List of ambassadors of the United States to Algeria

Ambassador of the United States to Algeria
سفارة الولايات المتحدة في الجزائر
Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent
Elizabeth Moore Aubin
since February 9, 2022
NominatorThe President of the United States
AppointerThe President
with Senate advice and consent
Inaugural holderWilliam J. Porter
FormationSeptember 29, 1962
WebsiteU.S. Embassy – Algiers

U.S. diplomatic terms

Career FSO
After 1915, The United States Department of State began classifying ambassadors as career Foreign Service Officers (FSOs) for those who have served in the Foreign Service for a specified amount of time.

Political appointee
A person who is not a career foreign service officer, but is appointed by the president (often as a reward to political friends).

Appointed
The date that the ambassador took the oath of office; also known as "commissioning". It follows confirmation of a presidential appointment by the Senate, or a Congressional recess appointment by the president. In the case of a recess appointment, the ambassador requires subsequent confirmation by the Senate to remain in office.

Presented credentials
The date that the ambassador presented his letter of credence to the head of state or appropriate authority of the receiving nation. At this time the ambassador officially becomes the representative of his country. This would normally occur a short time after the ambassador's arrival on station. The host nation may reject the ambassador by not receiving the ambassador's letter, but this occurs only rarely.

Terminated mission
Usually the date that the ambassador left the country. In some cases a letter of recall is presented, ending the ambassador's commission, either as a means of diplomatic protest or because the diplomat is being reassigned elsewhere and replaced by another envoy.

Chargé d'affaires
The person in charge of the business of the embassy when there is no ambassador commissioned to the host country.

Ad interim
Latin phrase meaning "for the time being", "in the meantime".

The ambassador of the United States to Algeria is the official representative of the president of the United States to the head of state of Algeria.

Until 1962, Algeria had been under the dominion of France. Independence from France was formally declared on July 3, 1962. The United States and France both formally recognized Algeria on that same day.[1] The Ottoman government had recognized the United States in 1795, but formal diplomatic relations had not been established.[1]

The U.S. has had consular representation in Algeria intermittently since 1796. On September 29, 1962, diplomatic relations between Algeria and the United States were formally established when the U.S. Consulate General in Algiers was raised to embassy status. William J. Porter was appointed as the first chargé d'affaires ad interim pending appointment of an ambassador to Algiers. He was promoted to ambassador on November 29, 1962.[1]

Algeria severed diplomatic relations with the United States on June 6, 1967, in the wake of the June 1967 Arab-Israeli War. A U.S. Interests Section was established in the Swiss Embassy. The United States and Algeria reestablished diplomatic relations, and their respective embassies in Algiers and Washington reopened on November 12, 1974.[1]

Ambassadors and chiefs of mission

Name[a] Appointed Presented credentials Terminated mission
William J. Porter – Career FSO Chargé d’Affaires ad interim July 3, 1962 Promoted to ambassador, November 29, 1962
William J. Porter – Career FSO[2] November 29, 1962 December 17, 1962 July 29, 1965
John D. Jernegan – Career FSO July 22, 1965 October 13, 1965 June 10, 1967[b][c]
Richard Bordeaux Parker – Career FSO Chargé d'Affaires November 12, 1974 Promoted to ambassador, December 18, 1974
Richard Bordeaux Parker – Career FSO December 18, 1974 January 17, 1975 February 12, 1977
Ulric St. Clair Haynes, Jr. – Political appointee May 11, 1977 July 13, 1977 January 28, 1981
Christopher W. S. Ross – Career FSO Chargé d’Affaires ad interim January 28, 1981 September 1981
Michael H. Newlin – Career FSO September 28, 1981 October 28, 1981 July 21, 1985
L. Craig Johnstone – Career FSO July 12, 1985 September 9, 1985 July 10, 1988
Christopher W.S. Ross – Career FSO August 12, 1988 September 20, 1988 August 14, 1991
Mary Ann Casey – Career FSO July 2, 1991 September 8, 1991 October 19, 1994
Ronald E. Neumann – Career FSO July 5, 1994 September 18, 1994 September 19, 1997
Cameron R. Hume – Career FSO November 10, 1997 December 28, 1997 September 13, 2000
Janet A. Sanderson – Career FSO September 15, 2000 October 30, 2000 May 13, 2003
Richard W. Erdman – Career FSO May 23, 2003 July 26, 2003 January 9, 2006
Robert Stephen Ford – Career FSO May 30, 2006 September 4, 2006 June 26, 2008
David D. Pearce – Career FSO[3] August 4, 2008 September 2, 2008 April 11, 2011
Henry S. Ensher – Career FSO June 1, 2011[4] August 10, 2011 September 3, 2014
Joan A. Polaschik – Career FSO July 29, 2014 October 29, 2014[5] April 27, 2017
John Desrocher – Career FSO August 3, 2017 September 5, 2017 January 20, 2021
Gautam Rana – Career FSO Chargé d’Affaires ad interim[6] January 20, 2021 February 9, 2022
Elizabeth Moore Aubin – Career FSO December 21, 2021 February 9, 2022 Incumbent

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The US ambassador holds the title Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  2. ^ Algeria severed diplomatic relations with the U.S.
  3. ^ From 1967 to 1974, the United States maintained an Interests Section through the Swiss embassy in Algeria. The chiefs of mission (titled Principal Officer) at the U.S. Interests Section were Lewis Hoffacker (1967–1969) and William L. Eagleton, Jr. (1969–1974)

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Algeria". United States Department of State. Retrieved 2011-07-09.
  2. ^ Porter was commissioned during a recess of the Senate and recommissioned after confirmation on Mar 9, 1963.
  3. ^ "List of Chiefs of Mission as of June 6, 2011" (PDF). U.S. Department of State. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
  4. ^ "Henry S. Ensher – People – Department History – Office of the Historian". history.state.gov. Retrieved 2021-12-10.
  5. ^ https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/polaschik-joan-a
  6. ^ "Chargé d'Affaires ad interim Gautam Rana". U.S. Embassy in Algeria. Archived from the original on 2021-10-24. Retrieved 2021-11-07.

External links

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