United States Ambassador to Iraq

Ambassador of the United States to Iraq
Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent James Franklin Jeffrey since August 16, 2010
Nominator	Barack Obama as President of the United States
Inaugural holder	Alexander K. Sloan as Chargé d'Affaires
Formation	1931
Website	U.S. Embassy - Baghdad

This is a list of United States ambassadors, or lower-ranking heads of a diplomatic mission to Iraq.

• Alexander K. Sloan (1931) - Chargé d'Affaires
• Paul Knabenshue (1932–1942) - Minister
• Thomas M. Wilson (1942) - Minister
• Loy W. Henderson (1943–1945) - Minister
• George Wadsworth II (1946–1948) - Minister
• Edward Savage Crocker II (1948) - First ambassador
• Burton Y. Berry (1952–1954)
• Waldemar J. Gallman (1954)
• John D. Jernegan (1958–1962)
• Robert C. Strong (1963–1967)
• Enoch S. Duncan (1967) - Chargé d'Affaires

The United States broke off full ties with Iraq over the Six Day War and did not resume them until 1984. The US maintained an Interests Section starting in 1972, hosted by the Belgian embassy.

• David George Newton (1984–1988) - Initially Chargé d'Affaires, then full ambassador
• April Glaspie (1988–1990)
• Joseph C. Wilson (1990–1991) - Chargé d'Affaires until First Gulf War

The American embassy in Baghdad remained closed until 2000 when it was staffed by Japanese diplomats working in proxy with the US. No new Ambassador or Chargé d'Affaires was appointed until after the Second Gulf War. However the U.S. Interests Section was opened at the Polish embassy in January, 1991. The Polish embassy represented interests of the U.S.A. until June 30, 2004.

• Krzysztof Biernacki (1991–2004) - the Director of the U.S. Interests Section at the Polish embassy in Baghdad, Polish diplomat

• John Negroponte (2004–2005) - First post-Second Gulf War ambassador
• Zalmay Khalilzad (2005 - March 2007)
• Ryan Crocker (March 2007 - March 2009) Ambassador Patricia A. Butenis is Chargé d'Affaires, a.i.
• Christopher R. Hill (April 2009 - August 2010)
• James F. Jeffrey (August 2010–Present)

See also

• Embassy of Iraq, Washington, D.C.
• Embassy of the United States, Baghdad
• Iraq – United States relations
• Foreign relations of Iraq
• Ambassadors of the United States

References

• United States Department of State: Background notes on Iraq
•  This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Department of State (Background Notes).

External links

• United States Department of State: Chiefs of Mission for Iraq
• United States Department of State: Iraq
• United States Embassy in Baghdad