| Ambassador of the United States to the Philippines Embahador ng Estados Unidos sa Pilipinas |
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Seal of the United States Department of State |
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| Nominator | Barack Obama |
| Inaugural holder | Paul V. McNutt as Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary |
| Formation | July 4, 1946 |
| Website | U.S. Embassy - Manila |
The office of the United States Ambassador to the Republic of the Philippines was established on July 4, 1946 after the Philippines gained its independence from the United States.
The Ambassador to the Philippines has also been accredited to the Republic of Palau since 1996. The Ambassador works at the Embassy of the United States in Manila along Roxas Boulevard and holds residence in Forbes Park in Makati City. The Ambassador also has a summer residence in Baguio, The American Residence.
The current Ambassador to the Philippines is Harry K. Thomas, Jr. since 2010.
Contents |
| Term started | Term ended | U.S. Ambassador |
| July 4, 1946 | March 22, 1947 | Paul V. McNutt[1] |
| September 22, 1947 | April 28, 1948 | Emmet O'Neal |
| May 23, 1949 | October 14, 1951 | Myron Melvin Cowen |
| February 7, 1952 | April 1, 1955 | Raymond Ames Spruance |
| April 12, 1955 | March 23, 1956 | Homer Ferguson |
| July 20, 1956 | November 6, 1956 | Albert F. Nufer[2] |
| June 4, 1957 | October 15, 1959 | Charles E. Bohlen |
| January 13, 1960 | December 8, 1961 | John D. Hickerson |
| February 5, 1962 | June 14, 1964 | William E. Stevenson |
| August 5, 1964 | October 21, 1967 | William McCormick Blair, Jr. |
| June 17, 1968 | April 7, 1969 | G. Mennen Williams |
| August 29, 1969 | May 25, 1973 | Henry A. Byroade |
| August 6, 1973 | April 26, 1977 | William H. Sullivan |
| November 11, 1977 | March 30, 1978 | David D. Newsom |
| June 8, 1978 | August 10, 1981 | Richard W. Murphy |
| March 12, 1982 | April 18, 1984 | Michael Armacost |
| May 4, 1984 | April 2, 1987 | Stephen W. Bosworth |
| August 27, 1987 | July 20, 1991 | Nicholas Platt |
| August 16, 1991 | June 10, 1992 | Frank G. Wisner |
| September 4, 1992 | March 1, 1993 | Richard H. Solomon |
| October 26, 1993 | August 5, 1996 | John Negroponte |
| September 3, 1996 | July 24, 2000 | Thomas C. Hubbard |
| July 2000 | September 2001 | Michael E. Malinowski [3] |
| September 2001 | February 2002 | Robert W. Fitts [3] |
| February 21, 2002 | April 3, 2005 | Francis J. Ricciardone, Jr. |
| April 2005 | August 2005 | Joseph A. Mussomeli [3] |
| August 2005 | March 2006 | Darryl N. Johnson [3] |
| March 22, 2006 | November 19, 2009 | Kristie A. Kenney |
| April 27, 2010 | Incumbent | Harry K. Thomas, Jr. |