United States Ambassador to Iraq
Encyclopedia
This is a list of United States
ambassadors, or lower-ranking heads of a diplomatic mission
to Iraq
.
The United States broke off full ties with Iraq over the Six Day War and did not resume them until 1984. The US maintained an Interests Section starting in 1972, hosted by the Belgian
embassy.
The American embassy in Baghdad
remained closed until 2000 when it was staffed by Japan
ese diplomats working in proxy with the US. No new Ambassador or Chargé d'Affaires was appointed until after the Second Gulf War. However the U.S. Interests Section was opened at the Polish embassy in January, 1991. The Polish embassy represented interests of the U.S.A. until June 30, 2004.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
ambassadors, or lower-ranking heads of a diplomatic mission
Diplomatic mission
A diplomatic mission is a group of people from one state or an international inter-governmental organisation present in another state to represent the sending state/organisation in the receiving state...
to Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
.
- Alexander K. Sloan (1931) - Chargé d'Affaires
- Paul Knabenshue (1932–1942) - Minister
- Thomas M. Wilson (1942) - Minister
- Loy W. HendersonLoy W. HendersonLoy 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...
(1943–1945) - Minister - George Wadsworth II (1946–1948) - Minister
- Edward Savage Crocker II (1948) - First ambassador
- Burton Y. BerryBurton Y. BerryBurton Yost Berry was an American diplomat and art collector.Born in Fowler, Indiana, Berry studied at Indiana University. In 1928 he joined the United States Foreign Service...
(1952–1954) - Waldemar J. Gallman (1954)
- John D. Jernegan (1958–1962)
- Robert C. StrongRobert C. Strong-Biography:Strong was born Robert Campbell Strong on September 29, 1915 in Chicago, Illinois. Eventually he moved to Beloit, Wisconsin. He attended Beloit College and the University of Wisconsin-Madison....
(1963–1967) - Enoch S. Duncan (1967) - Chargé d'Affaires
The United States broke off full ties with Iraq over the Six Day War and did not resume them until 1984. The US maintained an Interests Section starting in 1972, hosted by the Belgian
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
embassy.
- David George NewtonDavid George NewtonDavid George Newton was the United States Ambassador to Iraq under Ronald Reagan from 1985 to 1988, and to Yemen under Bill Clinton from 1994 to 1997.-Biography:David George Newton was born on November 13, 1935, in Boston, Massachusetts. He received a B.A...
(1984–1988) - Initially Chargé d'Affaires, then full ambassador - April GlaspieApril GlaspieApril Catherine Glaspie is a former American diplomat, best known for her role in the events leading up to the Persian Gulf War of 1991.-Early life and career:...
(1988–1990) - Joseph C. WilsonJoseph C. WilsonJoseph Charles Wilson IV is a former United States diplomat best known for his 2002 trip to Niger to investigate allegations that Saddam Hussein was attempting to purchase yellowcake uranium; his New York Times op-ed piece, "What I Didn't Find in Africa"; and the subsequent "outing" of his wife...
(1990–1991) - Chargé d'Affaires until First Gulf War
The American embassy in Baghdad
Baghdad
Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040...
remained closed until 2000 when it was staffed by Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese diplomats working in proxy with the US. No new Ambassador or Chargé d'Affaires was appointed until after the Second Gulf War. However the U.S. Interests Section was opened at the Polish embassy in January, 1991. The Polish embassy represented interests of the U.S.A. until June 30, 2004.
- Krzysztof Biernacki (1991–2004) - the Director of the U.S. Interests Section at the Polish embassy in Baghdad, Polish diplomat
- John NegroponteJohn NegroponteJohn Dimitri Negroponte is an American diplomat. He is currently a research fellow and lecturer in international affairs at Yale University's Jackson Institute for Global Affairs...
(2004–2005) - First post-Second Gulf War ambassador - Zalmay KhalilzadZalmay KhalilzadZalmay Mamozy Khalilzad is a counselor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and president of Khalilzad Associates, an international business consulting firm based in Washington, DC. He was the United States Ambassador to the United Nations under President George W. Bush...
(2005 - March 2007) - Ryan CrockerRyan CrockerRyan Clark Crocker is a Career Ambassador within the United States Foreign Service and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He currently is the United States Ambassador to Afghanistan. He was the United States Ambassador to Iraq until 2009; he previously served as the U.S...
(March 2007 - March 2009) Ambassador Patricia A. Butenis is Chargé d'Affaires, a.i. - Christopher R. HillChristopher R. HillChristopher Robert Hill is an American diplomat who served as the U.S. Ambassador to Iraq.On July 1, 2010, Hill was chosen to be the dean of the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver...
(April 2009 - August 2010) - James F. Jeffrey (August 2010–Present)
See also
- United States Embassy in Iraq
- Embassy of Iraq, Washington, D.C.
- Iraq – United States relations
- Foreign relations of IraqForeign relations of IraqSince 1980, the foreign relations of Iraq were influenced by a number of controversial decisions by the Saddam Hussein administration. Hussein had good relations with the Soviet Union and a number of western countries such as France and Germany, who provided him with advanced weapons systems...
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