United States Ambassador to New Zealand
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| Ambassador of the United States to New Zealand and Samoa | |
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| Nominator | Barack Obama |
| Inaugural holder | Patrick J. Hurley as Envoy |
| Formation | April 24, 1942 |
| Website | U.S. Embassy - Wellington |
The United States has maintained a consular presence in New Zealand since 1838. The first consul was James Reddy Clendon. Born in England, Clendon was a ship owner and merchant who bought land and settled in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand. In 1838 he was appointed by the federal government of the United States as consul for New Zealand. He was based at his property at Okiato, which in 1840 became the capital and was renamed Russell (not to be confused with present-day Russell). He held this position until 1841.
The Ambassador to New Zealand is also accredited to Samoa though resident in Wellington.
Contents
List of United States ambassadors to New Zealand
| Name and Title | Presentation of Credentials |
Termination of Mission |
|---|---|---|
| Patrick J. Hurley, Envoy | April 24, 1942 | August 12, 1942 |
| William C. Burdett, Envoy | July 8, 1943 | January 14, 1944 |
| Kenneth S. Patton, Envoy | August 15, 1944 | Oct 22, 1945 |
| Avra M. Warren, Envoy | February 27, 1946 | Jul 15, 1947 |
| Robert M. Scotten, Envoy | April 7, 1948 | December 22, 1948 |
| Robert M. Scotten, Ambassador | December 22, 1948 | February 1, 1955 |
| Robert C. Hendrickson, Ambassador | February 16, 1955 | November 20, 1956 |
| Francis H. Russell, Ambassador | June 5, 1957 | November 28, 1960 |
| Anthony B. Akers, Ambassador | July 18, 1961 | August 25, 1963 |
| Herbert B. Powell, Ambassador | October 23, 1963 | February 28, 1967 |
| John F. Henning, Ambassador | April 5, 1967 | September 9, 1969 |
| Kenneth Franzheim II, Ambassador | October 7, 1969 | November 1, 1972 |
| Chalmers B. Wood, Chargé d'Affaires ad interim | November 1972 | April 1974 |
| Armistead I. Selden, Jr., Ambassador | April 22, 1974 | April 23, 1979 |
| Anne Clark Martindell, Ambassador | August 28, 1979 | May 7, 1981 |
| H. Monroe Browne, Ambassador | August 11, 1981 | November 1, 1985 |
| Paul Matthews Cleveland, Ambassador | January 10, 1986 | April 28, 1989 |
| Della M. Newman, Ambassador | October 25, 1989 | December 21, 1992 |
| David Walker, Chargé d'Affaires ad interim | December 1992 | August 1993 |
| Sylvia Stanfield, Chargé d'Affaires ad interim | August 1993 | May 1994 |
| Josiah Horton Beeman, Ambassador | May 10, 1994 | December 1999 |
| Carol Moseley Braun, Ambassador | December 15, 1999 | March 1, 2001 |
| Philip Wall, Chargé d'Affaires ad interim | March 2001 | October 2001 |
| Charles J. Swindells, Ambassador | October 12, 2001 | August 21, 2005 |
| William McCormick, Ambassador | November 9, 2005 | December 20, 2008 |
| David Keegan, Chargé d'Affaires ad interim | December 20, 2008 | August 21, 2009 |
| David Huebner, Ambassador | November 20, 2009 | January 17, 2014 |
| Mark Gilbert, Ambassador | December 2014 | Incumbent |
See also
- Embassy of the United States, Wellington
- New Zealand - United States relations
- Samoa - United States relations
- Foreign relations of New Zealand
- Foreign relations of Samoa
- Ambassadors of the United States
- Contents of the United States diplomatic cables leak (New Zealand)
References
- United States Department of State: Background notes on New Zealand
- United States Department of State: Background notes on Samoa
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Department of State (Background Notes).
External links
- United States Department of State: Chiefs of Mission for New Zealand
- United States Department of State: Chiefs of Mission for Samoa
- United States Department of State: New Zealand
- United States Department of State: Samoa
- United States Embassy in Wellington
