List of ambassadors of the United States to Ethiopia

The United States established diplomatic relations with Ethiopia in 1903 and commissioned its first ambassador to Ethiopia, Hoffman Philip, in 1908. Relations continued uninterrupted until 1980. In July 1980, the U.S. Ambassador to Ethiopia was recalled at the request of the Ethiopian Government, and the U.S. Embassy in Ethiopia and the Ethiopian Embassy in the United States were headed by chargés d’affaires. After the defeat of the Derg regime in 1991 and installation of a new government, the current chargé was commissioned as the new ambassador. The U.S. has had good relations with the Ethiopian government since that time.

Ambassador of the United States to Ethiopia
Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent
Michael A. Raynor
since September 29, 2017
NominatorThe President of the United States
AppointerThe President
with Senate advice and consent
Inaugural holderHoffman Philip
as Minister Resident/Consul General
FormationJuly 20, 1908
WebsiteU.S. Embassy - Addis Ababa

Ambassadors
  • Hoffman Philip[1]
    • Title: Minister Resident/Consul General
    • Appointed: July 20, 1908
    • Presented credentials: July 6, 1909
    • Terminated mission: Left post, February 8, 1910
  • Addison E. Southard – Career FSO[2]
    • Title: Minister Resident/Consul General
    • Appointed: October 12, 1927
    • Presented credentials: March 1, 1928
    • Terminated mission: Left post, October 26, 1934
  • Cornelius Van H. Engert – Career FSO[3]
    • Title: Minister Resident/Consul General
    • Appointed: February 7, 1936
    • Presented credentials: April 30, 1936
    • Terminated mission: Left post, May 4, 1937
  • Note: The U. S. Legation in Addis Ababa was closed and diplomatic personnel were withdrawn following the Italian occupation of Ethiopia in 1937. The U. S. never recognized Italian authority in Ethiopia. The legation was reopened and a new Minister Resident/Consul was appointed in 1943.
  • John K. Caldwell – Career FSO[4]
    • Title: Minister Resident/Consul General
    • Appointed: April 14, 1943
    • Presented credentials: August 31, 1943
    • Terminated mission: December 9, 1943
  • John K. Caldwell – Career FSO[4]
    • Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: October 7, 1943
    • Presented credentials: December 9, 1943
    • Terminated mission: Left post, August 26, 1945
  • Felix Cole – Career FSO
    • Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: February 20, 1945
    • Presented credentials: October 5, 1945
    • Terminated mission: Left post, October 8, 1947
  • George R. Merrell – Career FSO[5]
    • Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: May 15, 1947
    • Presented credentials: January 1, 1948
    • Terminated mission: May 21, 1949
  • George R. Merrell – Career FSO[5]
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: May 21, 1949
    • Presented credentials: June 28, 1949
    • Terminated mission: Left post, March 17, 1951
  • J. Rives Childs – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: April 19, 1951
    • Presented credentials: May 14, 1951
    • Terminated mission: Left post, January 19, 1953
  • Joseph Simonson – Political appointee
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: July 22, 1953
    • Presented credentials: October 6, 1953
    • Terminated mission: Left post, May 1, 1957
  • Don C. Bliss – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: May 20, 1957
    • Presented credentials: June 22, 1957
    • Terminated mission: Left post, June 4, 1960
  • Arthur L. Richards – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: June 24, 1960
    • Presented credentials: August 26, 1960
    • Terminated mission: Left Ethiopia, November 25, 1962
  • Edward M. Korry – Political appointee
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: March 9, 1963
    • Presented credentials: April 20, 1963
    • Terminated mission: Left post, September 22, 1967
  • William O. Hall – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: September 13, 1967
    • Presented credentials: October 27, 1967
    • Terminated mission: Left post, May 15, 1971
  • E. Ross Adair – Political appointee
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: May 11, 1971
    • Presented credentials: July 8, 1971
    • Terminated mission: Left post, February 12, 1974
  • Thomas W. McElhiney – Career FSO[6]
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: February 11, 1974
    • Presented credentials:
    • Terminated mission:
  • Arthur W. Hummel, Jr. – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: February 20, 1975
    • Presented credentials: April 3, 1975
    • Terminated mission: Left post, July 6, 1976
  • Frederic L. Chapin – Career FSO[7]
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: June 27, 1978
    • Presented credentials: July 21, 1978
    • Terminated mission: Left post, July 29, 1980
  • Note: The U.S. ambassador was recalled in July 1980 and a series of chargés maintained the embassy until June 1992. The following officers served as chargés d’affaires: Owen W. Roberts July 1980–May 1982, David A. Korn (June 1982–July 1985), James Cheek (July 1985–August 1988), Robert G. Houdek (August 1988–June 1991), and Marc A. Baas (June 1991–June 1992). In June 1992 the current chargé, Marc Allen Baas, was commissioned as the new ambassador.
  • Marc Allen Baas – Career FSO[8]
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: June 15, 1982
    • Presented credentials: June 24, 1992
    • Terminated mission: Left post, July 8, 1994
  • Irvin Hicks – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: May 9, 1994
    • Presented credentials: July 22, 1994
    • Terminated mission: Left post, June 26, 1996
  • David H. Shinn – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: June 6, 1996
    • Presented credentials: July 2, 1996
    • Terminated mission: Left post August 14, 1999
  • Tibor P. Nagy – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: August 9, 1999
    • Presented credentials: October 12, 1999
    • Terminated mission: Left post July 19, 2002
  • Aurelia E. Brazeal – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: October 3, 2002
    • Presented credentials: November 20, 2002
    • Terminated mission: Left post, September 2, 2005
  • Note: Vicki J. Huddleston served as the Chargé d'Affaires ad interim at the embassy in Addis Ababa until Donald Yamamoto became the ambassador.
  • Donald Yamamoto – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: November 9, 2006
    • Presented Credentials: December 6, 2006
    • Terminated mission: Unknown
  • Donald E. Booth – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: April 2, 2010
    • Presented Credentials: May 2, 2010
    • Terminated mission: Left post, August, 2013
  • Patricia M. Haslach – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: August 14, 2013
    • Presented Credentials: September 25, 2013
    • Terminated mission: August 31, 2016
  • Peter H. Vrooman
    • Title: Chargé d'Affaires
    • Appointed: September 2016
    • Presented Credentials: September 2016
    • Terminated mission: July 2017
  • Michael A. Raynor – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: August 3, 2017
    • Presented Credentials: September 29, 2017
    • Terminated mission: TBD

Notes
  1. Philip was commissioned during a recess of the Senate and recommissioned after confirmation on December 9, 1908. He was commissioned to Abyssinia, but did not serve under this recess appointment.
  2. Southard was commissioned during a recess of the Senate and recommissioned after confirmation on December 19, 1927
  3. Engert’s mission was terminated when Italian forces occupied Addis Ababa, May 6, 1936.
  4. Caldwell’s mission was terminated on October 7, 1943, when the mission was promoted to Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary. Caldwell was recommissioned with the new title on the same date.
  5. Merrell’s mission was terminated on May 21, 1949, when the mission was promoted to Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. Merrell was recommissioned with the new title on the same date.
  6. McElhiney declined the appointment.
  7. Ambassador Chapin was recalled at the request of the Ethiopian government on July 29, 1980.
  8. Baas was commissioned as chargé d’affaires in 1982 and promoted to ambassador in 1992.

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