Jump to content

List of ambassadors of the United States to Bolivia

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ambassador of the United States to Bolivia
Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent
Debra Hevia
Chargé d'Affaires[1]
since September 14, 2023
NominatorThe President of the United States
AppointerThe President
with Senate advice and consent
Inaugural holderJohn Appleton
as Chargé d'Affaires
FormationJanuary 3, 1849
WebsiteU.S. Embassy - La Paz
The Embassy of the United States in La Paz, Bolivia, where the Ambassador lives

The following is a list of envoys, ministers, and ambassadors that the United States has sent to Bolivia. As a point of note, the first Ambassador of the United States to Bolivia was John Appleton, who served as the charge d'Affaires from January 3, 1849, to May 4, 1849. Since September 15, 2008, there has been no official Ambassador with the office being held by a chargé d'Affaires.

List

[edit]
No. Name[2] Title(s) Term start Term finish
1[3] John Appleton Chargé d'Affaires January 3, 1849 May 4, 1849
2[4][5] Alexander Keith McClung Chargé d'Affaires July 3, 1850 1851
3[6][7] Horace H. Miller Chargé d'Affaires December 18, 1852 January 1854
4[8] John W. Dana Chargé d'Affaires
Minister Resident 		February 23, 1854 March 10, 1859
5[9] John Cotton Smith Minister Resident March 10, 1859 May 1, 1861
6[10] David K. Cartter Minister Resident July 28, 1861 March 10, 1863
7[11] Allen A. Hall Minister Resident September 4, 1863 May 18, 1867
8[12] John W. Caldwell Minister Resident November 2, 1868 July 25, 1869
9[13] Leopold Markbreit Minister Resident July 25, 1869 February 12, 1873
10[14] John T. Croxton Minister Resident April 9, 1873 April 16, 1874
11[15] Robert M. Reynolds Minister Resident January 30, 1875 October 11, 1876
12[16] Solomon Newton Pettis Minister Resident
Consul General 		June 2, 1879 October 30, 1879
13[17] Charles Adams Minister Resident
Consul General 		July 8, 1880 August 29, 1882
14[18] George Maney Minister Resident
Consul General 		November 4, 1882 June 1, 1883
15[19] Richard Gibbs Minister Resident
Consul General 		October 16, 1883 September 11, 1885
16[20] William A. Seay Minister Resident
Consul General 		September 19, 1885 April 12, 1887
17[21] S. S. Carlisle Minister Resident
Consul General 		January 17, 1888 December 16, 1889
18[22] Thomas H. Anderson Minister Resident
Consul General
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary 		December 16, 1889 November 22, 1892
19[23] Frederic J. Grant Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary April 12, 1893 October 24, 1893
20[24] Thomas Moonlight Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary April 14, 1894 January 8, 1898
21[25] George H. Bridgman Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary July 4, 1898 January 13, 1902
22[26] William B. Sorsby Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary October 4, 1902 March 16, 1908
23[27] James F. Stutesman Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary September 8, 1908 April 15, 1910
24[28] Horace G. Knowles Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary December 28, 1910 August 23, 1913
25[29] John D. O'Rear Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary August 31, 1913 July 14, 1918
26[30] S. Abbot Maginnis Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary January 14, 1920 December 5, 1921
27[31] Jesse S. Cottrell Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary January 6, 1922 January 26, 1928
28[32] David E. Kaufman Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary May 30, 1928 January 10, 1929
29[33] Edward F. Feely Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary September 23, 1930 September 29, 1933
30[34] Fay A. Des Portes Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary November 15, 1933 May 1, 1936
