United States Ambassador to Saint Kitts and Nevis

Ambassador of the United States to Saint Kitts and Nevis

Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent
Larry Leon Palmer
since 2012
Inaugural holder Thomas H. Anderson, Jr.
as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Formation August 22, 1984
Website U.S. Embassy - Bridgetown

The United States Ambassador to Saint Kitts and Nevis (or, prior to 3 August 1988, to Saint Christopher and Nevis) is the official representative of the government of the United States to the government of Saint Kitts and Nevis. The title of the ambassador is United States Ambassador to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean and is concurrently the ambassador to Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

The United States established diplomatic relations with Saint Christopher and Nevis on 20 September 1983, but no U.S. mission has ever been established at Basseterre. After 25 June 1988, all relations were handled by the Embassy at St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda. When that Embassy closed on 30 June 1994, all diplomatic functions have been handled out of the U.S. Embassy at Bridgetown, Barbados, where the U.S. Ambassador to Saint Kitts and Nevis is resident.

List of U.S. Ambassadors to Saint Kitts and Nevis

The following is a list of U.S. Ambassadors, or other Chiefs of Mission, to Saint Kitts and Nevis. 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
Thomas H. Anderson, Jr.[1] Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary August 22, 1984 March 12, 1986 Ronald Reagan
Paul A. Russo[1] Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary December 5, 1986 June 25, 1988
Jeanette W. Hyde[2] Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary April 11, 1995 January 31, 1998 Bill Clinton
E. William Crotty[2] Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary October 22, 1998[3] October 10, 1999[4]
James A. Daley[2] Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary September 18, 2000 March 1, 2001
Earl Norfleet Phillips[2] Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary April 30, 2002 June 1, 2003 George W. Bush
Mary Kramer[2] Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary March 10, 2004 October 30, 2006
Mary Martin Ourisman[2] Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary February 20, 2007 2008
Brent Hardt[2] Chargé d'Affaires ad interim January 1, 2009 June 19, 2011[5] [6]
Christopher Sandrolini[2] Chargé d'Affaires ad interim June 19, 2011 2012[5]
Larry Leon Palmer Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 2012[7] incumbent Barack Obama

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Also accredited to Antigua and Barbuda; Barbados; Dominica; St. Lucia; and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Resident at Bridgetown.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Also accredited to Antigua and Barbuda; Barbados; Dominica; Grenada; St. Lucia; and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Resident at Bridgetown.
  3. ↑ Date of appointment. Crotty never presented credentials in Saint Kitts and Nevis.
  4. ↑ Died at Gainesville, Florida on this date.
  5. 1 2 "Chargé d’Affaires". United States Department of State. Retrieved 2011-07-03.
  6. ↑ Chargés d’Affaires are not appointed by the President
  7. ↑ Embassy of the United States - Barbados & E. Caribbean (2012), Congress Confirms Ambassador to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, U.S. Department of State, retrieved May 21, 2012.

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