List of ambassadors of the United States to Paraguay

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Ambassador of the United States to Paraguay
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Incumbent
Marc Ostfield

since March 9, 2022
NominatorThe President of the United States
AppointerThe President
with Senate advice and consent
Inaugural holder Charles Ames Washburn
as Commissioner
FormationNovember 26, 1861
Website U.S. Embassy - Asuncion

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

Contents

RepresentativeTitlePresentation
of credentials
Termination
of mission
Appointed by
Charles Ames Washburn CommissionerNovember 26, 1861May 13, 1863 Abraham Lincoln
Minister ResidentMay 13, 1863September 10, 1868
Martin T. McMahon Minister ResidentDecember 12, 1868June 21, 1869 Andrew Johnson
John L. Stevens [1] Minister ResidentAugust 26, 1870May 19, 1873 Ulysses S. Grant
John C. Caldwell [1] Minister ResidentDecember 15, 1874October 6, 1876
Chargé d'AffairesOctober 6, 1876July 10, 1882
William Williams [1] Chargé d'AffairesAugust 26, 1882July 21, 1885 Chester A. Arthur
John E. Bacon [1] Chargé d'AffairesSeptember 16, 1885October 23, 1888 Grover Cleveland
Minister ResidentOctober 23, 1888December 26, 1888
George Maney [1] Minister ResidentMay 19, 1890August 1891 Benjamin Harrison
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryAugust 1891June 30, 1894
Granville Stuart [1] Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiarySeptember 6, 1894January 4, 1898 Grover Cleveland
William R. Finch [1] Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryAugust 3, 1898May 29, 1905 William McKinley
Edward C. O'Brien [1] Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryAugust 5, 1905October 10, 1909 Theodore Roosevelt
Edwin V. Morgan [1] Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJune 29, 1910July 8, 1911 William H. Taft
Nicolai A. Grevstad [1] Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryOctober 30, 1911February 19, 1914
Daniel F. Mooney Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryMay 13, 1914June 13, 1921 Woodrow Wilson
William J. O'Toole Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryApril 3, 1922February 21, 1924 Warren G. Harding
George L. Kreeck Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJuly 22, 1925February 5, 1930 Calvin Coolidge
Post Wheeler Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryFebruary 12, 1930April 17, 1933 Herbert Hoover
Meredith Nicholson Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryOctober 30, 1933February 3, 1935 Franklin D. Roosevelt
Findley B. Howard Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryOctober 14, 1935January 16, 1941
Wesley Frost Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryApril 30, 1941April 15, 1942
Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryApril 15, 1942May 28, 1944
Willard L. Beaulac Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarySeptember 13, 1944May 28, 1947
Fletcher Warren Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 8, 1947July 25, 1950 Harry S. Truman
Howard H. Tewksbury Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJanuary 9, 1951February 16, 1952
George P. Shaw Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJuly 1, 1952October 31, 1953
Arthur A. Ageton Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarySeptember 9, 1954April 10, 1957 Dwight D. Eisenhower
Walter C. Ploeser Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 6, 1957September 12, 1959
Harry F. Stimpson, Jr. Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 23, 1959March 12, 1961
William P. Snow Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 4, 1961June 15, 1967 John F. Kennedy
Benigno C. Hernández Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 9, 1967July 15, 1969 Lyndon B. Johnson
J. Raymond Ylitalo Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 14, 1969September 11, 1972 Richard Nixon
George W. Landau Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 13, 1972October 14, 1977
Robert E. White Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 30, 1977January 27, 1980 Jimmy Carter
Lyle Franklin Lane Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarySeptember 9, 1980May 21, 1982
Arthur H. Davis, Jr. Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 6, 1982September 28, 1985 Ronald Reagan
Clyde D. Taylor Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 12, 1985September 2, 1988
Timothy Lathrop Towell Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarySeptember 26, 1988April 27, 1991
Jon David Glassman Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 8, 1991May 3, 1994 George H. W. Bush
Robert Edward Service Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 18, 1994October 7, 1997 Bill Clinton
Maura Harty Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 22, 1997May 30, 1999
David N. Greenlee Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJuly 19, 2000January 15, 2003
John F. Keane Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryFebruary 11, 2003October 27, 2005 George W. Bush
James Caldwell Cason Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryFebruary 1, 2006August 2, 2008
Liliana Ayalde Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 11, 2008August 5, 2011
James H. Thessin Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarySeptember 30, 2011August 2, 2014 Barack Obama
Leslie A. Bassett Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJanuary 15, 2015January 31, 2017
M. Lee McClenny Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryFebruary 20, 2018September 16, 2020 Donald Trump
Joseph Salazar Chargé d'Affaires September 16, 2020March 9, 2022 Donald Trump
Joe Biden
Marc Ostfield Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMarch 9, 2022Incumbent Joe Biden

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Also accredited to Uruguay; resident at Montevideo.