United States Ambassador to Colombia
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The following is a list of Ambassadors of the United States, or other chiefs of mission
, to Colombia
and its predecessor states. The title given by the United States State Department to this position is currently Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
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Head of Mission
In diplomatic usage, Head of Mission or Chief of Mission from the French "Chef de Mission Diplomatique" is the generic term used to refer to the head of a diplomatic representation, such as an Ambassador, High Commissioner, Nuncio, Chargé d'affaires, Permanent Representative, and sometimes to a...
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Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
and its predecessor states. The title given by the United States State Department to this position is currently Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
Gran Colombia
The following were commissioned either Chargés d'Affaires or Ministers to Gran ColombiaGran Colombia
Gran Colombia is a name used today for the state that encompassed much of northern South America and part of southern Central America from 1819 to 1831. This short-lived republic included the territories of present-day Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Panama, northern Peru and northwest Brazil. The...
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Richard Clough Anderson, Jr. Richard Clough Anderson, Jr. Richard Clough Anderson, Jr. was an American lawyer, politician, and diplomat from Jefferson County, Kentucky. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky.... |
Minister Plenipotentiary | December 16, 1823 | July 24, 1826 | James Monroe James Monroe James Monroe was the fifth President of the United States . Monroe was the last president who was a Founding Father of the United States, and the last president from the Virginia dynasty and the Republican Generation... |
Beaufort T. Watts | 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... |
March 3, 1827 | November 21, 1827 | John Quincy Adams John Quincy Adams John Quincy Adams was the sixth President of the United States . He served as an American diplomat, Senator, and Congressional representative. He was a member of the Federalist, Democratic-Republican, National Republican, and later Anti-Masonic and Whig parties. Adams was the son of former... |
William Henry Harrison William Henry Harrison William Henry Harrison was the ninth President of the United States , an American military officer and politician, and the first president to die in office. He was 68 years, 23 days old when elected, the oldest president elected until Ronald Reagan in 1980, and last President to be born before the... |
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | February 5, 1829 | September 26, 1829 | |
Thomas P. Moore | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | September 26, 1829 | April 16, 1833 | Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson was the seventh President of the United States . Based in frontier Tennessee, Jackson was a politician and army general who defeated the Creek Indians at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend , and the British at the Battle of New Orleans... |
New Granada
The following were commissioned as either Chargés d'Affaires or Ministers to New Granada.Representative | Title | Presentation of Credentials |
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Robert B. McAfee Robert B. McAfee Robert Breckinridge McAfee was a Kentucky politician, and was the eighth Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky serving from 1824 to 1828.... |
Chargé d'Affaires | July 1, 1833 | June 20, 1837 | Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson was the seventh President of the United States . Based in frontier Tennessee, Jackson was a politician and army general who defeated the Creek Indians at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend , and the British at the Battle of New Orleans... |
James Semple James Semple James Semple was a United States Senator from Illinois.Born in Green County, Kentucky, he had some private education as well as public schooling before enlisting in the Army in 1814 and being an ensign in the Kentucky Militia in 1816. He moved to Edwardsville, Illinois, in 1818 and to Chariton,... |
Chargé d'Affaires | April 21, 1838 | March 4, 1842 | Martin Van Buren Martin Van Buren Martin Van Buren was the eighth President of the United States . Before his presidency, he was the eighth Vice President and the tenth Secretary of State, under Andrew Jackson .... |
William M. Blackford | Chargé d'Affaires | September 17, 1842 | December 24, 1844 | John Tyler John Tyler John Tyler was the tenth President of the United States . A native of Virginia, Tyler served as a state legislator, governor, U.S. representative, and U.S. senator before being elected Vice President . He was the first to succeed to the office of President following the death of a predecessor... |
Benjamin A. Bidlack Benjamin Alden Bidlack Benjamin Alden Bidlack was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Benjamin Alden Bidlack was born in Paris, New York. He moved to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, and attended the public schools... |
