List of ambassadors of the United States to Ecuador

The following is a list of ambassadors of the United States, or other chiefs of mission, to Ecuador. The title given by the United States State Department to this position is currently Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.

Ambassadors and chiefs of mission Representative Title Presentationof credentials Terminationof mission Appointed by Robert B. McAfee Chargé d'affaires to the governments of New Granada and Ecuador with residence en BogotáPablo Núñez Endara, Relaciones internacionales del Ecuador en la fundación de la República 1835 1836 Andrew Jackson James Chamberlayne PickettJames Chamberlayne Pickett: , Plenipotentiary for signing a Treaty of Peace and Commerce 1838 1839 Martin Van Buren Van Brugh Livingston Chargé d'affaires August 12, 1848 November 12, 1849 James K. Polk John Trumbull Van Alen Chargé d'affaires November 19, 1849 July 18, 1850 Zachary Taylor Courtland Cushing Chargé d'affaires June 3, 1851 October 12, 1853 Millard Fillmore Philo White Minister Resident September 2, 1854 September 14, 1858 Franklin Pierce Charles R. Buckalew Minister Resident September 20, 1858 July 10, 1861 James Buchanan Friedrich Hassaurek Minister Resident July 15, 1861 January 13, 1866 Abraham Lincoln William T. Coggeshall Minister Resident September 20, 1866 August 3, 1867Died at post. Andrew Johnson David Alexander Nunn Minister Resident Unknown November 2, 1869 Ulysses S. Grant E. Rumsey Wing Minister Resident June 23, 1870 October 5, 1874 Christian Wullweber Minister Resident December 20, 1875 September 25, 1876 Rowland B. Mahany Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary May 22, 1892 June 23, 1893 Benjamin Harrison Edward Henry Strobel Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary July 15, 1894 December 31, 1894 Grover Cleveland James D. Tillman Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary June 3, 1895 December 15, 1897 Archibald J. Sampson Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary December 16, 1897 July 15, 1905 William McKinley Joseph W. J. Lee Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary December 30, 1905 February 21, 1907 Theodore Roosevelt Williams C. Fox Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary April 18, 1907 July 19, 1911 Evan E. Young Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary August 8, 1911 January 29, 1912 William Howard Taft Montgomery Schuyler, Jr. Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary May 24, 1913 September 29, 1913 Woodrow Wilson Charles S. Hartman Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary September 30, 1913 March 20, 1922 Gerhard Adolph Bading Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary May 15, 1922 November 1, 1929 Warren G. Harding William Dawson Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary August 9, 1930 February 27, 1935 Herbert Hoover Antonio C. Gonzalez Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary March 7, 1935 March 30, 1938 Franklin D. Roosevelt Boaz Walton Long Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary April 29, 1938 April 14, 1942 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary April 14, 1942 May 1, 1943 Robert M. Scotten Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary May 27, 1943 April 17, 1947 John F. Simmons Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary July 16, 1947 July 12, 1950 Harry S. Truman Paul C. Daniels Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary May 25, 1951 July 9, 1953 Sheldon T. Mills Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary August 19, 1954 April 6, 1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower Christian M. Ravndal Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary August 29, 1956 August 1, 1960 Maurice M. Bernbaum Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary November 16, 1960 January 14, 1965 Wymberley DeRenne Coerr Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary March 24, 1965 October 7, 1967Recall requested by the government of Ecuador. Lyndon B. Johnson Edson O. Sessions Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary September 26, 1968 February 15, 1970 Findley Burns, Jr. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary April 9, 1970 May 18, 1973 Richard Nixon Robert C. Brewster Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary October 1, 1973 April 8, 1976 Richard J. Bloomfield Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary May 31, 1976 January 21, 1978 Gerald Ford Raymond E. Gonzalez Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary July 31, 1978 January 28, 1982 Jimmy Carter Samuel Friedlander Hart Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary December 22, 1982 April 5, 1985 Ronald Reagan Fernando Enrique Rondon Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary August 8, 1985 July 26, 1988 Richard Newton Holwill Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary July 27, 1988 November 25, 1989 Paul C. Lambert Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary July 2, 1990 February 1, 1992 George H. W. Bush James F. Mack Chargé d'affaires ad interim February 1, 1992 November 16, 1993 Peter F. Romero Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary November 16, 1993 July 25, 1996 Bill Clinton Leslie M. Alexander Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary August 5, 1996 June 11, 1999 Gwen C. Clare Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary August 24, 1999 July 3, 2001 Kristie A. Kenney Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary September 25, 2002 July 6, 2005 George W. Bush Linda Jewell Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary August 29, 2005 July 22, 2008Heather M. HodgesAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 2, 2008April 5, 2011Hodges was declared persona non grata and expelled from Ecuador July 5, 2011.Andrew BowenChargé d’Affaires a.i.April 15, 2011July 2011 Barack ObamaTimothy Zúñiga-BrownChargé d’Affaires a.i.July 2011April 2012Adam E. Namm Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJune 22, 2012September 28, 2015Todd C. Chapman Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryApril 14, 2016June 8, 2019Michael J. Fitzpatrick Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJuly 3, 2019June 15, 2024Donald TrumpArthur W. BrownAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJune 26, 2024April 17, 2025Joe BidenLawrence PetroniChargé d’Affaires a.i.April 17, 2025PresentDonald Trump

See also Ecuador – United States relations Foreign relations of Ecuador Ambassadors of the United States Notes

References Citations

United States Department of State: Background notes on Ecuador

External links United States Department of State: Chiefs of Mission for Ecuador United States Department of State: Ecuador United States Embassy in Quito