This is a list of United States ambassadors to Greece.

List of ambassadors

List of ambassadors from the United States to Greece. ;1868–1899: * Charles Keating Tuckerman (Minister 1868–71) * John M. Francis (Minister 1871–73) * John M. Read, Jr. (Minister 1873–77) * John M. Read, Jr. (Chargé d'Affaires 1877–79) *

Eugene Schuyler Eugene Schuyler (February 26, 1840 – July 16, 1890) was a nineteenth-century American scholar, writer, explorer and diplomat. Schuyler was one of the first three Americans to earn a Ph.D. from an American university; and the first American tran ...

(Minister 1882–84) *

Walker Fearn John Williams Walker Fearn (January 13, 1832 – April 7, 1899) was an American diplomat. Early life Fearn, born in Huntsville, Alabama, was an 1851 graduate of Yale University. He was the nephew of LeRoy Pope Walker, the first Secretary of Wa ...

(Minister 1885–89) * A. Loudon Snowden (Minister 1889–92) *

Truxtun Beale Truxtun Beale (March 6, 1856 – June 2, 1936) was an American diplomat. Biography Beale was born in San Francisco to Mary Engle Edwards and Edward Fitzgerald Beale; his siblings were Mary (1852–1925), who married Russian diplomat George Ba ...

(Minister 1892–93) * Eben Alexander (Minister 1893–97) *

William W. Rockhill William Woodville Rockhill (April 1, 1854 – December 8, 1914) was a United States diplomat, best known as the author of the U.S.'s Open Door Policy for China, the first American to learn to speak Standard Tibetan, Tibetan, and one of the We ...

(Minister 1897–99) ;1899–1942 *

Arthur Sherburne Hardy Arthur Sherburne Hardy (August 13, 1847 – March 14, 1930) was an American engineer, educator, editor, diplomat, novelist, and poet. Early life and education Hardy was born in 1847 in Andover, Massachusetts, the son of Alpheus and Susan W. (Ho ...

(Minister 1899–1901) *

Charles Spencer Francis Charles Spencer Francis (June 17, 1853 – December 1, 1911) was an American diplomat and newspaper editor. Early life and education The son of diplomat and newspaper publisher John M. Francis and Harriet E. Tucker, Charles Spencer Francis was ...

(Minister 1901–02) *

John Brinkerhoff Jackson John Brinckerhoff Jackson (August 19, 1862 – December 20, 1920) was an American lawyer and diplomat who spent most of his career in Europe and the Middle East. Early life Jackson was born in Newark, New Jersey on August 19, 1862, to one of the ...

(Minister 1902–07) *

Richmond Pearson Richmond Mumford Pearson, Jr. (January 26, 1852 – September 12, 1923) was an American diplomat and member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina. Biography Richmond Mumford Pearson, Jr. was born 26 January 1852 at Richmond ...

(Minister 1907–09) *

George H. Moses George Higgins Moses (February 9, 1869December 20, 1944) was a U.S. diplomat and political figure. He served as a United States senator from New Hampshire and was chosen as the Senate's President pro tempore. Biography George H. Moses was bor ...

(Minister 1909–12) *

Jacob Gould Schurman Jacob Gould Schurman (May 2, 1854 – August 12, 1942) was a Canadian-born American educator and diplomat, who served as President of Cornell University and United States Ambassador to Germany. Early life Schurman was born at Freetown, Prince Ed ...

(Minister 1912–13) * George F. Williams (Minister 1913–14) *

Garrett Droppers Garrett Droppers (April 12, 1860 – July 7, 1927) was an academic and diplomat from the United States. Biography Droppers was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to John and Gertrude Droppers on April 12, 1860. He graduated from Harvard University. He ...

(Minister 1914–20) *

Edward Capps Edward Capps, Sr. (December 21, 1866 – August 21, 1950) was an American diplomat, professor of Philology, and Colonel. Biography Capps was born in Jacksonville, Illinois on December 21, 1866. He would go on to graduate from Illinois College i ...

(Minister 1920) *

Irwin Laughlin Irwin Boyle Laughlin (April 26, 1871 – April 18, 1941) was an American diplomat. He served as Minister to Greece from 1924 to 1926 and Ambassador to Spain from 1929 to 1933. Early life Laughlin was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in ...

