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The President of the United States Daniel Smith McCauley
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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 1967 Arab–Israeli War; Egypt restored relations following the 1973 Arab-Israeli War.
The United States Embassy in Egypt is located in Cairo. Robert Stephen Beecroft is the current Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to Egypt.
Daniel Smith McCauley
Title: Agent/Consul General
Appointed: August 14, 1848
Presented credentials: March 17, 1849
Terminated mission: Died at post October 24, 1852
Richard B. Jones
Title: Agent/Consul General
Appointed: December 28, 1852
Presented credentials: May 7, 1853
Terminated mission: Superseded by his successor, December 14, 1853
Edwin De LeonTitle: Agent/Consul General
Appointed: May 24, 1853
Presented credentials: December 14, 1853
Terminated mission: Relinquished charge March 4, 1861
William Sydney Thayer
Title: Consul General
Appointed: March 20, 1861
Presented credentials: Unknown. Assumed charge July 1, 1861
Terminated mission: Died at post April 10, 1864
Charles HaleTitle: Agent/Consul General
Appointed: May 18, 1864
Presented credentials: About October 15, 1864
Terminated mission: Presented recall, May 23, 1870
George Harris ButlerTitle: Agent/Consul General
Appointed: March 15, 1870
Presented credentials: June 2, 1870
Terminated mission: Left Egypt July 16, 1872
Richard BeardsleyTitle: Agent/Consul General
Appointed: July 23, 1872
Presented credentials: September 24, 1872
Terminated mission: Died at post January 23, 1876
Note: President Ulysses S. Grant appointed Frederick Morley to the post on February 14, 1876 but Morley declined the appointment.
Elbert E. Farman
Title: Agent/Consul General
Appointed: March 27, 1876
Presented credentials: July 17, 1876
Terminated mission: Left post May 17, 1881
Simon WolfTitle: Agent/Consul General
Appointed: June 30, 1881
Presented credentials: October 22, 1881
Terminated mission: Left post March 27, 1882
George P. Pomeroy
Title: Agent/Consul General
Appointed: December 16, 1882
Presented crJuly 1, 1882edentials:
Terminated mission: Left post July 20, 1884
John CardwellTitle: Agent/Consul General
Appointed: October 2, 1885
Presented credentials: April 19, 1886
Terminated mission: Left Egypt October 7, 1889
Eugene SchuylerTitle: Agent/Consul General
Appointed: June 26, 1889
Presented credentials: November 23, 1889
Terminated mission: Left post July 2, 1890
John A. Anderson
Title: Agent/Consul General
Appointed: February 27, 1891
Presented credentials: July 13, 1891
Terminated mission: Left post April 21, 1892
Edward C. LittleTitle: Agent/Consul General
Appointed: November 15, 1892
Presented credentials: April 22, 1893
Terminated mission: Relinquished charge to his successor, August 22, 1893
Frederic Courtland PenfieldTitle: Agent/Consul General
Appointed: May 13, 1893
Presented credentials: December 11, 1893
Terminated mission: Relinquished charge to his successor, June 17, 1897
Thomas Harrison
Title: Agent/Consul General
Appointed: April 22, 1897
Presented credentials: December 23, 1897
Terminated mission: Left Egypt March 22, 1899
John G. LongTitle: Agent/Consul General
Appointed: October 30, 1899
Presented credentials: April 2, 1900
Terminated mission: Left post July 15, 1903
John W. RiddleTitle: Agent/Consul General
Appointed: September 8, 1903
Presented credentials: March 28, 1904
Terminated mission: Left post June 9, 1905
Lewis M. IddingsTitle: Agent/Consul General
Appointed: March 23, 1905
Presented credentials: December 23, 1905
Terminated mission: Left post April 14, 1910
Peter Augus Jay
Title: Agent/Consul General
Appointed: December 21, 1909
Presented credentials: November 28, 1910
Terminated mission: Left post October 8, 1913
Olney Arnold – Political appointee
Title: Agent/Consul General
Appointed: September 2, 1913
Presented credentials: March 23, 1914
Terminated mission: Relinquished charge, January 8, 1916
Hampson Gary – Political appointee
Title: Agent/Consul General
Appointed: October 2, 1917
Presented credentials: February 7, 1918
Terminated mission: Left post December 7, 1919
Carroll Sprigg – Political appointee
Title: Agent/Consul General
Appointed: May 11, 1920
Presented credentials: August 2, 1920
Terminated mission: Relinquished charge, October 31, 1921
J. Morton Howell – Political appointee
Title: Agent/Consul General
Appointed: October 7, 1921
Presented credentials: Unknown
Terminated mission: Promoted to Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary June 21, 1922
J. Morton Howell – Political appointee
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointed: June 21, 1922
Presented credentials: August 28, 1922
Terminated mission: Left Egypt, July 6, 1927
Franklin Mott Gunther – Career FSO
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointed: April 5, 1928
Presented credentials: July 19, 1928
Terminated mission: Left Egypt, July 30, 1930
William M. Jardine – Political appointee
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointed: July 21, 1930
Presented credentials: October 13, 1930
Terminated mission: Left Egypt, September 5, 1933
Bert Fish – Political appointee
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointed: September 6, 1933
Presented credentials: December 2, 1933
Terminated mission: Left post February 28, 1941
Alexander C. Kirk – Career FSO
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointed: February 11, 1941
Presented credentials: March 29, 1941
Terminated mission: Left post April 29, 1944
S. Pinkney Tuck – Career FSO
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointed: May 4, 1944
Presented credentials: June 14, 1944
Terminated mission: Promoted to Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 19, 1946.
