List of ambassadors of the United States to Romania

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Ambassador of the United States to Romania
Ambasadorilor Statelor Unite ale Americii în România
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Incumbent
Kathleen Kavalec
since February 14, 2023
NominatorThe President of the United States
AppointerThe President
with Senate advice and consent
Inaugural holder Eugene Schuyler
as Diplomatic Agent/Consul General
FormationJune 11, 1880
Website U.S. Embassy - Bucharest

A United States diplomatic representative to Romania has existed since 1880. The United States formally recognized Romania in 1878, following the Treaty of Berlin; diplomatic relations were opened in 1880, and American diplomats were sent to the country. Until the early 20th century, most ambassadors to Romania were also responsible for Greece, Serbia, and occasionally Bulgaria. No U.S. Embassy was established in Romania for some time; ambassadors typically operated out of Athens until about 1905, at which point an embassy was established in Bucharest.

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The main U.S. embassy in Romania remains in Bucharest and is located at 4-6 Dr. Liviu Librescu Blvd. For several years during World War II, following the death of Ambassador Franklin Mott Gunther, there was no American ambassador to Romania. The latter country became an Axis country, and declared war on the Allies (see Romania during World War II ). Preceded by American representation in the Allied Commission after 1945, the diplomatic mission was reopened in 1947. In 1994, the U.S. embassy was expanded, and a branch office was opened in Cluj-Napoca.

Ambassadors

NameTitleAppointed Presented credentials Terminated missionNotes
Eugene Schuyler [1] Diplomatic Agent/Consul GeneralJune 11, 1880December 14, 1880 [2] September 7, 1884
Walker Fearn Minister Resident/Consul GeneralApril 18, 1885 [3] October 20, 1885October 24, 1899
A. Loudon Snowden [4] July 1, 1889 [5] November 25, 1889August 18–25, 1892
Truxtun Beale [6] July 22, 1892Did not present credentials in Romania1893
Eben Alexander Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary/Consul GeneralApril 7, 1893 [7] June 15, 1894Athens, August 1, 1897
William Woodville Rockhill [8] July 8, 1897 [7] May 18, 1898April 27, 1899
Arthur S. Hardy Envoy Extraordinary/Minister PlenipotentiaryApril 18, 1899 [9] July 14, 1900March 13, 1901
Charles Spencer Francis December 20, 1900 [7] October 16, 1901December 24, 1902
John Brinkerhoff Jackson October 13, 1902 [10] April 7, 1903July 25, 1905
John W. Riddle March 8, 1905 [11] October 3, 1905January 23, 1907
Horace G. Knowles January 16, 1907 [12] May 7, 1907February 4, 1909
Spencer F. Eddy January 11, 1909 [13] July 9, 1909September 29, 1909
John R. Carter September 25, 1909 [14] November 14, 1909October 24, 1911.
John Brinkerhoff Jackson August 12, 1911 [15] December 24, 1911October 28, 1913
Charles J. Vopicka – Political AppointeeSeptember 11, 1913 [15] November 27, 1913July 10, 1920
Peter Augustus Jay – Career FSOApril 18, 1921June 30, 1921May 9, 1925
William S. Culbertson – Political AppointeeApril 28, 1925 [16] December 12, 1925April 15, 1928
Charles S. Wilson – Career FSOJune 23, 1928 [17] October 13, 1928August 2, 1933
Alvin Mansfield Owlsey – Political AppointeeJune 13, 1933September 15, 1933June 16, 1935
Leland Harrison – Career FSOMay 15, 1935July 24, 1935September 3, 1937
Franklin Mott Gunther – Career FSOJuly 31, 1937October 23, 1937December 22, 1941Romania declared war on U.S., December 12, 1941

