List of ambassadors of the United States to Bulgaria
Appearance
Ambassadors
- Charles M. Dickinson [1]
- Title: Agent
- Appointed: Apr 24, 1901
- Terminated Mission: Appointed terminated, Jun 30, 1903
- John B. Jackson [2]
- Title: Diplomatic Agent
- Appointed: Jun 5, 1903
- Presented Credentials: Sep 19, 1903
- Terminated Mission: Recommissioned to a different combination of countries
- John B. Jackson [2]
- Title: Diplomatic Agent
- Appointed: Mar 8, 1905
- Terminated Mission: Presented recall, Jun 4, 1907
- Horace G. Knowles [3] [3]
- Title: Diplomatic Agent
- Appointed: Jul 1, 1907
- Presented Credentials: Aug 21, 1907
- Terminated Mission: Left Bucharest, Feb 4, 1909
- Huntington Wilson [4]
- Title: Diplomatic Agent
- Appointed: Dec 17, 1908
- Spencer F. Eddy [5]
- Title: Diplomatic Agent
- Appointed: Jan 11, 1909
- John R. Carter [6]
- Title: Diplomatic Agent
- Appointed: Sep 25, 1909
- John R. Carter [6]
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: Jun 24, 1910
- John B. Jackson [2]
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: Aug 12, 1911
- Presented Credentials: Feb 1, 1912
- Terminated Mission: Presented recall, Oct 18, 1913
- Charles J. Vopicka [7]
- Non-career appointee
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: Sep 11, 1913
- Presented Credentials: Dec 26, 1913
- Terminated Mission: Relieved of active functions pertaining to Legation Sofia, Dec 17, 1918
- Charles S. Wilson
- Foreign Service officer
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: Oct 8, 1921
- Presented Credentials: Dec 5, 1921
- Terminated Mission: Presented recall, Oct 4, 1928
- H.F. Arthur Schoenfeld [8]
- Foreign Service officer
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: Jul 17, 1928
- Henry Wharton Shoemaker
- Non-career appointee
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: Jan 22, 1930
- Presented Credentials: Mar 28, 1930
- Terminated Mission: Left post, Aug 2, 1933
- Frederick A. Sterling [9]
- Foreign Service officer
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: Sep 1, 1933
- Presented Credentials: Apr 3, 1934
- Terminated Mission: Left post, Jun 30, 1936
- Ray Atherton
- Foreign Service officer
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: Jul 13, 1937
- Presented Credentials: Oct 21, 1937
- Terminated Mission: Left post, Jul 5, 1939
- George H. Earle III [10]
- Non-career appointee
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: Feb 14, 1940
- Presented Credentials: Apr 2, 1940
- Terminated Mission: Bulgaria declared war on the U.S., Dec 13, 1941
- Donald R. Heath [11]
- Foreign Service officer
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: Sep 30, 1947
- Presented Credentials: Nov 8, 1947
- Terminated Mission: Declared persona non grata by Government of Bulgaria, Jan 19, 1950
- Edward Page, Jr. [12]
- Foreign Service officer
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: Nov 23, 1959
- Presented Credentials: Mar 14, 1960
- Terminated Mission: Left post, May 25, 1962
- Eugenie Anderson
- Non-career appointee
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: May 28, 1962
- Presented Credentials: Aug 3, 1962
- Terminated Mission: Left post, Dec 6, 1964
- Nathaniel Davis
- Foreign Service officer
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: May 6, 1965
- Presented Credentials: Jun 4, 1965
- Terminated Mission: Left post, May 20, 1966
- John M. McSweeney
- Foreign Service officer
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: Sep 16, 1966
- Presented Credentials: Oct 26, 1966
- Terminated Mission: Promoted to Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- John M. McSweeney [13]
- Foreign Service officer
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: Apr 5, 1967
- Presented Credentials: Apr 19, 1967
- Terminated Mission: Left post, May 29, 1970
- Horace G. Torbert, Jr.
