List of ambassadors of the United States to Panama


The United States has maintained diplomatic relations with Panama since its separation from Colombia in 1903. The rank of the U.S. chief of mission to Panama was originally Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, but it was upgraded to Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in 1939.
Normal diplomatic relations between the United States and Panama have been interrupted only once, from January 10 to April 3, 1964, in the aftermath of the Martyrs' Day riots over sovereignty.

List of Ambassadors

The following is a list of United States Ambassadors, or other Chiefs of Mission, to Panama. The title given by the United States State Department to this position is currently Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.
RepresentativeTitlePresentation
of Credentials		Termination
of Mission		Appointed by
William I. BuchananEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryDecember 17, 1903February 2, 1904Theodore Roosevelt
John BarrettEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJuly 22, 1904May 13, 1905Theodore Roosevelt
Charles E. MagoonEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryAugust 7, 1905September 25, 1906Theodore Roosevelt
Herbert G. SquiersEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryNovember 8, 1906August 3, 1909Theodore Roosevelt
R. S. Reynolds HittEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryMarch 26, 1910July 19, 1910William H. Taft
Thomas C. DawsonEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiarySeptember 24, 1910December 1, 1910William H. Taft
Henry Percival DodgeEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryNovember 9, 1911June 10, 1913William H. Taft
William Jennings PriceEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryOctober 11, 1913December 28, 1921Woodrow Wilson
John Glover SouthEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryDecember 28, 1921January 5, 1930Warren G. Harding
Roy T. DavisEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryMarch 14, 1930September 20, 1933Herbert Hoover
Antonio C. GonzalezEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryOctober 11, 1933January 9, 1935Franklin D. Roosevelt
George T. SummerlinEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryMarch 8, 1935July 7, 1937Franklin D. Roosevelt
Frank P. CorriganEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiarySeptember 2, 1937June 14, 1939Franklin D. Roosevelt
William DawsonAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJuly 14, 1939April 21, 1941Franklin D. Roosevelt
Edwin C. WilsonAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMay 23, 1941September 23, 1943Franklin D. Roosevelt
Avra M. WarrenAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJune 22, 1944January 5, 1945Franklin D. Roosevelt
Frank T. HinesAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 1, 1945February 20, 1948Harry S. Truman
Monnett B. DavisAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMay 28, 1948January 24, 1951Harry S. Truman
John C. WileyAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJuly 25, 1951November 27, 1953Harry S. Truman
Selden ChapinAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJanuary 22, 1954May 29, 1955Dwight D. Eisenhower
Julian F. HarringtonAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 30, 1955July 14, 1960Dwight D. Eisenhower
Joseph S. FarlandAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 29, 1960August 31, 1963Dwight D. Eisenhower
Wallace W. StuartChargé d'Affaires ad interimSeptember 1963January 10, 1964Lyndon B. Johnson
Henry L. TaylorChargé d'Affaires ad interimApril 3, 1964May 6, 1964Lyndon B. Johnson
Jack Hood VaughnAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMay 6, 1964February 27, 1965Lyndon B. Johnson
Charles W. Adair, Jr.Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMay 13, 1965September 6, 1969Lyndon B. Johnson
Robert M. SayreAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 31, 1969March 14, 1974Richard Nixon
William J. JordenAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryApril 17, 1974August 25, 1978Richard Nixon
Ambler Hodges Moss, Jr.Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 6, 1978July 15, 1982Jimmy Carter
Everett Ellis BriggsAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 29, 1982February 24, 1986Ronald Reagan
Arthur H. Davis, Jr.Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryApril 4, 1986January 3, 1990Ronald Reagan
Deane Roesch HintonAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJanuary 9, 1990February 12, 1994George H. W. Bush
Oliver P. GarzaChargé d'Affaires ad interimFebruary 1994November 1995Bill Clinton
William J. HughesAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 7, 1995October 13, 1998Bill Clinton
Simon FerroAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryFebruary 26, 1999March 1, 2001Bill Clinton
Linda Ellen WattAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryDecember 17, 2002June 3, 2005George W. Bush
William A. EatonAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarySeptember 9, 2005August 2008George W. Bush
Barbara J. StephensonAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 20082010George W. Bush
Phyllis M. PowersAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 8, 2010August 2011Barack Obama
John LawChargé d'Affaires, ad interimAugust 2011May 2012Barack Obama
Jonathan D. FarrarAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMay 15, 2012June 5, 2015Barack Obama
John D. FeeleyAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryDecember 9, 2015March 9, 2018Barack Obama
Roxanne CabralChargé d’Affaires ad interimMarch 9, 2018January 16, 2020Donald Trump
Philip LaidlawChargé d’Affaires ad interimJanuary 16, 2020IncumbentDonald Trump