31[35] Raymond Henry Norweb Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary August 10, 1936 June 15, 1937
32[36] Robert Granville Caldwell Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary August 21, 1937 June 23, 1939
33[37] Douglas Jenkins Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary October 26, 1939 October 3, 1941
34[38][39] Pierre de Lagarde Boal Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary May 23, 1942 February 5, 1944[a]
35[40] Walter C. Thurston Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary November 16, 1944 January 3, 1946
36[41] Joseph Flack Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary July 15, 1946 May 17, 1949
37[42] Irving Florman Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary February 27, 1950 September 4, 1951
38[43] Edward J. Sparks Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary June 13, 1952 October 29, 1954
Gerald A. Drew Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary December 8, 1954 April 6, 1957
Philip Bonsal Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary May 10, 1957 February 6, 1959
Carl W. Strom Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary May 4, 1959 May 8, 1961
Ben S. Stephansky Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary June 29, 1961 October 15, 1963
Douglas Henderson Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary December 7, 1963 August 6, 1968
Raúl Héctor Castro Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary September 3, 1968 November 3, 1969
Ernest V. Siracusa Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary December 5, 1969 July 30, 1973
William Perry Stedman, Jr.[44] Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary October 3, 1973 June 23, 1977
Paul H. Boeker Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary October 26, 1977 February 17, 1980
Marvin Weissman Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary March 26, 1980 July 17, 1980
Edwin G. Corr Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary December 10, 1981 August 9, 1985
Edward Morgan Rowell Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary August 20, 1985 January 19, 1988
Robert S. Gelbard Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary October 11, 1988 July 20, 1991
Charles R. Bowers Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary August 23, 1991 October 7, 1994
Curtis Warren Kamman Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary November 16, 1994 November 26, 1997
Donna Jean Hrinak Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary January 14, 1998 July 17, 2000
Manuel Rocha Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary August 4, 2000 April 27, 2002
[45] David N. Greenlee Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary January 17, 2003 May 10, 2006
Philip S. Goldberg Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary October 13, 2006 September 14, 2008
Krishna R. Urs Chargé d’Affaires a.i September 15, 2008 June 25, 2009
[46] James Creagan Chargé d’Affaires a.i June 25, 2009 August 28, 2009
[47] John S. Creamer Chargé d’Affaires a.i August 28, 2009 July 13, 2012
[48] Larry L. Memmott Chargé d’Affaires a.i July 14, 2012 February 28, 2014
Aruna Amirthanayagam Chargé d’Affaires a.i February 28, 2014 June 8, 2014
[49] Peter M. Brennan Chargé d’Affaires June 8, 2014 December 17, 2017
[50] Bruce Williamson Chargé d’Affaires December 20, 2017 August 26, 2020
[51] Charisse Phillips Chargé d’Affaires August 26, 2020 October 7, 2022
[52] Jarahn Hillsman Chargé d’Affaires October 7, 2022 June 24, 2023
[53] Marcos Mandojana Chargé d’Affaires June 25, 2023 July 17, 2023
[54] Joe Tordella Chargé d’Affaires July 18, 2023 September 14, 2023
[55] Debra Hevia Chargé d’Affaires September 14, 2023 Incumbent

