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List of ambassadors of the United States to Thailand

October 23, 2023

This is a list of ambassadors of the United States to Thailand.

Ambassador of the United States of America to Thailand
เอกอัครราชทูตสหรัฐอเมริกาประจำประเทศไทย
Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent
Robert F. Godec
since October 7, 2022
NominatorThe President of the United States
AppointerThe President with Senate advice and consent
Inaugural holderJohn A. Halderman
as Minister Resident/Consul General
FormationJuly 13, 1882
WebsiteU.S. Embassy - Bangkok

Thailand has had continuous bilateral relations with the United States since 1882. Relations were interrupted during World War II when Bangkok was occupied by Japanese forces. Normal relations were resumed after the war in 1945.

The United States Embassy to Thailand, which was designed by Gerhard Kallmann of Kallmann McKinnell & Wood,[1] is located in Bangkok.

Ambassadors Edit

Name Portrait Career status Title Appointed Presentation

of credentials

Termination of mission Comment
John A. Halderman[2] Minister Resident/Consul General July 13, 1882 October 23, 1882 Left post April 1, 1885
Jacob T. Child Minister Resident/Consul General March 9, 1886 June 5, 1886 Presented recall, January 17, 1891 Note: President Harrison nominated Alexander C. Moore for the ministerial post on July 9, 1890, but Moore declined the appointment.
Sempronius H. Boyd   Minister Resident/Consul General October 1, 1890 January 17, 1891 Relinquished charge, June 13, 1892
John Barrett   Minister Resident/Consul General February 14, 1894 November 15, 1894 Presented recall, April 26, 1898
Hamilton King[a] Minister Resident/Consul General January 14, 1898 April 26, 1898 April 27, 1903
Hamilton King[a][b] Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary April 27, 1903 July 3, 1903 Died at post September 2, 1912
Fred W. Carpenter[c] Political appointee Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary September 12, 1912 January 22, 1913 Left post November 16, 1913 President Wilson nominated Alexander Sweek of Oregon for the post in 1913 but Sweek’s nomination was not confirmed by the United States Senate.
William H. Hornibrook Political appointee Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary February 12, 1915 May 31, 1915 Presented recall, October 24, 1916
George Pratt Ingersoll Political appointee Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary August 8, 1917 November 24, 1917 Left post June 23, 1918
George W. P. Hunt   Political appointee Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary May 18, 1920 September 6, 1920 Left post October 1, 1921
Edward E. Brodie   Political appointee Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary October 8, 1921 January 31, 1922 Left post May 2, 1925
William W. Russell[d]   Career FSO Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary September 28, 1925 January 9, 1926[e] Left post January 7, 1927
Harold Orville MacKenzie Political appointee Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary March 3, 1927 June 28, 1927 Left post March 29, 1930
Arthur H. Geissler[f] Political appointee Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary December 16, 1929 — —
David E. Kaufman Political appointee Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary June 12, 1930 December 9, 1930 Left post June 15, 1933
James Marion Baker[g]   Political appointee Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary August 30, 1933 December 9, 1933 Left post May 2, 1936
Edwin L. Neville Career FSO Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary May 28, 1937 October 2, 1937 Left post May 1, 1940 Note: Siam changed its name to Thailand in 1939, but ambassadors were commissioned to Siam until 1954.
Hugh Gladney Grant   Political appointee Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary April 3, 1940 August 20, 1940 Left post August 30, 1941
Willys R. Peck Career FSO Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary August 19, 1941 September 16, 1941 Japanese forces occupied Bangkok, December 8, 1941 Note: Thailand declared war on the United States January 25, 1942. Ambassador Peck was initially interned and then freed. He departed Thailand on June 29, 1942.

Note: Normal relations between Thailand and the United States were resumed after the war in October 1945.

