List of ambassadors of the United States to Turkey

The United States has maintained many high level contacts with Turkey since the 19th century.

Ambassador of the United States to Turkey
Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent
Jeff Flake
since January 26, 2022
NominatorThe President of the United States
Inaugural holderGeorge W. Erving
as Chargé d'Affaires
Formation1831
WebsiteU.S. Embassy - Ankara

Ottoman Empire
See also: Ottoman Empire and Ottoman Empire–United States relations

Chargé d'Affaires
  • George W. Erving (before 1831)
  • David Porter (September 13, 1831 – May 23, 1840)

Minister Resident

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
  • Lewis Wallace (September 4, 1882 – May 15, 1885)
  • Samuel S. Cox (August 25, 1885 – September 14, 1886)
  • Oscar S. Straus (July 1, 1887 – June 16, 1889)
  • Solomon Hirsch (December 28, 1889 – June 16, 1892)[1]
  • David P. Thompson (January 11, 1893 – May 1, 1893)
  • Alexander W. Terrell (July 7, 1893 – June 15, 1897)
  • James Burrill Angell (September 3, 1897 – August 13, 1898)
  • Oscar S. Straus (October 15, 1898 – December 20, 1899)
  • John G. A. Leishman (March 29, 1901 – October 5, 1906)

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

The Ottoman Empire severed diplomatic relations with the United States on April 20, 1917, after the United States declared war against Germany on April 4, 1917. Normal diplomatic relations were re-established with the Empire's successor state, Turkey, in 1927.[2]

Republic of Turkey
See also: Turkey and Turkey–United States relations
  • Joseph Grew (October 12, 1927 – March 13, 1932)
  • Charles Hitchcock Sherrill (May 20, 1932 – March 23, 1933)
  • Robert Peet Skinner (October 16, 1933 – January 16, 1936)
  • John Van Antwerp MacMurray (March 16, 1936 – November 28, 1941)
  • Laurence A. Steinhardt (March 10, 1942 – April 2, 1945)
  • Edwin C. Wilson (June 11, 1945 – August 20, 1948)
  • George Wadsworth (October 1, 1948 – January 2, 1952)
  • George C. McGhee (January 15, 1952 – June 19, 1953)
  • Avra M. Warren (September 17, 1953 – February 17, 1956)
  • Fletcher Warren (June 13, 1956 – November 15, 1960)
  • Raymond A. Hare (April 5, 1961 – August 27, 1965)
  • Parker T. Hart (October 11, 1965 – October 3, 1968)
  • Robert Komer (December 3, 1968 – May 7, 1969)
  • William J. Handley (July 1, 1969 – April 19, 1973)
  • William B. Macomber Jr. (May 16, 1973 – June 15, 1977)
  • Ronald I. Spiers (July 12, 1977 – January 11, 1980)
  • James W. Spain (February 26, 1980 – August 16, 1981)
  • Robert Strausz-Hupé (September 7, 1981 – May 18, 1989)
  • Morton I. Abramowitz (August 1, 1989 – July 25, 1991)
  • Richard Clark Barkley (November 8, 1991 – December 15, 1994)
  • Marc Grossman (January 3, 1995 – June 1, 1997)
  • Mark Robert Parris (November 12, 1997 – September 8, 2000)
  • W. Robert Pearson (September 21, 2000 – July 23, 2003)
  • Eric S. Edelman (August 29, 2003 – June 19, 2005)
  • Ross Wilson (December 8, 2005 – August 9, 2008)
  • James Franklin Jeffrey (December 3, 2008 – July 31, 2010)
  • Francis J. Ricciardone (January 28, 2011 – July 8, 2014)
  • Jess L. Baily (July 9, 2014 – September 8, 2014)[3]
  • John R. Bass (October 20, 2014 – October 15, 2017)[4]
  • David M. Satterfield (August 28, 2019 – January 7, 2022)
  • Jeff Flake (January 26, 2022 – present)

See also

References
  1. "President Benjamin Harrison Names Solomon Hirsch Minister to Turkey". Shapell Manuscript Collection. Shapell Manuscript Foundation. Archived from the original on March 15, 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-03-15. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
  2. "Turkey". Diplomatic History of the United States. U. S. Department of State. Retrieved May 30, 2011.
  3. "Former Chargé d'Affaires and Deputy Chiefs of Mission". U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Turkey. Retrieved June 18, 2021.
  4. "Former Ambassadors". U. S. Embassy & Consulates in Turkey. Archived from the original on July 8, 2018. Retrieved October 18, 2018.
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