United States Ambassador to El Salvador

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The following is a partial list of Ambassadors the United States has sent to El Salvador. The exact title given by the United States State Department to this position is "Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary".

Ambassador	Presentation of Credentials	Termination of Mission	Appointed by
James R. Partridge	June 15, 1863	March 22, 1866
This list is not complete. There were numerous other Ambassadors between James R. Partridge (1863)) and Walter Thurston (1943). Help out by entering them in from the State Dept. website.
Walter Thurston	April 16, 1943	October 14, 1944
John F. Simmons	February 21, 1945	July 1, 1947
Albert F. Nufer	Aug 13, 1947	Jul 16, 1949
George P. Shaw	Aug 23, 1949	Apr 25, 1952
Angie Duke	Jun 5, 1952	May 21, 1953
Michael J. McDermott	Jun 25, 1953	Sep 28, 1954
Robert C. Hill	Nov 4, 1954	Sep 21, 1955
Thomas C. Mann	Nov 24, 1955	Sep 24, 1957
Thorsten V. Kalijarvi	Dec 6, 1957	Dec 18, 1960
Murat W. Williams	Feb 21, 1961	Jul 4, 1964
Raul H. Castro	Dec 11, 1964	Jul 17, 1968
William G. Bowdler	Nov 15, 1968	Sep 2, 1971
Henry E. Catto, Jr.	Oct 21, 1971	Sep 2, 1973
James F. Campbell	Apr 5, 1974	Jul 23, 1976
Ignacio E. Lozano, Jr.	Aug 31, 1976	Jun 1, 1977
Frank J. Devine	Nov 1, 1977	Feb 15, 1980
Robert E. White	March 11, 1980	February 1, 1981	Jimmy Carter
Deane R. Hinton	May 28, 1981	Jul 15, 1983	Ronald Reagan
Thomas R. Pickering	Sep 5, 1983	Jun 7, 1985	Ronald Reagan
Edwin G. Corr	Aug 29, 1985	Aug 10, 1988	Ronald Reagan
William Graham Walker	August 30, 1988	February 21, 1992	Ronald Reagan
Note: The following officers served as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim: Peter F. Romero (February-July 1992) and Gwen C. Clare (July 1992 - September 1993).
Alan H. Flanigan	September 20, 1993	July 9, 1996	William J. Clinton
Anne W. Patterson	May 16, 1997	July 15, 2000	William J. Clinton
Rose M. Likins	August 23, 2000	June 16, 2003	William J. Clinton
H. Douglas Barclay	December 13, 2003	Present	George W. Bush