Charles W. Yost   Career FSO Chargé d’Affaires Not commissioned A letter of credence was sent to Yost by telegram, October 16, 1945. Superseded by commissioned envoy July 4, 1946
Edwin F. Stanton Career FSO Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary April 27, 1946 July 4, 1946 Promoted to Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary April 10, 1947. Note: The legation in Bangkok was raised to embassy status March 18, 1947. At the same time the envoy was promoted to ambassador.
Edwin F. Stanton[h] Career FSO Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary April 10, 1947 May 9, 1947 Left post June 30, 1953 Note: Hereafter ambassadors were commissioned to Thailand rather than Siam, as previous envoys had been.
William J. Donovan   Political appointee Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary August 3, 1953 September 4, 1953 Left post August 21, 1954
John E. Peurifoy[i]   Career FSO Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary September 15, 1954 December 3, 1954 Died near Hua Hin, August 12, 1955
Max Waldo Bishop[j]   Career FSO Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary December 3, 1955 January 9, 1956 Left post January 6, 1958
U. Alexis Johnson   Career FSO Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary January 30, 1958 February 14, 1958 Left post April 10, 1961
Kenneth Todd Young   Political appointee Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary March 29, 1961 June 22, 1961 Left post August 19, 1963
Graham A. Martin   Career FSO Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary September 10, 1963 November 7, 1963 Left post September 9, 1967
Leonard S. Unger   Career FSO Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary August 11, 1967 October 4, 1967 Left post November 19, 1973
William R. Kintner Political appointee Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary September 28, 1973 November 29, 1973 Left post March 15, 1975
Charles S. Whitehouse   Career FSO Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary May 8, 1975 May 30, 1975 Left post June 19, 1978
Morton I. Abramowitz   Career FSO Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary June 27, 1978 August 9, 1978 Left post July 31, 1981
John Gunther Dean Career FSO Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary October 1, 1981 October 26, 1981 Left post June 6, 1985
William Andreas Brown   Career FSO Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary June 6, 1985 July 5, 1985 Left post August 5, 1988
Daniel Anthony O'Donohue Career FSO Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary July 11, 1988 August 13, 1988 Left post August 10, 1991
David Floyd Lambertson Career FSO Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary July 22, 1991 September 24, 1991 Left post August 25, 1995
William H. Itoh Career FSO Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary December 19, 1995 February 20, 1996 Left post February 1, 1999
Richard E. Hecklinger Career FSO Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary December 1, 1998 March 9, 1999 Left post December 21, 2001
Darryl N. Johnson   Career FSO Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary November 26, 2001 March 29, 2002 Left post December 28, 2004
Ralph Leo Boyce[3]   Career FSO Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary July 2, 2004 March 9, 2005 Left post July 21, 2007
Eric G. John[4]   Career FSO Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary August 3, 2007 January 8, 2008 Left post September 30, 2010
Kristie A. Kenney[5]   Career FSO Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary December 9, 2010 January 8, 2011 Left post November 6, 2014
W. Patrick Murphy[6]   Career FSO Chargé d’affaires a.i. November 6, 2014 N/A August 2015
Glyn T. Davies[7]   Career FSO Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary August 6, 2015 October 2, 2015 Left post September 29, 2018
Michael G. DeSombre   Political appointee Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary January 8, 2020 March 2, 2020 January 20, 2021
Michael G. Heath[8]   Career FSO Chargé d’affaires January 20, 2021 N/A October 7, 2022
Robert F. Godec   Career FSO Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary August 4, 2022[9] October 7, 2022[10] Incumbent

See also Edit

Notes Edit

  1. ^ a b Minister King was promoted to Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary during his term, which required a new commission.
  2. ^ King was commissioned as Envoy Extraordinary during a recess of the Senate and recommissioned after confirmation on November 16, 1903.
  3. ^ Carpenter was commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on March 1, 1913.
  4. ^ Russell was commissioned during a recess of the Senate and recommissioned after confirmation on December 17, 1925.
  5. ^ Russell was officially received on January 9, 1926.
  6. ^ Geissler took the oath of office, but did not proceed to post.
  7. ^ Baker was commissioned during a recess of the Senate and recommissioned after confirmation on January 15, 1934.
  8. ^ Stanton was promoted to Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary April 10, 1947. That required a new commission.
  9. ^ Peurifoy was commissioned during a recess of the Senate and recommissioned after confirmation on December 3, 1954.
  10. ^ Bishop was commissioned during a recess of the Senate and recommissioned after confirmation on January 18, 1956.

