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⚫ | |January 20, 2017<ref>{{cite news|last=Cabrita-Mendes|first=André|date=January 6, 2017|title=Embaixador dos EUA que apoiou a selecção parte com Portugal 'no coração'|language=pt|trans-title=USA ambassador who supported the national team leaves with Portugal 'on [his] heart'|work=Jornal de Negócios|location=Lisbon|url=https://www.jornaldenegocios.pt/economia/detalhe/embaixador-dos-eua-que-apoiou-a-seleccao-parte-com-portugal-no-coracao|access-date=October 13, 2017|quote=A embaixada norte-americana diz que a representação diplomática em Portugal vai ser feita pela ministra conselheira Herro Mustafa até que um novo Embaixador seja nomeado e chegue a Lisboa.}}</ref> |
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|August 25, 2017<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pt.usembassy.gov/our-relationship/our-ambassador/ |title=Ambassador George E. Glass |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=U. S. Embassy and Consulate in Portugal |publisher=U. S. Department of State |access-date=October 13, 2017 |quote=George E. Glass of Oregon arrived in Lisbon on August 24, 2017 to serve as United States Ambassador to the Portuguese Republic. He presented his credentials to the President of the Portuguese Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, on August 25th, 2017.}}</ref> |
|August 25, 2017<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pt.usembassy.gov/our-relationship/our-ambassador/ |title=Ambassador George E. Glass |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=U. S. Embassy and Consulate in Portugal |publisher=U. S. Department of State |access-date=October 13, 2017 |quote=George E. Glass of Oregon arrived in Lisbon on August 24, 2017 to serve as United States Ambassador to the Portuguese Republic. He presented his credentials to the President of the Portuguese Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, on August 25th, 2017.}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 17:31, 13 December 2021
Ambassador of the United States to Portugal | |
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since January 20, 2021 | |
Nominator | The President of the United States |
Appointer | The President with Senate advice and consent |
Inaugural holder | David Humphreys as Minister Resident |
Formation | February 21, 1791 |
Website | U.S. Embassy - Lisbon |
Bilateral diplomatic relations between the United States and Portugal date from the earliest years of the United States. Following the Revolutionary War, Portugal was the first neutral country to recognize the United States. On February 21, 1791, President George Washington opened formal diplomatic relations, naming Col. David Humphreys as U.S. Minister Resident. Subsequent envoys were given the title Minister Plenipotentiary.
Ambassadors
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Career FSO After 1915, The United States Department of State began classifying ambassadors as career Foreign Service Officers (FSOs) for those who have served in the Foreign Service for a specified amount of time. Political appointee A person who is not a career foreign service officer, but is appointed by the president (often as a reward to political friends). Appointed The date that the ambassador took the oath of office; also known as "commissioning". It follows confirmation of a presidential appointment by the Senate, or a Congressional recess appointment by the president. In the case of a recess appointment, the ambassador requires subsequent confirmation by the Senate to remain in office. Presented credentials The date that the ambassador presented his letter of credence to the head of state or appropriate authority of the receiving nation. At this time the ambassador officially becomes the representative of his country. This would normally occur a short time after the ambassador's arrival on station. The host nation may reject the ambassador by not receiving the ambassador's letter, but this occurs only rarely. Terminated mission Usually the date that the ambassador left the country. In some cases a letter of recall is presented, ending the ambassador's commission, either as a means of diplomatic protest or because the diplomat is being reassigned elsewhere and replaced by another envoy. Chargé d'affaires The person in charge of the business of the embassy when there is no ambassador commissioned to the host country. Ad interim Latin phrase meaning "for the time being", "in the meantime". |
Name | Title | Appointed | Presented Credentials | Terminated Mission | Notes |
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David Humphreys | Minister Resident | February 21, 1791 | May 13, 1791 | Presented recall, July 25, 1797 | |
John Quincy Adams[1] | Minister Plenipotentiary | May 30, 1796 | — | — | |
William L. Smith | Minister Plenipotentiary | July 10, 1797 | September 8, 1797 | Presented recall, September 9, 1801 | There was no U.S. minister representing the U.S. from 1801–1807. |
