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The President of the United States Hoffman Philip
as Minister Resident/Consul General U.S. Embassy - Addis Ababa |
The United States established diplomatic relations with Ethiopia in 1903 and commissioned its first ambassador to Ethiopia, Hoffman Philip, in 1908. Relations continued uninterrupted until 1980. In July 1980, the U.S. Ambassador to Ethiopia was recalled at the request of the Ethiopian Government, and the U.S. Embassy in Ethiopia and the Ethiopian Embassy in the United States were headed by chargés d’affaires. After the defeat of the Derg regime in 1991 and installation of a new government, the current chargé was commissioned as the new ambassador. The U.S. has had good relations with the Ethiopian government since that time.
Hoffman PhilipTitle: Minister Resident/Consul General
Appointed: July 20, 1908
Presented credentials: July 6, 1909
Terminated mission: Left post, February 8, 1910
Addison E. Southard – Career FSOTitle: Minister Resident/Consul General
Appointed: October 12, 1927
Presented credentials: March 1, 1928
Terminated mission: Left post, October 26, 1934
Cornelius Van H. Engert – Career FSOTitle: Minister Resident/Consul General
Appointed: February 7, 1936
Presented credentials: April 30, 1936
Terminated mission: Left post, May 4, 1937
Note: The U. S. Legation in Addis Ababa was closed and diplomatic personnel were withdrawn following the Italian occupation of Ethiopia in 1937. The U. S. never recognized Italian authority in Ethiopia. The legation was reopened and a new Minister Resident/Consul was appointed in 1943.
John K. Caldwell – Career FSOTitle: Minister Resident/Consul General
Appointed: April 14, 1943
Presented credentials: August 31, 1943
Terminated mission: December 9, 1943
John K. Caldwell – Career FSOTitle: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointed: October 7, 1943
Presented credentials: December 9, 1943
Terminated mission: Left post, August 26, 1945
Felix Cole – Career FSO
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointed: February 20, 1945
Presented credentials: October 5, 1945
Terminated mission: Left post, October 8, 1947
George R. Merrell – Career FSOTitle: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointed: May 15, 1947
Presented credentials: January 1, 1948
Terminated mission: May 21, 1949
George R. Merrell – Career FSOTitle: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: May 21, 1949
Presented credentials: June 28, 1949
Terminated mission: Left post, March 17, 1951
J. Rives Childs – Career FSO
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: April 19, 1951
Presented credentials: May 14, 1951
Terminated mission: Left post, January 19, 1953
Joseph Simonson – Political appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: July 22, 1953
Presented credentials: October 6, 1953
Terminated mission: Left post, May 1, 1957
Don C. Bliss – Career FSO
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: May 20, 1957
Presented credentials: June 22, 1957
Terminated mission: Left post, June 4, 1960
Arthur L. Richards – Career FSO
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: June 24, 1960
Presented credentials: August 26, 1960
Terminated mission: Left Ethiopia, November 25, 1962
Edward M. Korry – Political appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: March 9, 1963
Presented credentials: April 20, 1963
Terminated mission: Left post, September 22, 1967
William O. Hall – Career FSO
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: September 13, 1967
Presented credentials: October 27, 1967
Terminated mission: Left post, May 15, 1971
E. Ross Adair – Political appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: May 11, 1971
Presented credentials: July 8, 1971
Terminated mission: Left post, February 12, 1974
Thomas W. McElhiney – Career FSOTitle: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: February 11, 1974
Presented credentials:
Terminated mission:
Arthur W. Hummel, Jr. – Career FSO
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: February 20, 1975
Presented credentials: April 3, 1975
Terminated mission: Left post, July 6, 1976
Frederic L. Chapin – Career FSOTitle: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: June 27, 1978
Presented credentials: July 21, 1978
Terminated mission: Left post, July 29, 1980
Note: The U.S. ambassador was recalled in July 1980 and a series of chargés maintained the embassy until June 1992. The following officers served as chargés d’affaires: Owen W. Roberts July 1980–May 1982, David A. Korn (June 1982–July 1985), James Cheek (July 1985–August 1988), Robert G. Houdek (August 1988–June 1991), and Marc A. Baas (June 1991–June 1992). In June 1992 the current chargé, Marc Allen Baas, was commissioned as the new ambassador.
Marc Allen Baas – Career FSOTitle: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: June 15, 1982
Presented credentials: June 24, 1992
Terminated mission: Left post, July 8, 1994
Irvin Hicks – Career FSO
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: May 9, 1994
Presented credentials: July 22, 1994
Terminated mission: Left post, June 26, 1996
David H. Shinn – Career FSO
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: June 6, 1996
Presented credentials: July 2, 1996
Terminated mission: Left post August 14, 1999
Tibor P. Nagy – Career FSO
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: August 9, 1999
Presented credentials: October 12, 1999
Terminated mission: Left post July 19, 2002
Aurelia E. Brazeal – Career FSO
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: October 3, 2002
Presented credentials: November 20, 2002
Terminated mission: Left post, September 2, 2005
Note: Vicki J. Huddleston served as the Chargé d'Affaires ad interim at the embassy in Addis Ababa until Donald Yamamoto became the ambassador.
Donald Yamamoto – Career FSO
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: November 9, 2006
Presented Credentials: December 6, 2006
Terminated mission: Unknown
Donald E. Booth – Career FSO
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: April 2, 2010
Presented Credentials: May 2, 2010
Terminated mission: Left post, August, 2013
Patricia M. Haslach – Career FSO
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: August 14, 2013
Presented Credentials: September 25, 2013
Terminated mission: September 2016
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