The United States Ambassador to Barbados is the official representative of the government of the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 to the government of Barbados

Barbados

Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles. It is in length and as much as in width, amounting to . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 kilometres east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, it is about east of the islands of Saint...

. The title of the ambassador is United States Ambassador to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean

United States Ambassador to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean

The Ambassador of the United States to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean is the official title of the U.S. Ambassador to several island nations of the Caribbean. The ambassador concurrently represents the United States to Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, St....

 and is concurrently the ambassador to Antigua and Barbuda

Antigua and Barbuda

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, Dominica

Dominica

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, Grenada

Grenada

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, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines, while resident in Bridgetown

Bridgetown

The city of Bridgetown , metropolitan pop 96,578 , is the capital and largest city of the nation of Barbados. Formerly, the Town of Saint Michael, the Greater Bridgetown area is located within the parish of Saint Michael...

, Barbados.

List of U.S. Ambassadors to Barbados

The following is a list of U.S. Ambassadors, or other chiefs of mission, to Barbados. 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
George Dolgin	Chargé d'Affaires Chargé d'affaires In diplomacy, chargé d’affaires , often shortened to simply chargé, is the title of two classes of diplomatic agents who head a diplomatic mission, either on a temporary basis or when no more senior diplomat has been accredited.-Chargés d’affaires:Chargés d’affaires , who were...  ad interim	November 30, 1966	November 30, 1967	Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon Baines Johnson , often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States after his service as the 37th Vice President of the United States...
Fredric R. Mann	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 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....	November 27, 1967	April 10, 1969
Eileen R. Donovan	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	September 5, 1969	August 3, 1974	Richard Nixon Richard Nixon Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. The only president to resign the office, Nixon had previously served as a US representative and senator from California and as the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961 under...
Theodore R. Britton, Jr.	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	February 12, 1975	April 22, 1977	Gerald Ford Gerald Ford Gerald Rudolph "Jerry" Ford, Jr. was the 38th President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977, and the 40th Vice President of the United States serving from 1973 to 1974...
Frank V. Ortiz, Jr. Frank V. Ortiz, Jr. Frank Vincent Ortiz, Jr. , was an American diplomat. He was Ambassador of the United States to Barbados, and Grenada as well as Special Representative to Dominica, Saint Lucia, Antigua, St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla, and St...	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	July 29, 1977	May 15, 1979	Jimmy Carter Jimmy Carter James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. is an American politician who served as the 39th President of the United States and was the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, the only U.S. President to have received the Prize after leaving office...
Sally Shelton-Colby Sally Shelton-Colby Sally Shelton-Colby is a Democratic American diplomat. She was Ambassador of the United States to Barbados, Grenada and Dominica as well as Minister to St Lucia, and Special Representative to Antigua, St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla, and St. Vincent from 1979 to 1981, under Jimmy...	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	June 7, 1979	February 24, 1981
Milan D. Bish Milan D. Bish Milan D. Bish was an American diplomat. He was Ambassador of the United States to Barbados, Dominica, St Lucia, Antigua, and St. Vincent, as well as Special Representative to St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla from 1981 to 1984, under Ronald Reagan....	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	December 10, 1981	March 4, 1984	Ronald Reagan Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor....
Thomas H. Anderson, Jr. Thomas H. Anderson, Jr. Thomas H. Anderson, Jr. is an American diplomat. He was Ambassador of the United States to Barbados, Dominica, St Lucia, Antigua, St. Vincent, and St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla from 1984 to 1986, under Ronald Reagan.-Biography:...	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	July 11, 1984	March 12, 1986
Paul A. Russo Paul A. Russo Paul A. Russo is an American diplomat. He was Ambassador of the United States to Barbados, Dominica, St Lucia, Antigua, St. Vincent, and St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla from 1986 to 1988, under Ronald Reagan.-Biography:...	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	December 10, 1986	June 25, 1988
John E. Clark	Chargé d'Affaires ad interim	June 1988	November 1990
G. Philip Hughes G. Philip Hughes G. Philip Hughes is an American diplomat. He was Ambassador of the United States to Barbados, Dominica, St Lucia, Antigua, St. Vincent, and St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla from 1990 to 1993, under George H. W. Bush.-Biography:...	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	November 14, 1990	June 17, 1993	George H. W. Bush George H. W. Bush George Herbert Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 41st President of the United States . He had previously served as the 43rd Vice President of the United States , a congressman, an ambassador, and Director of Central Intelligence.Bush was born in Milton, Massachusetts, to...
Jeanette W. Hyde Jeanette W. Hyde Jeanette W. Hyde is an American diplomat. She was Ambassador of the United States to Barbados, Dominica, St Lucia from 1994 to 1998, and to Antigua, Grenada, St. Vincent, and St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla from 1995 to 1998, under Bill Clinton.-Biography:...	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	April 14, 1994	January 31, 1998	Bill Clinton Bill Clinton William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...
E. William Crotty	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	November 24, 1998	October 10, 1999
James A. Daley	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	September 26, 2000	March 1, 2001
Marcia S. Bernicat	Chargé d'Affaires ad interim	August 2001	March 2002
Roland W. Bullen	Chargé d'Affaires ad interim	March 2002	August 2002
Earl Norfleet Phillips Earl Norfleet Phillips Earl Norfleet Phillips is an American diplomat. He was Ambassador of the United States to Barbados, Dominica, St Lucia, Antigua, St. Vincent, and St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla from 2002 to 2003, under George W. Bush.-Biography:...	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	March 19, 2002	June 1, 2003	George W. Bush George W. Bush George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....
Mary E. Kramer Mary E. Kramer Mary E. Kramer is a former Republican Iowa State Senator who served from 1990 to 2003. She was elected President of the Senate in 1997, becoming the first independently elected woman to fill the post. In 2003 Kramer was nominated by President George W. Bush to serve as U.S...	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	February 3, 2004	October 30, 2006
Mary Martin Ourisman	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	November 7, 2006	2008
Brent Hardt	Chargé d'Affaires ad interim	January 1, 2009	June 19, 2011
Christopher Sandrolini	Chargé d'Affaires ad interim	June 19, 2011	Incumbent

See also

• Barbados – United States relations
• Foreign relations of Barbados
  Foreign relations of Barbados
  This article deals with the diplomatic affairs, foreign policy and international relations of Barbados.At the political level, these matters are officially handled by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which answers to the Prime Minister. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, since November 2008 is:...
  
  
• Ambassadors of the United States

External links

• United States Department of State: Chiefs of Mission for Barbados
• United States Department of State: Barbados
• United States Embassy in Bridgetown