Consulate General of the United States, Hong Kong

Consul General of the United States of America; for Hong Kong and Macau; 美國駐香港總領事館; Consulado Geral dos Estados Unidos para Hong Kong e Macau
	; Seal of the United States Department of State;
	Incumbent; Stephen M. Young; since March 2010
Inaugural holder	Edward S. Bragg; as Chief of Mission
Formation	1903
Website	hongkong.usconsulate.gov

The US Consulate General in Hong Kong, on 26 Garden Road, Central, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong

On May 12, 1999, the flag at the Consulate-General of the United States in Hong Kong was lowered in respect and sorrow for the people of China for a day as the aircraft carrying the bodies of victims of the NATO bombing of the People's Republic of China embassy in Belgrade came home to Beijing. Similar gestures were done in China in Chengdu, Guangzhou, Shanghai, and Shenyang, along with the US embassy in Beijing.^[1]

The Consulate General of the United States of America, Hong Kong and Macau has been located at 26 Garden Road, Central, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong since the late 1950s.^[2] The current Consul General is Stephen M. Young, since March 2010.

As Hong Kong and Macao (Macau) are Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China, the U.S. Consulate General to Hong Kong operates as its own independent mission,^[3] with the Consul General as the "Chief of Mission".^[4] As such, the Consul General to Hong Kong and Macao is not under the jurisdiction of the United States Ambassador to China, and reports directly to the U.S. Department of State as do other chiefs of mission, who are ambassadors in charge of embassies. All recent Consuls General are at the Career Minister rank in the U.S. Senior Foreign Service, whereas many other ambassadors are only Minister Counsellor.

List of U.S. Consuls General for Hong Kong and Macau [edit]

Frederick Busch (Consul 1843) ^[5]
James Keenan (Consul 1853-62)
David H. Bailey (Consul 1874)
- H. Selden Loring (Vice Consul 1874)
John S. Mosby (1878-85)
- Beverly Clarke Mosby (Vice & Deputy Consul 1884)
William E. Hunt (Consul 1897)
Rounsevelle Wildman (Consul General 1897)
- John A. Hunt (Vice & Deputy Consul 1897)
- Edwin Wildman (Vice & Deputy Consul General 1898) ^[6]
William A. Rublee (1901-?)^[7]
Edward S. Bragg (1903–1906)^[8]^[9]
- Harry M. Hobbins (Vice & Deputy Consul General 1904-05)
Wilbur T. Gracey (Vice & Deputy Consul General 1905-06)
- Stuart J. Fuller (Vice Consul 1906-10)
- Amos Parker Wilder (Consul General 1906-09)
George E. Anderson (Consul General 1910-20)
- Algar E. Carleton (Vice & Deputy Consul General 1910-11)
- John B. Sawyer (Vice Consul 1911-14)
John B. Sawyer (Vice Consul 1915-17)
- Leighton Hope (Vice Consul 1917)
- Algar E. Carleton (Vice Consul 1917)
- Hugh S. Miller (Vice Consul 1921-22)
- Verne S. Staten (Vice Consul 1921)
Leighton Hope (Consul 1921)
William H. Gale (Consul General 1921-24)
- William J. McCafferty (Vice Consul 1921-23)
- John B. Sawyer (Vice Consul 1921)
- Francis O. Seidle (Vice Consul 1922)
William J. McCafferty (Consul 1923)
- Leroy Webber (Vice Consul 1924)
William J. McCafferty (Consul 1924)
- Maurice Walk (Vice Consul 1924)
- Jake R. Summers (Vice Consul 1924)
Roger C. Tredwell (Consul General 1925-29)
Lynn W. Franklin (Consul 1925)
- John J. Muccio (Vice Consul 1926)
Harold Shantz (Consul 1926-29)
- Kenneth C. Krentz (Vice Consul 1926-32)
Lynn W. Franklin (Consul 1926-27)
John J. Muccio (Consul 1927-29)
- Perry N. Jester (Vice Consul 1928-31)
- Cecil B. Lyon (Vice Consul 1932)
- Donald D. Edgar (Vice Consul 1932)
John R. Putnam (Consul 1932)
- George Bliss Lane (Vice Consul 1932)
Douglas Jenkins (Consul General 1932)
Addison E. Southard (Consul General 1938)
Karl L. Rankin (October 1949 - August 1950) ^[10]
Walter P. McConaughy (August 1950 – June 1952)
Julian F. Harrington (July 1952 – December 1954)
Everett F. Drumright (December 1954 – March 1958)
James Pilcher (March 1958 – March 1959)
John M. Steeves (March 1959 – August 1959)
Ambassador Julius C. Holmes (September 1959 – March 1961)^[11]
Sam P. Gilstrap (April 1961 – October 1961)
Marshall Green (November 1961 – August 1963)
Edward E. Rice (February 1964 – September 1967)
Edwin W. Martin (October 1967 – July 1970)
David L. Osborn (August 1970 – March 1974)
Ambassador Charles T. Cross (March 1974 – September 1977)
Thomas P. Shoesmith (October 1977 – October 1981)
Burton Levin (February 1982 – July 1986)^[12]
Donald M. Anderson (July 1986 – June 1990)
Ambassador Richard L. Williams (June 1990 – June 1993)^[13]
Richard W. Mueller (June 1993 – July 1996)^[14]
Ambassador Richard A. Boucher (August 1996 – July 1999)
Ambassador Michael Klosson (August 1999 – July 2002)^[15]
James R. Keith (August 2002 – April 2005)
Ambassador James B. Cunningham (4 August 2005 - July 2008)
Ambassador Joseph R Donovan Jr. (August 2008 - July 2009)
Christopher J. Marut (Acting Consul General) (July 2009 - February 2010)
Ambassador Stephen M. Young (March 2010 -)^[16]

