United States Ambassador to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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The United States Ambassador to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is the official representative of the government of the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 to the government of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is an island country in the Lesser Antilles chain, namely in the southern portion of the Windward Islands, which lie at the southern end of the eastern border of the Caribbean Sea where the latter meets the Atlantic Ocean....

. The ambassador is the United States Ambassador to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean
United States Ambassador to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean
The Ambassador of the United States to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean is the official title of the U.S. Ambassador to several island nations of the Caribbean. The ambassador concurrently represents the United States to Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, St....

, resident in Bridgetown, Barbados, and is concurrently the ambassador to Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda is a twin-island nation lying between the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. It consists of two major inhabited islands, Antigua and Barbuda, and a number of smaller islands...

, Barbados
Barbados
Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles. It is in length and as much as in width, amounting to . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 kilometres east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, it is about east of the islands of Saint...

, Dominica
Dominica
Dominica , officially the Commonwealth of Dominica, is an island nation in the Lesser Antilles region of the Caribbean Sea, south-southeast of Guadeloupe and northwest of Martinique. Its size is and the highest point in the country is Morne Diablotins, which has an elevation of . The Commonwealth...

, Grenada
Grenada
Grenada is an island country and Commonwealth Realm consisting of the island of Grenada and six smaller islands at the southern end of the Grenadines in the southeastern Caribbean Sea...

, St. Kitts and Nevis
Saint Kitts and Nevis
The Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis , located in the Leeward Islands, is a federal two-island nation in the West Indies. It is the smallest sovereign state in the Americas, in both area and population....

, and St. Lucia
Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia is an island country in the eastern Caribbean Sea on the boundary with the Atlantic Ocean. Part of the Lesser Antilles, it is located north/northeast of the island of Saint Vincent, northwest of Barbados and south of Martinique. It covers a land area of 620 km2 and has an...

.

No U.S. mission has ever been established at Kingstown
Kingstown
Kingstown is the chief port of Saint Vincent, and the capital of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. With a population of 25,418 Kingstown is a centre for the island's agricultural industry and a port of entry for tourists...

. All diplomatic functions are handled out of the U.S. Embassy at Bridgetown
Bridgetown
The city of Bridgetown , metropolitan pop 96,578 , is the capital and largest city of the nation of Barbados. Formerly, the Town of Saint Michael, the Greater Bridgetown area is located within the parish of Saint Michael...

, Barbados
Barbados
Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles. It is in length and as much as in width, amounting to . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 kilometres east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, it is about east of the islands of Saint...

, where the U.S. Ambassador to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is resident.

List of U.S. Ambassadors to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

The following is a list of U.S. ambassadors, or other chiefs of mission, to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. The title given by the United States State Department to this position is currently Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.
Representative Title Presentation
of Credentials
Termination
of Mission
Appointed by
Milan D. Bish
Milan D. Bish
Milan D. Bish was an American diplomat. He was Ambassador of the United States to Barbados, Dominica, St Lucia, Antigua, and St. Vincent, as well as Special Representative to St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla from 1981 to 1984, under Ronald Reagan....

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....

December 11, 1981 March 4, 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....

Thomas H. Anderson, Jr.
Thomas H. Anderson, Jr.
Thomas H. Anderson, Jr. is an American diplomat. He was Ambassador of the United States to Barbados, Dominica, St Lucia, Antigua, St. Vincent, and St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla from 1984 to 1986, under Ronald Reagan.-Biography:...

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary August 22, 1984 March 12, 1986
Paul A. Russo
Paul A. Russo
Paul A. Russo is an American diplomat. He was Ambassador of the United States to Barbados, Dominica, St Lucia, Antigua, St. Vincent, and St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla from 1986 to 1988, under Ronald Reagan.-Biography:...

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary December 5, 1986 June 25, 1988
G. Philip Hughes
G. Philip Hughes
G. Philip Hughes is an American diplomat. He was Ambassador of the United States to Barbados, Dominica, St Lucia, Antigua, St. Vincent, and St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla from 1990 to 1993, under George H. W. Bush.-Biography:...

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary November 19, 1990 June 17, 1993 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...

Jeanette W. Hyde
Jeanette W. Hyde
Jeanette W. Hyde is an American diplomat. She was Ambassador of the United States to Barbados, Dominica, St Lucia from 1994 to 1998, and to Antigua, Grenada, St. Vincent, and St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla from 1995 to 1998, under Bill Clinton.-Biography:...

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary May 24, 1994 January 31, 1998 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...

E. William Crotty Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary January 29, 1999 October 10, 1999
James A. Daley Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary October 26, 2000 March 1, 2000
Earl Norfleet Phillips
Earl Norfleet Phillips
Earl Norfleet Phillips is an American diplomat. He was Ambassador of the United States to Barbados, Dominica, St Lucia, Antigua, St. Vincent, and St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla from 2002 to 2003, under George W. Bush.-Biography:...

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary April 16, 2002 June 1, 2003 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....

Mary Kramer Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary February 12, 2004 October 30, 2006
Mary Martin Ourisman Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary February 26, 2007 2008
Brent Hardt Chargé d'Affaires ad interim January 1, 2009 June 19, 2011
Christopher Sandrolini Chargé d'Affaires ad interim June 19, 2011 Incumbent

See also

  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – United States relations
  • Foreign relations of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
    Foreign relations of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
    Saint Vincent and the Grenadines maintains close ties to the U.S., Canada, and the United Kingdom, and cooperates with regional political and economic organizations such as the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States and CARICOM. St...

  • Ambassadors of the United States

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