United States Ambassador to Jamaica
Encyclopedia
This is a list of United States
Ambassadors to Jamaica
. The U.S. Embassy is located in Jamaica's capital, Kingston
, and was established there on August 16, 1962. The current ambassador is Pamela E. Bridgewater
.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Ambassadors to Jamaica
Jamaica
Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...
. The U.S. Embassy is located in Jamaica's capital, Kingston
Kingston, Jamaica
Kingston is the capital and largest city of Jamaica, located on the southeastern coast of the island. It faces a natural harbour protected by the Palisadoes, a long sand spit which connects the town of Port Royal and the Norman Manley International Airport to the rest of the island...
, and was established there on August 16, 1962. The current ambassador is Pamela E. Bridgewater
Pamela E. Bridgewater
Pamela E. Bridgewater is a United States career diplomat, most recently posted as the U.S. Ambassador to Jamaica.-Biography:...
.
| Name | Background | Title | Appointment | Presentation of Credentials | Termination of Mission | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irving G. Cheslaw | Non-career appointee | 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... ad interim Ad interim The Latin phrase ad interim literally means "in the time between" denotes the meaning of "in the meantime", "for an intervening time" or "temporarily" in the English language... |
August 16, 1962 | Unknown | 1962 | |
| William C. Doherty | Non-career appointee | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | October 23, 1962 | November 26, 1962 | Left post, April 25, 1964 | |
| Wilson T.M. Beale, Jr. | Foreign Service officer | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | September 1, 1965 | October 13, 1965 | Left post, October 22, 1967 | |
| Walter N. Tobriner | Non-career appointee | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | November 7, 1967 | December 11, 1967 | Left post, March 21, 1969 | |
| Vincent de Roulet | Non-career appointee | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | September 19, 1969 | October 23, 1969 | Left post, July 18, 1973 | |
| Sumner Gerard | Non-career appointee | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | March 22, 1974 | June 4, 1974 | Left post, April 15, 1977 | |
| Frederick Irving Frederick Irving Frederick Irving was United States Ambassador to Iceland from 1972 to 1976, Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs from 1976 to 1977, and United States Ambassador to Jamaica from 1977 to 1978.-Biography:Frederick Irving was born in... |
Foreign Service officer | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | May 26, 1977 | July 18, 1977 | Left post, November 22, 1978 | |
| Loren E. Lawrence | Foreign Service officer | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | March 23, 1979 | April 12, 1979 | Left post, July 9, 1982 | |
| William Alexander Hewitt | Non-career appointee | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | September 30, 1982 | November 1, 1982 | Left post, October 14, 1985 | |
| Michael Sotirhos | Non-career appointee | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | October 28, 1985 | November 12, 1985 | Left post, July 7, 1989 | |
| Glen A. Holden | Non-career appointee | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | October 10, 1989 | November 21, 1989 | Left post, March 1, 1993 | |
| Lacy A. Wright, Jr. | 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... ad interim Ad interim The Latin phrase ad interim literally means "in the time between" denotes the meaning of "in the meantime", "for an intervening time" or "temporarily" in the English language... |
March 1993 | November 1994 | |||
| Jerome Gary Cooper | Non-career appointee | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | October 5, 1994 | November 4, 1994 | Left post, November 27, 1997 | |
| Stanley Louis McLelland Stanley Louis McLelland Stanley Louis McLelland from San Antonio, Texas, became a director of Nustar GP LLC in October 2005. He has also served as director of Nustar GP Holdings since July 2006 and as a director of two privately held companies since November 2003 and June 2004, respectively... |
Non-career appointee | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | November 12, 1997 | February 6, 1998 | Left post March 1, 2001 | |
| Sue McCourt Cobb | Non-career appointee | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | January 20,2009 | 2009 | Unknown | |
| Pamela E. Bridgewater Pamela E. Bridgewater Pamela E. Bridgewater is a United States career diplomat, most recently posted as the U.S. Ambassador to Jamaica.-Biography:... |
Non-career appointee | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | December 1, 2010 | Unknown | Incumbent |
See also
- Jamaica – United States relations
- Foreign relations of Jamaica Foreign relations of JamaicaJamaica has diplomatic relations with most nations and is a member of the United Nations and the Organization of American States. In the follow-on meetings to the December 1994 Summit of the Americas, Jamaica—together with Uruguay--was given the responsibility of coordinating discussions on...
- Ambassadors of the United States