United States Ambassador to Mexico
| Ambassador of the United States to Mexico Embajada de Estados Unidos en México |
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Incumbent
John D. Feeley as Chargé d’Affaires since March 19, 2011 |
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| Nominator | Barack Obama |
| Inaugural holder | Joel Roberts Poinsett as Minister |
| Formation | June 1, 1825 |
| Website | U.S. Embassy - Mexico City |
The United States has maintained diplomatic relations with Mexico since 1823, when Andrew Jackson was appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to that country. Jackson declined the appointment, however, and Joel R. Poinsett became the first U.S. envoy to Mexico in 1825. The rank of the U.S. chief of mission to Mexico was raised from Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in 1898.
Normal diplomatic relations between the United States and Mexico have been interrupted on four occasions:
- From December 28, 1836, to July 7, 1839 (following the secession of Texas)
- From March 28, 1845 to October 2, 1848 (during the Mexican-American War)
- From June 21, 1858 to April 6, 1859 (during the War of the Reform)
- From March 18, 1913 to March 3, 1917 (during the Mexican Revolution; the U.S. embassy was closed on April 22, 1914 following the U.S. occupation of Veracruz). Ambassador Henry Lane Wilson was recalled after being implicated in a plot (La decena trágica) to overthrow President Francisco I. Madero. Rather than immediately formally appoint a new ambassador, Woodrow Wilson dispatched ex-Minnesota Governor John Lind as his personal envoy to handle Mexican diplomatic affairs.
In addition, the U.S. legation in Mexico was headed by an interim Chargé d'Affaires from April 1864 to August 1867, during the final years of the French Intervention.
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[edit] List of Ambassadors
The following is a list of Ambassadors the United States has sent to Mexico, and other representatives that have served a similar function. The exact title given by the United States State Department to this position currently is "Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary".
[edit] Nomination
On June 9, 2011, President Obama nominated Earl Anthony Wayne to be the next Ambassador to Mexico, succeeding Carlos Pascual, who had resigned in March.[2]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Resigns Following WikiLeaks Cable". Fox News. 2011-03-20. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/03/19/ambassador-mexico-resigns-following-wikileaks-cable/.
- ^ "Nominations sent to the Senate June 9, 2011". United States White House. http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/06/09/nominations-sent-senate. Retrieved 2011-07-22.
- United States Department of State: Background notes on Mexico
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Department of State (Background Notes).
This article incorporates [edit] External links
- United States Department of State: Chiefs of Mission for Mexico
- United States Department of State: Mexico
- United States Embassy in Mexico City
