United States Ambassador to India
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American Embassy New Delhi
was established Nov 1, 1946, with George R. Merrell as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim.
New Delhi
New Delhi is the capital city of India. It serves as the centre of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi. It is one of the nine districts of Delhi Union Territory. The total area of the city is...
was established Nov 1, 1946, with George R. Merrell as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim.
Chiefs of Mission to India
| Name | State | Status | Title | Appointment | Credentials Presented |
Termination of Mission |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henry F. Grady Henry F. Grady Henry Francis Grady was an American diplomat. Born in San Francisco, California to John Henry and Ellen Genevieve Grady, he earned a PhD in Economics from Columbia University. On October 18, 1917 he married Lucretia Louise del Valle Henry Francis Grady (February 12, 1882 - September 14, 1957)... |
California | Non-career appointee | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | Apr 10, 1947 | Jul 1, 1947 | Left post, Jun 22, 1948 | Accredited also to Nepal Nepal Nepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked sovereign state located in South Asia. It is located in the Himalayas and bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by the Republic of India... ; resident at New Delhi. |
| Loy W. Henderson Loy W. Henderson Loy Wesley Henderson was a United States Foreign Service Officer and diplomat.-Early life:Henderson was born in Rogers, Arkansas in 1892 to a poor Methodist preacher. He attended college in a small town in Kansas before transferring to Northwestern University... |
Colorado | Foreign Service officer | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | Jul 14, 1948 | Nov 19, 1948 | Reaccredited when India became a republic; presented new credentials Feb 24, 1950; left post Sep 21, 1951 | Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Mar 2, 1949. Also accredited to Nepal; resident at New Delhi. |
| Chester Bowles Chester Bowles Chester Bliss Bowles was a liberal Democratic American diplomat and politician from Connecticut.-Biography:... |
Connecticut | Non-career appointee | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | Oct 10, 1951 | Nov 1, 1951 | Left post, Mar 23, 1953 | Also accredited to Nepal; resident at New Delhi. |
| George V. Allen | North Carolina | Foreign Service officer | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | Mar 11, 1953 | May 4, 1953 | Left post, Nov 30, 1954 | Also accredited to Nepal; resident at New Delhi. |
| John Sherman Cooper | Kentucky | Non-career appointee | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | Feb 4, 1955 | Apr 9, 1955 | Left post, Apr 23, 1956 | Also accredited to Nepal; resident at New Delhi. |
| Ellsworth Bunker Ellsworth Bunker Ellsworth F. Bunker was an American businessman and diplomat... |
Vermont | Non-career appointee | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | Nov 28, 1956 | Mar 4, 1957 | Left India, Mar 23, 1961 | Also accredited to Nepal; resident at New Delhi. Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Jan 25, 1957. |
| John Kenneth Galbraith John Kenneth Galbraith John Kenneth "Ken" Galbraith , OC was a Canadian-American economist. He was a Keynesian and an institutionalist, a leading proponent of 20th-century American liberalism... |
Massachusetts | Non-career appointee | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | Mar 29, 1961 | Apr 18, 1961 | Left post, Jul 12, 1963 | |
| Chester Bowles Chester Bowles Chester Bliss Bowles was a liberal Democratic American diplomat and politician from Connecticut.-Biography:... |
Connecticut | Non-career appointee | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | May 3, 1963 | Jul 19, 1963 | Left post, Apr 21, 1969 | |
| Kenneth B. Keating | New York | Non-career appointee | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | May 1, 1969 | Jul 2, 1969 | Left post, Jul 26, 1972 | |
| Daniel P. Moynihan | New York | Non-career appointee | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | Feb 8, 1973 | Feb 28, 1973 | Left post, Jan 7, 1975 | |
| William B. Saxbe William B. Saxbe William Bart "Bill" Saxbe was an American politician affiliated with the Republican Party, who served as a U.S. Senator from Ohio, as U.S. Attorney General under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald R. Ford, and as United States Ambassador to India.At the time of his death, Saxbe was the... |
Ohio | Non-career appointee | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | Feb 3, 1975 | Mar 8, 1975 | Left post, Nov 20, 1976 | |
