List of ambassadors of the United States to Panama

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Ambassador of the United States to Panama
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Incumbent
Mari Carmen Aponte
since November 21, 2022
NominatorThe President of the United States
AppointerThe President
with Senate advice and consent
Inaugural holder William Insco Buchanan
(as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary)
FormationDecember 17, 1903
Website U.S. Embassy - Panama City

The United States has maintained diplomatic relations with Panama since its separation from Colombia in 1903. The rank of the U.S. chief of mission to Panama was originally Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, but it was upgraded to Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in 1939.

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Normal diplomatic relations between the United States and Panama have been interrupted only once, from January 10 to April 3, 1964, in the aftermath of the Martyrs' Day riots over sovereignty.

List of ambassadors

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

RepresentativeTitlePresentation
of credentials		Termination
of mission		Appointed by
William I. Buchanan Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary [1] December 17, 1903February 2, 1904 Theodore Roosevelt
John Barrett Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJuly 22, 1904May 13, 1905
Charles E. Magoon Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryAugust 7, 1905September 25, 1906
Herbert G. Squiers Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryNovember 8, 1906August 3, 1909
R. S. Reynolds Hitt Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryMarch 26, 1910July 19, 1910 William H. Taft
Thomas C. Dawson Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiarySeptember 24, 1910December 1, 1910
Henry Percival Dodge Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryNovember 9, 1911June 10, 1913
William Jennings Price Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryOctober 11, 1913December 28, 1921 Woodrow Wilson
John Glover South Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryDecember 28, 1921January 5, 1930 Warren G. Harding
Roy T. Davis Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryMarch 14, 1930September 20, 1933 Herbert Hoover
Antonio C. Gonzalez Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryOctober 11, 1933January 9, 1935 Franklin D. Roosevelt
George T. Summerlin Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryMarch 8, 1935July 7, 1937
Frank P. Corrigan Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiarySeptember 2, 1937June 14, 1939
William Dawson Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary July 14, 1939April 21, 1941
Edwin C. Wilson Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMay 23, 1941September 23, 1943
Avra M. Warren Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJune 22, 1944January 5, 1945
Frank T. Hines Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 1, 1945February 20, 1948 Harry S. Truman
Monnett B. Davis Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMay 28, 1948January 24, 1951
John C. Wiley Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJuly 25, 1951November 27, 1953
Selden Chapin Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJanuary 22, 1954May 29, 1955 Dwight D. Eisenhower
Julian F. HarringtonAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 30, 1955July 14, 1960
Joseph S. Farland Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 29, 1960August 31, 1963
Wallace W. Stuart Chargé d'Affaires ad interimSeptember 1963January 10, 1964 Lyndon B. Johnson
Henry L. Taylor Chargé d'Affaires ad interimApril 3, 1964May 6, 1964
Jack Hood Vaughn Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMay 6, 1964February 27, 1965
Charles W. Adair, Jr. Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMay 13, 1965September 6, 1969
Robert M. Sayre Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 31, 1969March 14, 1974 Richard Nixon
William J. Jorden Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryApril 17, 1974August 25, 1978
Ambler Hodges Moss, Jr. Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 6, 1978July 15, 1982 Jimmy Carter
Everett Ellis Briggs Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 29, 1982February 24, 1986 Ronald Reagan
Arthur H. Davis, Jr. Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryApril 4, 1986January 3, 1990
Deane Roesch Hinton Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJanuary 9, 1990February 12, 1994 George H. W. Bush
Oliver P. Garza Chargé d'Affaires ad interimFebruary 12, 1994November 7, 1995 Bill Clinton
William J. Hughes Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 7, 1995October 13, 1998
Simon Ferro Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryFebruary 26, 1999March 1, 2001
Linda Ellen Watt Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryDecember 17, 2002June 3, 2005 George W. Bush
William A. Eaton Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarySeptember 9, 2005July 5, 2008 [2]
Barbara J. Stephenson Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 6, 2008 [3] July 14, 2010
Phyllis M. Powers [4] Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 8, 2010April 3, 2012 Barack Obama
John Law [5] Chargé d'Affaires ad interimApril 3, 2012May 15, 2012
Jonathan D. Farrar [6] Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMay 15, 2012June 5, 2015
John D. Feeley [7] Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryDecember 9, 2015March 9, 2018
Roxanne Cabral Chargé d'Affaires ad interimMarch 9, 2018January 16, 2020 Donald Trump
Philip Laidlaw Chargé d'Affaires ad interimJanuary 16, 2020August 1, 2020
Stewart Tuttle Chargé d'Affaires ad interimAugust 1, 2020November 21, 2022Donald Trump
Joe Biden
Mari Carmen Aponte Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 21, 2022Incumbent Joe Biden

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References

  1. ↑ Buchanan presented credentials as “Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary on special mission” in December 1903; he received new credentials as “Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary” only a few days before he was to leave Panama and apparently did not present them. He ceased to act “on special mission,” however, and conducted business in the capacity of “Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary” until his departure.
  2. ↑ "William A. Eaton - People - Department History - Office of the Historian".
  3. ↑ "Barbara Jean Stephenson - People - Department History - Office of the Historian".
  4. ↑ "Phyllis Marie Powers - People - Department History - Office of the Historian".
  5. ↑ "Embassy of the United States Panama - Deputy Chief of Mission". Archived from the original on 2011-01-15.
  6. ↑ "Jonathan D. Farrar - People - Department History - Office of the Historian".
  7. ↑ "Ambassador". Archived from the original on 2008-03-06.
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