Ambassador of the United States to El Salvador
Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent
William H. Duncan
since February 2, 2023
NominatorThe President of the United States
AppointerThe President
with Senate advice and consent
Inaugural holderJames R. Partridge
as Minister Resident
FormationJune 15, 1863
Websitesv.usembassy.gov

The following is a list of United States ambassadors, or other chiefs of mission, to El Salvador. The title given by the United States State Department to this position is currently Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.

Chiefs of mission

Representative Title Presentation
of credentials 		Termination
of mission 		Appointed by
James R. Partridge Minister Resident June 15, 1863 March 22, 1866 Abraham Lincoln
Alpheus Starkey Williams Minister Resident January 21, 1867 October 27, 1869 Andrew Johnson
Alfred T. A. Torbert Minister Resident October 27, 1869 May 10, 1871 Ulysses S. Grant
Thomas Biddle Minister Resident December 5, 1871 June 30, 1873
George Williamson Minister Resident October 18, 1873 before July 7, 1879
Cornelius A. Logan Minister Resident July 7, 1879 on or soon after April 15, 1882 Rutherford B. Hayes
Henry C. Hall Minister Resident August 7, 1882 May 2, 1883 Chester A. Arthur
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary May 2, 1883 on or shortly before May 16, 1889
Lansing B. Mizner Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary April 7–April 12, 1890 December 31, 1890 Benjamin Harrison
Romualdo Pacheco Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary March 28, 1891 November 14, 1891
Richard Cutts Shannon Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary November 14, 1891 April 30, 1893
Lewis Baker Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary May 20, 1893 December 9, 1897 Grover Cleveland
William L. Merry Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary April 3, 1899 December 31, 1907 William McKinley
Henry Percival Dodge Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary July 1, 1908 February 6, 1909 Theodore Roosevelt
William Heimke Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary October 18, 1909 March 16, 1914 William Howard Taft
Boaz W. Long Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary October 14, 1914 November 7, 1917 Woodrow Wilson
Frank D. Arnold Chargé d'Affaires ad interim July 1918 February 10, 1921
Peter Augustus Jay Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary February 10, 1921 April 28, 1921
Montgomery Schuyler, Jr. Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary July 12, 1921[1] April 22, 1925[1] Warren G. Harding
Jefferson Caffery Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary July 20, 1926 July 22, 1928 Calvin Coolidge
Warren D. Robbins Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary February 27, 1929 April 30, 1931 Herbert Hoover
Charles B. Curtis Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary November 6, 1931 January 10, 1932[2]
Frank P. Corrigan Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary April 30, 1934 August 28, 1937 Franklin D. Roosevelt
Robert Frazer Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary December 6, 1937 October 31, 1942
Walter C. Thurston Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary January 14, 1943 April 16, 1943
Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary April 16, 1943 October 14, 1944
John F. Simmons Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary February 21, 1945 July 1, 1947
Albert F. Nufer Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary August 13, 1947 July 16, 1949 Harry S. Truman
George P. Shaw Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary August 23, 1949 April 25, 1952
Angier Biddle Duke Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary June 5, 1952 May 21, 1953 Dwight D. Eisenhower
Michael J. McDermott Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary June 25, 1953 September 28, 1954
Robert C. Hill Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary November 4, 1954 September 21, 1955
Thomas C. Mann Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary November 24, 1955 September 24, 1957
Thorsten V. Kalijarvi Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary December 6, 1957 December 18, 1960
Murat W. Williams Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary February 21, 1961 July 4, 1964 John F. Kennedy
Raúl H. Castro Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary December 11, 1964 July 17, 1968 Lyndon B. Johnson
William G. Bowdler Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary November 15, 1968 September 2, 1971 Richard Nixon
Henry E. Catto, Jr. Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary October 21, 1971 September 2, 1973
James F. Campbell Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary April 5, 1974 July 23, 1976
Ignacio E. Lozano, Jr. Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary August 31, 1976 June 1, 1977 Gerald Ford
Frank J. Devine Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary November 1, 1977 February 15, 1980 Jimmy Carter
Robert E. White Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary March 11, 1980 February 1, 1981
Deane R. Hinton Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary May 28, 1981 July 15, 1983 Ronald Reagan
Thomas R. Pickering Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary September 5, 1983 June 7, 1985
Edwin G. Corr Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary August 29, 1985 August 10, 1988
William Graham Walker Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary August 30, 1988 February 21, 1992
Peter F. Romero Chargé d'Affaires ad interim February 21, 1992 July 1992 George H. W. Bush
Gwen C. Clare Chargé d'Affaires ad interim July 1992 September 20, 1993
Alan H. Flanigan Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary September 20, 1993 July 9, 1996 Bill Clinton
Anne W. Patterson Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary May 16, 1997 July 15, 2000
Rose M. Likins Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary August 23, 2000 June 16, 2003
Philip C. French Chargé d'Affaires ad interim June 13, 2003 December 13, 2003 George W. Bush
H. Douglas Barclay Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary December 13, 2003 July 23, 2006
Charles L. Glazer Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary December 5, 2006 January 20, 2009
Robert I. Blau Chargé d'Affaires ad interim January 20, 2009 September 22, 2010 Barack Obama
Mari Carmen Aponte Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary September 22, 2010 January 2, 2011
Sean Murphy Chargé d'Affaires ad interim January 2, 2011 August 21, 2012,
Mari Carmen Aponte Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary August 21, 2012 February 7, 2016[3]
Jean Elizabeth Manes Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary March 30, 2016[4] July 31, 2019
Ronald D. Johnson Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary September 6, 2019 January 20, 2021 Donald Trump
Brendan O'Brien Chargé d'Affaires ad interim January 20, 2021 June 1, 2021 Joe Biden
Jean Elizabeth Manes Chargé d'Affaires ad interim June 1, 2021[5] November 22, 2021[6]
Brendan O'Brien Chargé d'Affaires ad interim November 22, 2021 June 3, 2022
Patrick Ventrell Chargé d'Affaires ad interim June 3, 2022 June 27, 2022
Matthew Rees Chargé d'Affaires ad interim June 27, 2022 August 11, 2022
Katherine Dueholm Chargé d'Affaires ad interim August 11, 2022 February 2, 2023
William H. Duncan Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary February 2, 2023 Incumbent

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Kenneth J. Blume (February 12, 2010). The A to Z of U.S. Diplomacy from the Civil War to World War I. Scarecrow Press. p. 314. ISBN 978-1-4617-1902-1.
  2. ^ Normal relations interrupted, December 4, 1931
  3. ^ "Mari del Carmen Aponte - People - Department History - Office of the Historian".
  4. ^ "Jean Elizabeth Manes - People - Department History - Office of the Historian".
  5. ^ "Este martes llega a El Salvador la Encargada de Negocios de los Estados Unidos, Jean Elizabeth Manes".
  6. ^ "US diplomat in El Salvador critical of government leaves job | Taiwan News | 2021-11-23 04:42:29". November 23, 2021.


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