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Formation
  
April 12, 1984

United States Ambassador to Brunei

Nominator
  
The President of the United States

Inaugural holder
  
Barrington King as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

Website
  
U.S. Embassy - Bandar Seri Begawan

Until 1984, Brunei was a self-governing protectorate of the United Kingdom. In 1979 Brunei and the United Kingdom signed a new treaty of friendship and cooperation, and on January 1, 1984, Brunei Darussalam became a fully independent state.

The United States recognized Brunei immediately. On January 1, 1984, the same day Brunei became independent, the former U.S. Consulate in Bandar Seri Begawan was upgraded to embassy status with Douglas Ellice as Principal Officer and Chargé d’Affaires ad interim. The first ranking U.S. ambassador to Brunei was commissioned on April 12 of the same year.

The United States Embassy in Brunei is located in Bandar Seri Begawan.

List of ambassadors of the United States to Brunei Darussalam

  • Barrington King – Career FSO
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: April 12, 1984
  • Presented credentials: May 28, 1984
  • Terminated mission: Left post, April 30, 1987
  • Thomas C. Ferguson – Political appointee
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: July 15, 1987
  • Presented credentials: July 2, 1987
  • Terminated mission: Left post, April 9, 1989
  • Christopher H. Phillips – Political appointee
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: October 10, 1989
  • Presented credentials: Novem 28, 1989
  • Terminated mission: Left post, October 31, 1991
  • Donald Burnham Ensenat – Political appointee
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: August 11, 1992
  • Presented credentials: September 26, 1992
  • Terminated mission: Left post, June 13, 1993
  • Theresa Anne Tull – Career FSO
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: October 8, 1993
  • Presented credentials: January 5, 1994
  • Terminated mission: Left post, April 30, 1996
  • Glen R. Rase – Career FSO
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: July 2, 1996
  • Presented credentials: September 16, 1996
  • Terminated mission: Left post June 6, 1999
  • Sylvia Gaye Stanfield – Career FSO
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: August 9, 1999
  • Presented credentials: November 3, 1999
  • Terminated mission: Left post August 28, 2002
  • Gene B. Christy – Career FSO
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: November 15, 2002
  • Presented credentials: January 24, 2003
  • Terminated mission: Left post, July 18, 2005
  • Emil A. Skodon – Career FSO
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: June 27, 2005
  • Presented credentials: November 1, 2005
  • Terminated mission: August 1, 2008
  • William E. Todd – Career FSO
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: July 14, 2008
  • Presented credentials: Unknown
  • Terminated mission: June 6, 2010
  • John W. McIntyre – Career FSO
  • Title: Chargé d'Affaires
  • Appointed: June 6, 2010
  • Presented credentials: Unknown
  • Terminated mission: March 28, 2011
  • Daniel L. Shields – Career FSO
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: March 28, 2011
  • Presented credentials: April 5, 2011
  • Terminated mission: 2014
  • Craig B. Allen – Career FSO
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: December 19, 2014
  • Presented credentials: Unknown
  • Terminated mission: Incumbent

    • References

    United States Ambassador to Brunei Wikipedia
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