Consulate-General of the United States in Hong Kong
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Garden Road, Hong Kong
Garden Road is a major road on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, connecting the Central and Mid-levels areas.At its lower end, Garden Road forms a grade-separated intersection with Queensway. For most of its length, Garden Road carries traffic only in the downhill direction. Uphill traffic is carried...
, Mid-levels
Mid-levels
Mid-levels is an expensive residential area on Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong. It is located halfway up Victoria Peak, directly above Central...
, Hong Kong Island
Hong Kong Island
Hong Kong Island is an island in the southern part of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. It has a population of 1,289,500 and its population density is 16,390/km², as of 2008...
since the late 1950s. The current Consul General is Stephen M. Young
Stephen M. Young (diplomat)
Stephen M. Young is an American diplomat and the current Consul General of the Consulate General of the United States in Hong Kong under the State department in the Obama administration....
, since March, 2010.
Although Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
and Macau
Macau
Macau , also spelled Macao , is, along with Hong Kong, one of the two special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China...
are under the sovereignty of the People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
, the U.S. Consulate General to Hong Kong operates as its own mission, with the Consul General as the "Chief of Mission". As such, the Consul General to Hong Kong and Macau is not under the jurisdiction of the Ambassador to China
United States Ambassador to China
The United States Ambassador to China is the chief American diplomat to People's Republic of China . The United States has sent diplomatic representatives to China since 1844, when Caleb Cushing, as Commissioner, negotiated the Treaty of Wanghia. Commissioners represented the United States in...
, and reports directly to the U.S. Department of State
United States Department of State
The United States Department of State , is the United States federal executive department responsible for international relations of the United States, equivalent to the foreign ministries of other countries...
as do other chiefs of mission, who are ambassador
Ambassador
An ambassador is the highest ranking diplomat who represents a nation and is usually accredited to a foreign sovereign or government, or to an international organization....
s in charge of embassies. All recent consuls general are at the Career Minister rank in the U.S. Senior Foreign Service
Senior Foreign Service
The Senior Foreign Service comprises the top four ranks of the United States Foreign Service. These ranks were created by the Foreign Service Act of 1980 and Executive Order 12293 in order to provide the Foreign Service with senior grades equivalent to general- and flag ranks in the military and...
, whereas many other ambassadors are only Minister Counsellor.
List of U.S. Consuls General for Hong Kong and Macau
- Edward S. BraggEdward S. BraggEdward Stuyvesant Bragg was a Democratic politician, lawyer and Union Army general from Wisconsin. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1877 to 1883 and from 1885 to 1887 and subsequently served as a foreign diplomat.-Early life and career:Born in Unadilla, New York, Bragg attended...
(1903–1906) - Karl L. RankinKarl L. Rankin- Background :Rankin was born September 4, 1898 to Emmet and Alberta Rankin in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. He would serve in the United States Navy during World War I and attended college at the California Institute of Technology, the Federal Polytechnic Institute in Zurich, Switzerland; and Princeton...
(October 1949 - August 1950) - Walter P. McConaughyWalter P. McConaughyWalter Patrick McConaughy, Jr. was a career American diplomat. McConaughy attended Duke University, graduating in 1930. Afterwards, he worked in the US State Department, and was posted to Hong Kong around 1950...
(August 1950 – June 1952) - Julian F. HarringtonJulian F. HarringtonJulian F. Harrington served as the United States Ambassador to Panama from 1955-1960.Harrington was born in Framingham, Massachusetts. He graduated from Columbia University. He served as a US vice counsel or counsel in Mexico, Spain and Canada prior to serving as ambassador in Panama.-Sources:**...
(July 1952 – December 1954) - Everett F. Drumright (December 1954 – March 1958)
- James Pilcher (March 1958 – March 1959)
- John M. Steeves (March 1959 – August 1959)
- Ambassador Julius C. HolmesJulius C. HolmesJulius C. Holmes was born in Pleasanton, Kansas and graduated from the University of Kansas in 1922.In 1942, Holmes served as the Executive Officer for the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff...
