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List of ambassadors of the United States to Egypt

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Ambassador of the United States to Egypt
سفير الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية فى مصر
Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent
Herro Mustafa
since November 15, 2023
NominatorThe President of the United States
AppointerThe President
with Senate advice and consent
Inaugural holderDaniel Smith McCauley
as Agent/Consul General
FormationAugust 14, 1848
WebsiteU.S. Embassy - Cairo

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

The United States first established diplomatic relations with Egypt in 1848, when President James K. Polk appointed Daniel Smith McCauley as the first envoy to Egypt with the title Consul General. McCauley and his family were transported to Egypt aboard the USS Constitution in 1849.

Relations between Egypt and the United States have been continuous since 1848, except for the period between 1967 and 1974. The then United Arab Republic severed relations with the U.S. following the Six-Day War; Egypt restored relations following the Yom Kippur War.

The United States Embassy in Egypt is located in Cairo.

Ambassadors

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Name Appointed Presented credentials Terminated mission Notes
Daniel Smith McCauley August 14, 1848 March 17, 1849 Died at post October 24, 1852 Ambassadors held the title of Agent/Consul General[1] until 1922
Richard B. Jones December 28, 1852 May 7, 1853 December 14, 1853
Edwin De Leon May 24, 1853 December 14, 1853 March 4, 1861
William Sydney Thayer March 20, 1861 Unknown. Assumed charge July 1, 1861 Died at post April 10, 1864
Charles Hale[2] May 18, 1864 About October 15, 1864 Presented recall, May 23, 1870
George Harris Butler March 15, 1870 June 2, 1870 July 16, 1872
Richard Beardsley July 23, 1872 September 24, 1872 Died at post January 23, 1876
Elbert E. Farman March 27, 1876 July 17, 1876 May 17, 1881
Simon Wolf June 30, 1881 October 22, 1881 March 27, 1882
George P. Pomeroy December 16, 1881 July 1, 1882 July 20, 1884
John Cardwell October 2, 1885 April 19, 1886 October 7, 1889
Eugene Schuyler[3] June 26, 1889 November 23, 1889 July 2, 1890
John A. Anderson February 27, 1891 July 13, 1891 April 21, 1892
Edward C. Little November 15, 1892 April 22, 1893 August 22, 1893
Frederic Courtland Penfield May 13, 1893 December 11, 1893 June 17, 1897
Thomas Harrison April 22, 1897 December 23, 1897 March 22, 1899
John G. Long October 30, 1899 April 2, 1900 July 15, 1903
John W. Riddle September 8, 1903 March 28, 1904 June 9, 1905
Lewis M. Iddings[4] March 23, 1905 December 23, 1905 April 14, 1910
Peter Augus Jay December 21, 1909 November 28, 1910 October 8, 1913
Olney Arnold September 2, 1913 March 23, 1914 January 8, 1916
Hampson Gary October 2, 1917 February 7, 1918[5] December 7, 1919
Carroll Sprigg May 11, 1920 August 2, 1920[6] October 31, 1921
J. Morton Howell October 7, 1921 Unknown[7] July 6, 1927 The title of the ambassador was changed to Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary on June 21, 1922.
Franklin Mott Gunther April 5, 1928 July 19, 1928 July 30, 1930
William M. Jardine July 21, 1930 October 13, 1930 September 5, 1933
Bert Fish[8] September 6, 1933 December 2, 1933 February 28, 1941
Alexander C. Kirk[9][10] February 11, 1941 March 29, 1941 April 29, 1944
S. Pinkney Tuck May 4, 1944 June 14, 1944 May 30, 1948 The title of ambassador was changed to Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary on September 19. 1946
Stanton Griffis July 7, 1948 September 2, 1948 March 18, 1949
Jefferson Caffery July 9, 1949 September 29, 1949 January 11, 1955
Henry A. Byroade January 24, 1955 March 7, 1955 September 10, 1956
Raymond A. Hare August 14, 1956 September 25, 1956 March 10, 1958 Recommissioned and reaccredited to the United Arab Republic. Egypt and Syria incorporated themselves into United Arab Republic on February 22, 1958. Subsequent ambassadors were commissioned to the UAR until 1967. Syria seceded from the UAR in September 1961 but Egypt continued to use the UAR name until 1971.
Raymond A. Hare[11][12] March 10, 1958 March 19, 1958 December 18, 1959
G. Frederick Reinhardt[12][13] January 27, 1960 March 22, 1960 May 6, 1961
John S. Badeau[12] May 29, 1961 July 19, 1961 June 9, 1964
Lucius D. Battle[12] July 31, 1964 September 22, 1964 March 5, 1967
Richard H. Nolte[12] April 5, 1967 Did not present credentials[14] June 10, 1967 The United Arab Republic (Egypt) severed diplomatic relations with the United States on June 6, 1967 during the Six-Day War with Israel.
Hermann F. Eilts[15] March 19, 1974 April 20, 1974 May 20, 1979 Diplomatic relations between the United States and Egypt were resumed in 1974. The U.S. embassy was reestablished on February 28, 1974.
Alfred L. Atherton, Jr. May 17, 1979 July 2, 1979 November 12, 1983
Nicholas A. Veliotes October 7, 1983 November 24, 1983 April 1, 1986
Frank G. Wisner August 18, 1986 August 28, 1986 June 6, 1991
Robert H. Pelletreau July 2, 1992 September 12, 1991 December 11, 1993
Edward S. Walker, Jr. May 9, 1994 July 20, 1994 December 7, 1997
Daniel Charles Kurtzer November 10, 1997 January 13, 1998 June 22, 2001
C. David Welch July 12, 2001 September 22, 2001 March 15, 2005
Francis J. Ricciardone, Jr. August 2, 2005 November 13, 2005 April 18, 2008[16]
Margaret Scobey March 14, 2008 June 16, 2008 June 30, 2011
Anne W. Patterson July 2011 August 18, 2011 August 31, 2013
Robert Stephen Beecroft[17] June 26, 2014 February 14, 2015[18] June 30, 2017[19]
Thomas H. Goldberger[20] June 30, 2017 October 16, 2019 Chargé d'Affaires ad interim
Jonathan Cohen August 1, 2019 November 17, 2019 March 31, 2022
Nicole Shampaine March 31, 2022 August 23, 2022 Chargé d'Affaires ad interim
Daniel Rubinstein August 23, 2022 April 26, 2023 Chargé d'Affaires ad interim
John Desrocher April 26, 2023 August 12, 2023 Chargé d'Affaires ad interim
Evyenia Sidereas August 12, 2023 October 9, 2023 Chargé d'Affaires ad interim
A. Elizabeth Jones October 9, 2023 November 15, 2023 Chargé d'Affaires ad interim
Herro Mustafa November 1, 2023 November 15, 2023 present

