United States Ambassador to Guyana
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The following is a list of ambassadors of the United States to Guyana
. The current title given by the United States State Department to this position is Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
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Guyana
Guyana , officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, previously the colony of British Guiana, is a sovereign state on the northern coast of South America that is culturally part of the Anglophone Caribbean. Guyana was a former colony of the Dutch and of the British...
. The current title given by the United States State Department to this position is Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister 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....
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| Representative | Title | Presentation of Credentials |
Termination of Mission |
Appointed by |
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| Delmar R. Carlson | Chargé d'Affaires ad interim 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... |
May 26, 1966 | August 17, 1966 | 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... |
| Delmar R. Carlson | 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.... |
August 17, 1966 | September 13, 1969 | |
| Spencer Matthews King Spencer Matthews King Spencer Matthews King is a former U.S. Ambassador to the South American nation of Guyana. Appointed by President Richard Nixon on May 27, 1969, he presented his credentials to Governor-General Sir Richard Edmonds Luyt on October 15, 1969, in the capital city of Georgetown... |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | October 15, 1969 | March 8, 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... |
| Max V. Krebs | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | April 4, 1974 | June 15, 1976 | |
| John R. Burke John R. Burke John Richard Burke was a Foreign Service officer and the United States Ambassador to Guyana during the Jonestown Massacre.Born in Madison, Wisconsin in 1924, Burke was a First Lieutenant in the United States Army during World War II... |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | September 30, 1977 | September 22, 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... |
| George B. Roberts, Jr. | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | November 5, 1979 | September 8, 1981 | |
| Gerald Eustis Thomas Gerald Eustis Thomas Gerald Eustis Thomas , is an American diplomatwho served as the United States Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Guyana in 1981 and Kenya in 1983.Thomas is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity-References:... |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | February 18, 1982 | September 6, 1983 | 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.... |
| Clint Arlen Lauderdale Clint Arlen Lauderdale Clint Arlen Lauderdale was an American diplomatwho served as the United States Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Guyana from 1984 to 1987. He died of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease on December 11, 2009.... |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | August 2, 1984 | June 11, 1987 | |
| Theresa Anne Tull | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | September 18, 1987 | July 10, 1990 | |
| Dennis K. Hays Dennis K. Hays Dennis K. Hays was the United States Ambassador to the Suriname. He was confirmed by the U.S. Senate and was appointed by President Bill Clinton on March 22, 1996.... |
Chargé d'Affaires ad interim | July 10, 1990 | January 21, 1992 | 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... |
| George Fleming Jones | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | January 21, 1992 | August 25, 1995 | |
| David L. Hobbs | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | November 2, 1995 | September 15, 1996 | 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... |
| Hugh Simon | Chargé d'Affaires ad interim | September 15, 1996 | September 25, 1997 | |
| James F. Mack | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | September 25, 1997 | April 21, 2000 | |
| Ronald D. Godard | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | January 29, 2001 | July 6, 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.... |
| Roland W. Bullen | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | August 14, 2003 | ||
| David M. Robinson | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | August 26, 2006 | c. July 2008 | |
| John Melvin Jones | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | July 21, 2008 | August 2010 | |
| Thomas C. Pierce | Chargé d'Affaires ad interim | August 2010 | September 15, 2011 | Barack Obama Barack Obama Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in... |
| D. Brent Hardt | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | September 15, 2011 | Incumbent |
See also
- Guyana – United States relations
- Foreign relations of GuyanaForeign relations of GuyanaAfter independence in 1966, Guyana sought an influential role in international affairs, particularly among Third World and non-aligned nations. It served twice on the UN Security Council...
- Ambassadors of the United States