This is a list of Ambassadors of the United States to Cyprus

Cyprus

Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...

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Until 1960 Cyprus had been a colony of the British Empire

British Empire

The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom. It originated with the overseas colonies and trading posts established by England in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. At its height, it was the...

. On August 16, 1960 Cyprus gained its independence from the United Kingdom. The United States recognized

Diplomatic recognition

Diplomatic recognition in international law is a unilateral political act with domestic and international legal consequences, whereby a state acknowledges an act or status of another state or government in control of a state...

 the new nation and established an embassy in Nicosia

Nicosia

Nicosia from , known locally as Lefkosia , is the capital and largest city in Cyprus, as well as its main business center. Nicosia is the only divided capital in the world, with the southern and the northern portions divided by a Green Line...

 on August 16, 1960, with L. Douglas Heck as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim. Diplomatic relations between the United States and Cyprus have been continuous since that time.

One ambassador, Rodger P. Davies, was assassinated by a sniper while at his post in 1974.

The United States does not recognize the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus

Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus

Northern Cyprus or North Cyprus , officially the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus , is a self-declared state that comprises the northeastern part of the island of Cyprus...

, proclaimed November 15, 1983 by Turkey

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

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The U.S. Embassy in Cyprus is located in Nicosia

Nicosia

Nicosia from , known locally as Lefkosia , is the capital and largest city in Cyprus, as well as its main business center. Nicosia is the only divided capital in the world, with the southern and the northern portions divided by a Green Line...

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Ambassadors

• Fraser Wilkins – Career FSO
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: August 27, 1960
  • Presented credentials: September 19, 1960
  • Terminated mission: Left post April 6, 1964

• Taylor G. Belcher
  Taylor G. Belcher
  Taylor Garrison Belcher was a United States Ambassador to Cyprus and Peru who helped mediate conflicts in both countries.-Early life:...
  
   – Career FSO
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: May 1, 1964
  • Presented credentials: May 11, 1964
  • Terminated mission: Left post June 23, 1969

• David H. Popper
  David H. Popper
  David Henry Popper was a diplomat and former United States Ambassador to Cyprus and Chile . He was a member and former President of the American Academy of Diplomacy.-Early Life:...
  
   – Career FSO
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: May 27, 1969
  • Presented credentials: July 18, 1969
  • Terminated mission: Left post May 31, 1973

• Robert J. McCloskey
  Robert J. McCloskey
  Robert James McCloskey was born November 25, 1922 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – son of Thomas McCloskey and Anna Wallace; died November 28, 1996 in Chevy Chase, Maryland...
  
   – Career FSO
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: May 24, 1973
  • Presented credentials: June 20, 1973
  • Terminated mission: Left post January 14, 1974

• Rodger P. Davies – Career FSO
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: May 2, 1974
  • Presented credentials: July 10, 1974
  • Terminated mission: Assassinated at post on August 19, 1974

• William R. Crawford, Jr. – Career FSO
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: August 23, 1974
  • Presented credentials: August 31, 1974
  • Terminated mission: Left post March 27, 1978

• Galen L. Stone – Career FSO
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: March 2, 1978
  • Presented credentials: April 6, 1978
  • Terminated mission: Left post September 30, 1981

• Raymond C. Ewing – Career FSO
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: September 28, 1981
  • Presented credentials: October 30, 1981
  • Terminated mission: Left post August 11, 1984

• Richard Wood Boehm – Career FSO
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: August 13, 1984
  • Presented credentials: August 28, 1984
  • Terminated mission: Left post August 15, 1987

• Bill K. Perrin – Political appointee
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: April 1, 1988
  • Presented credentials: May 3, 1988
  • Terminated mission: Left post July 21, 1989

Note: The following officers served as chargés d’affaires ad interim: John U. Nix (July 1989–July 1990) and Carolyn Huggins (July 1990–November 1990).

• Robert E. Lamb
  Robert E. Lamb
  Robert E. Lamb was United States Assistant Secretary of State for Administration from 1983 to 1985; Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security from 1987 to 1989; and United States Ambassador to Cyprus from 1990 to 1993.-Biography:...
  
   – Career FSO
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: October 30, 1990
  • Presented credentials: November 30, 1990
  • Terminated mission: Left post October 24, 1993

• Richard A. Boucher – Career FSO
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: October 8, 1993
  • Presented credentials: November 22, 1993
  • Terminated mission: Left post June 12, 1996

• Kenneth C. Brill – Career FSO
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: June 11, 1996
  • Presented credentials: July 11, 1996
  • Terminated mission: Left post July 25, 1999

• Donald Keith Bandler – Career FSO
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: July 7, 1999
  • Presented credentials: August 23, 1999
  • Terminated mission: Left post July 18, 2002

• Michael Klosson – Career FSO
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: August 8, 2002
  • Presented credentials: August 29, 2002
  • Terminated mission: Left post July 3, 2005

• Ronald L. Schlicher
  Ronald L. Schlicher
  Ronald Lewis Schlicher is an American diplomat and career foreign service officer with the rank of Minister-Counselor in the Department of State. He served as the Deputy Chief of Mission in Lebanon 1994–96 and ambassador to Cyprus 2006–08...
  
   – Career FSO
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: November 22, 2005
  • Presented credentials: December 20, 2005
  • Terminated mission: Unknown, probably c. August 2008

• Frank C. Urbancic, Jr. – Career FSO
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: August 14, 2008
  • Presented credentials: September 9, 2008
  • Terminated mission: c. July 2011

• James Schofer, Chargé d’Affairs a.i., since c. July 2011

See also

• Cyprus – United States relations
• Foreign relations of Cyprus
  Foreign relations of Cyprus
  Cyprus is a member of the United Nations along with most of its agencies as well as the Commonwealth of Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund and Council of Europe...
  
  
• Ambassadors of the United States

External links

• United States Department of State: Cyprus
• United States Embassy in Nicosia