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Commissioned as Consul General only and used the title Agent and Consul General with the acquiescence of the Department of State.
  2. ^ Hale was commissioned as Consul General only. He was not recommissioned when his title was changed to Agent and Consul General by Act of Congress approved June 20, 1864.
  3. ^ Schuyler was commissioned during a recess of the Senate and died in Venice on way home [presumably for his recommissioning].
  4. ^ Iddings was commissioned during a recess of the Senate and recommissioned after confirmation on December 15, 1905.
  5. ^ Gary was received by the Sultan on February 7, 1918.
  6. ^ Sprigg was received by the Sultan on August 2, 1920.
  7. ^ No record has been found of the date on which Howell was presented to the Sultan as Agent and Consul General.
  8. ^ Fish was also appointed as the ambassador to Saudi Arabia when that post was established on February 4, 1940. He remained resident in Cairo.
  9. ^ Kirk was also accredited to Saudi Arabia, while resident in Cairo, until July 18, 1943, when a minister was appointed to Saudi Arabia.
  10. ^ Kirk was also accredited to the government-in-exile of Greece in Cairo Until Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, Jr. was appointed to that post on November 13, 1941.
  11. ^ Hare was also the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to North Yemen from February 16, 1959 until December 18, 1959.
  12. ^ a b c d e Commissioned to the United Arab Republic
  13. ^ Reinhard was also the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to North Yemen.
  14. ^ Nolte had proceeded to his post after confirmation, but the UAR had severed relations with the U.S. before he could present his credentials.
  15. ^ Eilts had been the last Chargé d’Affaires at the U.S. Interests section in Cairo during the break in U.S.–Egypt relations.
  16. ^ "Francis Joseph Ricciardone - People - Department History - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
  17. ^ "US appoints Robert Stephen Beecroft as new Ambassador to Egypt". IANS. news.biharprabha.com. Retrieved May 9, 2014.
  18. ^ "Robert Stephen Beecroft - People - Department History - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
  19. ^ "U.S. Ambassador to Egypt Completes His Tour, Departs Cairo". United States Embassy and Consulate in Egypt. eg.usembassy.gov. July 2, 2017. Retrieved August 9, 2017.
  20. ^ "Thomas Goldberger - People - Department History - Office of the Historian".
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