United States Ambassador to Nicaragua
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The following is a list of United States Ambassadors, or other Chiefs of Mission, to Nicaragua
. The title
given by the United States State Department to this position is currently Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.
Nicaragua
Nicaragua is the largest country in the Central American American isthmus, bordered by Honduras to the north and Costa Rica to the south. The country is situated between 11 and 14 degrees north of the Equator in the Northern Hemisphere, which places it entirely within the tropics. The Pacific Ocean...
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Title
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given by the United States State Department to this position is currently Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.
Ambassadors
| Representative | Title | Presentation of Credentials |
Termination of Mission |
Appointed by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John B. Kerr | Chargé d'Affaires Chargé d'affaires In diplomacy, chargé d’affaires , often shortened to simply chargé, is the title of two classes of diplomatic agents who head a diplomatic mission, either on a temporary basis or when no more senior diplomat has been accredited.-Chargés d’affaires:Chargés d’affaires , who were... |
February 18, 1851 | June 1, 1853 | Millard Fillmore Millard Fillmore Millard Fillmore was the 13th President of the United States and the last member of the Whig Party to hold the office of president... |
| Solon Borland Solon Borland Solon Borland was a newspaperman, soldier, diplomat, Democratic United States Senator from the State of Arkansas and a Confederate officer during the American Civil War.-Early life:... |
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | September 14, 1853 | April 17, 1854 | Franklin Pierce Franklin Pierce Franklin Pierce was the 14th President of the United States and is the only President from New Hampshire. Pierce was a Democrat and a "doughface" who served in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate. Pierce took part in the Mexican-American War and became a brigadier general in the Army... |
| John H. Wheeler John H. Wheeler John Hill Wheeler was a politician and historian who served as North Carolina State Treasurer and as United States Minister to Nicaragua .... |
Minister Resident | April 7, 1855 | October 23, 1856 | |
| Mirabeau B. Lamar Mirabeau B. Lamar Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar was a Texas politician, diplomat and soldier who was a leading Texas political figure during the Texas Republic era. He was the second President of the Republic of Texas, after David G. Burnet and Sam Houston.-Early years:Lamar grew up at Fairfield, his father's... |
Minister Resident | February 8, 1858 | May 20, 1859 | James Buchanan James Buchanan James Buchanan, Jr. was the 15th President of the United States . He is the only president from Pennsylvania, the only president who remained a lifelong bachelor and the last to be born in the 18th century.... |
| Alexander Dmitry | Minister Resident | December 7, 1859 | April 27, 1861 | |
| Andrew B. Dickinson | Minister Resident | July 11, 1861 | January 15, 1863 | Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He successfully led his country through a great constitutional, military and moral crisis – the American Civil War – preserving the Union, while ending slavery, and... |
| Thomas H. Clay | Minister Resident | January 15, 1863 | May 31, 1863 | |
| Andrew B. Dickinson | Minister Resident and Extraordinary | May 31, 1863 | July 29, 1869 | |
| Charles N. Riotte | Minister Resident | July 29, 1869 | January 15, 1873 | Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses S. Grant was the 18th President of the United States as well as military commander during the Civil War and post-war Reconstruction periods. Under Grant's command, the Union Army defeated the Confederate military and ended the Confederate States of America... |
| George Williamson | Minister Resident | November 1, 1873 | January 31, 1879 | |
| Cornelius A. Logan | Minister Resident | July 30, 1879 | April 15, 1882 | Rutherford B. Hayes Rutherford B. Hayes Rutherford Birchard Hayes was the 19th President of the United States . As president, he oversaw the end of Reconstruction and the United States' entry into the Second Industrial Revolution... |
| Henry C. Hall | Minister Resident | August 12, 1882 | November 2, 1882 | Chester A. Arthur Chester A. Arthur Chester Alan Arthur was the 21st President of the United States . Becoming President after the assassination of President James A. Garfield, Arthur struggled to overcome suspicions of his beginnings as a politician from the New York City Republican machine, succeeding at that task by embracing... |
| Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | November 2, 1882 | May 23, 1889 | ||
| Lansing B. Mizner | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | August 7, 1889 | December 31, 1890 | Benjamin Harrison Benjamin Harrison Benjamin Harrison was the 23rd President of the United States . Harrison, a grandson of President William Henry Harrison, was born in North Bend, Ohio, and moved to Indianapolis, Indiana at age 21, eventually becoming a prominent politician there... |
| Romualdo Pacheco Romualdo Pacheco José Antonio Romualdo Pacheco Jr. was an American politician and diplomat. Involved in California state and federal politics, Pacheco was elected and appointed to various posts and offices throughout his more than thirty-year career, including the California State Senate, the 12th Governor of... |
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | May 21, 1891 | October 13, 1891 | |
| Richard Cutts Shannon | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | October 13, 1891 | April 30, 1893 | |
