List of ambassadors of the United States to Sri Lanka and the Maldives
The position of United States Ambassador to Sri Lanka and the Maldives has existed since 1949.[notes 1] Sri Lanka–United States relations and Maldives–United States relations have been friendly throughout the history of Sri Lanka and the history of the Maldives. The diplomatic mission representing the United States in both countries is located in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Ambassador of the United States to Sri Lanka and the Maldives | |
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Seal of the United States Department of State | |
Nominator | The President of the United States |
Appointer | The President with Senate advice and consent |
Inaugural holder | Felix Cole as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary |
Formation | August 3, 1949 |
Website | U.S. Embassy – Colombo |
Alaina B. Teplitz is the incumbent ambassador from the United States to Sri Lanka and the Maldives. She succeeded Atul Keshap to this position.[1]
United States Ambassadors to Ceylon
# | Name | Start date | Finish date | References | |
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1 | Felix Cole | August 3, 1949 | October 30, 1949 | Harry S. Truman | |
2 | Joseph C. Satterthwaite | November 19, 1949 | July 25, 1953 | Harry S. Truman | |
3 | Maxwell Henry Gluck | September 19, 1953 | September 27, 1956 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | |
4 | Philip K. Crowe | September 19, 1957 | October 2, 1958 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | |
5 | Lampton Berry | November 22, 1958 | June 3, 1959 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | |
6 | Bernard Gufler | August 24, 1959 | March 1, 1961 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | |
7 | Frances E. Willis | May 11, 1961 | September 20, 1964 | John F. Kennedy | |
8 | Cecil B. Lyon | October 30, 1964 | June 17, 1967 | Lyndon B. Johnson | |
9 | Andrew V. Corry | May 24, 1967 | March 21, 1970 | Lyndon B. Johnson |
United States Ambassadors to Sri Lanka
# | Name | Image | Career track | Start date | Finish date | President(s) | References |
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10 | Robert Strausz-Hupé | Political appointee | May 3, 1970 | December 12, 1971 | Richard Nixon | ||
11 | Christopher Van Hollen | Career FSO | October 27, 1972 | April 21, 1976 | Richard Nixon | ||
12 | John H. Reed | Political appointee | July 2, 1976 | June 1, 1977 | Gerald Ford | ||
13 | William Howard Wriggins | Political appointee | August 18, 1977 | December 13, 1979 | Jimmy Carter | ||
14 | Donald R. Toussaint | Career FSO | January 21, 1980 | January 17, 1982 | Jimmy Carter | ||
15 | John H. Reed | Political appointee | February 8, 1982 | September 3, 1985 | Ronald Reagan | ||
16 | James W. Spain | Career FSO | November 21, 1985 | June 16, 1989 | Ronald Reagan | ||
17 | Marion V. Creekmore, Jr. | Career FSO | November 29, 1989 | August 27, 1992 | George H. W. Bush | ||
18 | Teresita Currie Schaffer | Career FSO | October 7, 1992 | August 15, 1995 | George H. W. Bush | ||
19 | Peter Burleigh | Career FSO | January 19, 1996 | August 1, 1997 | Bill Clinton | ||
20 | Shaun E. Donnelly | December 19, 1997 | August 16, 2000 | Bill Clinton | |||
21 | E. Ashley Wills | November 13, 2000 | June 17, 2003 | Bill Clinton | |||
22 | Jeffrey Lunstead | September 26, 2003 | September 9, 2006 | George W. Bush | |||
23 | Robert O. Blake, Jr. | Career FSO | September 9, 2006 | August 19, 2009 | George W. Bush | ||
24 | Patricia A. Butenis | Career FSO | August 19, 2009 | June 29, 2012 | Barack Obama | ||
25 | Michele J. Sison | Career FSO | June 29, 2012 | December 6, 2014 | Barack Obama | ||
26 | Atul Keshap | Career FSO | August 21, 2015 | July 15, 2018 | Barack Obama | ||
27 | Alaina B. Teplitz | Career FSO | November 1, 2018 | Present | Donald Trump |
Notes
- until 1972: "…to Ceylon…"
See also
References
- United States Department of State: Background notes on Sri Lanka
- United States Department of State: Background notes on the Maldives
- This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Department of State website https://www.state.gov/countries-areas/. (U.S. Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets)
- "Ambassador". Embassy of the United States. Archived from the original on June 13, 2011. Retrieved December 6, 2014.
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