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American Ambassadors to Egypt
No. Name From To

1.

Mr. Daniel Smith McClaule, PA, Consul General

March 17, 1849

October 24, 1852

2.

Edwin De Leon, SC, Consul General

December 14, 1853

March 4, 1861

3.

Mr. Charles Hale, MASS, Consul General

October 15, 1864

May 23, 1870

4.

Corge H. Butler, CA, Consul General

June 2, 1870

July 16, 1872

5.

Albert Farman, NY, Consul General

July 17, 1876

May 17, 1881

6.

Mr. Simon Wolf, D.C., Consul General

October 22, 1881

March 27, 1882

7.

John Cardwell, TX, Consul General

April 19, 1886

October 7, 1889

8.

Eugene Schuyler, NY, Consul General

November 23, 1889

July 2, 1890

9.

John A. Anderson, KS, Consul General

July 13, 1891

April 21, 1892

10.

Frederick Courtland Pennfield, PA, Consul General

December 11, 1893

June 17, 1897

11.

Thomas Skelton Harrison, PA, Consul General

December 23, 1897

March 22, 1899

12.

John Wallace Riddle, MINN, Consul General

March 28, 1904

June 9, 1905

13.

Lewis M. Iddings, NY, Consul General

December 23, 1905

April 14, 1910

14.

Peter Augustus Jay, RI, Consul General

November 28, 1910

October 8, 1913

15.

Hampson Gary, TX, Consul General

February 7, 1918

December 7, 1919

16.

Carrol Sprig, OH, Consul General

August 2, 1920

October 31, 1921

17.

Joseph Morton Howell, OH, Ambassador

August 28, 1922

July 6, 1927

18.

Franklin Mott Gunther, VA, Ambassador

July 19, 1928

July 30, 1930

19.

William Marion Jardine, KS, Ambassador

October 13, 1930

September 5, 1933

20.

Bert Fish, FL, Ambassador

December 2, 1933

February 28, 1941

21.

Alex C. Kirk, IL, Ambassador

March 9, 1941

April 29, 1944

22.

S. Pinckney Tuck, NY, Ambassador

June 14, 1944

May 30, 1948

23.

Stanton Griffis, CT, Ambassador

September 2, 1948

March 18, 1949

24.

Jefferson Caffrey, LA, Ambassador

September 29, 1949

January 11, 1955

25.

Henry A. Byroade, IN, Ambassador

March 7, 1955

September 10, 1956

26.

Raymond A. Hare, WV, Ambassador

September 25, 1956

March 1958

27.

G. Frederick Reinhardt, CA, Ambassador

March 22, 1960

May 6, 1961

28.

John S. Badeau, NY, Ambassador

July 19, 1961

June 9, 1964

29.

Lucius D. Battle, FL, Ambassador

September 22, 1964

March 5, 1967

30.

Richard H. Nolte, CT, Ambassador

never served

31.

Donald C. Bergus, PA, Principal Officer, US Interests Section

September 1967

February 1972

32.

Joseph N. Greene, Jr., D.C., Principal Officer, US Interests Section

February 1972

July 1973

33.

Herman F. Eilts, D.C., Principal Officer, US Interests Section

November 1973

March 1974

34.

Alfred Atherton, Jr., FL, Ambassador

July 2, 1979

November 12, 1983

35.

Nichola A. Veliotes, CA, Ambassador

November 24, 1983

April 1, 1986

36.

Frank G. Wisner, NY, Ambassador

September 21, 1986

June 6, 1991

37.

Robert H. Pelletreau, Jr., NY, Ambassador

August 5, 1991

November 21, 1993

38.

Edward S. Walker, Jr., PA, Ambassador

July 20, 1994

December 6, 1997

39.

Daniel Kurtzer, NJ, Ambassador

January 8, 1998

June 21, 2001

40.

C. David Welch, Ambassador

September 21, 2001

18 March, 2005

41.

Francis Joseph Ricciardone, Ambassador

July 29, 2005

April, 18, 2008

42.

Margaret Scobey, Ambassador

June 16, 2008

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