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Formation
  
October 21, 1986

Website
  
U.S. Embassy - Majuro

United States Ambassador to the Marshall Islands

Nominator
  
The President of the United States

Inaugural holder
  
Samuel B. Thomsen as Representative

This is a list of the ambassadors of the United States to the Marshall Islands. The Office of the U.S. Representative was opened at Majuro on October 21, 1986. It was upgraded to an embassy on September 6, 1989. Karen B. Stewart is the current United States Ambassador to the Marshall Islands. She was nominated by President Barack Obama on November 5, 2015 was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on May 17, 2016. She succeeded Thomas Armbruster.

Ambassadors

  • Samuel B. Thomsen – Career FSO
  • State of Residency: California
  • Title: Representative
  • Appointment: Jun 15, 1987
  • Presentation of Credentials: Jul 11, 1987
  • Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 11, 1990
  • William Bodde, Jr. – Career FSO
  • State of Residency: Maryland
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointment: Jun 27, 1990
  • Presentation of Credentials: Aug 6, 1990
  • Termination of Mission: Left post, Jun 28, 1992
  • David C. Fields – Career FSO
  • State of Residency: California
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointment: Jul 7, 1992
  • Presentation of Credentials: Aug 19, 1992
  • Termination of Mission: Left post, May 15, 1995
  • Joan M. Plaisted – Career FSO
  • State of Residency: California
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointment: Dec 19, 1995
  • Presentation of Credentials: Feb 9, 1996
  • Termination of Mission: Left post Jul 28, 2000
  • Note: Also accredited to Kiribati; resident at Majuro.
  • Michael J. Senko – Career FSO
  • State of Residency: District of Columbia
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointment: Dec 28, 2000
  • Presentation of Credentials: Jan 26, 2001
  • Termination of Mission: Left post Aug 2, 2003
  • Note: Also accredited to Kiribati; resident at Majuro.
  • Greta N. Morris – Career FSO
  • State of Residency: California
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointment: Jul 1, 2003
  • Presentation of Credentials: Aug 26, 2003
  • Termination of Mission: Left post, Aug 2, 2006
  • Clyde Bishop – Career FSO
  • State of Residency: Delaware
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointment: Jul 18, 2006
  • Presentation of Credentials: Dec 7, 2006
  • Termination of Mission: 2009
  • Martha Campbell – Career FSO
  • State of Residency: Michigan
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointment: August 21, 2009
  • Presentation of Credentials: September 7, 2009
  • Termination of Mission: July 11, 2012
  • Thomas Hart Armbruster - Career FSO
  • State of Residency: New York
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointment: August 2, 2012
  • Presentation of Credentials: Sep 6, 2012
  • Termination of Mission: May 2016
  • Karen B. Stewart - Career FSO
  • State of Residency: Unknown
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointment: July 21, 2016
  • Presentation of Credentials: Unknown
  • Termination of Mission: Incumbent

    • References

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