United States Ambassador to Panama
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The United States has maintained diplomatic relations with Panama since its independence from Colombia in 1903. (The US encouraged this revolution in order to secure the rights to build and manage the Panama Canal.) The rank of the US chief of mission to Panama was originally Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, but it was upgraded to Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in 1939.
Normal diplomatic relations between the United States and Panama has been interrupted only once, from January 10 to April 3, 1964 in the aftermath of the Martyrs' Day riots over sovereignty.
[edit] List of Ambassadors
The following is a list of Ambassadors the United States has sent to Panama, 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".
| Representative | Title | From | To | Appointed by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William I. Buchanan | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (on "special mission" until January 1904) |
December 17, 1903 | February 2, 1904 | |
| John Barrett | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | July 22, 1904 | May 13, 1905 | |
| Charles E. Magoon | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | August 7, 1905 | September 25, 1906 | |
| Herbert G. Squiers | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | November 8, 1906 | August 3, 1909 | |
| R. S. Reynolds Hitt | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | March 26, 1910 | July 19, 1910 | |
| Thomas C. Dawson | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | September 24, 1910 | December 1, 1910 | |
| H. Percival Dodge | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | November 9, 1911 | June 10, 1913 | |
| William Jennings Price | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | October 11, 1913 | December 28, 1921 | |
| John Glover South | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | December 28, 1921 | January 5, 1930 | |
| Roy T. Davis | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | March 14, 1930 | September 20, 1933 | |
| Antonio C. Gonzalez | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | October 11, 1933 | January 9, 1935 | |
| George T. Summerlin | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | March 8, 1935 | July 7, 1937 | |
| Frank P. Corrigan | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | September 2, 1937 | June 14, 1939 | |
| William Dawson | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | July 14, 1939 | April 21, 1941 | |
| Edwin C. Wilson | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | May 23, 1941 | September 23, 1943 | |
| Avra M. Warren | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | June 22, 1944 | January 52, 1945 | |
| Frank T. Hines | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | November 1, 1945 | February 20, 1948 | |
| Monnett B. Davis | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | May 28, 1948 | January 24, 1951 | |
| John C. Wiley | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | June 20, 1951 | November 27, 1955 | |
| Selden Chapin | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | January 22, 1954 | May 29, 1955 | |
| Julian F. Harrington | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | August 30, 1955 | July 14, 1960 | |
| Joseph S. Farland | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | August 29, 1960 | August 31, 1963 | |
| Wallace W. Stuart | Chargé d'Affaires ad interim | August 31, 1963 | January 10, 1964 | |
| Henry L. Taylor | Chargé d'Affaires ad interim | April 3, 1964 | April 8, 1964 | |
| Jack Hood Vaughn | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | April 8, 1964 | February 27, 1965 | |
| Charles W. Adair, Jr. | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | May 13, 1965 | September 6, 1969 | |
| Robert M. Sayre | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | October 31, 1969 | March 14, 1974 | |
| William J. Jorden | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | April 17, 1974 | August 25, 1978 | |
| Ambler Holmes Moss, Jr. | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | October 6, 1978 | July 15, 1982 | |
| Edward Ellis Briggs | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | October 29, 1981 | February 24, 1986 | |
| Arthur H. Davis | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | April 4, 1986 | January 3, 1990 | |
| Deane Roesch Hinton | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | January 9, 1990 | February 12, 1994 | |
| Oliver P. Garza | Chargé d'Affaires ad interim | February 12, 1994 | November 7, 1995 | |
| William J. Hughes | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | November 7, 1995 | October 13, 1998 | |
| Simon Ferro | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | February 26, 1999 | March 1, 2001 | |
| Linda Ellen Watt | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | December 17, 2002 | June 3, 2005 | |
| William Alan Eaton | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | September 9, 2005 |
[edit] Source
- Ambassadors to Panama - The official U.S. State Department list