Gunther died at Bucharest, December 22, 1941

Rudolf E. Schoenfeld – Career FSOJuly 28, 1947September 25, 1947May 24, 1950
James W. Gantenbein – Career FSOChargé d'Affaires ad interimSeptember 1950November 1952
Harold Shantz – Career FSOEnvoy Extraordinary/Minister PlenipotentiarySeptember 27, 1952 [18] November 20, 1952August 30, 1955
Robert H. Thayer – Political AppointeeAugust 17, 1955 [19] November 10, 1955December 12, 1957
Clifton R. Wharton – Career FSOFebruary 5, 1958March 7, 1958October 21, 1960
William A. Crawford – Career FSONovember 28, 1961 [20] February 10, 1962December 24, 1964Promoted to Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
William A. Crawford – Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryDecember 4, 1964December 24, 1964October 10, 1965
Richard H. Davis – Career FSOSeptember 24, 1965 [21] December 16, 1965August 6, 1969
Leonard C. Meeker – Political AppointeeJuly 22, 1969 [21] September 16, 1969May 10, 1973
Harry G. Barnes, Jr. – Career FSODecember 19, 1973 [21] March 14, 1974November 10, 1977
O. Rudolph Aggrey – Career FSOOctober 21, 1977 [21] November 22, 1977July 11, 1981
David B. Funderburk – Political AppointeeOctober 2, 1981 [21] October 13, 1981May 13, 1985
Roger Kirk – Career FSONovember 15, 1985 [21] November 29, 1985July 5, 1989
Alan Green, Jr. – Political AppointeeOctober 10, 1989 [21] December 7, 1989January 11, 1992
John R. Davis Jr. – Career FSODecember 2, 1991March 11, 1992August 9, 1994
Alfred H. Moses – Political AppointeeSeptember 29, 1994December 14, 1994August 11, 1997
James Carew Rosapepe – Political AppointeeNovember 10, 1997February 4, 1998March 1, 2001
Michael E. Guest – Career FSOAugust 3, 2001September 24, 2001July 8, 2004
Jack Dyer Crouch II – Political AppointeeMay 25, 2004July 16, 2004February 28, 2005
Nicholas F. Taubman – Political AppointeeNovember 29, 2005December 5, 2005December 3, 2008
Mark Gitenstein – Political AppointeeJuly 29, 2009August 28, 2009December 14, 2012
Duane C. Butcher – Career FSOChargé d'affaires ad interimDecember 14, 2012July 2014
Dean R. Thompson – Career FSOJuly 2014 [22] September 20, 2015
Hans G. Klemm – Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 7, 2015September 21, 2015December 14, 2019
Adrian Zuckerman - Political appointeeNovember 21, 2019December 17, 2019January 20, 2021
David MunizChargé d'affaires ad interimJanuary 20, 2021February 14, 2023
Kathleen Kavalec – Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryDecember 15, 2022February 14, 2023Incumbent

Notes

  1. ↑ Later promoted to Chargé d'Affaires/Consul General, eventually as Minister Resident/Consul General at which point he was also accredited to Greece and Serbia and transferred residence to Athens.
  2. ↑ Credentials delivered in a private audience, December 14, 1880; not formally received although the Romanian Foreign Ministry had indicated on August 13, 1880 a willingness to enter provisionally into relations with the U.S. Legation.
  3. ↑ Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on January 13, 1886. Also accredited to Greece and Serbia; resident at Athens.
  4. ↑ Promoted to Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
  5. ↑ Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on December 19, 1889. Also accredited to Greece and Serbia; resident at Athens.
  6. ↑ Promoted to Minister Resident/Consul General and later Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary/Consul General
  7. 1 2 3 Also accredited to Greece and Serbia; resident at Athens.
  8. ↑ Later recommissioned as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
  9. ↑ Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on December 14, 1899. Also accredited to Greece and Serbia; resident at Athens.
  10. ↑ Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on December 8, 1902. Also accredited to Greece and Serbia; resident at Athens. Later recommissioned as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Greece, Romania, and Serbia and Diplomatic Agent to Bulgaria; resident at Athens. Recommissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on November 16, 1903.
  11. ↑ Commissioned to Romania and Serbia; resident at Bucharest
  12. ↑ Commissioned to Romania and Serbia; resident at Bucharest. Later Recommissioned as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Romania and Serbia and Diplomatic Agent in Bulgaria during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on December 12, 1907.
  13. ↑ Commissioned as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Romania and Serbia and Diplomatic Agent in Bulgaria; resident at Bucharest.
  14. ↑ Commissioned during a recess of the Senate as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Romania and Serbia and Diplomatic Agent in Bulgaria; resident at Bucharest; recommissioned on December 13, 1909, after confirmation. Later recommissioned as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Romania, Serbia, and Bulgaria
  15. 1 2 Commissioned as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Romania, Serbia, and Bulgaria; resident at Bucharest.
  16. ↑ Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on December 17, 1925.
  17. ↑ Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on January 23, 1929.
  18. ↑ Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on June 4, 1953.
  19. ↑ Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on January 25, 1956.
  20. ↑ Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on January 30, 1962. Later promoted to Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on January 18, 1965. John P. Shaw was serving as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim when the Legation in Bucharest was raised to Embassy status on June 1, 1964.
  21. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Commissioned to the Socialist Republic of Romania.
  22. ↑ Chargé d'affaires a.i.

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