Chargé d'Affaires | December 5, 1845 | February 6, 1849 | James K. Polk James K. Polk James Knox Polk was the 11th President of the United States . Polk was born in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. He later lived in and represented Tennessee. A Democrat, Polk served as the 17th Speaker of the House of Representatives and the 12th Governor of Tennessee... |
Thomas M. Foote Thomas M. Foote Thomas Moses Foote was an American diplomat and newspaper editor.He was editor of the Buffalo Commercial Advertiser.From January 5 to October 15, 1850 Foote served as U.S. Chargé to New Granada.... |
Chargé d'Affaires | January 5, 1850 | October 15, 1850 | Zachary Taylor Zachary Taylor Zachary Taylor was the 12th President of the United States and an American military leader. Initially uninterested in politics, Taylor nonetheless ran as a Whig in the 1848 presidential election, defeating Lewis Cass... |
Yelverton P. King | Chargé d'Affaires | August 25, 1851 | April 5, 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... |
James S. Green James S. Green James Stephen Green was a United States Representative and Senator from Missouri.-Early life and education:... |
Chargé d'Affaires | December 19, 1853 | August 13, 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... |
James B. Bowlin James B. Bowlin James Butler Bowlin was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born near Fredericksburg, Virginia, Bowlin apprenticed to a trade, but abandoned it to teach school.He received a classical education.... |
Minister Resident | April 10, 1855 | May 20, 1857 | |
George W. Jones George W. Jones George Wallace Jones , a frontiersman, entrepreneur, attorney, and judge, was among the first two United States Senators to represent the state of Iowa after it was admitted to the Union in 1846... |
Minister Resident | August 29, 1859 | November 4, 1861 | 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.... |
United States of Colombia
The following were commissioned as Ministers to the United States of ColombiaUnited States of Colombia
The United States of Colombia was the name adopted in 1861 through the Rionegro Constitution for the nation which had been known as the Republic of New Granada since the dissolution of the federation of Gran Colombia in 1830-1831....
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Allan W. Burton | Minister Resident | March 9, 1864 | December 10, 1866 | 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... |
Peter J. Sullivan | Minister Resident | July 25, 1867 | June 26, 1869 | Andrew Johnson Andrew Johnson Andrew Johnson was the 17th President of the United States . As Vice-President of the United States in 1865, he succeeded Abraham Lincoln following the latter's assassination. Johnson then presided over the initial and contentious Reconstruction era of the United States following the American... |
Stephen A. Hurlbut Stephen A. Hurlbut Stephen Augustus Hurlbut , was a politician, diplomat, and commander of the U.S. Army of the Gulf in the American Civil War.-Biography:... |
Minister Resident | November 13, 1869 | April 3, 1872 | 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... |
William L. Scruggs | Minister Resident | July 24, 1873 | October 26, 1876 | |
Ernest Dichman | Minister Resident | October 4, 1878 | September 21, 1881 | 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... |
George Maney George Maney George Earl Maney was an American soldier, politician, railroad executive and diplomat. He was a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and a postbellum U.S... |
Minister Resident | September 21, 1881 | July 19, 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... |
William L. Scruggs | Minister Resident | July 19, 1882 | December 4, 1884 | |
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | December 4, 1884 | December 15, 1885 | ||
Charles D. Jacob Charles Donald Jacob Charles Donald Jacob served four terms as mayor of Louisville, Kentucky, two consecutively in 1873-78, then later in 1882-84 and 1888-90. He also served as the U.S. minister to Colombia in 1885-1886. He was a member of the Democratic Party.... |
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | January 26, 1886 | May 29, 1886 | 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... |
Republic of Colombia
The following were commissioned as either Ministers or Ambassadors to the Republic of ColombiaColombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
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Dabney H. Maury Dabney H. Maury Dabney Herndon Maury was an officer in the United States Army, instructor at West Point, author of military training books, and a major general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.-Early life:... |
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | January 20, 1887 | June 22, 1889 | 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... |
John T. Abbott John T. Abbott John True Abbott was a United States diplomat and lawyerBorn in Keene, Cheshire County, N.H., he was the son of Rev. Stephen G. and Sarah Burbank Abbott, he married Alice E. Merriman in 1874. Abbott was educated at Bates College, and read law. As an attorney, he served as city solicitor and... |
