Chiefs of Mission for India

Chiefs of Mission

• George Robert Merrell (1898–1962)
  • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, November 1, 1946–
• Henry Francis Grady (1882–1957)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 1, 1947–June 22, 1948
• Loy Wesley Henderson (1892–1986)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 19, 1948–September 21, 1951
• Chester Bliss Bowles (1901–1986)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 1, 1951–March 23, 1953
• George Venable Allen (1903–1970)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 4, 1953–November 30, 1954
• John Sherman Cooper (1901–1991)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 9, 1955–April 23, 1956
• Ellsworth Bunker (1894–1984)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 4, 1957–March 23, 1961
• John Kenneth Galbraith (1908–2006)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 18, 1961–July 12, 1963
• Chester Bliss Bowles (1901–1986)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 19, 1963–April 21, 1969
• Kenneth Barnard Keating (1900–1975)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 2, 1969–July 26, 1972
• Daniel Patrick Moynihan (1927–2003)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, February 28, 1973–January 7, 1975
• William Bart Saxbe (1916–2010)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 8, 1975–November 20, 1976
• Robert Francis Goheen (1919–2008)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 26, 1977–December 10, 1980
• Harry George Barnes Jr. (1926–2012)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 17, 1981–June 27, 1985
• John Gunther Dean (1926–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 6, 1985–November 7, 1988
• John Randolph Hubbard (1918–2011)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 27, 1988–November 15, 1989
• William Clark Jr. (1930–2008)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 22, 1989–July 2, 1992
• Thomas Reeve Pickering (1931–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 14, 1992–March 23, 1993
• Kenneth C. Brill (1947–)
  • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, March 1993–August 1994
• Frank G. Wisner II (1938–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 2, 1994–July 12, 1997
• Richard Frank Celeste (1937–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 28, 1997–April 25, 2001
• Robert D. Blackwill (1939–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 14, 2001–July 31, 2003
• David Campbell Mulford (1937–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, February 23, 2004–January 15, 2009
• Timothy J. Roemer (1956–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 11, 2009–July 1, 2011
• Nancy Jo Powell (1947–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 24, 2012–May 21, 2014
• Richard Rahul Verma (1968–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 16, 2015–January 20, 2017
• Kenneth I. Juster (?–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 23, 2017–

Other Nominees

None