| Lewis Baker | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | May 13, 1893 | December 9, 1897 | Grover Cleveland Grover Cleveland Stephen Grover Cleveland was the 22nd and 24th president of the United States. Cleveland is the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms and therefore is the only individual to be counted twice in the numbering of the presidents... |
| William L. Merry | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | March 1, 1899 | August 24, 1908 | William McKinley William McKinley William McKinley, Jr. was the 25th President of the United States . He is best known for winning fiercely fought elections, while supporting the gold standard and high tariffs; he succeeded in forging a Republican coalition that for the most part dominated national politics until the 1930s... |
| John Gardner Coolidge John Gardner Coolidge John Gardner Coolidge was an American collector, diplomat, author, and nephew of Isabella Stewart Gardner.Coolidge was born and died in Boston, and served as U.S. Minister to Nicaragua in 1908. His summer home, The Stevens-Coolidge Place, is now a nonprofit museum.-External links:... |
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | August 24, 1908 | November 21, 1908 | Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt was the 26th President of the United States . He is noted for his exuberant personality, range of interests and achievements, and his leadership of the Progressive Movement, as well as his "cowboy" persona and robust masculinity... |
| John H. Gregory, Jr. | Chargé d'Affaires ad interim | November 21, 1908 | March 12, 1909 | |
| Elliott Northcott Elliott Northcott Elliott Northcott was a United States federal judge.Born in Clarksburg, West Virginia, Northcott attended the University of Michigan Law School, but read law to enter the bar in 1891. He was in private practice in West Virginia from 1891 to the present. He was a City attorney of Huntington, West... |
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | February 21, 1911 | June 23, 1911 | William H. Taft |
| George T. Weitzel | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | January 22, 1912 | April 19, 1913 | |
| Benjamin L. Jefferson | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | September 5, 1913 | October 24, 1921 | Woodrow Wilson Woodrow Wilson Thomas Woodrow Wilson was the 28th President of the United States, from 1913 to 1921. A leader of the Progressive Movement, he served as President of Princeton University from 1902 to 1910, and then as the Governor of New Jersey from 1911 to 1913... |
| John E. Ramer | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | December 30, 1921 | April 5, 1925 | Warren G. Harding Warren G. Harding Warren Gamaliel Harding was the 29th President of the United States . A Republican from Ohio, Harding was an influential self-made newspaper publisher. He served in the Ohio Senate , as the 28th Lieutenant Governor of Ohio and as a U.S. Senator... |
| Charles C. Eberhardt | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | August 7, 1925 | May 10, 1929 | Calvin Coolidge Calvin Coolidge John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. was the 30th President of the United States . A Republican lawyer from Vermont, Coolidge worked his way up the ladder of Massachusetts state politics, eventually becoming governor of that state... |
| Matthew E. Hanna | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | April 11, 1930 | September 6, 1933 | Herbert Hoover Herbert Hoover Herbert Clark Hoover was the 31st President of the United States . Hoover was originally a professional mining engineer and author. As the United States Secretary of Commerce in the 1920s under Presidents Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge, he promoted partnerships between government and business... |
| Arthur Bliss Lane Arthur Bliss Lane Arthur Bliss Lane was the United States Ambassador to Poland .- Biography :Lane was born in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. He was appointed U.S. Minister to Nicaragua ; Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania ; Kingdom of Yugoslavia, ; and Costa Rica . He was then appointed U.S... |
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | December 7, 1933 | March 14, 1936 | Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt , also known by his initials, FDR, was the 32nd President of the United States and a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic crisis and world war... |
| Boaz Long | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | March 19, 1936 | April 1, 1938 | |
| Meredith Nicholson Meredith Nicholson Meredith Nicholson was a best-selling author from Indiana, United States, a politician, and a diplomat.-Biography:... |
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | June 9, 1938 | February 27, 1941 | |
| Pierre de Lagarde Boal Pierre de Lagarde Boal Pierre de Lagarde Boal was an American diplomat and aviator. Boal served as the United States Ambassador to Nicaragua from 1941 to 1942 and the United States Ambassador to Bolivia from May 1942 to February 5, 1944.... |
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | July 24, 1941 | March 5, 1942 | |
| James B. Stewart | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | June 12, 1942 | April 14, 1943 | |
| Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador An ambassador is the highest ranking diplomat who represents a nation and is usually accredited to a foreign sovereign or government, or to an international organization.... |
April 14, 1943 | January 4, 1945 | ||
| Fletcher Warren | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | May 9, 1945 | May 4, 1947 | Harry S. Truman Harry S. Truman Harry S. Truman was the 33rd President of the United States . As President Franklin D. Roosevelt's third vice president and the 34th Vice President of the United States , he succeeded to the presidency on April 12, 1945, when President Roosevelt died less than three months after beginning his... |
| George P. Shaw | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | September 1, 1948 | June 8, 1949 | |