S. Pinkney Tuck – Career FSO
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: September 19, 1946
Presented credentials: October 10, 1946
Terminated mission: Left post May 30, 1948
Stanton Griffis – Political appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: July 7, 1948
Presented credentials: September 2, 1948
Terminated mission: Left post March 18, 1949
Jefferson Caffery – Career FSO
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: July 9, 1949
Presented credentials: September 29, 1949
Terminated mission: Left Egypt January 11, 1955
Henry A. Byroade – Career FSO
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: January 24, 1955
Presented credentials: March 7, 1955
Terminated mission: Left post September 10, 1956
Raymond A. Hare – Career FSO
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: August 14, 1956
Presented credentials: September 25, 1956
Terminated mission: Recommissioned and reaccredited to the United Arab Republic on March 10, 1958, after formation of the UAR.
Note: 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 – Career FSO
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: March 10, 1958
Presented credentials: March 19, 1958
Terminated mission: Left post December 18, 1959
G. Frederick Reinhardt – Career FSO
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: January 27, 1960
Presented credentials: March 22, 1960
Terminated mission: Left post May 6, 1961
John S. Badeau – Political appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: May 29, 1961
Presented credentials: July 19, 1961
Terminated mission: Left post June 9, 1964
Lucius D. Battle – Career FSO
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: July 31, 1964
Presented credentials: September 22, 1964
Terminated mission: Left post March 5, 1967
Note: The United Arab Republic (Egypt) severed diplomatic relations with the United States on June 6, 1967 during the Six-Day War with Israel.
Richard H. Nolte – Political appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: April 5, 1967
Presented credentials: Did not present credentials
Terminated mission: Left post June 10, 1967
Note: David G. Nes was serving as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim when the break in relations occurred. A U.S. Interests Section was established in the Spanish Embassy on June 7, 1967. Principal Officers were: Donald C. Bergus, September 1967–February 1972; Joseph N. Greene, Jr., February 1972–July 1973; Richard W. Smith, August 1973-October 1973 and Hermann F. Eilts, November 1973–February 1974.
Note: Diplomatic relations between the United States and Egypt were resumed in 1974. The U.S. embassy was reestablished on February 28, 1974, with Ambassador-designate Eilts in charge pending his nomination, commissioning, and presentation of his letter of credence.
Note: In 1971 the United Arab Republic dropped the UAR name and resumed the name Egypt. Subsequent ambassadors were commissioned to Egypt.
Hermann F. Eilts – Career FSO
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: March 19, 1974
Presented credentials: April 20, 1974
Terminated mission: Left post May 20, 1979
Alfred L. Atherton, Jr. – Career FSO
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: May 17, 1979
Presented credentials: July 2, 1979
Terminated mission: Left post November 12, 1983
Nicholas A. Veliotes – Career FSO
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: October 7, 1983
Presented credentials: November 24, 1983
Terminated mission: Left post April 1, 1986
Frank G. Wisner – Career FSO
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: August 18, 1986
Presented credentials: August 28, 1986
Terminated mission: Left post June 6, 1991
Robert H. Pelletreau – Career FSO
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: July 2, 1992
Presented credentials: September 12, 1991
Terminated mission: Left post December 11, 1993
Edward S. Walker, Jr. – Career FSO
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: May 9, 1994
Presented credentials: July 20, 1994
Terminated mission: Left post December 7, 1997
Daniel Charles Kurtzer – Career FSO
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: November 10, 1997
Presented credentials: January 13, 1998
Terminated mission: Left post June 22, 2001
C. David Welch – Career FSO
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: July 12, 2001
Presented credentials: September 22, 2001
Terminated mission: Left post March 15, 2005
Francis J. Ricciardone, Jr. – Career FSO
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: August 2, 2005
Presented credentials: November 13, 2005
Terminated mission: c. March 2008
Margaret Scobey – Career FSO
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: March 14, 2008
Presented credentials: June 16, 2008
Terminated mission: June 30, 2011
Matthew H. Tueller – Career FSO
Chargé d’Affaires a.i. June 30, 2011 – August 1, 2011
Anne W. Patterson – Career FSO
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: July 2011
Presented credentials: Unknown
Terminated mission: September 2013
Thomas H. Goldberger - Career FSO
Title: Charge D'Affaires
Appointed: September 2014
Presented Credentials:
Terminated Mission: December 2014
Robert Stephen Beecroft – Career FSOTitle: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: June 26, 2014
Presented credentials: December 18, 2014
Terminated mission: Incumbent
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