List of ambassadors of the United States to Pakistan
The U.S. embassy in Karachi was established August 15, 1947, with Edward W. Holmes as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim , pending the appointment of an ambassador. The first ambassador, Paul H. Alling , was appointed on September 20, 1947. Anne W. Patterson was nominated as United States Ambassador to Pakistan in May 2007, replacing Ryan C. Crocker who was appointed United States Ambassador to Iraq after completing three years of service in Pakistan . In 2010, her post was succeeded by Cameron Munter . The American ambassador is based in the U.S. Embassy, Islamabad .
Ambassadors
Name
Title
Appointed
Presented credentials
Terminated mission
Notes
Paul H. Alling – Career FSO[ 1]
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
September 20, 1947
February 26, 1948
June 27, 1948
Avra M. Warren – Career FSO[ 2]
February 2, 1950
February 25, 1950
November 26, 1952
Horace A. Hildreth – Political appointee[ 3]
May 13, 1953
May 19, 1953
May 1, 1957
James M. Langley – Political appointee
June 13, 1957
July 27, 1957
July 29, 1959
William M. Rountree – Career FSO
June 18, 1959
August 17, 1959
February 7, 1962
The capital of Pakistan was moved to Islamabad in August 1960.
Walter P. McConaughy – Career FSO
March 1, 1962
March 20, 1962
May 27, 1966
Eugene Murphy Locke – Political appointee
May 27, 1966
June 9, 1966
April 16, 1967
Benjamin H. Oehlert, Jr. – Political appointee
July 27, 1967
August 16, 1967
June 17, 1969
Joseph S. Farland – Political appointee
September 19, 1969
November 15, 1969
April 30, 1972
The post was vacant May 1972–December 1973. Sidney Sober served as chargé d'affaires ad interim during that period
Henry A. Byroade – Career FSO
October 15, 1973
December 5, 1973
April 23, 1977
Arthur W. Hummel, Jr. – Career FSO
June 8, 1977
June 28, 1977
July 19, 1981
Ronald I. Spiers – Career FSO
October 1, 1981
October 29, 1981
October 27, 1983
Deane Roesch Hinton – Career FSO
November 21, 1983
December 26, 1983
November 9, 1986
Arnold Lewis Raphel – Career FSO[ 4]
May 4, 1987
June 24, 1987
Died in office, August 17, 1988
Robert B. Oakley – Career FSO[ 5]
August 18, 1988
September 1, 1988
August 29, 1991
Nicholas Platt – Career FSO
July 2, 1991
October 24, 1991
November 3, 1992
John Cameron Monjo – Career FSO
October 9, 1992
November 10, 1992
September 10, 1995
Thomas W. Simons – Career FSO
December 19, 1995
January 25, 1996
August 24, 1998
William B. Milam – Career FSO
August 3, 1998
September 10, 1998
July 6, 2001
Wendy Jean Chamberlin – Career FSO
July 12, 2001
September 13, 2001
May 29, 2002
Nancy Jo Powell – Career FSO
August 2, 2002
August 16, 2002
November 5, 2004
Ryan C. Crocker – Career FSO
October 18, 2004
November 25, 2004
March 28, 2007
Anne W. Patterson – Career FSO
July 2, 2007
July 31, 2007
October 5, 2010
Cameron Munter – Career FSO
October 6, 2010
October 27, 2010
May 7, 2012
Richard Olson – Career FSO
September 24, 2012
October 31, 2012
October 27, 2015
David Hale – Career FSO
September 21, 2015
December 3, 2015[ 6]
August 29, 2018
John Hoover – Career FSO
Chargé d'Affaires ad interim
August 29, 2018
September 22, 2018
Paul W. Jones – Career FSO
September 22, 2018
August 31, 2020
Angela Aggeler – Career FSO
September 1, 2020
May 23, 2022
Donald Blome – Career FSO
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
March 1, 2022
July 1, 2022
Incumbent
Notes
^ Alling was commissioned during a recess of the Senate and recommissioned after confirmation on December 9, 1947.
^ Avra was commissioned on December 28, 1949, during a recess of the Senate but did not serve under the recess appointment. He was nominated again, confirmed by the United States Senate , and commissioned on February 2, 1950.
^ Hildreth was reaccredited when Pakistan became a republic and formally received April 23, 1956.
^ Raphel died on August 17, 1988, in an airplane crash near Bhawalpur with Pakistani President Zia ul-Haq and Brigadier General Herbert M. Wassom, chief of the U.S. military group in Pakistan.
^ Oakley was commissioned during a recess of the Senate and recommissioned after confirmation on October 17, 1988.
^ "David Hale (1961–)" . Office of the Historian, U.S Department of State . Retrieved July 11, 2018 .
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