1998Left post March 1, 2001
Sue McCourt Cobb Non-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJanuary 20, 2001September 12, 2001February 1, 2005
Brenda LaGrange Johnson Non-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 12, 2005November 15, 2005January 20, 2009
Pamela E. Bridgewater Foreign Service officerAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 9, 2010November 3, 2010November 25, 2013
Luis G. Moreno Foreign Service officerAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 20, 2014January 13, 2015June 30, 2017
Eric KhantForeign Service officerChargé d'Affaires ad interimJune 30, 2017July 16, 2019
Donald R. Tapia Non-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJuly 24, 2019September 11, 2019January 20, 2021
John McIntyreForeign Service officerChargé d'Affaires ad interimJanuary 20, 2021May 13, 2022
N. Nick Perry Non-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMarch 10, 2022May 13, 2022January 20, 2025
Amy TachcoForeign Service officerChargé d'Affaires ad interimJanuary 20, 2025Incumbent

Notes

  1. ↑ An earlier nomination of September 29, 1962, was not confirmed by the United States Senate. Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on March 12, 1963.
  2. ↑ The Government of Jamaica declared Ambassador de Roulet persona non grata , July 20, 1973, and he did not return to his post.

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