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 (1937–2017)
  • 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–October 28, 2016
• Sung Y. Kim (1960–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 6, 2016–October 4, 2020

Other Nominees

• Albert Peter Burleigh (1942–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary: Nomination of May 26, 1999, not acted upon by the Senate.