List of ambassadors of the United States to Singapore

The United States ambassador to Singapore is the official representative of the United States of America to the Republic of Singapore. The incumbent ambassador is Jonathan E. Kaplan since December 6, 2021, serving as the ambassador of the Embassy of the United States in Singapore.

United States Ambassador to Singapore
Duta Besar Amerika Syarikat ke Singapura 美国驻新加坡大使 சிங்கப்பூருக்கான அமெரிக்க தூதர்
Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent Jonathan Kaplan since December 6, 2021[1]
Department of State
Reports to	U.S. Secretary of State
Seat	Singapore
Nominator	President of the United States
Appointer	United States Congress
Term length	No term limit
Inaugural holder	Richard H. Donald
Formation	1966; 58 years ago (1966)
Website	U.S. Embassy – Singapore

List of ambassadors

No.	Name	Took office	Left office	President
1	Richard H. Donald (Chargé d'Affaires, a.i.)	April 4, 1966	September 1966	Lyndon B. Johnson
2	Francis Joseph Galbraith	December 8, 1966	July 7, 1969
3	Charles T. Cross	October 10, 1969	November 18, 1971[2]	Richard Nixon
4	Edwin M. Cronk	July 31, 1972	June 7, 1975[3]	Richard Nixon Gerald Ford
5	John H. Holdridge	August 5, 1975	June 9, 1978	Gerald Ford Jimmy Carter
6	Richard F. Kneip	August 7, 1978	September 25, 1980[4]	Jimmy Carter
7	Harry E. T. Thayer	December 13, 1980	June 14, 1984[5]	Jimmy Carter Ronald Reagan
8	J. Stapleton Roy	October 26, 1984	October 4, 1986	Ronald Reagan
9	Daryl Arnold	April 28, 1987	July 8, 1989[6]	Ronald Reagan George H. W. Bush
10	Robert D. Orr	July 14, 1989	September 12, 1992[7]	George H. W. Bush
11	Jon Huntsman Jr.	September 22, 1992	June 15, 1993	George H. W. Bush Bill Clinton
12	Ralph L. Boyce (Chargé d'Affaires, a.i.)	June 15, 1993	August 15, 1994	Bill Clinton
13	Timothy Chorba	August 15, 1994	January 7, 1998[8]
14	Steven J. Green	January 13, 1998	February 27, 2001	Bill Clinton George W. Bush
15	Frank Lavin	September 10, 2001	October 11, 2005[9]	George W. Bush
16	Patricia L. Herbold	December 29, 2005	January 20, 2009
17	Daniel L. Shields (Chargé d'Affaires, a.i.)	January 20, 2009	April 29, 2010[10]	Barack Obama
18	David I. Adelman	April 29, 2010	September 1, 2013
19	Kirk Wagar	September 25, 2013	January 20, 2017[11]
20	Stephanie Syptak-Ramnath (Chargé d'Affaires, a.i.)	January 20, 2017[12]	July 26, 2019	Donald Trump
21	Rafik Mansour (Chargée d'Affaires, a.i.)	July 30, 2019[1]	December 6, 2021
22	Jonathan Kaplan	December 6, 2021[13]	Incumbent	Joe Biden
source:[14]

See also

• Singapore–United States relations
• Foreign relations of Singapore
• Ambassadors of the United States

References

1. "U.S. Embassy Singapore Announces the Arrival of Chargé d'Affaires, a.i. Rafik Mansour". US Embassy in Singapore. August 1, 2019. Archived from the original on November 28, 2020.
2. Fritz | Review: Born a Foreigner
3. "Arrangement Regarding International Tade in Textile" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 30, 2007. Retrieved July 11, 2007.
4. "South Dakota Historical Listing Legislator Detail Richard F. Kneip". Archived from the original on March 9, 2008. Retrieved July 11, 2007.
5. "Nominations, August 16, 1984". August 16, 1984. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016.
6. "Nomination of Daryl Arnold To Be United States Ambassador to Singapore". February 26, 1987. Archived from the original on March 8, 2016.
7. "Gov. Robert D. Orr". Archived from the original on September 25, 2008. Retrieved July 11, 2007.
8. "Timothy A. Chorba". Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. Retrieved July 11, 2007.
9. "International Trade Administration". Archived from the original on September 18, 2007. Retrieved July 11, 2007.
10. "World Factbook - Singapore". Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Retrieved April 25, 2010.
11. "Miami lawyer Kirk Wagar tapped to be ambassador to Singapore". Miami Herald. July 30, 2013. Archived from the original on September 15, 2014.
12. "Chargé d'Affaires, ad interim". sg.usembassy.gov. US Dept of State. Archived from the original on March 28, 2019.
13. "Ambassador Jonathan Kaplan". U.S. Embassy in Singapore. December 6, 2021. Retrieved December 6, 2021.
14. "Former U.S. Ambassadors to Singapore". U.S. Embassy in Singapore.

• United States Department of State: Background notes on Singapore
•  This article incorporates public domain material from U.S. Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets. United States Department of State.

External links

• United States Department of State: Chiefs of Mission for Singapore
• United States Department of State: Singapore
• United States Embassy in Singapore