Thomas Sumter Jr.[2] | Minister Plenipotentiary | March 7, 1809 | June 7, 1810 | Presented recall, July 24, 1819 | |
John Graham[2] | Minister Plenipotentiary | January 6, 1819 | June 24, 1819 | Left Rio de Janeiro, June 13, 1820 | |
John James Appleton[2][3] | Chargé d'Affaires | Not commissioned | — | His last dispatch was dated July 12, 1821. | |
Henry Dearborn, Sr. | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | May 7, 1822 | Unknown[4] | Had farewell audience, June 30, 1824 | Between 1824 and 1854 there was no minister representing the U.S. in Lisbon. A series of chargés d’affaires acted as chief of mission. |
Thomas L. L. Brent[5] | Chargé d'Affaires | March 9, 1825 | June 24, 1825 | on or soon after November 28, 1834 | |
Edward Kavanagh | Chargé d'Affaires | March 3, 1835 | July 25, 1835 | Relinquished charge, April 19, 1841 | |
Washington Barrow | Chargé d'Affaires | August 16, 1841 | December 28, 1841 | Presented recall, February 24, 1844 | |
Abraham Rencher[6] | Chargé d'Affaires | September 22, 1843 | February 24, 1844 | Presented recall, November 4, 1847 | |
George W. Hopkins | Chargé d'Affaires | March 3, 1847 | November 4, 1847 | Presented recall, October 18, 1849 | |
James Brown Clay[7] | Chargé d'Affaires | August 1, 1849 | October 18, 1849 | August 19, 1850 | |
Charles B. Haddock | Chargé d'Affaires | December 10, 1850 | June 17, 1851 | Presented recall, June 16, 1854 | |
John L. O'Sullivan[8] | Chargé d'Affaires | February 16, 1854 | June 16, 1854 | Promoted to Minister Resident June 29, 1854 | |
John L. O'Sullivan[8] | Minister Resident | June 29, 1854 | October 19, 1854 | Presented recall, July 15, 1858 | |
George W. Morgan | Minister Resident | May 11, 1858 | July 15, 1858 | Presented recall, July 19, 1861 | |
James E. Harvey | Minister Resident | March 28, 1861 | July 19, 1861 | Presented recall, July 15, 1869 | |
Samuel Shellabarger | Minister Resident | April 21, 1869 | July 15, 1869 | Relinquished charge, January 1, 1870 | |
William Cumback[9] | Minister Resident | January 28, 1870 | — | — | |
Charles H. Lewis | Minister Resident | March 15, 1870 | June 15, 1870 | Presented recall, April 8, 1875 | |
Benjamin Moran | Minister Resident | December 15, 1874 | April 8, 1875 | Presented recall, November 9, 1876[10] | |
Benjamin Moran[10] | Chargé d'Affaires | August 15, 1876 | November 15, 1876 | Recall presented by successor, September 27, 1882 | |
John M. Francis[11] | Chargé d'Affaires | April 28, 1882 | — | — | |
John M. Francis[11] | Minister Resident/Consul General | July 7, 1882 | October 5, 1882 | August 25, 1884 | |
Lewis Richmond | Minister Resident/Consul General | July 4, 1884 | October 23, 1884 | Presented recall, May 7, 1885 | |
Edward Parke Custis Lewis | Minister Resident/Consul General | April 2, 1885 | June 18, 1885 | Presented recall, June 14, 1889 | |
George B. Loring | Minister Resident/Consul General | March 30, 1889 | August 29, 1889 | May 31, 1890 | |
George S. Batcheller | Minister Resident/Consul General | October 1, 1890 | December 30, 1890 | August 17, 1892 | |
Gilbert A. Pierce | Minister Resident/Consul General | January 6, 1893 | March 20, 1893 | Presented recall, May 24, 1893 | In 1893 the rank of the U.S. representative in Lisbon was raised to Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary. |
George William Caruth[12] | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | April 25, 1893 | June 30, 1893 | Presented recall, July 24, 1897 | |
Lawrence Townsend | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | June 9, 1897 | August 18, 1897 | Presented recall, May 29, 1899 | |
John N. Irwin[13] | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | April 12, 1899 | December 26, 1899 | May 15, 1900 | |
Francis B. Loomis[14] | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | June 17, 1901 | August 14, 1901 | September 16, 1902 | |
Charles Page Bryan | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | January 7, 1903 | April 25, 1903 | January 16, 1910 | |
Henry T. Gage | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | December 21, 1909 | June 11, 1910 | November 19, 1910[15] | |
Henry S. Boutell[16] | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | March 2, 1911 | — | — | |
Edwin V. Morgan | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | May 24, 1911 | August 3, 1911 | February 11, 1912 | |
Cyrus E. Woods | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | January 25, 1912 | March 20, 1912 | Presented recall, August 19, 1913 | |
Meredith Nicholson[17] | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | Not commissioned | — | — | |
Thomas H. Birch – Political appointee | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | September 10, 1913 | December 15, 1913 | March 15, 1922 | |
Fred Morris Dearing – Career FSO | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | February 10, 1922 | June 6, 1922 | Relinquished charge, February 28, 1930 | |
John Glover South – Political appointee | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | December 16, 1929 | March 26, 1930 | July 28, 1933 | |
