List of ambassadors of the United States to Nicaragua

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Ambassador of the United States to Nicaragua
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Incumbent
Kevin O'Reilly
Chargé d'Affairs ad interim
since June 28, 2023
NominatorThe president of the United States
AppointerThe president
with Senate advice and consent
Inaugural holder John B. Kerr
as Chargé d'Affaires
FormationFebruary 18, 1851
Website Ambassador to Nicaragua

The following is a list of United States ambassadors, or other chiefs of mission, to Nicaragua. The title given by the United States State Department to this position is currently Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.

Contents

Ambassadors

RepresentativeTitlePresentation
of credentials		Termination
of mission		Appointed by
John B. Kerr Chargé d'Affaires February 18, 1851June 1, 1853 Millard Fillmore
Solon Borland [1] Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary April 18, 1853April 17, 1854 Franklin Pierce
John H. Wheeler Minister Resident April 7, 1855October 23, 1856
Mirabeau B. Lamar [2] Minister ResidentFebruary 8, 1858May 20, 1859 James Buchanan
Alexander Dimitry [3] Minister ResidentDecember 7, 1859April 27, 1861
Andrew B. Dickinson Minister ResidentJuly 11, 1861January 15, 1863 Abraham Lincoln
Thomas H. Clay Minister ResidentJanuary 15, 1863May 31, 1863
Andrew B. Dickinson Minister Resident and Extraordinary May 31, 1863July 29, 1869
Charles N. Riotte Minister ResidentJuly 29, 1869January 15, 1873 Ulysses S. Grant
George Williamson [4] Minister ResidentNovember 1, 1873January 31, 1879
Cornelius A. Logan [4] Minister ResidentJuly 30, 1879April 15, 1882 Rutherford B. Hayes
Henry C. Hall [4] Minister ResidentAugust 12, 1882November 2, 1882 Chester A. Arthur
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryNovember 2, 1882May 23, 1889
Lansing B. Mizner [4] Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryAugust 7, 1889December 31, 1890 Benjamin Harrison
Romualdo Pacheco [4] Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryMay 21, 1891October 13, 1891
Richard Cutts Shannon [5] Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryOctober 13, 1891April 30, 1893
Lewis Baker [5] Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryMay 13, 1893December 9, 1897 Grover Cleveland
William L. Merry [6] Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryMarch 1, 1899August 24, 1908 William McKinley
John Gardner Coolidge Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryAugust 24, 1908November 21, 1908 Theodore Roosevelt
John H. Gregory, Jr. Chargé d'Affaires ad interimNovember 21, 1908March 12, 1909
Elliott Northcott Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryFebruary 21, 1911June 23, 1911 William H. Taft
George T. Weitzel Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJanuary 22, 1912April 19, 1913
Benjamin L. Jefferson Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiarySeptember 5, 1913October 24, 1921 Woodrow Wilson
John E. Ramer Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryDecember 30, 1921April 5, 1925 Warren G. Harding
Charles C. Eberhardt Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryAugust 7, 1925May 10, 1929 Calvin Coolidge
Matthew E. Hanna Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryApril 11, 1930September 6, 1933 Herbert Hoover
Arthur Bliss Lane Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryDecember 7, 1933March 14, 1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt
Boaz W. Long Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryMarch 19, 1936April 1, 1938
Meredith Nicholson Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJune 9, 1938February 27, 1941
Pierre de Lagarde Boal Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJuly 24, 1941March 5, 1942
James B. Stewart Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJune 12, 1942April 14, 1943
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary April 14, 1943January 4, 1945
Fletcher Warren Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMay 9, 1945May 4, 1947 Harry S. Truman
George P. Shaw Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarySeptember 1, 1948June 8, 1949
Capus M. Waynick Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJuly 12, 1949July 22, 1951
Thomas E. Whelan Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 3, 1951March 22, 1961
Aaron S. Brown Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryApril 21, 1961May 3, 1967 John F. Kennedy
Kennedy M. Crockett Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 21, 1967April 19, 1970 Lyndon B. Johnson
Turner B. Shelton Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 20, 1970August 11, 1975 Richard Nixon
James D. Theberge Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 11, 1975June 8, 1977 Gerald Ford
Mauricio Solaún Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarySeptember 30, 1977February 26, 1979 Jimmy Carter
Lawrence A. Pezzullo Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJuly 31, 1979August 18, 1981
Anthony Cecil Eden Quainton Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMarch 26, 1982May 6, 1984 Ronald Reagan
Harry E. Bergold, Jr. Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMay 31, 1984July 1, 1987
Richard Huntington Melton Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMay 4, 1988July 12, 1988 [7]
Jack LeonardChargé d'Affaires ad interimJuly 11, 1988June 21, 1990
Harry W. Shlaudeman Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJune 21, 1990March 14, 1992 George H. W. Bush
Ron GodardChargé d’Affaires a.i.March 14, 1992September 8, 1993 
John Francis Maisto Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarySeptember 8, 1993November 15, 1996 Bill Clinton
Lino Gutierrez Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryDecember 5, 1996July 21, 1999
Oliver P. Garza Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarySeptember 24, 1999August 30, 2002
Barbara C. Moore Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarySeptember 13, 2002July 15, 2005 George W. Bush
Paul A. Trivelli Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarySeptember 9, 2005August 6, 2008 [8]
Robert J. CallahanAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 27, 2008July 19, 2011 [9]
Robert R. DownesChargé d’Affaires a.i.July 19, 2011March 2012 Barack Obama
Phyllis M. Powers [10] Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMay 5, 2012August 5, 2015
Laura Farnsworth Dogu [10] Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 6, 2015October 30, 2018
Kevin K. Sullivan [11] Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 14, 2018May 19, 2023 [12] Donald Trump
Carla FlehartyChargé d’Affaires a.i.May 20, 2023June 28, 2023 Joe Biden
Kevin O'ReillyChargé d’Affaires a.i.June 28, 2023 [13] Present Joe Biden

