Ambassador of the United States to Uganda | |
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United States Department of State | |
Style | Mister Ambassador |
Residence | Kampala, Uganda |
Nominator | The President of the United States |
Term length | At the Pleasure of The President |
Inaugural holder | Olcott Deming as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary |
Formation | January 7, 1963 |
Website | U.S. Embassy - Kampala |
The United States ambassador to Uganda is the official representative of the government of the United States to the Government of Uganda.
Name | Title | Appointed | Presented credentials | Terminated mission | Notes |
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Olcott Deming – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | January 7, 1963 | January 14, 1963 | June 26, 1966 | |
Henry Endicott Stebbins – Career FSO | June 27, 1966 | July 22, 1966 | September 2, 1969 | ||
Clarence Clyde Ferguson, Jr. – Political appointee | March 17, 1970 | June 30, 1970 | July 19, 1972 | ||
Thomas Patrick Melady – Political appointee | June 12, 1972 | July 30, 1972 | February 9, 1973 | ||
David Crane Halsted – Career FSO | Chargé d'Affaires ad interim | June 18, 1979 | N/A | 1980 | |
Gordon Robert Beyer [1] – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | May 23, 1980 | June 13, 1980 | May 31, 1983 | |
Allen Clayton Davis [2] – Career FSO | April 5, 1983 | July 1, 1983 | August 14, 1985 | ||
Robert Gordon Houdek – Career FSO | October 28, 1985 | November 22, 1985 | August 17, 1988 | ||
John A. Burroughs, Jr. – Political appointee | August 12, 1988 | November 4, 1988 | August 28, 1991 | ||
Johnnie Carson – Career FSO | July 2, 1991 | September 18, 1991 | August 9, 1994 | ||
E. Michael Southwick – Career FSO | August 26, 1994 | October 6, 1994 | August 1, 1997 | ||
Nancy Jo Powell – Career FSO | November 7, 1997 | December 4, 1997 | July 9, 1999 | ||
Martin George Brennan – Career FSO | August 9, 1999 | October 11, 1999 | July 5, 2002 | ||
Jimmy J. Kolker – Career FSO | October 3, 2002 | November 17, 2002 | September 30, 2005 | ||
Steven A. Browning [3] – Career FSO | February 21, 2005 | April 26, 2006 | July 5, 2009 | ||
Jerry P. Lanier – Career FSO | August 10, 2009 | January 24, 2010 | June 11, 2012 | ||
Scott H. DeLisi - Career FSO | June 30, 2012 | September 3, 2012 | September 18, 2015 | ||
Deborah R. Malac – Career FSO | December 18, 2015 | February 27, 2016 | January 26, 2020 | ||
Natalie E. Brown – Career FSO | August 6, 2020 | November 17, 2020 | August 30, 2023 | ||
William W. Popp – Career FSO | July 27, 2023 | September 20, 2023 | Incumbent |
John Andrew Burroughs Jr. was the United States Ambassador to Malawi from 1981 to 1984 and the United States Ambassador to Uganda from 1988 to 1991. He was a lineman for the University of Iowa football team before spending over three decades in government service.