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List of ambassadors of the United States to Grenada
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| Ambassador of the United States to Grenada | |
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| Nominator | The President of the United States |
| Appointer | The President with Senate advice and consent |
| Inaugural holder | Theodore R. Britton, Jr. as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary |
| Formation | February 2, 1984 |
| Website | U.S. Embassy - Bridgetown |
The United States ambassador to Grenada is the official representative of the government of the United States to the government of Grenada. The ambassador is the United States Ambassador to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, resident in Bridgetown, Barbados, and is concurrently the ambassador to Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
The U.S. Government established an embassy in Grenada at St. George's on February 2, 1984. The U.S. Ambassador to Grenada is resident in Bridgetown, 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 the United States State Department to this position is currently Ambassador 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'Affaires ad interim | February 2, 1984 | March 1984 | Ronald Reagan |
| Loren E. Lawrence | Chargé d'Affaires ad interim | March 1984 | December 1984 | |
| Roy T. Haverkamp | Chargé d'Affaires ad interim | December 1984 | March 1986 | |
| John C. Leary | Chargé d'Affaires ad 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'Affaires ad interim | January 16, 2009 | June 19, 2011[6] | [7] |
| Christopher Sandrolini[4] | Chargé d'Affaires ad 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'Affaires ad 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.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Also accredited to Antigua and Barbuda; Barbados; Dominica; St. Kitts and Nevis; St. Lucia; and St. Vincent and the Grenadines; resident at Bridgetown.
- ^ Died at Gainesville, Florida on this date.
- ^ a b "Chargé d'Affaires". United States Department of State. Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2011-07-03.
- ^ 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 from the original on May 9, 2012, retrieved May 21, 2012.
- ^ "Ambassador Linda S. Taglialatela - U.S. Embassy in Barbados, the Eastern Caribbean, and the OECS". 2021-11-07. Archived from the original on 7 November 2021. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
- "U.S. Diplomatic chiefs of mission to Grenada". The Political Graveyard. 2005-03-10. Retrieved 2007-09-07.
- United States Department of State: Background notes on Grenada
This article incorporates public domain material from U.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
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