List of ambassadors of the United States to Suriname

The following is a list of ambassadors that the United States has sent to Suriname. The current title given by the United States State Department to this position is Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.

Representative	Title	Presentation of credentials	Termination of mission	Appointed by
Robert L. Flanagin	Chargé d'Affaires ad interim	November 25, 1975	March 25, 1976	Gerald Ford
J. Owen Zurhellen, Jr.	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	March 25, 1976	June 2, 1978
Nancy Ostrander[1]	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	June 29, 1978	July 8, 1980	Jimmy Carter
John J. Crowley, Jr.[2]	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	July 25, 1980	December 10, 1981
Robert Werner Duemling	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	August 4, 1982	August 24, 1984	Ronald Reagan
Robert E. Barbour[3]	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	October 25, 1984	October 23, 1987
Richard C. Howland[4]	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	December 9, 1987	May 16, 1990
John P. Leonard[5]	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	March 11, 1991	November 1, 1993	George H. W. Bush
Roger R. Gamble	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	November 23, 1993	September 20, 1996	Bill Clinton
Dennis K. Hays	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	March 14, 1997	June 14, 2000
Daniel A. Johnson	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	September 29, 2000	June 3, 2003
Marsha E. Barnes	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	September 8, 2003	July 27, 2006	George W. Bush
Lisa Bobbie Schreiber Hughes	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	September 28, 2006	September 23, 2009
John R. Nay	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	October 16, 2009	September 3, 2012	Barack Obama
Jay N. Anania	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	November 15, 2012	October 2, 2015
Edwin R. Nolan	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	January 11, 2016	September 29, 2018
Karen L. Williams	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	November 20, 2018	November 3, 2022	Donald Trump
Robert J. Faucher	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	January 31, 2023	Incumbent	Joe Biden

Ambassador of the United States to Suriname
Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent Robert J. Faucher since January 31, 2023
Nominator	The President of the United States
Inaugural holder	Robert L. Flanagin as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim
Formation	November 25, 1975
Website	U.S. Embassy - Paramaribo

See also

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

References

1. "The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR DAVID L. OSBORN" (PDF). Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training. January 16, 1989. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 3, 2024. Retrieved July 31, 2024.
2. "The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR JOHN J. CROWLEY, JR" (PDF). Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training. June 27, 1989. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 24, 2024. Retrieved July 23, 2024.
3. "The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR ROBERT E. BARBOUR" (PDF). Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training. November 30, 1992. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 12, 2024. Retrieved July 12, 2024.
4. "The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR RICHARD C. HOWLAND" (PDF). Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training. January 26, 1999. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 27, 2024. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
5. "The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR JOHN P. LEONARD" (PDF). Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training. February 8, 2011. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 27, 2024. Retrieved July 25, 2024.

• United States Department of State: Background notes on Suriname
•  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 Suriname
• United States Department of State: Suriname
• United States Embassy in Paramaribo