Ambassador of the United States to Palau | |
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Nominator | The President of the United States |
Appointer | The President with Senate advice and consent |
Inaugural holder | Helen Reed-Rowe as Ambassador Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary |
Formation | September 27, 2010 |
Website | U.S. Embassy - Koror |
The United States ambassador to Palau is the official representative of the president of the United States to the head of state of Palau.
Until 1994 Palau had been a part of the United Nations Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, administered by the United States. On May 25, 1994, the United Nations Security Council ended the trusteeship for the Palau district, and Palau became independent on October 1, 1994. The U.S. recognized Palau on the same day. Diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Palau were established on December 6, 1996, when U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines Thomas C. Hubbard was concurrently accredited to Palau and presented his credentials; he remained resident at Manila. The ambassadors to the Philippines continued to represent the U.S. until October 10, 2004, when the U.S. Embassy in Koror was established, with Deborah L. Kingsland as Chargé d’Affaires. The first ranking ambassador was commissioned to Koror in 2010. [1]
Name | Title | Appointed | Presented credentials | Terminated mission | Notes |
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Thomas C. Hubbard – Career FSO [2] | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | July 2, 1996 | December 6, 1996 | Left Manila July 24, 2000 | |
Francis J. Ricciardone, Jr. – Career FSO [2] | February 21, 2002 | July 6, 2002 [3] | October 10, 2004 | The U.S. was represented by a series of Chargé d'Affaires 2004–2010. | |
Helen Reed-Rowe – Career FSO | September 27, 2010 | September 30, 2010 | July 26, 2013 | ||
Amy J. Hyatt – Career FSO | January 2, 2015 | March 10, 2015 | February 12, 2020 | ||
John Hennessey-Niland - Career FSO | February 14, 2020 | March 6, 2020 | September 9, 2022 [4] | ||
James Boughner - Career FSO | Chargé d'Affaires a.i. | September 9, 2022 | N/A | September 29, 2023 | |
Joel Ehrendreich | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | July 27, 2023 | September 29, 2023 | Incumbent |
Palau, officially the Republic of Palau, is an island country in the Micronesia subregion of Oceania in the western Pacific. The republic consists of approximately 340 islands and connects the western chain of the Caroline Islands with parts of the Federated States of Micronesia.
Ambassadors of the United States are persons nominated by the president to serve as the United States' diplomatic representatives to foreign nations, international organizations, and as ambassadors-at-large. Under Article II, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution, their appointment must be confirmed by the United States Senate; while an ambassador may be appointed during a recess, they can serve only until the end of the next session of Congress, unless subsequently confirmed.
Palau–United States relations are bilateral relations between the sovereign nations of Palau and the United States. Palau has an embassy in Washington, DC, whilst the United States has an embassy in Koror. The current US Ambassador to Palau Joel Ehrendreich.
Helen Reed-Rowe, a career diplomat of the Senior Foreign Service, served as the first resident United States Ambassador to Palau.
This is a summary history of diplomatic relations of the United States listed by country. The history of diplomatic relations of the United States began with the appointment of Benjamin Franklin as U.S. Minister to France in 1778, even before the U.S. had won its independence from Great Britain in 1783.
Palau–Philippines relations refers to the bilateral relations between Palau and the Philippines. The Philippines and Palau have shared centuries of history under the same Spanish colony, and after Philippine independence, Palaos (Palau) sent a delegation to the Malolos Congress.
Diplomatic relations are maintained between Japan and Palau, a small island country in the western Pacific Ocean that was once a Japanese colony. There is a Japanese embassy on the Palauan island of Koror and a Palauan embassy in Tokyo.
Marshall Islands–Spain relations are the bilateral and diplomatic relations between these two countries. The Spanish embassy in Manila, Philippines, is accredited for the Marshall Islands, plus Spain has an honorary consulate in Majuro. The Marshall Islands have an embassy in Madrid and a consulate in Barcelona.
Palau–Spain relations are the bilateral and diplomatic relations between these two countries. Palau currently has no diplomatic or consular representation in Spain. However, Spain has a consulate in Koror, while the embassy representing Spain for Palau is in Manila, Philippines.
Joel Ehrendreich is an American diplomat who has served as the United States ambassador to Palau since September 2023. He previously served as the director of the Office of Japanese Affairs at the State Department from 2022 to 2023.