List of ambassadors of the United States to Pakistan
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The U.S. embassy in Karachi was established August 15, 1947, with Edward W. Holmes as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim, pending the appointment of an ambassador. The first ambassador, Paul H. Alling, was appointed on September 20, 1947. Anne W. Patterson was nominated as United States Ambassador to Pakistan in May 2007, replacing Ryan C. Crocker who was appointed United States Ambassador to Iraq after completing three years of service in Pakistan. In 2010, her post was succeeded by Cameron Munter. The American ambassador is based in the U.S. Embassy, Islamabad.
| Ambassador of the United States to Pakistan پاکستان میں امریکا کے سفیر | |
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| Nominator | The President of the United States |
| Appointer | The President with Senate advice and consent |
| Inaugural holder | Paul H. Alling as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary |
| Formation | September 20, 1947 |
| Website | U.S. Embassy - Islamabad |
Ambassadors
edit| Name | Title | Appointed | Presented credentials | Terminated mission | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul H. Alling – Career FSO[1] | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | September 20, 1947 | February 26, 1948 | June 27, 1948 | |
| Avra M. Warren – Career FSO[2] | February 2, 1950 | February 25, 1950 | November 26, 1952 | ||
| Horace A. Hildreth – Political appointee[3] | May 13, 1953 | May 19, 1953 | May 1, 1957 | ||
| James M. Langley – Political appointee | June 13, 1957 | July 27, 1957 | July 29, 1959 | ||
| William M. Rountree – Career FSO | June 18, 1959 | August 17, 1959 | February 7, 1962 | The capital of Pakistan was moved to Islamabad in August 1960. | |
| Walter P. McConaughy – Career FSO | March 1, 1962 | March 20, 1962 | May 27, 1966 | ||
| Eugene Murphy Locke – Political appointee | May 27, 1966 | June 9, 1966 | April 16, 1967 | ||
| Benjamin H. Oehlert, Jr. – Political appointee | July 27, 1967 | August 16, 1967 | June 17, 1969 | ||
| Joseph S. Farland – Political appointee | September 19, 1969 | November 15, 1969 | April 30, 1972 | The post was vacant May 1972–December 1973. Sidney Sober served as chargé d'affaires ad interim during that period | |
| Henry A. Byroade – Career FSO | October 15, 1973 | December 5, 1973 | April 23, 1977 | ||
| Arthur W. Hummel, Jr. – Career FSO | June 8, 1977 | June 28, 1977 | July 19, 1981 | ||
| Ronald I. Spiers – Career FSO | October 1, 1981 | October 29, 1981 | October 27, 1983 | ||
| Deane Roesch Hinton – Career FSO | November 21, 1983 | December 26, 1983 | November 9, 1986 | ||
| Arnold Lewis Raphel – Career FSO[4] | May 4, 1987 | June 24, 1987 | Died in office, August 17, 1988 | ||
| Robert B. Oakley – Career FSO[5] | August 18, 1988 | September 1, 1988 | August 29, 1991 | ||
| Nicholas Platt – Career FSO | July 2, 1991 | October 24, 1991 | November 3, 1992 | ||
| John Cameron Monjo – Career FSO | October 9, 1992 | November 10, 1992 | September 10, 1995 | ||
| Thomas W. Simons – Career FSO | December 19, 1995 | January 25, 1996 | August 24, 1998 | ||
| William B. Milam – Career FSO | August 3, 1998 | September 10, 1998 | July 6, 2001 | ||
| Wendy Jean Chamberlin – Career FSO | July 12, 2001 | September 13, 2001 | May 29, 2002 | ||
| Nancy Jo Powell – Career FSO | August 2, 2002 | August 16, 2002 | November 5, 2004 | ||
| Ryan C. Crocker – Career FSO | October 18, 2004 | November 25, 2004 | March 28, 2007 | ||
| Anne W. Patterson – Career FSO | July 2, 2007 | July 31, 2007 | October 5, 2010 | ||
| Cameron Munter – Career FSO | October 6, 2010 | October 27, 2010 | May 7, 2012 | ||
| Richard Olson – Career FSO | September 24, 2012 | October 31, 2012 | October 27, 2015 | ||
| David Hale – Career FSO | September 21, 2015 | December 3, 2015[6] | August 29, 2018 | ||
| John Hoover – Career FSO | Chargé d'Affaires ad interim | August 29, 2018 | September 22, 2018 | ||
| Paul W. Jones – Career FSO | September 22, 2018 | August 31, 2020 | |||
| Angela Aggeler – Career FSO | September 1, 2020 | May 23, 2022 | |||
| Donald Blome – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | March 1, 2022 | July 1, 2022 | Incumbent |
Notes
edit- ^ Alling was commissioned during a recess of the Senate and recommissioned after confirmation on December 9, 1947.
- ^ Avra was commissioned on December 28, 1949, during a recess of the Senate but did not serve under the recess appointment. He was nominated again, confirmed by the United States Senate, and commissioned on February 2, 1950.
- ^ Hildreth was reaccredited when Pakistan became a republic and formally received April 23, 1956.
- ^ Raphel died on August 17, 1988, in an airplane crash near Bhawalpur with Pakistani President Zia ul-Haq and Brigadier General Herbert M. Wassom, chief of the U.S. military group in Pakistan.
- ^ Oakley was commissioned during a recess of the Senate and recommissioned after confirmation on October 17, 1988.
- ^ "David Hale (1961–)". Office of the Historian, U.S Department of State. Retrieved July 11, 2018.