United States Ambassador to the Dominican Republic
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This is a list of ambassadors of the United States to the Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...

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Name Title Presentation of Credentials Termination of Mission Notes
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...

Transmitted recall by mail, June 23, 1885 Accredited to Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo, known officially as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city in the Dominican Republic. Its metropolitan population was 2,084,852 in 2003, and estimated at 3,294,385 in 2010. The city is located on the Caribbean Sea, at the mouth of the Ozama River...

, also accredited to Haiti
Haiti
Haiti , officially the Republic of Haiti , is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western, smaller portion of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Ayiti was the indigenous Taíno or Amerindian name for the island...

; resident at Port-au-Prince
Port-au-Prince
Port-au-Prince is the capital and largest city of the Caribbean nation of Haiti. The city's population was 704,776 as of the 2003 census, and was officially estimated to have reached 897,859 in 2009....

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Chargé d'Affaires Relinquished charge at Port-au-Prince about October 17, 1889 Accredited to Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo, known officially as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city in the Dominican Republic. Its metropolitan population was 2,084,852 in 2003, and estimated at 3,294,385 in 2010. The city is located on the Caribbean Sea, at the mouth of the Ozama River...

, also accredited to Haiti
Haiti
Haiti , officially the Republic of Haiti , is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western, smaller portion of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Ayiti was the indigenous Taíno or Amerindian name for the island...

; resident at Port-au-Prince
Port-au-Prince
Port-au-Prince is the capital and largest city of the Caribbean nation of Haiti. The city's population was 704,776 as of the 2003 census, and was officially estimated to have reached 897,859 in 2009....

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Chargé d'Affaires Left Port-au-Prince, July 1891 Accredited to Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo, known officially as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city in the Dominican Republic. Its metropolitan population was 2,084,852 in 2003, and estimated at 3,294,385 in 2010. The city is located on the Caribbean Sea, at the mouth of the Ozama River...

, also accredited to Haiti
Haiti
Haiti , officially the Republic of Haiti , is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western, smaller portion of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Ayiti was the indigenous Taíno or Amerindian name for the island...

; resident at Port-au-Prince
Port-au-Prince
Port-au-Prince is the capital and largest city of the Caribbean nation of Haiti. The city's population was 704,776 as of the 2003 census, and was officially estimated to have reached 897,859 in 2009....

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Chargé d'Affaires Presented recall, November 18, 1893 Accredited to Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo, known officially as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city in the Dominican Republic. Its metropolitan population was 2,084,852 in 2003, and estimated at 3,294,385 in 2010. The city is located on the Caribbean Sea, at the mouth of the Ozama River...

, also accredited to Haiti
Haiti
Haiti , officially the Republic of Haiti , is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western, smaller portion of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Ayiti was the indigenous Taíno or Amerindian name for the island...

; resident at Port-au-Prince
Port-au-Prince
Port-au-Prince is the capital and largest city of the Caribbean nation of Haiti. The city's population was 704,776 as of the 2003 census, and was officially estimated to have reached 897,859 in 2009....

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Chargé d'Affaires Left Santo Domingo, March 20, 1897 Accredited to Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo, known officially as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city in the Dominican Republic. Its metropolitan population was 2,084,852 in 2003, and estimated at 3,294,385 in 2010. The city is located on the Caribbean Sea, at the mouth of the Ozama River...

, also accredited to Haiti
Haiti
Haiti , officially the Republic of Haiti , is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western, smaller portion of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Ayiti was the indigenous Taíno or Amerindian name for the island...

; resident at Port-au-Prince
Port-au-Prince
Port-au-Prince is the capital and largest city of the Caribbean nation of Haiti. The city's population was 704,776 as of the 2003 census, and was officially estimated to have reached 897,859 in 2009....

. Credentials presented on November 18, 1893, by his predecessor; Smythe was officially received in person at Santo Domingo, October 28, 1895.
Chargé d'Affaires Superseded, July 23, 1904 Accredited to Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo, known officially as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city in the Dominican Republic. Its metropolitan population was 2,084,852 in 2003, and estimated at 3,294,385 in 2010. The city is located on the Caribbean Sea, at the mouth of the Ozama River...

, also accredited to Haiti
Haiti
Haiti , officially the Republic of Haiti , is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western, smaller portion of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Ayiti was the indigenous Taíno or Amerindian name for the island...

; resident at Port-au-Prince
Port-au-Prince
Port-au-Prince is the capital and largest city of the Caribbean nation of Haiti. The city's population was 704,776 as of the 2003 census, and was officially estimated to have reached 897,859 in 2009....

. Officially received on February 18, 1898; had transmitted credentials by mail in November 1897.
Left post, May 5, 1907 Accredited to Santo Domingo.
Minister Resident/Consul General Left post, October 7, 1909 Accredited to Santo Domingo.
Minister Resident/Consul General Presented recall, August 2, 1910
Minister Resident/Consul General Promoted to Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary Left post, March 2, 1913
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary Left post, June 20, 1915
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary Left post, September 12, 1925
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary Left post, December 31, 1929
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary Left post, August 11, 1931
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary Left post, April 27, 1937
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary Presented recall, February 13-February 19, 1940
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary Left post, March 14, 1942
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary Promoted to Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Left post, April 22, 1944
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Left post, January 14, 1945
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Left post, November 16, 1945
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Left post, February 5, 1948
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Left post, June 11, 1952
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Left post, May 30, 1953
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Left post, June 2, 1957
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Left post, May 28, 1960
Chargé d'Affaires ad interim
Ad interim
The Latin phrase ad interim literally means "in the time between" denotes the meaning of "in the meantime", "for an intervening time" or "temporarily" in the English language...

Unknown Diplomatic ties severed, August 26, 1960 U.S. severed diplomatic relations with the Dominican Republic on August 26, 1960.
Chargé d'Affaires ad interim
Ad interim
The Latin phrase ad interim literally means "in the time between" denotes the meaning of "in the meantime", "for an intervening time" or "temporarily" in the English language...

Unknown U.S. Embassy in Santo Domingo was reestablished January 6, 1962
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary June 23, 1960 Unknown Appointed on June 23, 1960 and took oath of office, but did not proceed to post.
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Left post, September 28, 1963 Normal relations interrupted, September 25, 1963; new Government of the Dominican Republic still unrecognized by the U.S. when Martin left post.
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Left post, April 13, 1966
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Left post, April 16, 1969
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Left post, August 6, 1973
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Left post, April 5, 1978
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Left post, June 7, 1982
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Left post, August 3, 1985
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Left post, August 8, 1988
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Left post, January 9, 1992
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Left post, June 28, 1994
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Unknown Unknown Nomination of April 28 withdrawn on October 5, 1998
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Left post, March 1, 2001
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Unknown
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary November 15, 2007 Unknown
Chargé d'Affaires ad interim Unknown Unknown
Raúl H. Yzaguirre
Raul Yzaguirre
Raul Humberto Yzaguirre is an American civil rights activist. Currently a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations, he previously served as the president and CEO of the National Council of La Raza from 1974 to 2004. On November 30, 2009 he was nominated by President Barack H...

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary November 17, 2010 Incumbent  

See also

  • Dominican Republic – United States relations
  • Foreign relations of the Dominican Republic
    Foreign relations of the Dominican Republic
    The Dominican Republic has a close relationship with the United States and with the other states of the Inter-American system. It has accredited diplomatic missions in most Western Hemisphere countries and in principal European capitals.-International:...

  • Ambassadors of the United States

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