List of ambassadors of the United States to Nepal

Last updated

Ambassador of the United States to Nepal
US Department of State official seal.svg
Seal of the United States Department of State
Dean Thompson, U.S. Ambassador.jpg
Incumbent
Dean R. Thompson
since October 21, 2022
NominatorThe President of the United States
AppointerThe President
with Senate advice and consent
Inaugural holder Henry Grady
as Ambassador
FormationAugust 6, 1959
Website U.S. Embassy - Kathmandu

The United States ambassador to Nepal is the official representative of the government of the United States to the government of Nepal.

Contents

Dean R. Thompson is the current ambassador to Nepal, and presented his credentials to the Nepali president Bidhya Devi Bhandari on October 21, 2022. [1]

List of US ambassadors to Nepal

NameTerm startTerm end
Henry Grady May 3, 1948June 22, 1948
Loy Henderson December 3, 1948September 21, 1951
Chester Bowles February 16, 1952March 23, 1953
George Allen July 5, 1953November 30, 1954
John Cooper June 3, 1955April 23, 1957
Ellsworth Bunker March 8, 1957November 25, 1959
Henry E. Stebbins November 25, 1959June 10, 1966
Carol Laise December 5, 1966June 5, 1973
William I. Cargo September 28, 1973April 3, 1976
Marquita Maytag May 18, 1976April 22, 1977
L. Douglas Heck July 29, 1977May 19, 1980
Philip TrimbleJuly 10, 1980February 21, 1981
Carl Coon July 3, 1981August 3, 1984
Leon Weil [2] September 21, 1984November 11, 1987
Milton FrankApril 22, 1988September 16, 1989
Julia Chang Bloch September 22, 1989May 20, 1993
Michael Malinowski May 20, 1993April 7, 1994
Sandra Vogelgesang April 7, 1994July 11, 1997
Ralph Frank November 4, 1997August 10, 2001
Michael E. Malinowski December 11, 2001April 23, 2004
James Moriarty July 16, 2004May 22, 2007
Nancy Powell July 16, 2007March 12, 2010
Scott DeLisi June 14, 2010June 24, 2012
Peter Bodde September 10, 2012September 15, 2015
Alaina Teplitz October 7, 2015August 8, 2018
Randy Berry October 25, 2018October 2, 2022
Dean R. Thompson October 21, 2022Incumbent

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Foreign relations of Nepal</span>

Though the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) is the government agency which is responsible for conducting the foreign relations of Nepal, historically, it is the Office of the Prime Minister (PMO) which has exercised the authority to formulate the country's foreign policies. As a landlocked country wedged between two larger and far stronger powers, Nepal has tried to maintain good relations with both of its neighbors, People's Republic of China and Republic of India. However, the relationship between Nepal and India was significantly hampered by the 2015 Nepal blockade when the Government of Nepal accused India of mimicking "Russia-Ukraine" tactics by using ethnically Indian residents of Nepal to cause unrest along Nepal's southern border. India denied the allegation the unrest were an internal affair. For the most part though, Nepal has traditionally maintained a non-aligned policy and enjoys friendly relations with its neighboring countries and almost all the major countries of the world.

References

  1. ↑ Kathmandu, U. S. Embassy (2022-10-21). "Ambassador Thompson". U.S. Embassy in Nepal. Retrieved 2022-10-22.
  2. ↑ "The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR LEON J. WEIL" (PDF). Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training. 2 May 1991. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 July 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.