Robert Granville Caldwell – Political appointee | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | June 13, 1933 | August 21, 1933 | May 28, 1937 | |
Herbert Claiborne Pell – Political appointee | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | May 27, 1937 | July 31, 1937 | February 3, 1941 | |
Bert Fish – Political appointee | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | February 11, 1941 | March 26, 1941 | Died at post July 21, 1943 | |
Raymond Henry Norweb – Career FSO | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary[18] | November 15, 1943 | December 3, 1943 | Promoted to Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary May 4, 1944 | In May 1944 the rank of the envoy to Portugal was raised to Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. |
R. Henry Norweb – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | May 4, 1944 | June 20, 1944[19] | February 15, 1945 | |
Herman B. Baruch – Political appointee | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | February 9, 1945 | April 12, 1945[20] | March 9, 1947 | |
John C. Wiley – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | April 10, 1947 | June 18, 1947 | March 15, 1948 | |
Lincoln MacVeagh – Political appointee | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | April 8, 1948 | June 9, 1948 | February 26, 1952 | |
Cavendish W. Cannon – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | March 13, 1952 | June 2, 1952 | August 1, 1953 | |
M. Robert Guggenheim – Political appointee | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | June 24, 1953 | August 12, 1953 | September 19, 1954 | |
James C. H. Bonbright – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | January 24, 1955 | February 18, 1955 | November 27, 1958 | |
C. Burke Elbrick[21] – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | October 29, 1958 | January 13, 1959 | August 31, 1963 | |
George W. Anderson, Jr. – Political appointee | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | August 1, 1963 | October 22, 1963 | June 1, 1966 | |
W. Tapley Bennett, Jr. – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | May 10, 1966 | July 20, 1966 | July 21, 1969 | |
Ridgway B. Knight – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | July 8, 1969 | July 30, 1969 | February 24, 1973 | |
Stuart Nash Scott – Political appointee | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | December 19, 1973 | January 23, 1974 | January 12, 1975 | |
Frank C. Carlucci – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | December 9, 1974 | January 24, 1975 | February 5, 1978 | |
Richard J. Bloomfield – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | February 3, 1978 | March 10, 1978 | June 10, 1982 | |
Henry Allen Holmes – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | September 23, 1982 | October 15, 1982 | June 26, 1985 | |
Frank Shakespeare – Political appointee | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | August 2, 1985 | October 16, 1985 | October 4, 1986 | |
Richard N. Viets[22] – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | Not commissioned | — | — | |
Alan Flanigan | Chargé d'Affaires | December 1986 | — | August 1987 | |
Wesley W. Egan | Chargé d'Affaires | August 1987 | — | January 1988 | |
Edward Morgan Rowell[23] – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | January 19, 1988 | January 29, 1988 | March 30, 1990 | |
Everett Ellis Briggs – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | April 1, 1990 | May 25, 1990 | September 3, 1993 | Sharon P. Wilkinson served as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim, September 1993–September 1994. |
Elizabeth Frawley Bagley – Political appointee | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | July 5, 1994 | September 21, 1994 | October 3, 1997 | |
Gerald S. McGowan – Political appointee | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | November 10, 1997 | March 10, 1998 | July 3, 2001 | |
John N. Palmer – Political appointee | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | November 5, 2001 | November 28, 2001 | September 25, 2004 | |
Alfred Hoffman, Jr. – Political appointee | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | October 12, 2005 | November 30, 2005 | September 15, 2007 | |
Thomas F. Stephenson – Political appointee | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | October 29, 2007 | February 8, 2008 | June 2009 | |
Allan J. Katz – Political appointee | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | March 26, 2010 | April 28, 2010 | July 2013 | |
Robert A. Sherman – Political appointee | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | March 5, 2014 | April 5, 2014 | January 20, 2017 | |
Herro Mustafa – Career FSO | Chargé d'Affaires | January 20, 2017[24] | — | August 25, 2017[25] | |
George Edward Glass – Political appointee | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | August 9, 2017 | August 30, 2017 | January 20, 2021 |
Notes
- ^ President Washington appointed Adams but he did not serve as minister.
