List of ambassadors of the United States to Iraq information
Ambassador of the United States to Iraq
سفارة الولايات المتحدة في جمهورية العراق
Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent Alina Romanowski since June 2, 2022
Nominator
The president of the United States
Appointer
The president with Senate advice and consent
Inaugural holder
Alexander K. Sloan as Chargé d'Affaires
Formation
1931
Website
U.S. Embassy – Baghdad
This is a list of United States ambassadors, or lower-ranking heads of a diplomatic mission to Iraq.
Alexander K. Sloan (1931), chargé d'affaires
Paul Knabenshue (1932–1942), minister
Thomas M. Wilson (1942), minister
Loy W. Henderson (1943–1945), minister
George Wadsworth II (1946–1948), minister
Edward Savage Crocker II (1948), first ambassador
Burton Y. Berry (1952–1954)
Waldemar J. Gallman (1954–1958)
John D. Jernegan (1958–1962)
Robert C. Strong (1963–1967)
Enoch S. Duncan (1967), chargé d'affaires
The United States broke off full ties with Iraq over the Six-Day War and did not resume them until 1984. The U.S. maintained an interests section starting in 1972, hosted by the Belgian embassy.
David George Newton (1984–1988), initially chargé d'affaires, then full ambassador
April Glaspie (1988–1990)
Joseph C. Wilson (1990–1991), chargé d'affaires until First Gulf War
The American embassy in Baghdad remained closed until 2000 when it was staffed by Japanese diplomats working in proxy with the U.S. No new ambassador or chargé d'affaires was appointed until after the Second Gulf War. However the U.S. interests section was opened at the Polish embassy in January 1991. The Polish embassy represented the interests of the U.S. until July 13, 2004.
Krzysztof Biernacki (1991–2004), the director of the U.S. interests section at the Polish embassy in Baghdad, Polish diplomat
John Negroponte (July 2004—March 2005), first post–Second Gulf War ambassador
Zalmay Khalilzad (June 2005–March 2007)
Ryan Crocker (March 2007–February 2009), ambassador Patricia A. Butenis was chargé d'Affaires, a.i.
Christopher R. Hill (April 2009–August 2010)
James F. Jeffrey (August 2010–June 2012)
Robert S. Beecroft (October 2012–September 2014)
Stuart E. Jones (October 2014–September 2016)
Douglas Silliman (September 2016–February 2019)[1]
Joey R. Hood (February–June 2019), chargé d'affaires
Matthew H. Tueller (June 2019–June 2022)
Alina Romanowski (June 2022–present)
^"Douglas A. Silliman". US Department of State. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
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