The following is a list of envoys, ministers, and ambassadors that the United States has sent to Bolivia. As a point of note, the first Ambassador of the United States to Bolivia was John Appleton, who served as the charge d'Affaires from January 3, 1849, to May 4, 1849. Since September 15, 2008, there has been no official Ambassador with the office being held by a chargé d'Affaires.

List

No. Name Title(s) Term start Term finish John Appleton Chargé d'Affaires January 3, 1849 May 4, 1849 Alexander Keith McClung Chargé d'Affaires July 3, 1850 1851 Horace H. Miller Chargé d'Affaires December 18, 1852 January 1854 John W. Dana Chargé d'AffairesMinister Resident February 23, 1854 March 10, 1859 John Cotton Smith Minister Resident March 10, 1859 May 1, 1861 David K. Cartter Minister Resident July 28, 1861 March 10, 1863 Allen A. Hall Minister Resident September 4, 1863 May 18, 1867 John W. Caldwell Minister Resident November 2, 1868 July 25, 1869 Leopold Markbreit Minister Resident July 25, 1869 February 12, 1873 John T. Croxton Minister Resident April 9, 1873 April 16, 1874 11 Robert M. Reynolds Minister Resident January 30, 1875 October 11, 1876 12 Solomon Newton Pettis Minister ResidentConsul General June 2, 1879 October 30, 1879 13 Charles Adams Minister ResidentConsul General July 8, 1880 August 29, 1882 14 George Maney Minister ResidentConsul General November 4, 1882 June 1, 1883 15 Richard Gibbs Minister ResidentConsul General October 16, 1883 September 11, 1885 16 William A. Seay Minister ResidentConsul General September 19, 1885 April 12, 1887 17 S. S. Carlisle Minister ResidentConsul General January 17, 1888 December 16, 1889 18 Thomas H. Anderson Minister ResidentConsul GeneralEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary December 16, 1889 November 22, 1892 19 Frederic J. Grant Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary April 12, 1893 October 24, 1893 20 Thomas Moonlight Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary April 14, 1894 January 8, 1898 21 George H. Bridgman Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary July 4, 1898 January 13, 1902 22history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/sorsby-william-brooks William B. Sorsby Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary October 4, 1902 March 16, 1908 23 James F. Stutesman Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary September 8, 1908 April 15, 1910 24 Horace G. Knowles Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary December 28, 1910 August 23, 1913 25 John D. O'Rear Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary August 31, 1913 July 14, 1918 26 S. Abbot Maginnis Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary January 14, 1920 December 5, 1921 27 Jesse S. Cottrell Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary January 6, 1922 January 26, 1928 28 David E. Kaufman Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary May 30, 1928 January 10, 1929 29 Edward F. Feely Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary September 23, 1930 September 29, 1933 30 Fay A. Des Portes Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary November 15, 1933 May 1, 1936 31 Raymond Henry Norweb Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary August 10, 1936 June 15, 1937 32 Robert Granville Caldwell Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary August 21, 1937 June 23, 1939 33 Douglas Jenkins Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary October 26, 1939 October 3, 1941 34 Pierre de Lagarde Boal Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary May 23, 1942 February 5, 1944 35 Walter C. Thurston Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary November 16, 1944 January 3, 1946 36 Joseph Flack Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary July 15, 1946 May 17, 1949 37 Irving Florman Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary February 27, 1950 September 4, 1951 38 Edward J. Sparks Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary June 13, 1952 October 29, 1954 Gerald A. Drew Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary December 8, 1954 April 6, 1957 Philip Bonsal Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary May 10, 1957 February 6, 1959 Carl W. Strom Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary May 4, 1959 May 8, 1961 Ben S. Stephansky Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary June 29, 1961 October 15, 1963 Douglas Henderson Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary December 7, 1963 August 6, 1968 Raúl Héctor Castro Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary September 3, 1968 November 3, 1969 Ernest V. Siracusa Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary December 5, 1969 July 30, 1973 William Perry Stedman, Jr. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary October 3, 1973 June 23, 1977 Paul H. Boeker Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary October 26, 1977 February 17, 1980 Marvin Weissman Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary March 26, 1980 July 17, 1980 Edwin G. Corr Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary December 10, 1981 August 9, 1985 Edward Morgan Rowell Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary August 20, 1985 January 19, 1988 Robert S. Gelbard Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary October 11, 1988 July 20, 1991 Charles R. Bowers Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary August 23, 1991 October 7, 1994 Curtis Warren Kamman Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary November 16, 1994 November 26, 1997 Donna Jean Hrinak Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary January 14, 1998 July 17, 2000 Manuel Rocha Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary August 4, 2000 April 27, 2002 David N. Greenlee Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary January 17, 2003 May 10, 2006 Philip S. Goldberg Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary October 13, 2006 September 14, 2008 Krishna R. UrsChargé d’Affaires a.i September 15, 2008 June 25, 2009 James CreaganChargé d’Affaires a.i June 25, 2009 August 28, 2009 John S. CreamerChargé d’Affaires a.i August 28, 2009 July 13, 2012 Larry L. MemmottChargé d’Affaires a.i July 14, 2012 February 28, 2014 Aruna AmirthanayagamChargé d’Affaires a.i February 28, 2014June 8, 2014 Peter M. Brennan Chargé d’AffairesJune 8, 2014December 17, 2017 Bruce Williamson Chargé d’Affaires December 20, 2017 August 26, 2020 Charisse Phillips Chargé d’Affaires August 26, 2020 October 7, 2022 Jarahn Hillsman Chargé d’Affaires October 7, 2022 June 24, 2023 Marcos Mandojana Chargé d’Affaires June 25, 2023 July 17, 2023 Joe Tordella Chargé d’Affaires July 18, 2023 September 14, 2023 Debra Hevia Chargé d’Affaires September 14, 2023 June 17, 2026 Erik Martini Chargé d’Affaires June 18, 2026 September 25, 2026 Amanda Porter Chargé d’Affaires September 25, 2026Present

See also Bolivia – United States relations Foreign relations of Bolivia Ambassadors of the United States

Notes

References

United States Department of State: Background notes on Bolivia

External links United States Department of State: Chiefs of Mission for Bolivia United States Department of State: Bolivia United States Embassy in La Paz