Ambassador of the United States to Malta | |
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Residence | Villa Apap Bologna [1] |
Nominator | The President of the United States |
Appointer | The President with Senate advice and consent |
Inaugural holder | Harrison Lewis as Chargé d'affaires ad interim |
Formation | September 21, 1964 |
Website | U.S. Embassy - Valletta |
This is a list of ambassadors of the United States to Malta . Initially a part of the British Empire, Malta was granted full independence as the State of Malta on September 21, 1964. The United States recognized the new nation and established full diplomatic relations after its independence, and retained relations after Malta became a republic in 1974. Harrison Lewis was appointed as the first American diplomat in Malta as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim until an ambassador could be commissioned.
The Embassy of the United States in Malta was first established in the capital Valletta, on September 21, 1964. It eventually moved to Sliema, and in 1974 it moved again to Floriana, a suburb of the Maltese capital. [2] On July 4, 2011, the embassy was moved once again to a larger complex in Ta' Qali National Park in Attard. [3] The embassy's website still lists its location as "Valletta". [2]
The ambassador's official residence is Villa Apap Bologna, also located in Attard. [1]
Name | Title | Appointed | Presented credentials | Terminated mission | Notes |
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George J. Feldman – Political appointee | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | July 22, 1965 | October 5, 1965 | September 6, 1967 | |
Hugh H. Smythe – Political appointee | October 18, 1967 | December 29, 1967 | August 16, 1969 | ||
John C. Pritzlaff, Jr. – Political appointee | July 8, 1969 | September 4, 1969 | February 24, 1972 | ||
John I. Getz – Career FSO | February 15, 1972 | March 9, 1972 | July 18, 1974 | ||
Robert P. Smith – Career FSO | July 23, 1974 | September 24, 1974 | October 29, 1976 | ||
Lowell Bruce Laingen [lower-alpha 1] – Career FSO | November 17, 1976 | January 11, 1977 | January 20, 1979 | ||
Joan Margaret Clark – Career FSO | March 21, 1979 | March 26, 1979 | February 21, 1981 | ||
Frank P. Wardlaw | Chargé d’Affaires a.i. | February 21, 1981 | - | August 1982 | |
James Malone Rentschler – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | August 18, 1982 | October 19, 1982 | July 26, 1985 | |
Gary L. Matthews [4] – Career FSO | August 1, 1985 | September 19, 1985 | May 23, 1987 | ||
Peter R. Sommer – Political appointee | September 28, 1987 | October 9, 1987 | October 8, 1989 | ||
Sally J. Novetzke – Political appointee | October 10, 1989 | November 9, 1989 | February 28, 1993 | ||
William A. Moffitt | Chargé d’Affaires a.i. | February 28, 1993 | - | June 1994 | |
Charles N. Patterson, Jr. | June 1994 | - | July 6, 1994 | ||
Joseph R. Paolino, Jr. – Political appointee | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | June 9, 1994 | July 6, 1994 | June 2, 1996 | |
Charles N. Patterson, Jr. | Chargé d’Affaires a.i. | June 2, 1996 | - | July 1997 | |
Elizabeth Barnett | July 1997 | - | January 8, 1998 | ||
Kathryn Linda Haycock Proffitt – Political appointee | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | November 10, 1997 | January 8, 1998 | March 1, 2001 | |
Anthony H. Gioia – Political appointee | July 12, 2001 | September 6, 2001 | December 7, 2004 | ||
Alexander R. Kingfisher | Chargé d’Affaires a.i. | December 7, 2004 | - | June 21, 2005 | |
Molly H. Bordonaro – Political appointee | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | June 21, 2005 | September 7, 2005 | February 6, 2009 [5] | |
Douglas Kmiec - Political appointee | September 2, 2009 | September 17, 2009 | May 31, 2011 | ||
Richard M. Mills | Chargé d’Affaires a.i. | June 1, 2011 | May 2, 2012 | ||
Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley - Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | March 29, 2012 | May 2, 2012 | January 26, 2016 | |
G. Kathleen Hill - Career FSO | January 13, 2016 | February 25, 2016 | September 29, 2018 | ||
Mark A. Schapiro | Chargé d’Affaires a.i. | September 29, 2018 | - | August 31, 2020 | |
Gwendolyn S. Green | August 31, 2020 | - | October 27, 2022 | ||
Constance J. Milstein | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | August 6, 2022 | October 27, 2022 | Incumbent |
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