References Edit

  1. ^ Hevesi, Dennis (June 24, 2012). "Gerhard Kallmann, Architect, Is Dead at 97". New York Times. Retrieved July 16, 2012.
  2. ^ Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. Standard Publishing Company. pp. 801.
  3. ^ "Ambassador Ralph L. "Skip" Boyce - U.S. Embassy Bangkok, Thailand". October 28, 2007. from the original on October 28, 2007. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
  4. ^ "Ambassador Eric G. John - U.S. Embassy Bangkok, Thailand". August 14, 2010. from the original on August 14, 2010. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
  5. ^ . December 6, 2013. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
  6. ^ . December 4, 2014. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
  7. ^ . March 22, 2016. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
  8. ^ . November 7, 2021. Archived from the original on November 7, 2021. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
  9. ^ "PN1937 - Nomination of Robert F. Godec for Department of State, 117th Congress (2021-2022)". www.congress.gov. August 4, 2022. Retrieved August 5, 2022.
  10. ^ Royal Office (October 8, 2022). "พระบาทสมเด็จพระเจ้าอยู่หัว และสมเด็จพระนางเจ้า ฯ พระบรมราชินี พระราชทานพระบรมราชวโรกาสให้ เอกอัครราชทูตต่างประเทศประจำประเทศไทย เฝ้าทูลละอองธุลีพระบาท ถวายพระราชสาส์นตราตั้ง และอักษรสาส์นตราตั้ง". หน่วยราชการในพระองค์ (in Thai). Retrieved October 8, 2022.

Sources Edit

External links Edit

  • United States Department of State: Chiefs of Mission for Thailand
  • United States Department of State: Thailand
  • United States Embassy in Bangkok

