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Chiefs of Mission for Egypt
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Chiefs of Mission
- Daniel Smith McCauley (?–1852)
- Agent/Consul General, March 17, 1849–October 24, 1852
- Richard B. Jones (?–)
- Agent/Consul General, May 7, 1853–December 14, 1853
- Edwin De Leon (1818–1891)
- Agent/Consul General, December 14, 1853–March 4, 1861
- William Sydney Thayer (1830–1864)
- Consul General, July 1, 1861–April 10, 1864
- Charles Hale (1831–1882)
- Agent/Consul General, October 15, 1864–May 23, 1870
- George H. Butler (?–1886)
- Agent/Consul General, June 2, 1870–July 16, 1872
- Richard Beardsley (1838–1876)
- Agent/Consul General, September 24, 1872–January 23, 1876
- Elbert Eli Farman (1831–1911)
- Agent/Consul General, July 17, 1876–May 17, 1881
- Simon Wolf (1836–1923)
- Agent/Consul General, October 22, 1881–March 27, 1882
- George Potwin Pomeroy (1837–1887)
- Agent/Consul General, December 16, 1882–July 20, 1884
- John Cardwell (1837–1893)
- Agent/Consul General, April 19, 1886–October 7, 1889
- Eugene Schuyler (1840–1890)
- Agent/Consul General, November 23, 1889–July 2, 1890
- John Alexander Anderson (1834–1892)
- Agent/Consul General, July 13, 1891–April 21, 1892
- Edward Campbell Little (1858–1924)
- Agent/Consul General, April 22, 1893–August 22, 1893
- Frederic Courtland Penfield (1855–1922)
- Agent/Consul General, December 11, 1893–June 17, 1897
- Thomas Skelton Harrison (1837–1919)
- Agent/Consul General, December 23, 1897–March 22, 1899
- John G. Long (1846–1903)
- Agent/Consul General, April 2, 1900–July 15, 1903
- John Wallace Riddle (1864–1941)
- Agent/Consul General, March 28, 1904–June 9, 1905
- Lewis Morris Iddings (1850–1921)
- Agent/Consul General, December 23, 1905–April 14, 1910
- Peter Augustus Jay (1877–1933)
- Agent/Consul General, November 28, 1910–October 8, 1913
- Olney Arnold (1861–1916)
- Agent/Consul General, March 23, 1914–January 8, 1916
- Hampson Gary (1873–1952)
- Agent/Consul General, February 7, 1918–December 7, 1919
- Carroll Sprigg (1880–1944)
- Agent/Consul General, August 2, 1920–October 31, 1921
- Joseph Morton Howell (1863–1937)
- Agent/Consul General, October 7, 1921–August 28, 1922
- Joseph Morton Howell (1863–1937)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, August 28, 1922–July 6, 1927
- Franklin Mott Gunther (1885–1941)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, July 19, 1928–July 30, 1930
- William Marion Jardine (1874–1955)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, October 13, 1930–September 5, 1933
- Bert Fish (1875–1943)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, December 2, 1933–February 28, 1941
- Alexander Comstock Kirk (1888–1979)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, March 29, 1941–April 29, 1944
- Somerville Pinkney Tuck Jr. (1891–1967)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, June 14, 1944–October 10, 1946
- Somerville Pinkney Tuck Jr. (1891–1967)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 10, 1946–May 30, 1948
- Stanton Griffis (1887–1974)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 2, 1948–March 18, 1949
- Jefferson Caffery (1886–1974)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 29, 1949–January 11, 1955
- Henry Alfred Byroade (1913–1993)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 7, 1955–September 10, 1956
- Raymond Arthur Hare (1901–1994)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 25, 1956–March 19, 1958
- Raymond Arthur Hare (1901–1994)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 19, 1958–December 18, 1959
- George Frederick Reinhardt (1911–1971)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 22, 1960–May 6, 1961
- John Stothoff Badeau (1903–1995)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 19, 1961–June 9, 1964
- Lucius Durham Battle (1918–2008)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 22, 1964–March 5, 1967
- David Gulick Nes (1917–2006)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, –June 6, 1967
- On June 7, 1967, the United States established an Interests Section in the Spanish Embassy.
- Donald C. Bergus (1920–1998)
- Principal Officer, September 1967–February 1972
- Joseph Nathaniel Greene Jr. (1920–2010)
- Principal Officer, February 1972–July 1973
- Hermann Frederick Eilts (1922–2006)
- Principal Officer, November 1973–February 1974
- The Embassy in Cairo was reestablished on February 28, 1974, with Ambassador-designate Eilts in charge pending his nomination, commissioning, and presentation of his letter of credence.
- Hermann Frederick Eilts (1922–2006)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 20, 1974–May 20, 1979
- Alfred Leroy Atherton Jr. (1921–2002)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 2, 1979–November 12, 1983
- Nicholas Alexander Veliotes (1928–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 24, 1983–April 1, 1986
- Frank G. Wisner II (1938–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 28, 1986–June 6, 1991
- Robert Halsey Pelletreau Jr. (1935–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 12, 1991–December 11, 1993
- Edward S. Walker Jr. (1940–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 20, 1994–December 7, 1997
- Daniel Charles Kurtzer (1949–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 13, 1998–June 22, 2001
- C. David Welch (1953–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 22, 2001–March 15, 2005
- Francis Joseph Ricciardone (1952–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 13, 2005–April 18, 2008
- Margaret Scobey (1949–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 16, 2008–June 30, 2011
- Anne Woods Patterson (1949–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 18, 2011–August 31, 2013
- Robert Stephen Beecroft (1957–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, February 14, 2015–June 30, 2017
- Thomas Goldberger (?–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, June 30, 2017–October 16, 2019
- Jonathan R. Cohen (?–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 16, 2019–
Other Nominees
- Frederick Morley (1821–1889)
- Agent/Consul General: Declined appointment.
- Richard Henry Nolte (1920–2007)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary: Commissioned to the United Arab Republic. Proceeded to post, but did not present credentials; left post on June 10, 1967, the United Arab Republic having severed diplomatic relations with the United States on June 6, 1967.