List of ambassadors of the United States to Iraq

Ambassador of the United States to Iraq

سفارة الولايات المتحدة في جمهورية العراق

Seal of the United States Department of State

Incumbent
Alina Romanowski
since June 2, 2022

Nominator| The president of the United States
Appointer| The president
with Senate advice and consent
Inaugural holder| Alexander K. Sloan
as Chargé d'Affaires
Formation| 1931
Website| U.S. Embassy – Baghdad

This is a list of United States ambassadors, or lower-ranking heads of a diplomatic mission to Iraq.

* Alexander K. Sloan (1931), chargé d'affaires
* Paul Knabenshue (1932–1942), minister
* Thomas M. Wilson (1942), minister
* Loy W. Henderson (1943–1945), minister
* George Wadsworth II (1946–1948), minister
* Edward Savage Crocker II (1948), first ambassador
* Burton Y. Berry (1952–1954)
* Waldemar J. Gallman (1954–1958)
* John D. Jernegan (1958–1962)
* Robert C. Strong (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 U.S. maintained an interests section starting in 1972, hosted by the Belgian embassy.

* David George Newton (1984–1988), initially chargé d'affaires, then full ambassador
* April Glaspie (1988–1990)
* Joseph C. Wilson (1990–1991), chargé d'affaires until First Gulf War

The American embassy in Baghdad remained closed until 2000 when it was staffed by Japanese diplomats working in proxy with the U.S. 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 the interests of the U.S. until July 13, 2004.

* Krzysztof Biernacki (1991–2004), the director of the U.S. interests section at the Polish embassy in Baghdad, Polish diplomat
* John Negroponte (July 2004—March 2005), first post–Second Gulf War ambassador
* Zalmay Khalilzad (June 2005–March 2007)
* Ryan Crocker (March 2007–February 2009), ambassador Patricia A. Butenis was chargé d'Affaires, a.i.
* Christopher R. Hill (April 2009–August 2010)
* James F. Jeffrey (August 2010–June 2012)
* Robert S. Beecroft (October 2012–September 2014)
* Stuart E. Jones (October 2014–September 2016)
* Douglas Silliman (September 2016–February 2019)[1]
* Joey R. Hood (February–June 2019), chargé d'affaires
* Matthew H. Tueller (June 2019–June 2022)
* Alina Romanowski (June 2022–present)

## See also[edit]

* Embassy of Iraq, Washington, D.C.
* Embassy of the United States, Baghdad
* Iraq–United States relations
* Foreign relations of Iraq
* Ambassadors of the United States

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Douglas A. Silliman". US Department of State. Retrieved 25 March 2017.

* United States Department of State: Background notes on Iraq
* 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 Iraq
* United States Department of State: Iraq
* United States Embassy in Baghdad

* v
* t
* e

Ambassadors of the United States

Current countries|

* Afghanistan
* Albania
* Algeria
* Andorra
* Angola
* Antigua and Barbuda
* Argentina
* Armenia
* Australia
* Austria
* Azerbaijan
* Bahamas
* Bahrain
* Bangladesh
* Barbados
* Belarus
* Belgium
* Belize
* Benin
* Bolivia
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Botswana
* Brazil
* Brunei
* Bulgaria
* Burkina Faso
* Burma
* Burundi
* Cambodia
* Cameroon
* Canada
* Cape Verde
* Central African Republic
* Chad
* Chile
* China
* Colombia
* Comoros
* DR Congo
* Congo
* Costa Rica
* Croatia
* Cuba
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Djibouti
* Dominica
* Dominican Republic
* East Timor
* Ecuador
* Egypt
* El Salvador
* Equatorial Guinea
* Eritrea
* Estonia
* Eswatini
* Ethiopia
* Fiji
* Finland
* France
* Gabon
* The Gambia
* Georgia
* Germany
* Ghana
* Greece
* Grenada
* Guatemala
* Guinea
* Guinea-Bissau
* Guyana
* Haiti
* Holy See
* Honduras
* Hungary
* Iceland
* India
* Indonesia
* Iraq
* Ireland
* Israel
* Italy
* Ivory Coast
* Jamaica
* Japan
* Jordan
* Kazakhstan
* Kenya
* Kiribati
* South Korea
* Kosovo
* Kuwait
* Kyrgyzstan
* Laos
* Latvia
* Lebanon
* Lesotho
* Liberia
* Libya
* Liechtenstein
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* Madagascar
* Malawi
* Malaysia
* Maldives
* Mali
* Malta
* Marshall Islands
* Mauritania
* Mauritius
* Mexico
* Micronesia
* Moldova
* Monaco
* Mongolia
* Montenegro
* Morocco
* Mozambique
* Namibia
* Nauru
* Nepal
* Netherlands
* New Zealand
* Nicaragua
* Niger
* Nigeria
* North Macedonia
* Norway
* Oman
* Pakistan
* Palau
* Panama
* Papua New Guinea
* Paraguay
* Peru
* Philippines
* Poland
* Portugal
* Qatar
* Romania
* Russia
* Rwanda
* Saint Kitts and Nevis
* Saint Lucia
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
* Samoa
* San Marino
* São Tomé and Príncipe
* Saudi Arabia
* Senegal
* Serbia
* Seychelles
* Sierra Leone
* Singapore
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Solomon Islands
* Somalia
* South Africa
* South Sudan
* Spain
* Sri Lanka
* Sudan
* Suriname
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Syria
* Tajikistan
* Tanzania
* Thailand
* Togo
* Tonga
* Trinidad and Tobago
* Tunisia
* Turkey
* Turkmenistan
* Tuvalu
* Uganda
* Ukraine
* United Arab Emirates
* United Kingdom
* Uruguay
* Uzbekistan
* Vanuatu
* Venezuela
* Vietnam
* Yemen
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

Suspended relations|

* Iran

Defunct countries|

* Czechoslovakia
* East Germany
* Hawaii
* North Yemen
* Ottoman Empire
* Prussia
* South Vietnam
* South Yemen
* Soviet Union
* Tanganyika
* Two Sicilies
* United Arab Republic
* Texas
* Yugoslavia

Other places|

* Curaçao
* Hong Kong and Macau
* Jerusalem
* Taiwan

International organizations|

* AU
* APEC
* ASEAN
* SAARC
* CD
* EU
* ICAO
* NATO
* OAS
* OECD
* OIC
* OPCW
* OSCE
* UN
* UNESCO
* UNEP
* UN Food and Agriculture
* UNVIE
* UN in Geneva
* UN Human Rights
* WTO

Ambassadors-at-large|

* Arctic
* Counterterrorism
* Global Women's Issues
* International Religious Freedom
* Global Criminal Justice
* Trafficking in Persons
* AIDS
* Antisemitism

Ambassadors by President|

* Donald Trump
* Joe Biden

Other|

* Women
* LGBT

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template