- Foreign Service officer
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: Oct 6, 1970
- Presented Credentials: Nov 4, 1970
- Terminated Mission: Left post, Jan 23, 1973
- Martin F. Herz
- Foreign Service officer
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: Feb 28, 1974
- Presented Credentials: Apr 3, 1974
- Terminated Mission: Left post, Aug 6, 1977
- Raymond L. Garthoff
- Foreign Service officer
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: Jul 29, 1977
- Presented Credentials: Sep 16, 1977
- Terminated Mission: Left post, Oct 9, 1979
- Jack Richard Perry
- Foreign Service officer
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: Sep 20, 1979
- Presented Credentials: Oct 17, 1979
- Terminated Mission: Left post, Sep 27, 1981
- Robert L. Barry
- Foreign Service officer
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: Nov 25, 1981
- Presented Credentials: Dec 8, 1981
- Terminated Mission: 12 Jul 1984
- Melvyn Levitsky
- Foreign Service officer
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: Sep 21, 1984
- Presented Credentials: Nov 13, 1984
- Terminated Mission: Left post, Feb 6, 1987
- Sol Polansky
- Foreign Service officer
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: Jun 15, 1987
- Presented Credentials: Sep 4, 1987
- Terminated Mission: Left post, Aug 17, 1990
- Hugh Kenneth Hill
- Foreign Service officer
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: Aug 6, 1990
- Presented Credentials: Sep 18, 1990
- Terminated Mission: Left post, Sep 5, 1993
- William Dale Montgomery
- Foreign Service officer
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: Oct 8, 1993
- Presented Credentials: Oct 27, 1993
- Terminated Mission: Left post, Jan 17, 1996
- Avis T. Bohlen
- Foreign Service officer
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: Jul 2, 1996
- Presented Credentials: Sep 5, 1996
- Terminated Mission: Left post Aug 13, 1999
- Richard Monroe Miles
- Foreign Service officer
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: Aug 9, 1999
- Presented Credentials: Sep 8, 1999
- Terminated Mission: Left post Feb 28, 2002
- James W. Pardew
- Foreign Service officer
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: Apr 1, 2002
- Presented Credentials: May 13, 2002
- Terminated Mission: Left post, Jul 30, 2005
- John R. Beyrle
- Foreign Service officer
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: Jul 9, 2005
- Presented Credentials: Sep 8, 2005
- Terminated Mission: Incumbent
Source
Notes
- ^ Appointed to Bulgaria was in addition to assignment as Consul General at Constantinople, where Dickinson resided. No record has been found of Presented credentials at Sofia. Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Dec 10, 190l.
- ^ a b c Commissioned as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Greece, Romania, and Serbia and Diplomatic Agent in Bulgaria; resident at Athens. Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Nov 16, 1903. Cite error: The named reference "Jackson" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ a b Commissioned as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Romania and Serbia and Diplomatic Agent in Bulgaria; resident at Bucharest. Cite error: The named reference "Knowles" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ Commissioned as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Romania and Serbia and Diplomatic Agent in Bulgaria; took oath of office, but did not proceed to post.
- ^ Commissioned as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Romania and Diplomatic Agent in Bulgaria; served at Bucharest, but did not present credentials in Bulgaria.
- ^ a b Commissioned during a recess of the Senate as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Romania and Serbia and Diplomatic Agent in Bulgaria; served at Bucharest, but did not present credentials in Bulgaria. Recommissioned after confirmation on Dec 13, 1909. Cite error: The named reference "Carter" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ Commissioned as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Romania, Serbia, and Bulgaria; resident at Bucharest. Charles S. Wilson presented credentials Mar 18, 1919, as Chargй d'Affaires ad interim at Sofia and served as such until Jul 1921.
- ^ Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Jan 23, 1929; did not serve under either Appointed.
- ^ Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Jan 15, 1934.
- ^ Earle left post late in Dec. 1941, arriving at Istanbul (en route to the U.S.) Dec 27, 1941. Legation Sofia was reestablished Sep 27, 1947, with John Evarts Horner as Chargй d'Affaires ad interim.
- ^ Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Dec 9, 1947. The Department of State announced on Feb 21, 1950, the suspension of diplomatic relations with Bulgaria; Heath left post, Feb 24, 1950.
- ^ Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Jan 21, 1960.
- ^ Legation Sofia had been raised to Embassy status Nov 28, 1966 with Minister McSweeney in charge pending his own promotion to the rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.
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