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Ambassador of the United States to Cambodia
ឯកអគ្គរដ្ឋទូតនៃសហរដ្ឋអាមេរិកប្រចាំនៅកម្ពុជា
Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent
Bridgette L. Walker
Chargé d'Affaires ad interim[1]
since August 12, 2024
NominatorPresident of the United States
AppointerThe President
with Senate advice and consent
Inaugural holderDonald R. Heath
as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
FormationJune 29, 1950; 74 years ago (1950-06-29)
WebsiteU.S. Embassy – Phnom Penh

This is a list of ambassadors of the United States to Cambodia.

Until 1953 Cambodia had been French protectorate as a part of French Indochina, but became independent on November 9, 1953. The United States had appointed its first envoy to Cambodia, Donald R. Heath, in 1950. Heath was a non-resident minister who was commissioned to Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam, while resident in Saigon.

Diplomatic relations between Cambodia and the United States were broken twice: The first time between 1965 and 1969, and the second time in 1975 just before the Pol Pot regime gained control of the country. Relations were finally restored in 1991.

The U.S. Embassy in Cambodia is located in Phnom Penh.

Ambassadors

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Name Portrait Appointed Presentation

of credentials

Termination of mission President
Donald R. Heath June 29, 1950 July 11, 1950 October 2, 1954 Harry S. Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert McClintock August 18, 1954 October 2, 1954 October 15, 1956
Carl W. Strom October 11, 1956 December 7, 1956 March 8, 1959
William C. Trimble February 16, 1959 April 23, 1959 June 8, 1962
John F. Kennedy
Philip D. Sprouse June 28, 1962 August 20, 1962 March 3, 1964
Lyndon B. Johnson
Randolph A. Kidder[2] July 9, 1964 did not present credentials September 18, 1964
Office vacant from 1964 to 1970.
Emory C. Swank September 3, 1970 September 15, 1970 September 5, 1973 Richard Nixon
John Gunther Dean March 14, 1974 April 3, 1974 April 12, 1975
Gerald Ford
Office vacant from 1975 to 1994.
Charles H. Twining May 13, 1994 May 17, 1994 November 20, 1995 Bill Clinton
Kenneth M. Quinn December 12, 1995 March 28, 1996 July 25, 1999
Kent M. Wiedemann June 7, 1999 August 31, 1999 May 16, 2002
George W. Bush
Charles A. Ray November 15, 2002 January 4, 2003 July 11, 2005
Joseph A. Mussomeli June 27, 2005 September 22, 2005 December 25, 2008
Carol A. Rodley October 24, 2008 January 20, 2009 September 29, 2011
Barack Obama
William E. Todd April 2, 2012 June 8, 2012 August 14, 2015
William A. Heidt September 14, 2015 December 2, 2015 November 28, 2018
Donald Trump
W. Patrick Murphy August 8, 2019 October 19, 2019 May 18, 2024
Joe Biden
Robert W. Forden
(nominee) 		Pending U.S. Senate confirmation – –

Source: List of U.S. Ambassadors to Cambodia

Notes

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  1. ^ "Charge d'Affaires, a.i. Bridgette L. Walker".
  2. ^ "The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR RANDOLPH A. KIDDER" (PDF). Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training. 13 December 1989. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 June 2024. Retrieved 23 July 2024.

See also

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References

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