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The President of the United States Paul H. Alling
as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary |
The U.S. embassy in Karachi was established August 15, 1947 with Edward W. Holmes as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim, pending the appointment of an ambassador. The first ambassador, Paul H. Alling, was appointed on September 20, 1947. Anne W. Patterson was nominated as United States Ambassador to Pakistan in May 2007, replacing Ryan C. Crocker who was appointed United States Ambassador to Iraq after completing three years of service in Pakistan. In 2010, her post was succeeded by Cameron Munter. The American ambassador is based in the U.S. Embassy, Islamabad.
Paul H. Alling – Career FSOTitle: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: September 20, 1947
Presented credentials: February 26, 1948
Terminated mission: Left post June 27, 1948
H. Merle Cochran – Career FSOTitle: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: March 4, 1949
Presented credentials:
Terminated mission:
Avra M. Warren – Career FSOTitle: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: February 2, 1950
Presented credentials: February 25, 1950
Terminated mission: Left post November 26, 1952
John M. Cabot – Career FSOTitle: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: September 17, 1952
Presented credentials:
Terminated mission:
Horace A. Hildreth – Political appointeeTitle: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: May 13, 1953
Presented credentials: May 19, 1953
Terminated mission: Left post May 1, 1957
James M. Langley – Political appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: June 13, 1957
Presented credentials: July 27, 1957
Terminated mission: Left post July 29, 1959
William M. Rountree – Career FSO
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: June 18, 1959
Presented credentials: August 17, 1959
Terminated mission: Left post February 7, 1962
Note: The capital of Pakistan was moved to Islamabad in August 1960.
Walter P. McConaughy – Career FSO
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: March 1, 1962
Presented credentials: March 20, 1962
Terminated mission: Left post May 27, 1966
Eugene Murphy Locke – Political appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: May 27, 1966
Presented credentials: June 9, 1966
Terminated mission: Left Pakistan, April 16, 1967
Benjamin H. Oehlert, Jr. – Political appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: July 27, 1967
Presented credentials: August 16, 1967
Terminated mission: Left post June 17, 1969
Joseph S. Farland – Political appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: September 19, 1969
Presented credentials: November 15, 1969
Terminated mission: Left post April 30, 1972
Note: The post was vacant May 1972–December 1973. Sidney Sober served as chargé d'affaires ad interim during that period
Henry A. Byroade – Career FSO
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: October 15, 1973
Presented credentials: December 5, 1973
Terminated mission: Left post April 23, 1977
George S. Vest – Career FSOTitle: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed:
Presented credentials:
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Arthur W. Hummel, Jr. – Career FSO
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: June 8, 1977
Presented credentials: June 28, 1977
Terminated mission: Left post July 19, 1981
Ronald I. Spiers – Career FSO
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: October 1, 1981
Presented credentials: October 29, 1981
Terminated mission: Left post October 27, 1983
Deane Roesch Hinton – Career FSO
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: November 21, 1983
Presented credentials: December 26, 1983
Terminated mission: Left post November 9, 1986
Arnold Lewis Raphel – Career FSOTitle: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: May 4, 1987
Presented credentials: June 24, 1987
Terminated mission: Died in office, August 17, 1988
Robert B. Oakley – Career FSOTitle: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: August 18, 1988
Presented credentials: September 1, 1988
Terminated mission: Left post August 29, 1991
Nicholas Platt – Career FSO
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: July 2, 1991
Presented credentials: October 24, 1991
Terminated mission: Left post November 3, 1992
John Cameron Monjo – Career FSO
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: October 9, 1992
Presented credentials: November 10, 1992
Terminated mission: Left post September 10, 1995
Thomas W. Simons – Career FSO
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: December 19, 1995
Presented credentials: January 25, 1996
Terminated mission: Left post August 24, 1998
William B. Milam – Career FSO
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: August 3, 1998
Presented credentials: September 10, 1998
Terminated mission: Left post July 6, 2001
Wendy Jean Chamberlin – Career FSO
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: July 12, 2001
Presented credentials: September 13, 2001
Terminated mission: Left post May 29, 2002
Nancy Jo Powell – Career FSO
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: August 2, 2002
Presented credentials: August 16, 2002
Terminated mission: Left post November 5, 2004
Ryan C. Crocker – Career FSO
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: October 18, 2004
Presented credentials: November 25, 2004
Terminated mission: Left post March 28, 2007
Anne W. Patterson – Career FSO
Appointed: July 2, 2007
Presented credentials: July 31, 2007
Terminated mission: Left post October 5, 2010
Cameron Munter – Career FSO
Appointed: October 6, 2010
Presented credentials: October 27, 2010
Terminated mission: Left post May 7, 2012
Richard Olson – Career FSO
Appointed: September 24, 2012
Presented credentials: October 31, 2012
Terminated mission: November 2015
David Hale – Career FSO
Appointed: November 17, 2015
Terminated mission: January 20, 2017
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