Chiefs of Mission for Finland

Chiefs of Mission

• Alexander Richardson Magruder (1883–1973)
  • Chargé d’Affaires pro tempore, March 19, 1920–February 17, 1922
• Charles Lemuel Kagey (1876–1941)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, February 17, 1922–March 24, 1925
• Alfred John Pearson (1869–1939)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, September 5, 1925–April 30, 1930
• Edward Everett Brodie (1876–1939)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, May 16, 1930–September 21, 1933
• Edward Albright (1873–1937)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, October 5, 1933–April 12, 1937
• Hans Frederick Arthur Schoenfeld (1889–1952)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, July 2, 1937–December 17, 1942
• Edmund Asbury Gullion (1913–1998)
  • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, –June 30, 1944
• Benjamin Mayham Hulley (1898–)
  • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, September 1, 1945–
• Maxwell McGaughey Hamilton (1896–1957)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, March 26, 1946–August 25, 1947
• Avra Milvin Warren (1893–1957)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, February 10, 1948–February 18, 1950
• John Moors Cabot (1901–1981)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, February 27, 1950–September 20, 1952
• Jack Kirkham McFall (1905–1990)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, November 15, 1952–September 17, 1954
• Jack Kirkham McFall (1905–1990)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 17, 1954–September 19, 1955
• John Dewey Hickerson (1898–1989)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 23, 1955–November 3, 1959
• Edson Oliver Sessions (1902–1987)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 28, 1959–November 20, 1960
• Bernard Anthony Gufler (1903–1973)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 14, 1961–April 18, 1963
• Carl Thomas Rowan (1925–2000)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 21, 1963–February 8, 1964
• Tyler Thompson (1907–2002)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 25, 1964–June 14, 1969
• Frederick Valdemar Erastus Peterson (1903–1983)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 14, 1969–March 23, 1973
• Victor John Krehbiel (1905–1997)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 1, 1973–February 24, 1975
• Marcus Jacob (Mark Evans) Austad (1917–1988)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 20, 1975–April 14, 1977
• Rozanne Lejeanne Ridgway (1935–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 5, 1977–February 20, 1980
• James Eugene Goodby (1929–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 11, 1980–August 18, 1981
• Keith Foote Nyborg (1930–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 18, 1981–February 17, 1986
• Rockwell Anthony Schnabel (1936–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, February 28, 1986–February 24, 1989
• John Giffen Weinmann (1928–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 10, 1989–August 29, 1991
• John Hubert Kelly (1939–2011)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 20, 1991–July 5, 1994
• Derek Shearer (1946–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 1, 1994–October 31, 1997
• Eric S. Edelman (1951–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 27, 1998–January 29, 2001
• Bonnie McElveen-Hunter (1950–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 5, 2001–December 15, 2003
• Earle I. Mack (1935–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 10, 2005–October 20, 2005
• Marilyn Ware (1943–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 9, 2006–March 28, 2008
• Barbara McConnell Barrett (1950–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 23, 2008–January 16, 2009
• Bruce J. Oreck (1953–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 10, 2009–July 25, 2015
• Charles C. Adams Jr. (1947–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 8, 2015–January 20, 2017
• Donna A. Welton (?–)
  • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, January 20, 2017–May 18, 2018
• Robert F. Pence (?–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 24, 2018–

Other Nominees

• John Batterson Stetson Jr. (1884–1952)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate. Took oath of office, but did not proceed to post.