List of ambassadors of the United States to the Netherlands information
Ambassador of the United States to the Netherlands
Ambassadeur van de Verenigde Staten in Nederland
Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent Shefali Razdan Duggal since October 19, 2022
Seat
Embassy of the United States, The Hague
Nominator
The President of the United States
Inaugural holder
John Adams as Minister Plenipotentiary
Formation
April 19, 1782
Website
nl.usembassy.gov
The United States diplomatic mission to the Netherlands consists of the embassy located in The Hague and a consular office located in Amsterdam.
In 1782, John Adams was appointed America's first Minister Plenipotentiary to Holland. According to the United States Department of State, the same year came formal recognition by the Netherlands of the United States as a separate and independent nation, along with badly needed financial help that indicated faith in its future. These loans from the United Provinces, which have been called "the Marshall Plan in reverse," were the first the new government received. Adams purchased a home in the Hague at Fluwelen Burgwal 18 (located within Uilebomen, The Hague Center), as the first U.S. embassy.[1]
The current American Embassy building in The Hague opened on January 29, 2018.[2] Notable Americans such as former Presidents Adams and John Quincy Adams, General Hugh Ewing and Iraq Envoy L. Paul Bremer have held the title of Ambassador.
Besides the embassy, a U.S. consulate-general is located on Curaçao which is responsible for the territory of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the Caribbean.[3] This consulate is not part of the U.S. diplomatic mission to the Netherlands.
April 19, the day John Adams presented his credentials in the Hague, was declared by President Ronald Reagan to be memorialized as "Dutch-American Friendship Day".[4]
^"Dutch American Friendship Day / Heritage Day". Archived from the original on December 30, 2006. Retrieved November 21, 2021.
^"U.S. Embassy moving to Wassenaar". January 19, 2018.
^"welcome". Retrieved November 21, 2010.
^Eschner, Kat. "John Adams Was the United States' First Ambassador as Well as Its Second President". Smithsonian. Retrieved July 8, 2018.
and 29 Related for: List of ambassadors of the United States to the Netherlands information
AmbassadorsoftheUnitedStates are persons nominated by the president to serve as theUnitedStates' diplomatic representatives to foreign nations, international...
organization. AmbassadorsoftheUnitedStatesThe date theambassador presented their credentials tothe U.S. government. Order of precedence within the diplomatic...
The history ofambassadorsoftheUnitedStatesto Poland began in 1919. Until the end of World War I, Poland had been partitioned between Russia, Germany...
appointed separately from theambassadortotheNetherlands. This is a complete listofUnitedStates envoys and ambassadors appointed to Luxembourg since 1903:...
prior tothe capture of Saigon by North Vietnamese and Việt Cộng forces. Since the normalization ofUnitedStates–Vietnam relations in 1995, the US Consulate...
During that time the U.S. ambassadors continued to represent theUnitedStates in London and Cairo. The embassy was transferred back to Belgrade in 1945...
This is a listof women who are or have ever been ambassadorsoftheUnitedStates. Incumbent "Eileen Donovan, 81, Former Ambassador". The New York Times...
thus, theUnitedStatesambassadorto Denmark conducted foreign relations between theUnitedStates and Iceland. The German invasion and occupation of Denmark...
TheStates General oftheNetherlands (Dutch: Staten-Generaal [ˈstaːtə(ŋ) ˌɣeːnəˈraːl] ) is the supreme bicameral legislature oftheNetherlands consisting...
Below are current Ambassadorsofthe European Union to foreign countries and international organisations. They are also known as Heads of Delegation or Envoys...
Listof German ambassadors in the Kingdom oftheNetherlands. 1709–1713: Hermann von Petkum; Resident 1719–1723: Henry Charles des Bordes; Resident 1725–1725:...
Germany and theUnited Kingdom have had diplomatic relations since German unification in 1871. Prior to that, the only German states holding diplomatic...
The Myanmar Ambassador in Washington, D.C. is the official representative ofthe Government in Naypyidaw tothe Government oftheUnitedStates. 38°54′50″N...
Global Information
