United States Ambassador to Vietnam
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After the First Indochina War and the defeat of the French dominion over Vietnam, the nation was split into North and South Vietnam at the Geneva Conference of 1954. The United States did not recognize North Vietnam and thus had no diplomatic relations with that nation. After the reunification of Vietnam in 1975, there followed a period of 20 years in which the United States had no diplomatic relations with Vietnam.
The USA opened a Liaison Office in Hanoi on January 28, 1995. Diplomatic relations were established July 11, 1995, and Embassy Hanoi was established with L. Desaix Anderson as Chargé d’Affaires ad interim.
Note: The United States Department of State classifies ambassadors as career Foreign Service Officers (FSO) for those who have served in the Foreign Service for a specified amount of time. In the list below, ambassadors are listed as a “career FSO” or “political appointee” for those appointed by the President who were not career FSOs.
- Pete Peterson – Political appointee[1]
- Appointed: April 11, 1997
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: May 14, 1997
- Terminated mission: Left post Jul 15, 2001
- Raymond Burghardt – Career FSO
- Appointed: November 28, 2001
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: February 5, 2002
- Terminated mission: 2004
- Michael W. Marine – Career FSO
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: May 6, 2004
- Presented credentials: September 10, 2004
- Terminated mission: —
[edit] Notes
- ^ An earlier nomination of May 23, 1996, was not acted upon by the Senate.
