List of ambassadors of the United States to Grenada
| Ambassador of the United States to Grenada | |
|---|---|
 Seal of the United States Department of State | |
| Nominator | ThePresident of the United States |
| Appointer | ThePresident withSenateadvice and consent |
| Inaugural holder | Theodore R. Britton, Jr. as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary |
| Formation | February 2, 1984 |
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TheUnited States ambassador to Grenadais the official representative of the government of the United States to the government ofGrenada.The ambassador is theUnited States Ambassador to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean,resident in Bridgetown, Barbados, and is concurrently the ambassador toAntigua and Barbuda,Barbados,Dominica,St. Kitts and Nevis,St. Lucia,andSt. Vincent and the Grenadines.
The U.S. Government established an embassy in Grenada atSt. George'son February 2, 1984. The U.S. Ambassador to Grenada is resident inBridgetown,Barbados.
List of U.S. ambassadors to Grenada
[edit]The following is a list of U.S. ambassadors, or other chiefs of mission, to Grenada. The title given by theUnited States State Departmentto this position is currentlyAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.
| Representative | Title | Presentation of credentials |
Termination of mission |
Appointed by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theodore R. Britton, Jr.[1] | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | February 25, 1975 | April 22, 1977 | Gerald Ford |
| Frank V. Ortiz, Jr.[2] | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | July 29, 1977 | May 15, 1979 | Jimmy Carter |
| Sally Shelton-Colby[3] | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | July 23, 1979 | February 24, 1981 | |
| Charles A. Gillespie | Chargé d'Affairesad interim | February 2, 1984 | March 1984 | Ronald Reagan |
| Loren E. Lawrence | Chargé d'Affairesad interim | March 1984 | December 1984 | |
| Roy T. Haverkamp | Chargé d'Affairesad interim | December 1984 | March 1986 | |
| John C. Leary | Chargé d'Affairesad interim | March 1986 | January 9, 1987 | |
| Chargé d'Affaires | January 9, 1987 | May 1988 | ||
| James Ford Cooper | Chargé d'Affaires | June 1988 | January 1991 | |
| Annette T. Veler | Chargé d'Affaires | July 1991 | July 1993 | George H. W. Bush |
| Ollie P. Anderson, Jr. | Chargé d'Affaires | September 1993 | September 1994 | Bill Clinton |
| Dennis F. Carter | Chargé d'Affaires | December 1994 | March 1995 | |
| Jeanette W. Hyde[4] | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | April 4, 1995 | January 31, 1998 | |
| E. William Crotty[4] | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | January 30, 1999 | October 10, 1999[5] | |
| James A. Daley[4] | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | October 17, 2000 | March 1, 2001 | |
| Earl Norfleet Phillips[4] | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | March 26, 2002 | June 1, 2003 | George W. Bush |
| Mary Kramer[4] | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | February 5, 2004 | October 30, 2006 | |
| Mary Martin Ourisman[4] | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | January 18, 2007 | January 16, 2009 | |
| Brent Hardt[4] | Chargé d'Affairesad interim | January 16, 2009 | June 19, 2011[6] | [7] |
| Christopher Sandrolini[4] | Chargé d'Affairesad interim | June 19, 2011 | May 22, 2012[6] | |
| Larry Leon Palmer[4] | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | June 28, 2012[8] | January 19, 2016 | Barack Obama |
| Linda Swartz Taglialatela[4][9] | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | February 3, 2016 | December 27, 2023 | |
| Joaquin F. Monserrate | Chargé d'Affairesad interim | December 28, 2023 | January 11, 2024 | Joe Biden |
| Roger F. Nyhus | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | February 6, 2024 | Incumbent | Joe Biden |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^Also accredited to Barbados. Resident at Bridgetown.
- ^Also accredited to Barbados; Special Representative to Antigua; Dominica;St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla;St. Lucia; and St. Vincent. Resident at Bridgetown.
- ^Also accredited to Barbados and Dominica; Minister to St Lucia, and Special Representative to Antigua; St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla; and St. Vincent. Resident at Bridgetown.
- ^abcdefghijAlso accredited to Antigua and Barbuda; Barbados; Dominica; St. Kitts and Nevis; St. Lucia; and St. Vincent and the Grenadines; resident at Bridgetown.
- ^Died atGainesville, Floridaon this date.
- ^ab"Chargé d'Affaires".United States Department of State. Archived fromthe originalon 2011-07-24.Retrieved2011-07-03.
- ^Chargés d’Affaires a.i. are not appointed by the President.
- ^Embassy of the United States - Barbados & E. Caribbean (2012),Congress Confirms Ambassador to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean,U.S. Department of State, archived fromthe originalon May 9, 2012,retrievedMay 21,2012.
- ^"Ambassador Linda S. Taglialatela - U.S. Embassy in Barbados, the Eastern Caribbean, and the OECS".2021-11-07. Archived fromthe originalon 7 November 2021.Retrieved2021-11-07.
- "U.S. Diplomatic chiefs of mission to Grenada".The Political Graveyard.2005-03-10.Retrieved2007-09-07.
- United States Department of State: Background notes on Grenada
This article incorporatespublic domain materialfromU.S. Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets.United States Department of State.
External links
[edit]- United States Department of State: Chiefs of Mission for Grenada
- United States Department of State: Grenada
- United States Embassy in Bridgetown
