List of ambassadors of the United States to Singapore

Last updated

United States Ambassador to Singapore
U.S. Department of State official seal.svg
Seal of the United States Department of State
Jonathan Kaplan, Ambassador to Singapore.jpg
Incumbent
Jonathan Kaplan
since December 6, 2021 [1]
Department of State
Reports to U.S. Secretary of State
Seat Singapore
Nominator President of the United States
Appointer United States Congress
Term length No term limit
Inaugural holder Richard H. Donald
Formation1966;57 years ago (1966)
Website U.S. Embassy – Singapore

The United States ambassador to Singapore is the official representative of the United States of America to the Republic of Singapore. The incumbent ambassador is Jonathan E. Kaplan since December 6, 2021, serving as the ambassador of the Embassy of the United States in Singapore.

Contents

List of ambassadors

No.NameTook officeLeft officePresident
1 Richard H. Donald
(Chargé d'Affaires, a.i.)		April 4, 1966September 1966 Lyndon B. Johnson
2 Francis Joseph Galbraith December 8, 1966July 7, 1969
3 Charles T. Cross October 10, 1969November 18, 1971 [2] Richard Nixon
4 Edwin M. Cronk July 31, 1972June 7, 1975 [3] Richard Nixon
Gerald Ford
5 John H. Holdridge August 5, 1975June 9, 1978Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
6 Richard F. Kneip August 7, 1978September 25, 1980 [4] Jimmy Carter
7 Harry E. T. Thayer December 13, 1980June 14, 1984 [5] Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
8 J. Stapleton Roy October 26, 1984October 4, 1986Ronald Reagan
9 Daryl Arnold April 28, 1987July 8, 1989 [6] Ronald Reagan
George H. W. Bush
10 Robert D. Orr July 14, 1989September 12, 1992 [7] George H. W. Bush
11 Jon Huntsman Jr. September 22, 1992June 15, 1993George H. W. Bush
Bill Clinton
12 Ralph L. Boyce
(Chargé d'Affaires, a.i.)		June 15, 1993August 15, 1994Bill Clinton
13 Timothy Chorba August 15, 1994January 7, 1998 [8]
14 Steven J. Green January 13, 1998February 27, 2001Bill Clinton
George W. Bush
15 Frank Lavin September 10, 2001October 11, 2005 [9] George W. Bush
16 Patricia L. Herbold December 29, 2005January 20, 2009
17 Daniel L. Shields
(Chargé d'Affaires, a.i.)		January 20, 2009April 29, 2010 [10] Barack Obama
18 David I. Adelman April 29, 2010September 1, 2013
19 Kirk Wagar September 25, 2013January 20, 2017 [11]
20 Stephanie Syptak-Ramnath
(Chargé d'Affaires, a.i.)		January 20, 2017 [12] July 26, 2019 Donald Trump
21 Rafik Mansour
(Chargée d'Affaires, a.i.)		July 30, 2019 [1] December 6, 2021
22 Jonathan Kaplan December 6, 2021 [13] Incumbent Joe Biden
source: [14]

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ambassadors of the United States</span> United States diplomatic position

Ambassadors of the United States are persons nominated by the president to serve as the country's 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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Michele J. Sison</span> American diplomat (born 1959)

Michele Jeanne Sison is an American diplomat and career member of the Senior Foreign Service serving as the assistant secretary of state for international organization affairs. She has previously served in various other diplomatic posts around the world on behalf of the United States, including ambassador to Haiti. Sison holds the personal rank of career ambassador.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Singapore–United States relations</span> Bilateral relations

The Singapore–United States relations refers to the bilateral relations between the Republic of Singapore and the United States of America. According to the U.S. Global Leadership Report, 77% of Singaporeans approved of U.S. leadership under the Obama Administration in 2010, and while this approval rating decreased slightly down to 75% in 2011, it nonetheless remains one of the highest ratings of the U.S. for any surveyed country in the Asia-Pacific region.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Donald Lu</span> American diplomat (born 1966)

Donald Lu is a United States diplomat serving as Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs since 2021. He previously served as both the United States Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan from 2018 to 2021 and the United States Ambassador to Albania from 2015 to 2018. Imran Khan claims he threatened to overthrow Khan's government through a no-confidence vote and had sent a threatening message to him through Pakistan's ambassador to the US Asad Majeed.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jeffrey DeLaurentis</span> American diplomat; U.S. Ambassador to Cuba from 2015 to 2017

Jeffrey DeLaurentis is an American diplomat who served as the Chargé d'affaires ad interim of the Embassy of the United States, Havana from 2015 to 2017 and is currently serving as the acting U.S. ambassador for special political affairs.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Richard M. Mills Jr.</span> American diplomat (born 1959)

Richard Merrill Mills Jr. is an American diplomat who serves as the United States deputy ambassador to the United Nations. He served as the U.S. Chargé d'Affaires and Acting Permanent Representative to the United Nations between January 20, 2021, and February 24, 2021, when Linda Thomas-Greenfield became ambassador. In July 2022, he was announced as the nominee to serve as the United States ambassador to Nigeria.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Todd C. Chapman</span> American diplomat (born 1962)

Todd Crawford Chapman is an American career diplomat who has served as the United States Ambassador to Brazil and the United States Ambassador to Ecuador.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Donald Blome</span> American diplomat

Donald Armin Blome is an American diplomat serving as the United States Ambassador to Pakistan since 2022. He also served as the United States Ambassador to Tunisia from 2019 to 2022.

References

  1. 1 2 "U.S. Embassy Singapore Announces the Arrival of Chargé d'Affaires, a.i. Rafik Mansour". US Embassy in Singapore. August 1, 2019. Archived from the original on November 28, 2020.
  2. ↑ Fritz | Review: Born a Foreigner
  3. ↑ "Arrangement Regarding International Tade in Textile" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 30, 2007. Retrieved July 11, 2007.
  4. ↑ "South Dakota Historical Listing Legislator Detail Richard F. Kneip". Archived from the original on March 9, 2008. Retrieved July 11, 2007.
  5. ↑ "Nominations, August 16, 1984". August 16, 1984. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Nomination of Daryl Arnold To Be United States Ambassador to Singapore". February 26, 1987. Archived from the original on March 8, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Gov. Robert D. Orr". Archived from the original on September 25, 2008. Retrieved July 11, 2007.
  8. ↑ "Timothy A. Chorba". Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. Retrieved July 11, 2007.
  9. ↑ "International Trade Administration". Archived from the original on September 18, 2007. Retrieved July 11, 2007.
  10. ↑ "World Factbook - Singapore". Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Retrieved April 25, 2010.
  11. ↑ "Miami lawyer Kirk Wagar tapped to be ambassador to Singapore". Miami Herald . July 30, 2013. Archived from the original on September 15, 2014.
  12. ↑ "Chargé d'Affaires, ad interim". sg.usembassy.gov. US Dept of State. Archived from the original on March 28, 2019.
  13. ↑ "Ambassador Jonathan Kaplan". U.S. Embassy in Singapore. December 6, 2021. Retrieved December 6, 2021.
  14. ↑ "Former U.S. Ambassadors to Singapore". U.S. Embassy in Singapore.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.