This is a list of Ambassadors of the United States to Lithuania.
The United States first established diplomatic relations with the Baltic states (Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia) in 1922. One ambassador, resident in Riga, Latvia, was appointed to all three nations. Relations with the three nations were broken after the Soviet invasion of the republics in 1940 at the beginning of World War II. The United States never recognized the legitimacy of the Soviet occupation of the Baltic states, nor the legitimacy of the governments of those states under Soviet occupation. Hence, diplomatic relations were not resumed until 1992 after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
The U.S. Embassy in Lithuania is located in Vilnius.
Name: Frederick W.B. Coleman – Political appointee
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointed: September 20, 1922
Presented credentials: December 5, 1922
Terminated mission: Left Riga October 20, 1931
Note: During Coleman’s tenure as non-resident Minister, the legation in Kovno (later Kaunas) was established on May 31, 1930, with Hugh S. Fullerton as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim.
Name: Robert Peet Skinner – Career FSO
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointed: September 23, 1931
Presented credentials: February 13, 1932
Terminated mission: Left post April 29, 1933
Name: John Van Antwerp MacMurray – Career FSO
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointed: August 28, 1933
Presented credentials: December 20, 1933
Terminated mission: Left post February 12, 1936
Name: Arthur Bliss Lane – Career FSO
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointed: January 24, 1936
Presented credentials: June 24, 1936
Terminated mission: Left post September 16, 1937
Owen J.C. Norem – Political appointee
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointed: August 23, 1937
Presented credentials: November 26, 1937
Terminated mission: June 15, 1940
Note: Soviet forces occupied Kaunas on June 15, 1940, which effectively ended the U.S. diplomatic presence in Lithuania. Ambassador Norem departed Kaunas on July 30, 1940.
Note: Bernard Gufler was serving as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim when all U.S. diplomatic officials were withdrawn and the legation in Kaunas was officially closed on September 5, 1940.
Note: The United States resumed diplomatic relations with Lithuania on September 2, 1991. Embassy Vilnius was established October 2, 1991 with Darryl N. Johnson as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim pending his appointment as ambassador.
Darryl Norman Johnson – Career FSO
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: March 23, 1992
Presented credentials: April 14, 1992
Terminated mission: Left post May 23, 1994
James W. Swihart – Career FSO
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: August 26, 1994
Presented credentials: September 26, 1994
Terminated mission: Left post July 16, 1997
Keith C. Smith – Career FSO
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: August 1, 1997
Presented credentials: September 9, 1997
Terminated mission: Left post July 29, 2000
John F. Tefft – Career FSO
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: June 14, 2000
Presented credentials: August 30, 2000
Terminated mission: Left post May 10, 2003
Stephen D. Mull – Career FSO
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: April 16, 2003
Presented credentials: August 26, 2003
Terminated mission: Left post June 16, 2006
John A. Cloud, Jr. – Career FSO
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: May 30, 2006
Presented credentials: August 17, 2006
Terminated mission: January 20, 2009
Anne E. Derse - Career FSO
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: September 28, 2009
Presented credentials: October 14, 2009
Terminated mission: July 1, 2012
Deborah A. McCarthyTitle: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: January 7, 2013
Presented credentials: February 19, 2013
Terminated mission: July 2016
Anne Hall - Career FSOTitle: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: July 14, 2016
Presented credentials:
Terminated mission:
