List of ambassadors of the United States to Dominica
| Ambassador of the United States to Dominica | |
|---|---|
 Seal of the United States Department of State | |
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| Nominator | The President of the United States |
| Appointer | The President with Senate advice and consent |
| Inaugural holder | Sally Angela Shelton as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary |
| Formation | July 18, 1979 |
| Website | U.S. Embassy - Bridgetown |
The United States ambassador to Dominica is the official representative of the government of the United States to the government of Dominica. The title of the ambassador is United States Ambassador to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean and is concurrently the ambassador to Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
No mission has ever been established at Roseau. All diplomatic functions are handled out of the U.S. Embassy at Bridgetown, Barbados.
List of U.S. ambassadors to Dominica
[edit]The following is a list of U.S. ambassadors, or other chiefs of mission, to Dominica. The title given by the United States State Department to this position is currently Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.
| Representative | Title | Presentation of credentials |
Termination of mission |
Appointed by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sally Angela Shelton[1] | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | July 18, 1979 | February 24, 1981 | Jimmy Carter |
| Milan D. Bish[2] | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | December 18, 1981 | March 4, 1984 | Ronald Reagan |
| Thomas H. Anderson, Jr.[3] | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | August 1, 1984 | March 12, 1986 | |
| Paul A. Russo[3] | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | December 1986 | June 25, 1988 | |
| John E. Clark | Chargé d'Affaires ad interim | June 1988 | November 1990 | |
| G. Philip Hughes[4] | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | November 19, 1990 | June 17, 1993 | George H. W. Bush |
| Jeanette W. Hyde[4][5] | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | April 21, 1994 | January 31, 1998 | Bill Clinton |
| E. William Crotty[6] | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | October 22, 1998[7] | October 10, 1999[8] | |
| James A. Daley[6] | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | October 23, 2000 | March 1, 2001 | |
| Earl Norfleet Phillips[6] | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | May 9, 2002 | June 1, 2003 | George W. Bush |
| Mary Kramer[6] | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | March 3, 2004 | October 30, 2006 | |
| Mary Martin Ourisman[6] | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | January 24, 2007 | January 16, 2009 | |
| Brent Hardt[6] | Chargé d'Affaires ad interim | January 16, 2009 | June 19, 2011[9] | [10] |
| Christopher Sandrolini[6] | Chargé d'Affaires ad interim | June 19, 2011 | May 22, 2012[9] | |
| Larry Leon Palmer | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | May 30, 2012[11] | January 19, 2016 | Barack Obama |
| Linda Swartz Taglialatela | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | March 2, 2016 | December 27, 2023 | |
| Joaquin F. Monserrate | Chargé d'Affaires ad interim | December 28, 2023 | January 11, 2024 | Joe Biden |
| Roger F. Nyhus | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | February 26, 2024 | Incumbent | Joe Biden |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Also accredited to Barbados and Grenada; Minister to St. Lucia, and Special Representative to Antigua; St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla; and St. Vincent. Resident at Bridgetown.
- ^ Also accredited to Barbados; Antigua and Barbuda; St. Lucia; and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Resident at Bridgetown.
- ^ a b Also accredited to Barbados; Antigua and Barbuda; St. Christopher and Nevis; St. Lucia; St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Resident at Bridgetown.
- ^ a b Also accredited to Barbados; St. Lucia; and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Resident at Bridgetown.
- ^ Appointed Ambassador to Grenada; Antigua and Barbuda; and St. Kitts and Nevis, March 4, 1995.
- ^ a b c d e f g Also accredited to Barbados; Antigua and Barbuda; Grenada; St. Kitts and Nevis; St. Lucia; and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Resident at Bridgetown.
- ^ Date of appointment. Crotty did not present credentials in Dominica.
- ^ Died at Gainesville, Florida on this date.
- ^ a b "Chargé d'Affaires". United States Department of State. Archived from the original on July 24, 2011. Retrieved July 3, 2011.
- ^ Chargés d’Affaires a.i. are not appointed by the President.
- ^ Embassy of the United States - Barbados & E. Caribbean (2012), Congress Confirms Ambassador to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, U.S. Department of State, archived from the original on May 9, 2012, retrieved May 21, 2012.
- "U.S. Diplomatic chiefs of mission to Dominica". The Political Graveyard. March 10, 2005. Retrieved September 7, 2007.
- United States Department of State: Background notes on Dominica
This article incorporates public domain material from U.S. Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets. United States Department of State.
External links
[edit]- United States Department of State: Chiefs of Mission for Dominica
- United States Department of State: Dominica
- United States Embassy in Bridgetown