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | June 22, 1889 | July 17, 1893 | 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... |
Luther F. McKinney Luther F. McKinney Luther Franklin McKinney was a U.S. Representative from New Hampshire.Born in Newark, Ohio, McKinney attended common and private schools. He taught school for a while, and when the Civil War began, he enlisted in Company D, First Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, serving from August 5, 1861, until... |
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | July 17, 1893 | December 6, 1896 | 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... |
Charles Burdett Hart | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | July 19, 1897 | March 19, 1903 | 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... |
Arthur M. Beaupre | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | April 13, 1903 | December 19, 1903 | 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... |
William W. Russell | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | December 9, 1904 | May 24, 1905 | |
John Barrett John Barrett (diplomat) John Barrett was a United States diplomat and one of the most influential early directors general of the Pan American Union. On his death, the New York Times commented that he had "done more than any other person of his generation to promote closer relations among the American... |
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | November 27, 1905 | September 24, 1906 | |
Thomas C. Dawson | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | October 16, 1907 | April 25, 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 | August 13, 1909 | September 16, 1910 | William H. Taft |
James T. DuBois | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | November 18, 1911 | March 1, 1913 | |
Thaddeus Austin Thompson | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | August 30, 1913 | June 26, 1916 | 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... |
Hoffman Philip | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | February 22, 1919 | May 29, 1922 | |
Samuel H. Piles Samuel H. Piles Samuel Henry Piles was a United States Senator from Washington. Born near Smithland, Kentucky, he attended private schools there, and studied law. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Snohomish, Territory of Washington in 1883. He moved to Spokane in 1886 and later in the same year... |
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | May 29, 1922 | September 17, 1928 | 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... |
Jefferson Caffery Jefferson Caffery Jefferson Caffery served as U.S. ambassador to El Salvador , Colombia , Cuba , Brazil , France , and Egypt .-Career:... |
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | November 28, 1928 | May 20, 1933 | 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... |
Sheldon Whitehouse | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | December 6, 1933 | December 8, 1934 | 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... |
William Dawson William Dawson (ambassador) Wiliam Dawson, Jr. was a career United States diplomat. He was U.S. ambassador to multiple countries, including being the first ambassador to the Organization of American States.... |
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | May 6, 1935 | November 16, 1937 | |
Spruille Braden Spruille Braden Spruille Braden was an American diplomat, businessman, lobbyist, and member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He served as the ambassador of various Latin American countries, and as Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs... |
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.... |
February 15, 1939 | March 12, 1942 | |
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... |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | April 30, 1942 | October 18, 1944 | |
John C. Wiley | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | December 16, 1944 | May 3, 1947 | |
Willard L. Beaulac Willard L. Beaulac Willard Leon Beaulac was a United States Diplomat. He served as U.S. Ambassador to Paraguay, Colombia, Cuba, Chile and Argentina.-Biography:Ambassador Beaulac was born Pawtucket, Rhode Island, and was a graduate of Georgetown University .... |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | September 30, 1947 | June 29, 1951 | 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... |
Capus M. Waynick | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | August 23, 1951 | September 21, 1953 | |
Rudolf E. Schoenfeld | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | January 28, 1954 | January 26, 1955 | Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army... |
Philip W. Bonsal | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | April 1, 1955 | April 24, 1957 | |
John M. Cabot | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | July 12, 1957 | July 15, 1959 | |
Dempster McIntosh | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | July 30, 1959 | January 6, 1961 | |
Fulton Freeman | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | June 15, 1961 | March 14, 1964 | 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.... |
