List of ambassadors of the United States to Brazil

(Redirected from U.S. Ambassador to Brazil)

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

Ambassador of the United States to Brazil
Embaixadora dos Estados Unidos da América no Brasil
Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent
Elizabeth Bagley
since February 3, 2023
StyleMadam Ambassador
NominatorThe President of the United States
AppointerThe President
with Senate advice and consent
Inaugural holderCondy Raguet
as Chargé d'Affaires
FormationOctober 29, 1825
WebsiteU.S. Embassy - Brazil

List

RepresentativeTitlePresentation
of credentials
Termination
of mission
Appointed by
Condy RaguetChargé d'AffairesOctober 29, 1825April 16, 1827John Quincy Adams
William TudorJune 25, 1828March 9, 1830[1]
Ethan A. BrownFebruary 18, 1831April 11, 1834Andrew Jackson
William HunterJanuary 7, 1835January 1, 1842
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJanuary 1, 1842December 9, 1843John Tyler
George H. ProffitDecember 11, 1843August 10, 1844[2]
Henry A. WiseAugust 10, 1844August 28, 1847
David TodAugust 28, 1847August 9, 1851James K. Polk
Robert C. SchenckAugust 9, 1851October 8, 1853Millard Fillmore
William TrousdaleOctober 8, 1853December 5, 1857Franklin Pierce
Richard K. MeadeDecember 5, 1857July 9, 1861James Buchanan
James Watson WebbOctober 21, 1861May 26, 1869Abraham Lincoln
James Monroe[3][4]Chargé d'Affaires ad interim18691869Ulysses S. Grant
Henry T. BlowEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryAugust 28, 1869November 6, 1870
James R. PartridgeJuly 31, 1871June 11, 1877
Henry W. HilliardOctober 23, 1877June 15, 1881Rutherford B. Hayes
Thomas A. OsbornDecember 17, 1881July 11, 1885James Garfield
Thomas J. JarvisJuly 11, 1885November 19, 1888Grover Cleveland
Robert Adams, Jr.July 20, 1889March 1, 1890Benjamin Harrison
Edwin H. CongerDecember 19, 1890September 9, 1893
Thomas L. ThompsonSeptember 9, 1893July 17, 1897Grover Cleveland
Edwin H. CongerAugust 9, 1897February 6, 1898William McKinley
Charles Page BryanApril 11, 1898December 3, 1902
David E. ThompsonApril 1, 1903March 16, 1905Theodore Roosevelt
Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMarch 16, 1905November 3, 1905
Lloyd C. GriscomJune 6, 1906January 2, 1907
Irving Bedell DudleyApril 1, 1907September 16, 1911
Edwin V. MorganJune 4, 1912August 23, 1933William H. Taft
Hugh S. GibsonAugust 23, 1933December 3, 1936Franklin D. Roosevelt
Jefferson CafferyAugust 17, 1937September 17, 1944
Adolf A. Berle, Jr.January 30, 1945February 27, 1946
William D. PawleyJune 13, 1946March 26, 1948Harry S. Truman
Herschel Vespasian JohnsonJuly 22, 1948May 27, 1953
James S. KemperAugust 18, 1953January 26, 1955Dwight D. Eisenhower
James Clement DunnMarch 11, 1955July 4, 1956
Ellis O. BriggsJuly 24, 1956April 29, 1959
John M. CabotJuly 22, 1959August 17, 1961
Lincoln GordonOctober 19, 1961February 25, 1966John F. Kennedy
John W. TuthillJune 30, 1966January 9, 1969Lyndon B. Johnson
Charles Burke ElbrickJuly 14, 1969May 7, 1970Richard Nixon
William M. RountreeNovember 16, 1970May 30, 1973
John Hugh CrimminsAugust 13, 1973February 25, 1978
Robert M. SayreJune 8, 1978September 19, 1981Jimmy Carter
Langhorne A. MotleyOctober 6, 1981July 6, 1983Ronald Reagan
Diego C. AsencioDecember 20, 1983February 28, 1986
Harry W. ShlaudemanAugust 5, 1986May 14, 1989
Richard Huntington MeltonDecember 12, 1989December 16, 1993George H. W. Bush
Melvyn LevitskyJune 1, 1994June 17, 1998Bill Clinton
Anthony Stephen HarringtonFebruary 8, 2000February 28, 2001
Cristobal R. OrozcoChargé d'Affaires ad interimFebruary 28, 2001April 23, 2002George W. Bush
Donna J. HrinakAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryApril 23, 2002June 26, 2004
John J. DanilovichSeptember 2, 2004November 7, 2005
Philip T. ChicolaChargé d'Affaires ad interimNovember 7, 2005August 2, 2006
Clifford M. SobelAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 7, 2006August 7, 2009[5]
Tom ShannonFebruary 4, 2010September 6, 2013Barack Obama
Liliana AyaldeOctober 31, 2013January 3, 2017
P. Michael McKinleyJanuary 20, 2017November 5, 2018Donald Trump
William W. PoppChargé d'Affaires ad interimNovember 5, 2018March 30, 2020
Todd C. ChapmanAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMarch 30, 2020July 23, 2021
Douglas KoneffChargé d'Affaires ad interimJuly 28, 2021February 2, 2023Joe Biden
Elizabeth BagleyAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryFebruary 3, 2023IncumbentJoe Biden

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