List of ambassadors of the United States to Algeria explained

Post:Ambassador
Body:the United States to Algeria
Native Name:سفارة الولايات المتحدة في الجزائر
Insignia:US Department of State official seal.svg
Insigniasize:120
Insigniacaption:Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent:Elizabeth Moore Aubin
Incumbentsince:February 9, 2022
Nominator:The President of the United States
Appointer:The President
Appointer Qualified:with Senate advice and consent
Inaugural:William J. Porter
Formation:September 29, 1962
Website:U.S. Embassy – Algiers

The ambassador of the United States to Algeria is the official representative of the president of the United States to the head of state of Algeria.

Until 1962, Algeria had been under the dominion of France. Independence from France was formally declared on July 3, 1962. The United States and France both formally recognized Algeria on that same day.[1] The Ottoman government had recognized the United States in 1795, but formal diplomatic relations had not been established.

The U.S. has had consular representation in Algeria intermittently since 1796. On September 29, 1962, diplomatic relations between Algeria and the United States were formally established when the U.S. Consulate General in Algiers was raised to embassy status. William J. Porter was appointed as the first chargé d'affaires ad interim pending appointment of an ambassador to Algiers. He was promoted to ambassador on November 29, 1962.

Algeria severed diplomatic relations with the United States on June 6, 1967, in the wake of the June 1967 Arab-Israeli War. A U.S. Interests Section was established in the Swiss Embassy. The United States and Algeria reestablished diplomatic relations, and their respective embassies in Algiers and Washington reopened on November 12, 1974.

Ambassadors and chiefs of mission

!#!Name!Appointed!Presented credentials!Terminated mission
-William J. Porter – Career FSOChargé d’Affaires ad interimJuly 3, 1962Promoted to ambassador, November 29, 1962
1William J. Porter – Career FSO[2] November 29, 1962December 17, 1962July 29, 1965
2John D. Jernegan – Career FSOJuly 22, 1965October 13, 1965June 10, 1967
-Richard Bordeaux Parker – Career FSOChargé d'AffairesNovember 12, 1974Promoted to ambassador, December 18, 1974
3Richard Bordeaux Parker – Career FSODecember 18, 1974January 17, 1975February 12, 1977
4Ulric St. Clair Haynes, Jr. – Political appointeeMay 11, 1977July 13, 1977January 28, 1981
-Christopher W. S. Ross – Career FSOChargé d’Affaires ad interimJanuary 28, 1981September 1981
5Michael H. Newlin – Career FSOSeptember 28, 1981October 28, 1981July 21, 1985
6L. Craig Johnstone – Career FSOJuly 12, 1985September 9, 1985July 10, 1988
7Christopher W.S. Ross – Career FSOAugust 12, 1988September 20, 1988August 14, 1991
8Mary Ann Casey – Career FSOJuly 2, 1991September 8, 1991October 19, 1994
9Ronald E. Neumann – Career FSOJuly 5, 1994September 18, 1994September 19, 1997
10Cameron R. Hume – Career FSONovember 10, 1997December 28, 1997September 13, 2000
11Janet A. Sanderson – Career FSOSeptember 15, 2000October 30, 2000May 13, 2003
12Richard W. Erdman – Career FSOMay 23, 2003July 26, 2003January 9, 2006
13Robert Stephen Ford – Career FSOMay 30, 2006September 4, 2006June 26, 2008
14David D. Pearce – Career FSO[3] August 4, 2008September 2, 2008April 11, 2011
15Henry S. Ensher – Career FSOJune 1, 2011[4] August 10, 2011September 3, 2014
16Joan A. Polaschik – Career FSOJuly 29, 2014October 29, 2014[5] April 27, 2017
17John Desrocher – Career FSOAugust 3, 2017September 5, 2017January 20, 2021
-Gautam Rana – Career FSOChargé d’Affaires ad interim[6] January 20, 2021February 9, 2022
18Elizabeth Moore Aubin – Career FSODecember 21, 2021February 9, 2022Incumbent

See also

References

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Algeria. United States Department of State. 2011-07-09.
  2. Porter was commissioned during a recess of the Senate and recommissioned after confirmation on Mar 9, 1963.
  3. Web site: List of Chiefs of Mission as of June 6, 2011. U.S. Department of State. 2011-06-07.
  4. Web site: Henry S. Ensher – People – Department History – Office of the Historian. 2021-12-10. history.state.gov.
  5. https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/polaschik-joan-a
  6. Web site: Chargé d'Affaires ad interim Gautam Rana. https://web.archive.org/web/20211024021737/https://dz.usembassy.gov/our-relationship/algiers_cda_gautam-rana/. 2021-10-24. 2021-11-07. U.S. Embassy in Algeria. en-US.