(September 1959 – March 1961) - Sam P. Gilstrap (April 1961 – October 1961)
- Marshall GreenMarshall GreenMarshall Green was a United States diplomat whose career focused on East Asia. Green was the senior American diplomat in South Korea at the time of the 1960 April Revolution, and was United States Ambassador to Indonesia at the time of the Transition to the New Order...
(November 1961 – August 1963) - Edward E. Rice (February 1964 – September 1967)
- Edwin W. MartinEdwin W. MartinEdwin W. Martin was an American diplomat. After his education at Deerfield Academy, Oberlin College, and The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, he embarked upon a career in the U.S. Foreign Service. He went on to serve as consul in Hong Kong and U.S...
(October 1967 – July 1970) - David L. OsbornDavid L. OsbornDavid Lawrence Osborn of Tennessee served as Consul General of the United States of America Hong Kong and Macau from August 1970 to March 1974, and as United States Ambassador to Burma from March 1974 to July 1977, immediately following Edwin W. Martin in both positions.-External links:*...
(August 1970 – March 1974) - Ambassador Charles T. CrossCharles T. CrossCharles T. "Chuck" Cross was an American career diplomat and ambassador who held many positions in American government around the world. He served as the U.S. Consul General in Hong Kong, 1974-77, and was the second United States Ambassador to Singapore, serving from 1969 to 1972...
(March 1974 – September 1977) - Thomas P. Shoesmith (October 1977 – October 1981)
- Burton LevinBurton LevinBurton Levin is the SIT Investment Visiting Professor of Asian Policy at Carleton College. He earned his MA in International Affairs at Columbia University and went on to work in the Foreign Service...
(February 1982 – July 1986) - Donald M. AndersonDonald M. AndersonDonald Meyers Anderson was born December 13, 1915 in Bridgewater, South Dakota. Anderson became an influential artist and designer, publishing such textbooks such as The Elements of Design and The Art of Written Forms while he taught art at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He also...
(July 1986 – June 1990) - Ambassador Richard L. WilliamsRichard Llewellyn WilliamsRichard Llewellyn Williams, was a career member of the Senior Foreign Service who, over three decades as a career U.S. diplomat, opened the first American consulate in mainland China since the 1940s , served as the first U.S...
(June 1990 – June 1993) - Richard W. Mueller (June 1993 – July 1996)
- Ambassador Richard A. Boucher (August 1996 – July 1999)
- Ambassador Michael Klosson (August 1999 – July 2002)
- James R. Keith (August 2002 – April 2005)
- Ambassador James B. CunninghamJames B. CunninghamAmbassador James Blair Cunningham is an American diplomat. Having served as the acting United States Ambassador to the United Nations , and Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations , Cunningham served as the Consul General of the United States of...
(4 August 2005 - July 2008) - Ambassador Joseph R Donovan Jr. (August 2008 - July 2009)
- Christopher J. Marut (Acting Consul General) (July 2009 - February 2010)
- Ambassador Stephen M. YoungStephen M. Young (diplomat)Stephen M. Young is an American diplomat and the current Consul General of the Consulate General of the United States in Hong Kong under the State department in the Obama administration....
(March 2010 -)
See also
- British Consulate-General, Hong KongBritish Consulate-General, Hong KongThe British Consulate-General Hong Kong, located at 1 Supreme Court Road, Admiralty on Hong Kong Island, is the largest British consulate-general and is bigger than many British embassies and high commissions abroad...
- Canadian Consulate-General, Hong Kong - formerly High Commission, Hong Kong prior to 1997
- Diplomatic missions in Hong KongDiplomatic missions in Hong KongThis is a list of consular posts in Hong Kong. As at January 2008, there are 57 consulates-general and 57 consulates , and five officially recognised bodies in Hong Kong...
- Diplomatic missions of the United States