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Formation
  
September 21, 1964

United States Ambassador to Malta

Nominator
  
The President of the United States

Inaugural holder
  
Harrison Lewis as Chargé d'affaires ad interim

Website
  
U.S. Embassy - Valletta

This is a list of Ambassadors of the United States to Malta.

Until 1964 Malta was a part of the British Empire. Malta was granted full independence on September 21, 1964. The United States recognized the new nation and established full diplomatic relations. The Embassy of the United States was established in the Maltese capital Valletta on September 21, 1964, with Harrison Lewis as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim until an ambassador could be commissioned.

Ambassadors

  • George J. Feldman – Political appointee
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: July 22, 1965
  • Presented credentials: October 5, 1965
  • Terminated mission: Left post, September 6, 1967
  • Hugh H. Smythe – Political appointee
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: October 18, 1967
  • Presented credentials: December 29, 1967
  • Terminated mission: Left post, August 16, 1969
  • John C. Pritzlaff, Jr. – Political appointee
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: July 8, 1969
  • Presented credentials: September 4, 1969
  • Terminated mission: Left post, February 24, 1972
  • John I. Getz – Career FSO
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: February 15, 1972
  • Presented credentials: March 9, 1972
  • Terminated mission: Left post, July 18, 1974
  • Robert P. Smith – Career FSO
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: July 23, 1974
  • Presented credentials: September 24, 1974
  • Terminated mission: Left post, October 29, 1976
  • Lowell Bruce Laingen – Career FSO
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: November 17, 1976
  • Presented credentials: January 11, 1977
  • Terminated mission: Left post, January 20, 1979
  • Joan Margaret Clark – Career FSO
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: March 21, 1979
  • Presented credentials: March 26, 1979
  • Terminated mission: Left post, February 21, 1981
  • Note: Frank P. Wardlaw served as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim, February 1981–August 1982.
  • James Malone Rentschler – Career FSO
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: August 18, 1982
  • Presented credentials: October 19, 1982
  • Terminated mission: Left post, July 26, 1985
  • Gary L. Matthews – Career FSO
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: August 1, 1985
  • Presented credentials: September 19, 1985
  • Terminated mission: May 23, 1987
  • Peter R. Sommer – Political appointee
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: September 28, 1987
  • Presented credentials: October 9, 1987
  • Terminated mission: October 8, 1989
  • Sally J. Novetzke – Political appointee
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: October 10, 1989
  • Presented credentials: November 9, 1989
  • Terminated mission: Left post, February 28, 1993
  • Note: The following officers served as Chargé d'Affairs ad interim:
  • William A. Moffitt (February 1993–June 1994)
  • Charles N. Patterson, Jr. (June–July 1994)
  • Joseph R. Paolino, Jr. – Political appointee
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: June 9, 1994
  • Presented credentials: July 6, 1994
  • Terminated mission: Left post, June 2, 1996
  • Note: The following officers served as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim:
  • Charles N. Patterson, Jr. (June 1996–July 1997)
  • Elizabeth Barnett (July 1997–January 1998)
  • Kathryn Linda Haycock Proffitt – Political appointee
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: November 10, 1997
  • Presented credentials: January 8, 1998
  • Terminated mission: Left post March 1, 2001
  • Anthony H. Gioia – Political appointee
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: July 12, 2001
  • Presented credentials: September 6, 2001
  • Terminated mission: Left post December 7, 2004
  • Molly H. Bordonaro – Political appointee
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: June 21, 2005
  • Presented credentials: September 7, 2005
  • Terminated mission: Early February, 2009
  • Douglas Kmiec - Political appointee
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: September 2, 2009
  • Presented credentials: September 17, 2009
  • Terminated mission: Left post, June 2011
  • Richard M. Mills began serving as Chargé d’Affaires a.i. in June 2011.
  • Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley - Career FSO
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: March 29, 2012
  • Presented credentials: May 2, 2012
  • G. Kathleen Hill - Career FSO
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: January 13, 2016
  • Presented credentials: unknown

    • References

    United States Ambassador to Malta Wikipedia
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