List of the United States Ambassador to Belgium
The list of ambassadors of the United States in Belgium provides an overview of the heads of the US diplomatic mission in Belgium since the establishment of diplomatic relations.
Heads of mission
| Term of office | Surname | annotation | appointed by |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1832-1836 | Hugh S. Legare | Chargé d'affaires | Andrew Jackson |
| 1837-1842 | Virgil Maxcy | Chargé d'affaires | Martin Van Buren |
| 1842-1844 | Henry Washington Hilliard | Chargé d'affaires | William Henry Harrison |
| 1844-1851 | Thomas Green Clemson | Chargé d'affaires | William H. Harrison |
| 1851-1853 | Richard H. Bayard | Chargé d'affaires | Millard Fillmore |
| 1853-1856 | John Jacob Seibels | Chargé d'affaires, Minister-Resident from 1854 | Millard Fillmore |
| 1858-1861 | Elisha Young Fair | Minister's resident | James Buchanan |
| 1861-1869 | Henry Shelton Sanford | Minister's resident | Abraham Lincoln |
| 1869-1875 | Joseph Russell Jones | Minister's resident | Ulysses S. Grant |
| 1876-1877 | Ayres Phillips Merrill | Minister's resident | Ulysses S. Grant |
| 1878-1880 | William Cassius Goodloe | Minister's resident | Rutherford B. Hayes |
| 1880-1882 | James Osborne Putnam | Minister's resident | Rutherford B. Hayes |
| 1882-1885 | Nicholas Fish II | Minister's resident | James Garfield |
| 1885-1888 | Lambert Tree | Minister's resident, envoy from 1888 | Grover Cleveland |
| 1888-1889 | John Gibson Parkhurst | Envoy | Grover Cleveland |
| 1889-1893 | Edwin H. Terrell | Envoy | Benjamin Harrison |
| 1893-1897 | James Stevenson Ewing | Envoy | Grover Cleveland |
| 1897-1899 | Bellamy Storer | Envoy | William McKinley |
| 1899-1905 | Lawrence Townsend | Envoy | William McKinley |
| 1905-1909 | Henry Lane Wilson | Envoy | Theodore Roosevelt |
| 1909-1911 | Charles Page Bryan | Envoy | William Howard Taft |
| 1911-1912 | Larz Anderson | Envoy | William Howard Taft |
| 1912-1914 | Theodore Marburg | Envoy | William Howard Taft |
| 1914-1921 | Brand Whitlock | Envoy, from 1919 ambassador | Woodrow Wilson |
| 1922-1924 | Henry P. Fletcher | ambassador | Warren G. Harding |
| 1924-1927 | William Phillips | ambassador | Calvin Coolidge |
| 1927-1933 | Hugh S. Gibson | ambassador | Calvin Coolidge |
| 1933-1937 | David Hennen Morris | ambassador | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| 1937-1938 | Hugh S. Gibson | ambassador | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| 1938-1939 | Joseph E. Davies | ambassador | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| 1940 | John Cudahy | ambassador | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| 1941-1943 | Anthony Biddle | ambassador | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| 1944-1945 | Charles W. Sawyer | ambassador | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| 1946-1949 | Alan G. Kirk | ambassador | Harry S. Truman |
| 1949-1952 | Robert Murphy | ambassador | Harry S. Truman |
| 1952-1953 | Myron Melvin Cowen | ambassador | Harry S. Truman |
| 1953-1957 | Frederick M. Alger | ambassador | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| 1957-1959 | John Clifford Folger | ambassador | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| 1959-1961 | William Armistead Moale Burden | ambassador | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| 1961-1965 | Douglas MacArthur II | ambassador | John F. Kennedy |
| 1965-1969 | Ridgway B. Knight | ambassador | Lyndon B. Johnson |
| 1969-1971 | John Eisenhower | ambassador | Richard Nixon |
| 1972-1974 | Robert Strausz-Hupé | ambassador | Richard Nixon |
| 1974-1977 | Leonard Firestone | ambassador | Gerald Ford |
| 1977-1981 | Anne Cox Chambers | ambassador | Jimmy Carter |
| 1981-1983 | Charles H. Price II | ambassador | Ronald Reagan |
| 1983-1988 | Geoffrey Swaebe | ambassador | Ronald Reagan |
| 1988-1991 | Maynard Wayne Glitman | ambassador | Ronald Reagan |
| 1991-1993 | Bruce Yellow | ambassador | George Bush |
| 1993-1998 | Alan blinking | ambassador | Bill Clinton |
| 1998-2001 | Paul L. Cejas | ambassador | Bill Clinton |
| 2001-2003 | Stephen Brewer | ambassador | George W. Bush |
| 2004-2007 | Tom C. Korologos | ambassador | George W. Bush |
| 2007-2009 | Sam Fox | ambassador | George W. Bush |
| 2009-2009 | Wayne Bush | Chargé d'affaires | Barack Obama |
| 2009-2013 | Howard W. Gutman | Barack Obama | |
| 2013-2017 | Denise Bauer | ambassador | Barack Obama |
| 2017– | Ronald J. Gidwitz | ambassador | Donald Trump |
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wayne J. Bush, Archived Copy ( Memento of the original from October 15, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ The White House. President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Personnel to Key Administration Posts. Accessed January 31, 2020 .
Notes: The heads of United States missions to international organizations are Permanent Representatives in the rank of Ambassador .