October 23, 2023
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This is a list of ambassadors of the United States to Thailand Ambassador of the United States of America to ThailandexkxkhrrachthutshrthxemrikapracapraethsithySeal of the United States Department of StateIncumbentRobert F Godecsince October 7 2022NominatorThe President of the United StatesAppointerThe President with Senate advice and consentInaugural holderJohn A Haldermanas Minister Resident Consul GeneralFormationJuly 13 1882WebsiteU S Embassy BangkokThailand has had continuous bilateral relations with the United States since 1882 Relations were interrupted during World War II when Bangkok was occupied by Japanese forces Normal relations were resumed after the war in 1945 The United States Embassy to Thailand which was designed by Gerhard Kallmann of Kallmann McKinnell amp Wood 1 is located in Bangkok Contents 1 Ambassadors 2 See also 3 Notes 4 References 5 Sources 6 External linksAmbassadors EditName Portrait Career status Title Appointed Presentation of credentials Termination of mission CommentJohn A Halderman 2 Minister Resident Consul General July 13 1882 October 23 1882 Left post April 1 1885Jacob T Child Minister Resident Consul General March 9 1886 June 5 1886 Presented recall January 17 1891 Note President Harrison nominated Alexander C Moore for the ministerial post on July 9 1890 but Moore declined the appointment Sempronius H Boyd nbsp Minister Resident Consul General October 1 1890 January 17 1891 Relinquished charge June 13 1892John Barrett nbsp Minister Resident Consul General February 14 1894 November 15 1894 Presented recall April 26 1898Hamilton King a Minister Resident Consul General January 14 1898 April 26 1898 April 27 1903Hamilton King a b Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary April 27 1903 July 3 1903 Died at post September 2 1912Fred W Carpenter c Political appointee Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary September 12 1912 January 22 1913 Left post November 16 1913 President Wilson nominated Alexander Sweek of Oregon for the post in 1913 but Sweek s nomination was not confirmed by the United States Senate William H Hornibrook Political appointee Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary February 12 1915 May 31 1915 Presented recall October 24 1916George Pratt Ingersoll Political appointee Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary August 8 1917 November 24 1917 Left post June 23 1918George W P Hunt nbsp Political appointee Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary May 18 1920 September 6 1920 Left post October 1 1921Edward E Brodie nbsp Political appointee Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary October 8 1921 January 31 1922 Left post May 2 1925William W Russell d nbsp Career FSO Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary September 28 1925 January 9 1926 e Left post January 7 1927Harold Orville MacKenzie Political appointee Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary March 3 1927 June 28 1927 Left post March 29 1930Arthur H Geissler f Political appointee Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary December 16 1929 David E Kaufman Political appointee Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary June 12 1930 December 9 1930 Left post June 15 1933James Marion Baker g nbsp Political appointee Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary August 30 1933 December 9 1933 Left post May 2 1936Edwin L Neville Career FSO Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary May 28 1937 October 2 1937 Left post May 1 1940 Note Siam changed its name to Thailand in 1939 but ambassadors were commissioned to Siam until 1954 Hugh Gladney Grant nbsp Political appointee Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary April 3 1940 August 20 1940 Left post August 30 1941Willys R Peck Career FSO Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary August 19 1941 September 16 1941 Japanese forces occupied Bangkok December 8 1941 Note Thailand declared war on the United States January 25 1942 Ambassador Peck was initially interned and then freed He departed Thailand on June 29 1942 Note Normal relations between Thailand and the United States were resumed after the war in October 1945 Charles W Yost nbsp Career FSO Charge d Affaires Not commissioned A letter of credence was sent to Yost by telegram October 16 1945 Superseded by commissioned envoy July 4 1946Edwin F Stanton Career FSO Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary April 27 1946 July 4 1946 Promoted to Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary April 10 1947 Note The legation in Bangkok was raised to embassy status March 18 1947 At the same time the envoy was promoted to ambassador Edwin F Stanton h Career FSO Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary April 10 1947 May 9 1947 Left post June 30 1953 Note Hereafter ambassadors were commissioned to Thailand rather than Siam as previous envoys had been William J Donovan nbsp Political appointee Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary August 3 1953 September 4 1953 Left post August 21 1954John E Peurifoy i nbsp Career FSO Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary September 15 1954 December 3 1954 Died near Hua Hin August 12 1955Max Waldo Bishop j nbsp Career FSO Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary December 3 1955 January 9 1956 Left post January 6 1958U Alexis Johnson nbsp Career FSO Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary January 30 1958 February 14 1958 Left post April 10 1961Kenneth Todd Young nbsp Political appointee Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary March 29 1961 June 22 1961 Left