List of ambassadors of the United States to Panama

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Ambassador of the United States to Panama
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Ambassador Kevin Marino Cabrera official portrait.png
since May 5, 2025
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 July 22, 1904May 13, 1905
Charles E. Magoon August 7, 1905September 25, 1906
Herbert G. Squiers November 8, 1906August 3, 1909
R. S. Reynolds Hitt March 26, 1910July 19, 1910 William H. Taft
Thomas C. Dawson September 24, 1910December 1, 1910
Henry Percival Dodge November 9, 1911June 10, 1913
William Jennings Price October 11, 1913December 28, 1921 Woodrow Wilson
John Glover South December 28, 1921January 5, 1930 Warren G. Harding
Roy T. Davis March 14, 1930September 20, 1933 Herbert Hoover
Antonio C. Gonzalez October 11, 1933January 9, 1935 Franklin D. Roosevelt
George T. Summerlin March 8, 1935July 7, 1937
Frank P. Corrigan September 2, 1937June 14, 1939
William Dawson Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary July 14, 1939April 21, 1941
Edwin C. Wilson May 23, 1941September 23, 1943
Avra M. Warren June 22, 1944January 5, 1945
Frank T. Hines November 1, 1945February 20, 1948 Harry S. Truman
Monnett B. Davis May 28, 1948January 24, 1951
John C. Wiley July 25, 1951November 27, 1953
Selden Chapin January 22, 1954May 29, 1955 Dwight D. Eisenhower
Julian F. HarringtonAugust 30, 1955July 14, 1960
Joseph S. Farland August 29, 1960August 31, 1963
Wallace W. Stuart Chargé d'Affaires ad interimSeptember 1963January 10, 1964 Lyndon B. Johnson
Henry L. Taylor April 3, 1964May 6, 1964
Jack Hood Vaughn Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMay 6, 1964February 27, 1965
Charles W. Adair, Jr. May 13, 1965September 6, 1969
Robert M. Sayre October 31, 1969March 14, 1974 Richard Nixon
William J. Jorden April 17, 1974August 25, 1978
Ambler Hodges Moss, Jr. October 6, 1978July 15, 1982 Jimmy Carter
Everett Ellis Briggs October 29, 1982February 24, 1986 Ronald Reagan
Arthur H. Davis, Jr. April 4, 1986January 3, 1990
Deane Roesch Hinton January 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 February 26, 1999March 1, 2001
Linda Ellen Watt December 17, 2002June 3, 2005 George W. Bush
William A. Eaton September 9, 2005July 5, 2008 [2]
Barbara J. Stephenson August 6, 2008 [3] July 14, 2010
Phyllis M. Powers [4] August 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] December 9, 2015March 9, 2018
Roxanne Cabral Chargé d'Affaires ad interimMarch 9, 2018January 16, 2020 Donald Trump
Philip Laidlaw January 16, 2020August 1, 2020
Stewart Tuttle August 1, 2020November 21, 2022
Joe Biden
Mari Carmen Aponte Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 21, 2022January 20, 2025
John BarrettChargé d'Affaires ad interimJanuary 20, 2025April 28, 2025 Donald Trump
Kevin Marino Cabrera Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMay 5, 2025Incumbent

See also

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 January 15, 2011.
  6. ↑ "Jonathan D. Farrar - People - Department History - Office of the Historian".
  7. ↑ "Ambassador". Archived from the original on March 6, 2008.
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