The United States stands with Egypt and the Egyptian people in their pursuit of a stable, democratic, prosperous country which ensures the rights and freedoms of its citizens. We share with Egypt a deep relationship that is rooted in cultural, economic, and military ties and in shared interests. The success of Egypt is critical for the region and is also in America’s best interests due to the important role Egypt plays both in the region and in world affairs.
Below is a list of U.S. Ambassadors and Consul Generals to Egypt, beginning in 1849.
| No. | Name | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Mr. Daniel Smith McClaule, PA, Consul General |
March 17, 1849 | October 24, 1852 |
| 2. | Edwin De Leon, SC, Consul | December 14, 1853 | March 4, 1861 |
| 3. | Mr. Charles Hale, MASS, Consul General |
October 15, 1864 | May 23, 1870 |
| 4. | Corge H. Butler, CA, Consul General |
June 2, 1870 | July 16, 1872 |
| 5. | Albert Farman, NY, Consul General |
July 17, 1876 | May 17, 1881 |
| 6. | Mr. Simon Wolf, D.C., Consul General |
October 22, 1881 | March 27,1882 |
| 7. | John Cardwell, TX, Consul General |
April 19, 1886 | October 7, 1889 |
| 8. | Eugene Schuyler, NY, Consul General |
November 23, 1889 | July 2, 1890 |
| 9. | John a. Anderson, KS Consul General |
July 13, 1891 | April 21, 1892 |
| 10. | Frederick Courtland Pennfield, PA, Consul General | December 11, 1893 | June 17, 1897 |
| 11. | Thomas Skelton Harrison, PA Consul General |
December 23, 1897 | March 22, 1899 |
| 12. | John Wallace Riddle, MNN Consul General |
March 28, 1904 | June 9, 1905 |
| 13. | Lewis M. Iddings, NY, Consul General |
December 23, 1905 | April 14, 1910 |
| 14. | Peter Augustus Jay, RI, Consul General |
November 28, 1910 | October 8, 1913 |
| 15. | Hampson Gary, TX, Consul General |
February 7, 1918 | December 7, 1919 |
| 16. | Carrol Sprig, OH, Consul General |
August 2, 1920 | October 31, 1921 |
| 17. | Joseph Morton Howell, OH, Ambassador |
August 28, 1922 | July 6, 1927 |
| 18. | Franklin Mott Gunther, VA, Ambassador |
July 19, 1928 | July 30, 1930 |
| 19. | William Marion Jardine, KS, Ambassador |
October 13, 1930 | Septemeber 5, 1933 |
| 20. | Bert Fish, FL, Ambasador |
December 2, 1933 | February 28, 1941 |
| 21. | Alex C. Kirk, IL, Ambassador | March 9, 1941 | April 29, 1944 |
| 22. | S. Pinckney Tuck, NY, Ambassador | June 14, 1944 | May 30, 1948 |
| 23. | Stanton Griffs, CT, Ambassador | September 2, 1948 | March 18, 1949 |
| 24. | Jefferson Caffrey, LA, Ambassador | September 29, 1949 | January 11, 1955 |
| 25. | Henry A. Byroade, IN, Ambassador | March 7, 1955 | September 10, 1956 |
| 26. | Raymond A. Hare, WV, Ambassador | September 25, 1956 | March 1958 |
| 27. | G. Frederick Reinhardt, CA, Ambassador |
March 22, 1960 | May 6, 1961 |
| 28. | John S. Badeau, NY, Ambassador | July 19, 1961 | June 9, 1964 |
| 29. | Lucius D. Battle, FL, Ambassador | September 22, 1964 | March 5, 1967 |
| 30. | Richard H. Nolte, CT, Ambassador | Never Served | |
| 31. | Donald C. Bergus, PA, Principal Officer, US Interests Section |
September 1967 | February 1972 |
| 32. | Joseph N. Greene, Jr., D.C., Principal Officer US Interests Section |
February 1972 | July 1973 |
| 33. | Herman F. Eitts, D.C., Principal Officer US Interests Section |
November 1973 | March 1974 |
| 34. | Alfred Atherton, Jr., FL, Ambassador | July 2, 1979 | November 12, 1983 |
| 35. | Nichola A. Veliotes, CA, Ambassador | November 24, 1983 | April 1, 1986 |
| 36. | Frank G. Wisner, NY, Ambassador | September 21, 1986 | June 6, 1991 |
| 37. | Robert H. Pelletreau Jr., NY, Ambassador |
August 5, 1991 | November 21, 1993 |
| 38. | Edward S Walker, Jr., PA, Ambassador | July 20, 1994 | December 6, 1997 |
| 39. | Daniel Kurtzer, MD, Ambassador | January 8, 1998 | June 21, 2001 |
| 40. | C. David Welch, VA, Ambassador | September 21, 2001 | 18 March 2005 |
| 41. | Francis Joseph Ricciardone, MA, Ambassador | July 29, 2005 | April 18, 2008 |
| 42. | Margaret Scobey, , TN, Ambassador | June 16, 2008 | June 30, 2011 |
| 43. | Anne W. Patterson, AR, Ambassador | August 1, 2011 | August 31, 2013 |
| 44. | Ambassador David M. Satterfield, MO, Chargé d’Affaires |
September 1, 2013 | January 21, 2014 |
| 45. | Marc J. Sievers, UT, Chargé d’Affaires | January 22, 2014 | August 10, 2014 |
| 46. | David J. Ranz, NY, Chargé d’Affaires | August 10, 2014 | September 2, 2014 |
| 46. | Thomas H. Goldberger, NJ, Chargé d’Affaires | September 2, 2014 | December 18, 2014 |
| 47. | R. Stephen Beecroft, CA, Ambassador | December 18, 2014 | July 2, 2017 |
| 48. | Thomas Goldberger, Chargé d’Affaires | July 3, 2017 | October 16, 2019 |
| 49. | Jonathan R. Cohen, Ambassador | November 17, 2019 | March 31, 2022 |