Notes

  1. ↑ Commissioned to Central America; resident at Managua.
  2. ↑ Also accredited to Costa Rica; resident at Managua.
  3. ↑ Also accredited to Costa Rica; resident partly at Managua and partly at San José. ALEXANDER DIMITRY, Minister to Nicaragua and Costa Rica, has been recalled, although no successor bas been named. It is becoming a disgrace to the late Administration that this step was not taken long ago. Let us hope that Mr. LINCOLN will send sober men and anti-filibusters to represent the United States in all the Spanish-American countries. The New York Times , March 20, 1861,
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Commissioned to "the Central American States" but accredited individually to Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua; resident at Guatemala.
  5. 1 2 Also accredited to El Salvador and Costa Rica; resident at Managua.
  6. ↑ Originally accredited to Costa Rica, El Salvador, and Nicaragua; after December 12, 1907, only to Costa Rica and Nicaragua. Resident at San José.
  7. ↑ Ambassador Melton and seven other members of the American embassy were expelled by the Government of Nicaragua on July 11, 1988 because of United States support of the opposition to the Sandinista government. – "Nicaragua". U.S. Department of State. Retrieved July 2, 2011.
  8. ↑ "Paul A. Trivelli - People - Department History - Office of the Historian".
  9. ↑ "Robert J. Callahan - People - Department History - Office of the Historian".
  10. 1 2 "Ambassador - U.S. Embassy Managua, Nicaragua". Archived from the original on September 23, 2006. Retrieved May 1, 2012.
  11. ↑ "Ambassador Kevin K. Sullivan". State Department . Retrieved August 14, 2019.
  12. ↑ "Technical Difficulties". May 2, 2023.
  13. ↑ "U.S. Embassy Managua Welcomes Kevin M. O'Reilly as Chargé d'Affaires". June 28, 2023.

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