Covey T. Oliver Covey T. Oliver -Biography:Covey T. Oliver was born in Laredo, Texas on April 21, 1913. His father, Pheneas Covey, was a rancher, and his mother, Jane Thomas Covey, was a school teacher. Covey T. Oliver was educated at the University of Texas, graduating in 1933. He then attended the University of Texas School... |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | August 13, 1964 | August 29, 1966 | 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... |
Reynold E. Carlson | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | October 6, 1966 | June 2, 1969 | |
Jack Hood Vaughn | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | June 9, 1969 | June 25, 1970 | 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... |
Leonard J. Saccio | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | February 24, 1971 | July 12, 1973 | |
Viron P. Vaky Viron P. Vaky Viron Peter Vaky is a diplomat and former United States Ambassador to Costa Rica , Colombia , and Venezuela... |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | April 5, 1974 | June 23, 1976 | |
Phillip V. Sanchez Phillip V. Sanchez Phillip Victor Sánchez is former United States Ambassador to Honduras under President Richard Nixon. Since 1987 he has been the publisher of the newspaper Noticias del Mundo. He became the President of CAUSA USA. He is on the Advisory Board of the University of Bridgeport.He received a... |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | September 2, 1976 | April 5, 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... |
Diego C. Asencio Diego C. Asencio Diego Cortes Asencio is a diplomat and former United States Ambassador to Colombia and United States Ambassador to Brazil... |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | December 6, 1977 | June 22, 1980 | 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... |
Thomas D. Boyatt Thomas D. Boyatt Thomas David Boyatt is a former diplomat and United States Ambassador to Burkina Faso and Colombia . He is a member of the American Academy of Diplomacy. He was held captive for six days in a Palestinian hijacking in the 1960s. He graduated from Wyoming High School in 1951... |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | December 3, 1980 | April 14, 1983 | |
Lewis Arthur Tambs | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | May 2, 1983 | February 15, 1985 | 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.... |
Charles A. Gillespie, Jr. Charles A. Gillespie, Jr. Charles Anthony “Tony” Gillespie, Jr. was a former United States career diplomat who helped to open the first United States Embassy in Grenada... |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | August 28, 1985 | September 19, 1988 | |
Thomas Edmund McNamara Thomas E. McNamara Thomas E. "Ted" McNamara is a United States diplomat and State Department official.-Biography:Thomas E. McNamara was born in New Haven, Connecticut in 1940. He was educated at Manhattan College, graduating with a B.A. in 1962. He then attended the University of Notre Dame, receiving an M.A.In... |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | October 4, 1988 | August 14, 1991 | |
Morris D. Busby | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | September 18, 1991 | July 5, 1994 | 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... |
Myles Robert Rene Frechette | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | July 25, 1994 | November 8, 1997 | 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... |
Curtis W. Kamman | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | March 19, 1998 | August 15, 2000 | |
Anne W. Patterson Anne W. Patterson Anne Woods Patterson is an American diplomat and career Foreign Service Officer. She currently serves as the United States Ambassador to Egypt. She previously served as acting United States Ambassador to the United Nations in 2005 and as United States Ambassador to Pakistan from July 2007 to... |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | August 24, 2000 | June 11, 2003 | |
William B. Wood William Braucher Wood William Braucher Wood was the former Ambassador from the United States of America to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. His term of appointment began April 16, 2007, which replaced the former US Ambassador to Afghanistan, Ronald E. Neumann.William B... |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | August 13, 2003 | March 12, 2007 | 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.... |
William Brownfield William Brownfield William R. Brownfield is the current Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs as of January 10, 2011. . He has previously served as U.S. Ambassador to Chile, Venezuela, and Colombia.... |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | September 12, 2007 | August 3, 2010 | |
Peter Michael Mckinley | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | August 3, 2010 | Incumbent | Barack H. Obama |
See also
- Colombia – United States relations
- Foreign relations of ColombiaForeign relations of ColombiaColombia seeks diplomatic and commercial relations with all countries, regardless of their ideologies or political or economic systems. For this reason, the Colombian economy is very open, relying on international trade and following the guidelines given by the international law.Regional relations...
- Ambassadors of the United States