United States Ambassador to Pakistan

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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 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 3 years of service in Pakistan.

1 Ambassadors
2 See also
3 Notes
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Ambassadors

Diplomatic Terms

Career FSO: After 1915, The United States Department of State began classifying ambassadors as career Foreign Service Officers (FSO) 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 to reward political friends.

Appointed: The date that the ambassador took the oath of office—also called “commissioning.” This 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 must be later confirmed by the Senate.

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. See chargé d’affaires.

ad interim: For the time being; in the meantime. See ad interim.

Paul H. Alling – Career FSO^[1]
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: September 20, 1947
- Presented credentials: February 26, 1948
- Terminated mission: Left post June 27, 1948
H. Merle Cochran – Career FSO^[2]
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: March 4, 1949
- Presented credentials:
- Terminated mission:
Avra M. Warren – Career FSO^[3]
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: February 2, 1950
- Presented credentials: February 25, 1950
- Terminated mission: Left post November 26, 1952
John M. Cabot – Career FSO^[4]
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: September 17, 1952
- Presented credentials:
- Terminated mission:
Horace A. Hildreth – Political appointee^[5]
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: May 13, 1953
- Presented credentials: May 19, 1953
- Terminated mission: Left post May 1, 1957
James M. Langley – Political appointee
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: June 13, 1957
- Presented credentials: July 27, 1957
- Terminated mission: Left post July 29, 1959
William M. Rountree – Career FSO
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: June 18, 1959
- Presented credentials: August 17, 1959
- Terminated mission: Left post February 7, 1962
Note: The capital of Pakistan was moved to Islamabad in August 1960.
Walter P. McConaughy – Career FSO
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: March 1, 1962
- Presented credentials: March 20, 1962
- Terminated mission: Left post May 27, 1966
Eugene Murphy Locke – Political appointee
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: May 27, 1966
- Presented credentials: June 9, 1966
- Terminated mission: Left Pakistan, April 16, 1967
Benjamin H. Oehlert, Jr. – Political appointee
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: July 27, 1967
- Presented credentials: August 16, 1967
- Terminated mission: Left post June 17, 1969
Joseph S. Farland – Political appointee
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: September 19, 1969
- Presented credentials: November 15, 1969
- Terminated mission: Left post April 30, 1972
Note: 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
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: October 15, 1973
- Presented credentials: December 5, 1973
- Terminated mission: Left post April 23, 1977
George S. Vest – Career FSO^[6]
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed:
- Presented credentials:
- Terminated mission:
Arthur W. Hummel, Jr. – Career FSO
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: June 8, 1977
- Presented credentials: June 28, 1977
- Terminated mission: Left post July 19, 1981
Robert I. Spiers – Career FSO
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: October 1, 1981
- Presented credentials: October 29, 1981
- Terminated mission: Left post October 27, 1983
Deane Roesch Hinton – Career FSO
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: November 21, 1983
- Presented credentials: December 26, 1983
- Terminated mission: Left post November 9, 1986
Arnold Lewis Raphel – Career FSO^[7]
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: May 4, 1987
- Presented credentials: June 24, 1987
- Terminated mission: Died in office, August 17, 1988
Robert B. Oakley – Career FSO^[8]
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: August 18, 1988
- Presented credentials: September 1, 1988
- Terminated mission: Left post August 29, 1991
Nicholas Platt – Career FSO
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: July 2, 1991
- Presented credentials: October 24, 1991
- Terminated mission: Left post November 3, 1992
John Cameron Monjo – Career FSO
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: October 9, 1992
- Presented credentials: November 10, 1992
- Terminated mission: Left post September 10, 1995
Thomas W. Simons – Career FSO
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: December 19, 1995
- Presented credentials: January 25, 1996
- Terminated mission: Left post August 24, 1998
William B. Milam – Career FSO
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: August 3, 1998
- Presented credentials: September 10, 1998
- Terminated mission: Left post July 6, 2001
Wendy Jean Chamberlin – Career FSO
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: July 12, 2001
- Presented credentials: September 13, 2001
- Terminated mission: Left post May 29, 2002
Nancy Jo Powell – Career FSO
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: August 2, 2002
- Presented credentials: August 16, 2002
- Terminated mission: Left post November 5, 2004
Ryan C. Crocker – Career FSO
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: October 18, 2004
- Presented credentials: November 25, 2004
- Terminated mission: March 25, 2007

[edit] See also

[edit] Notes

^ Alling was commissioned during a recess of the Senate and recommissioned after confirmation on December 9, 1947.
^ Cochran took the oath of office, but did not proceed to the post.
^ 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 Senate, and commissioned on February 2, 1950.
^ Cabot was commissioned during a recess of the Senate but did not serve under this appointment.
^ Hildreth was reaccredited when Pakistan became a republic and formally received April 23, 1956.
^ Vest’s nomination was withdrawn May 5, 1977.
^ 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.