post August 19 1963Graham A Martin nbsp Career FSO Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary September 10 1963 November 7 1963 Left post September 9 1967Leonard S Unger nbsp Career FSO Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary August 11 1967 October 4 1967 Left post November 19 1973William R Kintner Political appointee Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary September 28 1973 November 29 1973 Left post March 15 1975Charles S Whitehouse nbsp Career FSO Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary May 8 1975 May 30 1975 Left post June 19 1978Morton I Abramowitz nbsp Career FSO Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary June 27 1978 August 9 1978 Left post July 31 1981John Gunther Dean Career FSO Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary October 1 1981 October 26 1981 Left post June 6 1985William Andreas Brown nbsp Career FSO Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary June 6 1985 July 5 1985 Left post August 5 1988Daniel Anthony O Donohue Career FSO Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary July 11 1988 August 13 1988 Left post August 10 1991David Floyd Lambertson Career FSO Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary July 22 1991 September 24 1991 Left post August 25 1995William H Itoh Career FSO Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary December 19 1995 February 20 1996 Left post February 1 1999Richard E Hecklinger Career FSO Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary December 1 1998 March 9 1999 Left post December 21 2001Darryl N Johnson nbsp Career FSO Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary November 26 2001 March 29 2002 Left post December 28 2004Ralph Leo Boyce 3 nbsp Career FSO Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary July 2 2004 March 9 2005 Left post July 21 2007Eric G John 4 nbsp Career FSO Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary August 3 2007 January 8 2008 Left post September 30 2010Kristie A Kenney 5 nbsp Career FSO Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary December 9 2010 January 8 2011 Left post November 6 2014W Patrick Murphy 6 nbsp Career FSO Charge d affaires a i November 6 2014 N A August 2015Glyn T Davies 7 nbsp Career FSO Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary August 6 2015 October 2 2015 Left post September 29 2018Michael G DeSombre nbsp Political appointee Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary January 8 2020 March 2 2020 January 20 2021Michael G Heath 8 nbsp Career FSO Charge d affaires January 20 2021 N A October 7 2022Robert F Godec nbsp Career FSO Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary August 4 2022 9 October 7 2022 10 IncumbentSee also EditThailand United States relations Foreign relations of Thailand Ambassadors of the United States Embassy of the United States BangkokNotes Edit a b Minister King was promoted to Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary during his term which required a new commission King was commissioned as Envoy Extraordinary during a recess of the Senate and recommissioned after confirmation on November 16 1903 Carpenter was commissioned during a recess of the Senate recommissioned after confirmation on March 1 1913 Russell was commissioned during a recess of the Senate and recommissioned after confirmation on December 17 1925 Russell was officially received on January 9 1926 Geissler took the oath of office but did not proceed to post Baker was commissioned during a recess of the Senate and recommissioned after confirmation on January 15 1934 Stanton was promoted to Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary April 10 1947 That required a new commission Peurifoy was commissioned during a recess of the Senate and recommissioned after confirmation on December 3 1954 Bishop was commissioned during a recess of the Senate and recommissioned after confirmation on January 18 1956 References Edit Hevesi Dennis June 24 2012 Gerhard Kallmann Architect Is Dead at 97 New York Times Retrieved July 16 2012 Blackmar Frank Wilson 1912 Kansas A Cyclopedia of State History Embracing Events Institutions Industries Counties Cities Towns Prominent Persons Etc Standard Publishing Company pp 801 Ambassador Ralph L Skip Boyce U S Embassy Bangkok Thailand October 28 2007 Archived from the original on October 28 2007 Retrieved November 7 2021 Ambassador Eric G John U S Embassy Bangkok Thailand August 14 2010 Archived from the original on August 14 2010 Retrieved November 7 2021 Ambassador Kristie A Kenney Embassy of the United States Bangkok Thailand December 6 2013 Retrieved November 7 2021 Charge d affaires a i W Patrick Murphy Embassy of the United States Bangkok Thailand December 4 2014 Retrieved November 7 2021 Ambassador Glyn T Davies Bangkok Thailand Embassy of the United States March 22 2016 Retrieved November 7 2021 Charge d affaires Michael Heath U S Embassy amp Consulate in Thailand November 7 2021 Archived from the original on November 7 2021 Retrieved November 8 2021 PN1937 Nomination of Robert F Godec for Department of State 117th Congress 2021 2022 www congress gov August 4 2022 Retrieved August 5 2022 Royal Office October 8 2022 phrabathsmedcphraecaxyuhw aelasmedcphranangeca phrabrmrachini phrarachthanphrabrmrachworkasih exkxkhrrachthuttangpraethspracapraethsithy efathullaxxngthuliphrabath thwayphrarachsasntratng aelaxksrsasntratng hnwyrachkarinphraxngkh in Thai Retrieved October 8 2022 Sources EditUnited States Department of State Background notes on Thailand nbsp This article incorporates public domain material from U S Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets 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