- ^ a b c During a succession of wars and invasions, the Portuguese royal family was in exile in Brazil in 1807–1821. Ambassadors Sumter and Graham, and Chargé Appleton represented the U.S. at the court of Portugal in Rio de Janeiro.
- ^ Appleton’s nomination as Chargé d’Affaires was rejected by the Senate. He did, however, serve as Chargé d’Affaires ad interim from June 1820 until the legation to Portugal at Rio de Janeiro was closed in 1821.
- ^ Dearborn arrived at Lisbon before August 16, 1822. He did not report the date of presentation of credentials.
- ^ Brent was reaccredited on after change of government of Portugal. He presented new credentials January 18, 1830.
- ^ Rencher was commissioned during a recess of the Senate and recommissioned after confirmation on January 11, 1844.
- ^ Clay was commissioned during a recess of the Senate and recommissioned after confirmation on March 18, 1850.
- ^ a b President Franklin Pierce nominated O’Sullivan February 25, 1856, to be Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary but the nomination withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it.
- ^ Cumback declined the appointment.
- ^ a b Moran was reassigned as Chargé d’Affaires at the Lisbon legation on August 15, 1876. He served in that position until 1882.
- ^ a b Francis took the oath of office as Chargé d’Affaires but did not proceed to the post under that appointment. He was recommissioned as Minister Resident/Consul General on July 7, 1882.
- ^ Caruth was commissioned during a recess of the Senate and recommissioned after confirmation on August 22, 1893.
- ^ Irwin was commissioned during a recess of the Senate and recommissioned after confirmation on December 14, 1899.
- ^ Loomis was commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on December 10, 1901.
- ^ Normal relations between Portugal and the United States were interrupted October 5, 1910 as a result of the 1910 revolution. The new government of Portugal still unrecognized by the United States when Gage left post on November 19, 1910.
- ^ Boutell took the oath of office, but did not proceed to post.
- ^ President Taft nominated Nicholson for the post but withdrew the nomination before the Senate acted on it.
- ^ Norweb held the personal rank of Ambassador.
- ^ Norweb’s promotion required the presentation of new credentials.
- ^ Baruch was officially recognized as of April 12, 1945.
- ^ Elbrick was commissioned during a recess of the Senate and recommissioned after confirmation on January 29, 1959.
- ^ President Ronald Reagan nominated Viets twice for the post: January 21, 1987 and September 15, 1987. Neither nomination was acted upon by the Senate.
- ^ Rowell was commissioned during a recess of the Senate and recommissioned after confirmation on May 12, 1988.
- ^ Cabrita-Mendes, André (January 6, 2017). "Embaixador dos EUA que apoiou a selecção parte com Portugal 'no coração'" [USA ambassador who supported the national team leaves with Portugal 'on [his] heart']. Jornal de Negócios (in Portuguese). Lisbon. Retrieved October 13, 2017.
A embaixada norte-americana diz que a representação diplomática em Portugal vai ser feita pela ministra conselheira Herro Mustafa até que um novo Embaixador seja nomeado e chegue a Lisboa.
- ^ "Ambassador George E. Glass". U. S. Embassy and Consulate in Portugal. U. S. Department of State. Retrieved October 13, 2017.
George E. Glass of Oregon arrived in Lisbon on August 24, 2017 to serve as United States Ambassador to the Portuguese Republic. He presented his credentials to the President of the Portuguese Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, on August 25th, 2017.
See also
- Portuguese Embassy, Washington, D.C.
- Portugal – United States relations
- Foreign relations of Portugal
- Ambassadors of the United States
References
- United States Department of State: Background notes on Portugal
This article incorporates public domain material from U.S. Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets. United States Department of State.