See also

[edit]

Notes

[edit]
  1. ^ Normal relations interrupted on December 20, 1943. The new Government of Bolivia was still unrecognized by the United States when Boal left post on February 5, 1944.

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "New Chargé d'Affaires Debra Hevia Arrives in Bolivia". 14 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Bolivia - Chiefs of Mission - People - Department History - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov.
  3. ^ "John Appleton (1815–1864)". United States Department of State. Archived from the original on 6 September 2014. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  4. ^ "Alexander Keith McClung (1812–1855)". United States Department of State. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  5. ^ Davis, Jefferson (1982). The Papers of Jefferson Davis. Vol. 3. LSU Press. p. 30. ISBN 9780807158678.
  6. ^ "Horace H. Miller". United States Department of State. Archived from the original on 8 September 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  7. ^ Hasse, Adelaide (1921). Index to United States Documents Relating to Foreign Affairs, 1828-1861. Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1921. p. 1778.
  8. ^ "John Winchester Dana(1808–1867)". United States Department of State. Archived from the original on 8 September 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  9. ^ "John Cotton Smith (1810–1879)". United States Department of State. Archived from the original on 8 September 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  10. ^ "David Kellogg Cartter (1812–1887)". United States Department of State. Archived from the original on 8 September 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  11. ^ "Allen A. Hall - People - Department History - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov.
  12. ^ "John Watson Caldwell - People - Department History - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov.
  13. ^ "Leopold Markbreit - People - Department History - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov.
  14. ^ "John Thomas Croxton - People - Department History - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov.
  15. ^ "Robert McConnell Reynolds - People - Department History - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov.
  16. ^ "Solomon Newton Pettis - People - Department History - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov.
  17. ^ "Charles Adams - People - Department History - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov.
  18. ^ "George Earl Maney - People - Department History - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov.
  19. ^ "Richard Gibbs - People - Department History - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov.
  20. ^ "William A. Seay - People - Department History - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov.
  21. ^ "Office of the Historian - Department History - People - Samuel S. Carlisle". history.state.gov. Archived from the original on 2009-02-07.
  22. ^ "Thomas Henry Anderson - People - Department History - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov.
  23. ^ "Frederic James Grant - People - Department History - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov.
  24. ^ "Thomas Moonlight - People - Department History - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov.
  25. ^ "George H. Bridgman - People - Department History - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov.
  26. ^ history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/sorsby-william-brooks
  27. ^ "James Flynn Stutesman - People - Department History - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov.
  28. ^ "Horace Greeley Knowles - People - Department History - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov.
  29. ^ "John Davis O'Rear - People - Department History - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov.
  30. ^ "Samuel Abbot Maginnis - People - Department History - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov.
  31. ^ "Jesse Samuel Cottrell - People - Department History - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov.
  32. ^ "David E. Kaufman - People - Department History - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov.
  33. ^ "Edward Francis Feely - People - Department History - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov.
  34. ^ "Fay Allen Des Portes - People - Department History - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov.
  35. ^ "Raymond Henry Norweb - People - Department History - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov.
  36. ^ "Robert Granville Caldwell - People - Department History - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov.
  37. ^ "Douglas Jenkins - People - Department History - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov.
  38. ^ "Pierre de Lagarde Boal - People - Department History - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov.
  39. ^ Shavit, David (1992). The United States in Latin America: A Historical Dictionary. Greenwood Press. p. 407. ISBN 9780313275951.
  40. ^ "Walter Clarence Thurston - People - Department History - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov.
  41. ^ "Joseph Flack - People - Department History - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov.
  42. ^ "Irving Florman - People - Department History - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov.
  43. ^ "Edward John Sparks - People - Department History - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov.
  44. ^ "The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR WILLIAM P. STEDMAN, JR" (PDF). Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training. 23 February 1989. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 July 2024. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  45. ^ "David N. Greenlee (1943–)". United States Department of State. Retrieved September 5, 2014.
  46. ^ "James F. Creagan, Ph.D." St. Mary's University. Retrieved 2020-11-25.
  47. ^ "John S. Creamer - People - Department History - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov. Retrieved 2020-11-25.
  48. ^ "Larry L. Memmott - People - Department History - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov. Retrieved 2020-11-25.
  49. ^ "Chargé d'Affaires Peter Brennan | U.S. Embassy in Bolivia". 2017-07-31. Archived from the original on 2017-07-31. Retrieved 2020-11-25.
  50. ^ "Chargé d'Affaires Bruce Williamson | U.S. Embassy in Bolivia". 2019-06-08. Archived from the original on 2019-06-08. Retrieved 2020-11-25.
  51. ^ "Chargée d'Affaires Charisse Phillips | U.S. Embassy in Bolivia". 2020-11-01. Archived from the original on 2020-11-01. Retrieved 2020-11-25.
  52. ^ "Chargé d'Affaires a.I. Jarahn Hillsman". U.S. Embassy in Bolivia. 2022-10-07.
  53. ^ https://bo.usembassy.gov/charge-daffaires-a-i-marcos-mandojana/
  54. ^ "Deputy Chief of Mission Joe Tordella". 26 June 2023.
  55. ^ "New Chargé d'Affaires Debra Hevia Arrives in Bolivia". 14 September 2023.
[edit]
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_ambassadors_of_the_United_States_to_Bolivia&oldid=1238751765"