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Chiefs of Mission for Philippines
Chiefs of Mission
- Paul Vories McNutt (1891–1955)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 4, 1946–March 22, 1947
- Emmet O’Neal (1887–1967)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 22, 1947–April 28, 1948
- Myron Melvin Cowen (1898–1965)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 23, 1949–October 14, 1951
- Raymond Ames Spruance (1886–1969)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, February 7, 1952–April 1, 1955
- Homer Ferguson (1889–1982)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 12, 1955–March 23, 1956
- Albert Frank Nufer (1894–1956)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 20, 1956–November 6, 1956
- Charles Eustis Bohlen (1904–1974)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 4, 1957–October 15, 1959
- John Dewey Hickerson (1898–1989)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 13, 1960–December 8, 1961
- William Edwards Stevenson (1900–1985)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, February 5, 1962–June 14, 1964
- William McCormick Blair Jr. (1916–2015)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 5, 1964–October 21, 1967
- Gerhard Mennen Williams (1911–1988)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 17, 1968–April 7, 1969
- Henry Alfred Byroade (1913–1993)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 29, 1969–May 25, 1973
- William Healy Sullivan (1922–2013)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 6, 1973–April 26, 1977
- David Dunlap Newsom (1918–2008)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 11, 1977–March 30, 1978
- Richard William Murphy (1929–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 8, 1978–August 10, 1981
- Michael Hayden Armacost (1937–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 12, 1982–April 18, 1984
- Stephen Warren Bosworth (1939–2016)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 4, 1984–April 2, 1987
- Nicholas Platt (1936–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 27, 1987–July 20, 1991
- Frank G. Wisner II (1938–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 16, 1991–June 10, 1992
- Richard H. Solomon (1937–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 4, 1992–March 1, 1993
- John Dimitri Negroponte (1939–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 26, 1993–August 5, 1996
- Thomas C. Hubbard (1943–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 3, 1996–July 24, 2000
- Michael E. Malinowski (1948–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, July 2000–September 2001
- Francis Joseph Ricciardone (1952–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 15, 2002–April 1, 2005
- Kristie Ann Kenney (1955–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 22, 2006–July 28, 2009
- Harry Keels Thomas Jr. (1956–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 27, 2010–October 16, 2013
- Philip S. Goldberg (1956–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 2, 2013–
Other Nominees
- Albert Peter Burleigh (1942–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary: Nomination of May 26, 1999, not acted upon by the Senate. The following officers served as Chargé d’Affaires ad interim: Michael E. Malinowski (Jul 2000-Sep 2001) and Robert W. Fitts (Sep 2001-Feb 2002).