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Formation
  
August 3, 1949

Website
  
U.S. Embassy - Colombo

United States Ambassador to Sri Lanka and the Maldives

Inaugural holder
  
Felix Cole as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary

The position of United States Ambassador to Sri Lanka and the Maldives has existed since 1949. Sri Lanka–United States relations and Maldives–United States relations have been friendly throughout the history of Sri Lanka and the history of the Maldives. The diplomatic mission representing the United States in both countries is located in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Atul Keshap is the incumbent ambassador from the United States to Sri Lanka and the Maldives. He succeeded Michele J. Sison to this position.

United States Ambassadors to Sri Lanka

  • Felix Cole - (03-Aug-1949 - 30-Oct-1949)
  • Joseph C. Satterthwaite - (19-Nov-1949 - 25-Jul-1953)
  • Philip K. Crowe - (19-Sep-1953 - 27-Sep-1956)
  • Maxwell Henry Gluck - (19-Sep-1957 - 02-Oct-1958)
  • Lampton Berry - (22-Nov-1958 - 03-Jun-1959)
  • Bernard Gufler - (24-Aug-1959 - 01-Mar-1961)
  • Frances E. Willis - (11-May-1961 - 20-Sep-1964)
  • Cecil B. Lyon - (30-Oct-1964 - 17-Jun-1967)
  • Andrew V. Corry - (19-Jul-1967 - 21-Mar-1970)
  • Robert Strausz-Hupé - (03-May-1970 - 12-Dec-1971)
  • Christopher Van Hollen - (27-Oct-1972 - 21-Apr-1976)
  • John H. Reed - (02-Jul-1976 - 01-Jun-1977)
  • William Howard Wriggins - (18-Aug-1977 - 13-Dec-1979)
  • Donald R. Toussaint - (21-Jan-1980 - 17-Jan-1982)
  • John H. Reed - (08-Feb-1982 - 03-Sep-1985)
  • James W. Spain - (21-Nov-1985 - 16-Jun-1989)
  • Marion V. Creekmore, Jr. - (29-Nov-1989 - 27-Aug-1992)
  • Teresita Currie Schaffer - (07-Oct-1992 - 15-Aug-1995)
  • Peter Burleigh - (19-Jan-1996 - 1-Aug-1997)
  • Shaun E. Donnelly - (19-Dec-1997 - 16-Aug-2000)
  • E. Ashley Wills - (13-Nov-2000 - 17-Jun-2003)
  • Jeffrey Lunstead - (26-Sep-2003 - 09-Sep-2006)
  • Robert O. Blake, Jr. - (09-Sep-2006 - 19-Aug-2009)
  • Patricia A. Butenis - (19-Aug-2009 - 29-Jun-2012)
  • Michele J. Sison - (29-Jun-2012–06-December-2014)
  • Atul Keshap - (21-Aug-2015-present)

    • References

    United States Ambassador to Sri Lanka and the Maldives Wikipedia
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