References [edit]

^ Consulate General of the United States Hong Kong & Macau (1999-08-02). "Statements on NATO Bombing of China's Embassy in Belgrade". U.S. Department of State. Retrieved 2006-10-04. ^{[dead link]} (no longer available at source, text can be found here)
^ About us
^ http://www.ait.org.tw/en/pressrelease-pr1224.html
^ Chiefs of Mission
^ Template:Http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/HK-consuls.html
^ Template:Http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/HK-consuls.html
^ The London Gazette: no. 2731. p. 3123. 7 May 1901.
^ List of former Consuls General
^ http://www.nndb.com/gov/152/000131756/
^ http://hongkong.usconsulate.gov/history.html
^ Arlington National Cemetery
^ http://www.nndb.com/people/337/000130944/
^ http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williams7.html
^ "Richard Mueller". Hong Kong International School new Head of School.
^ http://www.nndb.com/people/885/000127504/
^ "Announcement of Stephen M. Young as New Consul General of the United States of America in Hong Kong". hongkong.usconsulate.gov.

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[1] Consulate General of the United States Hong Kong & Macau (1999-08-02). "Statements on NATO Bombing of China's Embassy in Belgrade". U.S. Department of State. Retrieved 2006-10-04. ^{[dead link]} (no longer available at source, text can be found here)

[2] About us

[3] ttp://www.ait.org.tw/en/pressrelease-pr1224.html

[4] Chiefs of Mission

[5] Template:Http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/HK-consuls.html

[6] Template:Http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/HK-consuls.html

[7] The London Gazette: no. 2731. p. 3123. 7 May 1901.

[8] List of former Consuls General

[9] ttp://www.nndb.com/gov/152/000131756/

[10] ttp://hongkong.usconsulate.gov/history.html

[11] Arlington National Cemetery

[12] ttp://www.nndb.com/people/337/000130944/

[13] ttp://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williams7.html

[14] "Richard Mueller". Hong Kong International School new Head of School.

[15] ttp://www.nndb.com/people/885/000127504/

[16] "Announcement of Stephen M. Young as New Consul General of the United States of America in Hong Kong". hongkong.usconsulate.gov.

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Consul General of the United States of America for Hong Kong and Macau 美國駐香港總領事館 Consulado Geral dos Estados Unidos para Hong Kong e Macau
Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent Stephen M. Young since March 2010
Inaugural holder	Edward S. Bragg as Chief of Mission
Formation	1903
Website	hongkong.usconsulate.gov