Ambassador of the United States of America to the Republic of the Philippines | |
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Sugo ng Estados Unidos ng Amerika sa Republika ng Pilipinas | |
U.S. Department of State Embassy of the United States, Manila | |
Style | His or Her Excellency (formal) Mr. or Madam Ambassador (informal) |
Nominator | The President of the United States |
Appointer | The President with Senate advice and consent |
Precursor | High Commissioner to the Philippines |
Inaugural holder | Paul V. McNutt as Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary |
Formation | July 4, 1946 |
Website | U.S. Embassy - Philippines |
The Ambassador of the United States of America to the Republic of the Philippines (Filipino : Sugo ng Estados Unidos ng Amerika sa Republika ng Pilipinas) was established on July 4, 1946, after the Philippines gained its independence from the United States, as successor of the High Commissioner to the Philippines (the last high commissioner became the first ambassador).
The ambassador to the Philippines has also been accredited to the Republic of Palau since 1996. The ambassador works at the Embassy of the United States in Manila along Roxas Boulevard and holds residence in Forbes Park in Makati. The ambassador also has a summer residence in Baguio, The American Residence.
The next US ambassador to the Philippines is predicted to be Mr Richard Conrad based on reports from trusted sources from the Honch.
Image | U.S. Ambassador | Term started | Term ended | U.S. President | Philippine President |
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Paul V. McNutt [1] | July 4, 1946 | March 22, 1947 | Harry S. Truman | Sergio Osmeña Manuel Roxas | |
Emmet O'Neal | September 22, 1947 | April 28, 1948 | Manuel Roxas Elpidio Quirino | ||
Myron Melvin Cowen | May 23, 1949 | October 14, 1951 | |||
Raymond A. Spruance | February 7, 1952 | April 1, 1955 | Harry S. Truman Dwight D. Eisenhower | Elpidio Quirino Ramon Magsaysay | |
Homer S. Ferguson | April 12, 1955 | March 23, 1956 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | Ramon Magsaysay | |
Albert F. Nufer [2] | July 20, 1956 | November 6, 1956 | |||
Charles E. Bohlen | June 4, 1957 | October 15, 1959 | Carlos P. Garcia | ||
John D. Hickerson | January 13, 1960 | December 8, 1961 | Dwight D. Eisenhower John F. Kennedy | Carlos P. Garcia Diosdado Macapagal | |
William E. Stevenson | February 5, 1962 | June 14, 1964 | John F. Kennedy Lyndon B. Johnson Richard Nixon | Diosdado Macapagal Ferdinand Marcos | |
William McCormick Blair, Jr. | August 5, 1964 | October 21, 1967 | |||
G. Mennen Williams | June 17, 1968 | April 7, 1969 | Ferdinand Marcos | ||
Henry A. Byroade | August 29, 1969 | May 25, 1973 | |||
William H. Sullivan | August 6, 1973 | April 26, 1977 | Richard Nixon Gerald Ford Jimmy Carter | ||
David D. Newsom | November 11, 1977 | March 30, 1978 | Jimmy Carter Ronald Reagan | ||
Richard W. Murphy | June 8, 1978 | August 10, 1981 | |||
Michael Armacost | March 12, 1982 | April 18, 1984 | Ronald Reagan | ||
Stephen W. Bosworth | May 4, 1984 | April 2, 1987 | Ferdinand Marcos Corazon Aquino | ||
Nicholas Platt | August 27, 1987 | July 20, 1991 | Ronald Reagan George H. W. Bush | Corazon Aquino | |
Frank G. Wisner | August 16, 1991 | June 10, 1992 | George H. W. Bush | ||
Richard H. Solomon | September 4, 1992 | March 1, 1993 | Bill Clinton | Fidel V. Ramos | |
John Negroponte | October 26, 1993 | August 5, 1996 | |||
Thomas C. Hubbard | September 3, 1996 | July 24, 2000 | Fidel V. Ramos Joseph Estrada | ||
Michael E. Malinowski [3] | July 24, 2000 | September 2001 | Bill Clinton George W. Bush | Joseph Estrada Gloria Macapagal Arroyo | |
Robert W. Fitts [3] | September 2001 | February 21, 2002 | George W. Bush | Gloria Macapagal Arroyo | |
Francis J. Ricciardone, Jr. | February 21, 2002 | April 3, 2005 | |||
Joseph A. Mussomeli [3] | April 3, 2005 | August 2005 | |||
Darryl N. Johnson [3] | August 2005 | March 22, 2006 | |||
Kristie Kenney | March 22, 2006 | November 19, 2009 | George W. Bush Barack Obama | ||
Harry K. Thomas Jr. | April 27, 2010 | October 16, 2013 | Barack Obama | Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Benigno Aquino III | |
Philip S. Goldberg | November 21, 2013 | October 28, 2016 | Benigno Aquino III Rodrigo Duterte | ||
Sung Y. Kim | December 4, 2016 | October 4, 2020 | Donald Trump | Rodrigo Duterte | |
John C. Law [3] | October 4, 2020 | September 1, 2021 | Donald Trump Joe Biden | ||
Heather Variava [3] | September 1, 2021 | July 22, 2022 | Joe Biden | Bongbong Marcos | |
MaryKay Carlson | July 22, 2022 | Present |
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