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.

Ambassador of the United States to Pakistan
پاکستان میں امریکا کے سفیر
Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent
Donald Blome
since July 1, 2022
NominatorThe President of the United States
AppointerThe President
with Senate advice and consent
Inaugural holderPaul H. Alling
as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
FormationSeptember 20, 1947
WebsiteU.S. Embassy - Islamabad

Ambassadors

U.S. diplomatic terms

Career FSO
After 1915, The United States Department of State began classifying ambassadors as career Foreign Service Officers (FSOs) for those who have served in the Foreign Service for a specified amount of time.

Political appointee
A person who is not a career foreign service officer, but is appointed by the president (often as a reward to political friends).

Appointed
The date that the ambassador took the oath of office; also known as "commissioning". It follows confirmation of a presidential appointment by the Senate, or a Congressional recess appointment by the president. In the case of a recess appointment, the ambassador requires subsequent confirmation by the Senate to remain in office.

Presented credentials
The date that the ambassador presented his letter of credence to the head of state or appropriate authority of the receiving nation. At this time the ambassador officially becomes the representative of his country. This would normally occur a short time after the ambassador's arrival on station. The host nation may reject the ambassador by not receiving the ambassador's letter, but this occurs only rarely.

Terminated mission
Usually the date that the ambassador left the country. In some cases a letter of recall is presented, ending the ambassador's commission, either as a means of diplomatic protest or because the diplomat is being reassigned elsewhere and replaced by another envoy.

Chargé d'affaires
The person in charge of the business of the embassy when there is no ambassador commissioned to the host country.

Ad interim
Latin phrase meaning "for the time being", "in the meantime".
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
  1. Alling was commissioned during a recess of the Senate and recommissioned after confirmation on December 9, 1947.
  2. 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.
  3. Hildreth was reaccredited when Pakistan became a republic and formally received April 23, 1956.
  4. 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.
  5. Oakley was commissioned during a recess of the Senate and recommissioned after confirmation on October 17, 1988.
  6. "David Hale (1961–)". Office of the Historian, U.S Department of State. Retrieved 2018-07-11.

See also

References
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