| Capus M. Waynick Capus M. Waynick Capus Miller Waynick was an American newspaperman, politician, and diplomat.Born in Rockingham County, North Carolina, Waynick enrolled at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill but did not graduate. He became a reporter for the Greensboro Record and eventually rose to become its... |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | July 12, 1949 | July 22, 1951 | |
| Thomas E. Whelan | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | November 3, 1951 | March 22, 1961 | |
| Aaron S. Brown | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | April 21, 1961 | May 3, 1967 | John F. Kennedy John F. Kennedy John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy , often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963.... |
| Kennedy M. Crockett Kennedy M. Crockett Kennedy Crockett is an American diplomat who was the United States Ambassador to Nicaragua from 1967 until April 19, 1970.-References:... |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | August 21, 1967 | April 19, 1970 | Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon Baines Johnson , often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States after his service as the 37th Vice President of the United States... |
| Turner B. Shelton | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | November 20, 1970 | August 11, 1975 | Richard Nixon Richard Nixon Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. The only president to resign the office, Nixon had previously served as a US representative and senator from California and as the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961 under... |
| James D. Theberge James D. Theberge James Daniel Theberge was a United States ambassador to Nicaragua and Chile .-Biography:He was born in Oceanside, New York, and received a B.A. from Columbia University in 1952, an M.A. from Oxford University in 1960, and an M.P.A. from Harvard University in 1965... |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | August 11, 1975 | June 8, 1977 | Gerald Ford Gerald Ford Gerald Rudolph "Jerry" Ford, Jr. was the 38th President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977, and the 40th Vice President of the United States serving from 1973 to 1974... |
| Mauricio Solaún Mauricio Solaún Mauricio Solaún is a professor of Latin American social and political institutions at the University of Illinois. He holds degrees in law, economics, and sociology from the Universidad de Villanueva, Cuba, Yale University, and the University of Chicago, respectively.Solaún has been a visiting... |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | September 30, 1977 | February 26, 1979 | Jimmy Carter Jimmy Carter James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. is an American politician who served as the 39th President of the United States and was the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, the only U.S. President to have received the Prize after leaving office... |
| Lawrence A. Pezzullo | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | July 31, 1979 | August 18, 1981 | |
| Anthony Cecil Eden Quainton | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | March 26, 1982 | May 6, 1984 | Ronald Reagan Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor.... |
| Harry E. Bergold, Jr. | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | May 31, 1984 | July 1, 1987 | |
| Richard Huntington Melton | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | May 4, 1988 | July 12, 1988 | |
| Jack Leonard | Chargé d'Affaires ad interim | July 11, 1988 | June 21, 1990 | |
| Harry W. Shlaudeman Harry W. Shlaudeman -Biography:Harry W. Shlaudeman was born in Los Angeles on May 17, 1926. During World War II, he served in the United States Marine Corps from 1944 to 1946. After the war, he attended Stanford University, receiving his B.A. in 1952.... |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | June 21, 1990 | March 14, 1992 | George H. W. Bush George H. W. Bush George Herbert Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 41st President of the United States . He had previously served as the 43rd Vice President of the United States , a congressman, an ambassador, and Director of Central Intelligence.Bush was born in Milton, Massachusetts, to... |
| Ron Godard | Chargé d’Affaires a.i. | |||
| John Francis Maisto | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | September 8, 1993 | November 15, 1996 | Bill Clinton Bill Clinton William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation... |
| Lino Gutierrez Lino Gutierrez Lino Gutierrez is an American diplomat. He served as Ambassador to Argentina from September 2003 through July 2006. He was succeeded by Earl Anthony Wayne... |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | December 5, 1996 | July 21, 1999 | |
| Oliver P. Garza | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | September 24, 1999 | August 30, 2002 | |
| Barbara C. Moore | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | September 13, 2002 | July 15, 2005 | George W. Bush George W. Bush George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000.... |
| Paul A. Trivelli Paul A. Trivelli Paul Arthur Trivelli is a United States diplomat and career foreign service officer. As of 2008, he is serving as the foreign policy advisor to Admiral James G. Stavridis, Commander of United States Southern Command... |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | September 9, 2005 | 2008 | |
| Robert J. Callahan | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | July 24, 2008 | July 2011 | |
| Robert R. Downes | Chargé d’Affaires a.i. | July 2011 | Incumbent |
See also
- Nicaragua – United States relations
- Foreign relations of NicaraguaForeign relations of NicaraguaNicaragua pursues an independent foreign policy. A participant of the Central American Security Commission , Nicaragua also has taken a leading role in pressing for regional demilitarization and peaceful settlement of disputes within states in the region....
- Ambassadors of the United States