(Minister 1924–26) *

Robert Peet Skinner Robert Peet Skinner (February 24, 1866 – July 1, 1960) was an American diplomat, editor, and publisher. Biography Skinner was born in Massillon, Ohio on February 24, 1866 to August T. Skinner and Cecelia van Rensselaer. At the age of 19, he bec ...

(Minister 1926–32) *

Lincoln MacVeagh Lincoln MacVeagh (October 1, 1890January 15, 1972) was a United States soldier, diplomat, businessman, and archaeologist. He served a long career as the United States ambassador to several countries during difficult times. MacVeagh family The ...

(Minister 1933–41) * A. J. Drexel Biddle, Jr. (Minister 1941–42) ;1942–1997 * A. J. Drexel Biddle, Jr. (Ambassador 1942–43) * Alexander C. Kirk (Ambassador 1943) *

(Ambassador 1943–47) *

Henry F. Grady Henry Francis Grady (February 12, 1882 – September 14, 1957) was an American diplomat. Born in San Francisco, California, to John Henry and Ellen Genevieve (Rourke) Grady, he earned a PhD in economics from Columbia University. On October 18, ...

(Ambassador 1948–50) *

John Emil Peurifoy John Emil Peurifoy (August 9, 1907 – August 12, 1955) was an American diplomat, an ambassador in the early years of the Cold War. He served as United States ambassador in Greece and Thailand and was the United States Ambassador to Guatemala dur ...

(Ambassador 1950–53) * Cavendish W. Cannon (Ambassador 1953–56) *

George V. Allen George Venable Allen (November 3, 1903 – July 11, 1970) was a United States diplomat. He served as ambassador to Iran during the crisis of 1946 and was involved in managing US relations amid the Cold War with the Soviet Union. He was involved ...

(Ambassador 1956–57) *

James Williams Riddleberger James Williams Riddleberger (September 21, 1904 – October 17, 1982) was an American diplomat and career foreign service officer. During his career, he served three ambassadorships: in Austria, Yugoslavia and Greece. Biography Early life and ...

(Ambassador 1958–59) * Ellis O. Briggs (Ambassador 1959–62) * Henry Richardson Labouisse, Jr. (Ambassador 1962–65) *

Phillips Talbot William Phillips Talbot (June 7, 1915 – October 1, 2010) was a United States Ambassador to Greece (1965–69) and, at his death, member of the American Academy of Diplomacy, the Council of American Ambassadors and the Council on Foreign Rela ...

(Ambassador 1965–69) * Henry J. Tasca (Ambassador 1969–74) * Jack Bloom Kubisch (Ambassador 1974–77) * Robert J. McCloskey (Ambassador 1978–81) * Monteagle Stearns (Ambassador 1981–85) * Robert Vossler Keeley (Ambassador 1985–89) * Michael G. Sotirhos (Ambassador 1989–93) * Thomas M. T. Niles (Ambassador 1993–97) ;1997–present *

R. Nicholas Burns Robert Nicholas Burns (born January 28, 1956) is an American diplomat and academic who serves as the United States ambassador to China since 2022. Burns has had a 25 year career in the State Department, and served as United States Under Secre ...

(Ambassador 1997–2001) * Thomas J. Miller (Ambassador 2001–04) * Charles P. Ries (Ambassador 2004–07) * Daniel V. Speckhard (Ambassador 2007–10) *

Daniel Bennett Smith Daniel Bennett Smith (born March 6, 1956) is an American diplomat who served as the director of the Foreign Service Institute and acting United States Secretary of State at the presidential transition of Joe Biden. He has held the rank of career ...

(Ambassador 2010–2013) * David D. Pearce (Ambassador 2013–2016) *

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(Ambassador 2016–2022) * George J. Tsunis (Ambassador 2022–present)

Notes

The U.S. Embassy in Athens was closed July 14, 1941, after the German occupation of Greece. The United States maintained diplomatic relations with the

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of Greece in London (1941–43) and then in Cairo (1943–44). Ambassador MacVeagh reopened the embassy on October 27, 1944. The U.S. Legation was raised to Embassy status on September 29, 1942. This action also would promote Minister Biddle to the rank of Ambassador, which required a new appointment. The appointment was promptly made by President Roosevelt and confirmed by the Senate. Ambassador Biddle presented his credentials to the government of Greece on October 30, 1942.

References

United States Department of State: Background notes on Greece
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External links

United States Department of State: Chiefs of Mission for Greece

United States Department of State: Greece

United States Embassy in Athens
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