List of ambassadors of the United States to Venezuela

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Ambassador of the United States to Venezuela
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Incumbent
Francisco Palmieri
Chief of Mission
since May 19, 2023
NominatorThe President of the United States
Inaugural holder John G. A. Williamson
as Chargé d'Affaires
FormationJune 30, 1835
Website U.S. Embassy - Caracas

The following is a list of United States ambassadors, or other chiefs of mission, to Venezuela. The title given by the United States State Department to this position is currently Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary. The ambassadors are posted at the Embassy of the United States, Caracas.

Contents

Ambassadors

RepresentativeTitlePresentation
of credentials		Termination
of mission		Appointed by
B.Irvine [1] Chargé d'Affaires February 14, 1819June 29, 1835 [2] Martin Van Buren
John G. A. Williamson Chargé d'Affaires June 30, 1835August 7, 1840 [2] Andrew Jackson
A. A. Hall Chargé d'AffairesSeptember 22, 1841November 29, 1844 John Tyler
Vespasian Ellis Chargé d'AffairesNovember 29, 1844August 1, 1845
Benjamin G. Shields Chargé d'AffairesAugust 1, 1845January 2, 1850 James K. Polk
I. Nevitt Steele Chargé d'AffairesJanuary 7, 1850October 18, 1853 Zachary Taylor
Charles Eames Chargé d'AffairesMay 23, 1854September 2, 1854 Franklin Pierce
Minister Resident September 2, 1854September 14, 1858
Edward A. Turpin Minister ResidentSeptember 21, 1858November 16, 1861 James Buchanan
Henry T. Blow Minister ResidentJune 8, 1861 [3] February 22, 1862 Abraham Lincoln
Erastus D. Culver Minister ResidentOctober 7, 1862May 17, 1866
James Wilson Minister ResidentOctober 10, 1866August 8, 1867 [2] Andrew Johnson
Thomas N. Stilwell Minister ResidentDecember 16, 1867June 7, 1868
James R. Partridge Minister ResidentJuly 8, 1869May 9, 1870 Ulysses S. Grant
William A. Pile Minister ResidentOctober 9, 1871January 9, 1874
Thomas Russell Minister ResidentJuly 4, 1874January 29, 1877 [4]
Jehu Baker Minister ResidentMarch 18, 1878September 5, 1881 Rutherford B. Hayes
George W. Carter Minister ResidentSeptember 1881May 16, 1882 Chester A. Arthur
Jehu Baker Minister ResidentMay 16, 1882July 7, 1884 Rutherford B. Hayes [5]
Minister Resident/Consul General July 7, 1884June 20, 1885 Chester A. Arthur
Charles L. Scott Minister Resident/Consul GeneralJune 24, 1885September 18, 1888 Grover Cleveland
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary September 18, 1888January 18, 1889
William L. Scruggs Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryMay 30, 1889December 15, 1892 Benjamin Harrison
Frank C. Partridge Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryMarch 4, 1893January 9, 1894 Grover Cleveland
Seneca Haselton Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJuly 14, 1894May 1, 1895
Allen Thomas Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJuly 22, 1895June 30, 1897
Francis B. Loomis Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryOctober 6, 1897March 25, 1901 [6] William McKinley
Herbert W. Bowen Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryAugust 24, 1901May 1, 1905
William W. Russell Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryAugust 22, 1905March 8, 1908 Theodore Roosevelt
Jacob Sleeper Chargé d'Affaires ad interim [7] March 8, 1908March 15, 1909
William W. Russell Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryMarch 15, 1909March 24, 1910 William H. Taft
John W. Garrett Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryMarch 30, 1911October 21, 1911
Elliott Northcott Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryFebruary 14, 1912June 3, 1913
Preston Buford McGoodwin Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryOctober 22, 1913October 5, 1921 Woodrow Wilson
Willis C. Cook Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryFebruary 1, 1922May 7, 1929 Warren G. Harding
George T. Summerlin Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryFebruary 21, 1930January 15, 1935 Herbert Hoover
Meredith Nicholson Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryApril 22, 1935April 14, 1938 Franklin D. Roosevelt
Antonio C. Gonzalez Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryMay 18, 1938February 8, 1939
Frank P. Corrigan Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary August 14, 1939September 5, 1947
Walter J. Donnelly Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryDecember 1, 1947September 2, 1950 Harry S. Truman
Norman Armour Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryDecember 7, 1950October 2, 1951
Fletcher Warren Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 21, 1951March 24, 1956
Dempster McIntosh Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryApril 26, 1956December 27, 1957 Dwight D. Eisenhower
Edward J. Sparks Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMarch 19, 1958April 15, 1961
Teodoro Moscoso Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMay 23, 1961November 21, 1961 John F. Kennedy
C. Allen Stewart Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMarch 14, 1962November 28, 1964
Maurice M. Bernbaum Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMarch 4, 1965July 9, 1969 Lyndon B. Johnson
Robert M. McClintock Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJuly 7, 1970March 14, 1975 Richard Nixon
Harry W. Shlaudeman Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMay 9, 1975May 14, 1976 Gerald Ford
Viron P. Vaky Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJuly 26, 1976June 24, 1978
William H. Luers Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 9, 1978June 28, 1982 Jimmy Carter
George W. Landau Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 25, 1982June 4, 1985 Ronald Reagan
Otto J. Reich Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJune 6, 1986July 17, 1989
Kenneth N. Skoug, Jr. Chargé d'Affaires ad interimJuly 17, 1989September 1990 George H. W. Bush
Robert C. Felder Chargé d'Affaires ad interimSeptember 1990November 19, 1990
Michael Martin Skol Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 19, 1990August 23, 1993
Jeffrey Davidow Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 1, 1993May 16, 1996 Bill Clinton
John F. Keane [8] Chargé d'Affaires ad interimMay 1996March 1997
John Francis Maisto Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMarch 21, 1997August 7, 2000
Donna Jean Hrinak Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 25, 2000January 23, 2002
Charles S. Shapiro Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMarch 19, 2002August 31, 2004 George W. Bush
William Brownfield Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 15, 2004 [9] July 2007
Patrick Duddy [10] Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 29, 2007 [11] September 6, 2008 [12]
John Caulfield Chargé d'Affaires ad interimSeptember 6, 2008 [13] July 1, 2009 [14]
Patrick Duddy [10] Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJuly 1, 2009 [14] July 16, 2010 Barack Obama
Phil LaidlawChargé d'Affaires ad interimJuly 16, 2010 [15] July 9, 2014
M. Lee McClenny Chargé d'Affaires ad interimJuly 9, 2014 [16] December 15, 2017 [17]  
Larry Leon Palmer [18] Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNot commissioned— Barack Obama
Todd D. Robinson Chargé d'Affaires ad interimDecember 18, 2017May 22, 2018 [19] Donald Trump
James B. Story Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJuly 2018May 19, 2023 [20]
Francisco Palmieri Chief of MissionMay 19, 2023Incumbent Joe Biden