| Robert F. Goheen Robert F. Goheen Robert Francis Goheen was an American academic, president of Princeton University and United States Ambassador to India.-Biography:... |
New Jersey | Non-career appointee | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | Apr 26, 1977 | May 26, 1977 | Left post, Dec 10, 1980 | |
| Harry G. Barnes, Jr. Harry G. Barnes, Jr. Harry G. Barnes, Jr. in St. Paul, Minnesota, is an American diplomat, a former Foreign Service Officer who served as US ambassador to Romania , India and Chile... |
Maryland | Foreign Service officer | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | Oct 1, 1981 | Nov 17, 1981 | Left post, Jun 27, 1985 | |
| John Gunther Dean John Gunther Dean John Gunther Dean is a distinguished career United States diplomat. From 1974-1988, Dean served as the United States Ambassador to five different nations under four different U.S. Presidents.-Early years:... |
New York | Foreign Service officer | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | Aug 2, 1985 | Sep 6, 1985 | Left post Nov 7, 1988 | |
| John R. Hubbard John R. Hubbard John Randolph "Jack" Hubbard was the eighth president of the University of Southern California between 1970-80. He succeeded Norman Topping and was succeeded by James Zumberge. He had served as USC vice president and provost in 1969 after spending four years in India as chief education adviser to... |
California | Non-career appointee | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | Nov 22, 1988 | Dec 27, 1988 | Left post Nov 15, 1989 | Commissioned during a recess of the Senate. |
| William Clark, Jr. William Clark, Jr. (ambassador) William Clark, Jr. was a diplomat in the United States Foreign Service and a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor. He was named Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to India in 1989. He succeeded John R. Hubbard.Clark was... |
District of Columbia | Foreign Service officer | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | Oct 10, 1989 | Dec 22, 1989 | Left post, Jul 2, 1992 | |
| Thomas R. Pickering Thomas R. Pickering Thomas Reeve "Tom" Pickering , is a retired United States ambassador. Among his many diplomatic appointments, he served as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations from 1989 to 1992.-Early life:... |
New Jersey | Foreign Service officer | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | Apr 6, 1992 | Aug 14, 1992 | Left post, Mar 23, 1993 | Kenneth Brill served as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim, Mar 1993-Aug 1994. |
| Frank G. Wisner Frank G. Wisner Frank George Wisner II is an American businessman and former diplomat. He is the son of Frank Wisner . On 31 January 2011, he was sent to Egypt by President Barack Obama to negotiate a resolution to the popular protests against the regime that have swept the country... |
District of Columbia | Foreign Service officer | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | Jun 9, 1994 | Aug 2, 1994 | Left post, July 12, 1997 | |
| Richard Frank Celeste | Ohio | Non-career appointee | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | Nov 10, 1997 | Nov 28, 1997 | Left post Apr 25, 2001 | |
| Robert Blackwill Robert Blackwill Robert Dean Blackwill is an American lobbyist and retired diplomat. Blackwill was the United States Ambassador to India , and United States National Security Council Deputy for Iraq , where he was a liaison between Paul Bremer and Condoleezza Rice.-Early life, education, and Peace Corps... |
Kansas | Non-career appointee | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | Jul 12, 2001 | Sep 14, 2001 | Left post Jul 31, 2003 | |
| David Campbell Mulford | Illinois | Non-career officer | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | Dec 12, 2003 | Feb 23, 2004 | Left post February 2009 | |
| Timothy J. Roemer Timothy J. Roemer Timothy John "Tim" Roemer is an American political figure, who previously served as U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of India... |
Indiana | Non-career officer | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | Jul 23, 2009 | Aug 11, 2009 | Incumbent (Will leave post on June 2011) | |
| Albert Peter Burleigh | California | Non-career officer | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | June 2011 | He is the first U.S. Ambassador to be fluent in Hindi. |
See also
- Embassy of India, Washington, D.C.
- India – United States relations
- Foreign relations of IndiaForeign relations of IndiaIndia has formal diplomatic relations with most nations, as the world's second most populous country and the world's most-populous democracy and recently has one of the fastest economic growth rates in the world...
- Ambassadors of the United States