List of ambassadors of the United States to the Marshall Islands

Ambassador of the United States to the Marshall Islands
Seal of the United States Department of State
Flag of a United States ambassador
Incumbent Laura Stone since July 12, 2024 [1]
Nominator	The president of the United States
Appointer	The president with Senate advice and consent
Inaugural holder	Samuel B. Thomsen as Representative
Formation	October 21, 1986
Website	U.S. Embassy - Majuro

This is a list of the ambassadors of the United States to the Marshall Islands. The Office of the U.S. Representative was opened at Majuro on October 21, 1986. It was upgraded to an embassy on September 6, 1989.

Ambassadors

• Samuel B. Thomsen – Career FSO
  • State of Residency: California
  • Title: Representative
  • Appointment: June 15, 1987
  • Presentation of Credentials: July 11, 1987
  • Termination of Mission: Left post, July 11, 1990
• William Bodde, Jr. – Career FSO
  • State of Residency: Maryland
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointment: June 27, 1990
  • Presentation of Credentials: August 6, 1990
  • Termination of Mission: Left post, June 28, 1992
• David C. Fields – Career FSO
  • State of Residency: California
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointment: July 7, 1992
  • Presentation of Credentials: August 19, 1992
  • Termination of Mission: Left post, May 15, 1995
• Joan M. Plaisted – Career FSO
  • State of Residency: California
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointment: December 19, 1995
  • Presentation of Credentials: February 9, 1996
  • Termination of Mission: Left post July 28, 2000
  • Note: Also accredited to Kiribati; resident at Majuro.
• Michael J. Senko – Career FSO
  • State of Residency: District of Columbia
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointment: December 28, 2000
  • Presentation of Credentials: January 26, 2001
  • Termination of Mission: Left post August 2, 2003
  • Note: Also accredited to Kiribati; resident at Majuro.
• Greta N. Morris – Career FSO
  • State of Residency: California
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointment: July 1, 2003
  • Presentation of Credentials: August 26, 2003
  • Termination of Mission: Left post, August 2, 2006
• Clyde Bishop – Career FSO
  • State of Residency: Delaware
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointment: July 18, 2006
  • Presentation of Credentials: December 7, 2006
  • Termination of Mission: January 20, 2009
• Martha Campbell – Career FSO
  • State of Residency: Michigan
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointment: August 21, 2009
  • Presentation of Credentials: September 7, 2009
  • Termination of Mission: July 11, 2012
• Thomas Hart Armbruster - Career FSO ^[2]
  • State of Residency: New York
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointment: August 2, 2012
  • Presentation of Credentials: September 6, 2012
  • Termination of Mission: May 25, 2016
• Karen B. Stewart - Career FSO
  • State of Residency: Florida
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointment: June 6, 2016
  • Presentation of Credentials: July 25, 2016
  • Termination of Mission: January 27, 2020
• Roxanne Cabral
  • State of Residency: Virginia
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointment: December 31, 2019
  • Presentation of Credentials: February 6, 2020
  • Termination of Mission: March 3, 2023
• Laura Stone
  • State of Residency: Washington D.C.
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointment: May 2, 2024
  • Presentation of Credentials: July 12, 2024
  • Termination of Mission: Incumbent

See also

• Marshall Islands – United States relations
• Foreign relations of the Marshall Islands
• Ambassadors of the United States

References

1. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/M6g32pGrbKRZxSmN/?mibextid=xfxF2i ^{[ bare URL ]}
2. "The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR THOMAS HART ARMBRUSTER" (PDF). Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training. November 28, 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 16, 2024. Retrieved July 16, 2024.

• United States Department of State: Background notes on the Marshall Islands
•  This article incorporates public domain material from U.S. Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets. United States Department of State.

External links

• United States Department of State: Chiefs of Mission for the Marshall Islands
• United States Department of State: Marshall Islands
• United States Embassy in Majuro