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References

Specific
  1. ↑ National Archives, Washington. RG 59, General Records of the Department of State, Special Agents, Volume 8. T. XII, p. 119
  2. 1 2 3 Died at post
  3. ↑ Never presented credentials
  4. ↑ Venezuelan government refused to have further dealings with him.
  5. ↑ Because Baker had not presented a letter of recall in 1881, he resumed his functions as Minister Resident on May 16, 1882 without reaccreditation under his original appointment.
  6. ↑ Recall requested by Venezuelan government
  7. ↑ The U.S. severed relations with Venezuela on June 20, 1908
  8. ↑ "US Ambassador to Venezuela". NNDB. 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-27.
  9. ↑ Date of Brownfield’s appointment, rather than of Presentation of Credentials.
  10. 1 2 Ambassador Duddy was declared persona non grata and expelled by the Venezuelan government in September 2008. He was returned to his post by mutual agreement of the U.S. and Venezuelan governments in 2009. Duddy completed his tour in July 2010. "Background Note: Venezuela". United States Department of State. Retrieved 2011-07-04.
  11. ↑ Date of Duddy’s swearing in, rather than of Presentation of Credentials.
  12. ↑ "Estados Unidos expulsam embaixador venezuelano". Público. 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-12.
  13. ↑ "Deputy Chief of Mission :: U.S. Embassy, Venezuela ::". Archived from the original on 2010-05-27. Retrieved 2008-11-11.
  14. 1 2 "Patrick Duddy". United States Department of State. 10 September 2007. Retrieved April 28, 2010.
  15. ↑ "HeadlineAlley".
  16. ↑ "U.S. Re-Establishing Direct Diplomatic Relations With Venezuela - More 'Productive' That Way". Fox News Latino . 2014-07-10. Retrieved 2016-11-23.
  17. ↑ "Lee McClenny - People - Department History - Office of the Historian".
  18. ↑ On June 28, 2010, President Obama had nominated Ambassador Palmer for the post and the government of Venezuela had agreed, but December 20, 2010 the Venezuelan government revoked agreement for Ambassador-designate Palmer, which had been issued in May. "Background Note: Venezuela". United States Department of State. Retrieved 2011-07-04.
  19. ↑ "Todd Robinson". United States Department of State. Retrieved 2019-03-28.
  20. ↑ "Chief of Mission Francisco L. Palmieri". 19 May 2023.
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