List of ambassadors of the United States to Bangladesh

The United States ambassador to Bangladesh is the official representative of the president of the United States to the head of state of Bangladesh. President Joe Biden nominated career diplomat and Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs Peter D. Haas for the position on June 9, 2021; he was confirmed on December 18, 2021.[1]

Ambassador of the United States to Bangladesh
বাংলাদেশে নিযুক্ত যুক্তরাষ্ট্রের রাষ্ট্রদূত
Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent
Peter D. Haas
since March 15, 2022
Style
Reports toSecretary of State
ResidenceDhaka, Bangladesh
SeatEmbassy of the United States, Dhaka
NominatorThe President of the United States
AppointerThe President
with Senate advice and consent
Inaugural holderDavis Eugene Boster
as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
FormationFebruary 28, 1974
WebsiteU.S. Embassy - Dhaka

The United States officially recognized Bangladesh after its independence.[2] In May 1972, the United States government opened its establishment and diplomatic residence with Bangladesh. In December 1972, the nation established its new constitution. The embassy in Dhaka was established on May 18, 1972, with Herbert D. Spivack as Chargé d’Affaires ad interim. Daniel O. Newberry served as Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, October 1972–April 1974. The first ranking ambassador arrived in April 1974. Relations have been continuous and developing since that time.

The United States Embassy in Bangladesh is located in Madani Avenue, Baridhara, Dhaka.[3]

Ambassadors

U.S. diplomatic terms

Career FSO
After 1915, The United States Department of State began classifying ambassadors as career Foreign Service Officers (FSOs) for those who have served in the Foreign Service for a specified amount of time.

Political appointee
A person who is not a career foreign service officer, but is appointed by the president (often as a reward to political friends).

Appointed
The date that the ambassador took the oath of office; also known as "commissioning". It follows confirmation of a presidential appointment by the Senate, or a Congressional recess appointment by the president. In the case of a recess appointment, the ambassador requires subsequent confirmation by the Senate to remain in office.

Presented credentials
The date that the ambassador presented his letter of credence to the head of state or appropriate authority of the receiving nation. At this time the ambassador officially becomes the representative of his country. This would normally occur a short time after the ambassador's arrival on station. The host nation may reject the ambassador by not receiving the ambassador's letter, but this occurs only rarely.

Terminated mission
Usually the date that the ambassador left the country. In some cases a letter of recall is presented, ending the ambassador's commission, either as a means of diplomatic protest or because the diplomat is being reassigned elsewhere and replaced by another envoy.

Chargé d'affaires
The person in charge of the business of the embassy when there is no ambassador commissioned to the host country.

Ad interim
Latin phrase meaning "for the time being", "in the meantime".

President Nixon appointed Hermann F. Eilts as ambassador on September 11, 1972, but Eilts declined the appointment. The U.S. Ambassador to Bangladesh holds the title Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

Name Appointed Presented credentials Terminated mission Notes
Davis Eugene Boster – Career FSO February 28, 1974 April 13, 1974 September 10, 1976
Edward E. Masters – Career FSO October 4, 1976 November 5, 1976 November 27, 1977
David T. Schneider – Career FSO March 2, 1978 March 29, 1978 July 25, 1981
Jane Abell Coon – Career FSO June 30, 1981 August 11, 1981 August 3, 1984
Howard Bruner Schaffer – Career FSO August 13, 1984 September 26, 1984 July 9, 1987
Willard Ames De Pree – Career FSO July 2, 1987 October 5, 1987 August 17, 1990
William B. Milam – Career FSO June 27, 1990 September 1, 1990 October 9, 1993
David Nathan Merrill – Career FSO[4] February 11, 1994 April 5, 1994 May 14, 1997
John C. Holzman – Career FSO August 1, 1997 September 2, 1997 July 6, 2000
Mary Ann Peters – Career FSO September 15, 2000 September 25, 2000 June 19, 2003
Harry K. Thomas, Jr. – Career FSO May 27, 2003 August 14, 2003 July 2, 2005
Patricia A. Butenis – Career FSO February 21, 2006 April 13, 2006 June 23, 2007
James F. Moriarty – Career FSO March 26, 2008 April 21, 2008 June 17, 2011
Nicholas Dean[5] June 17, 2011 November 24, 2011 Chargé d'Affaires
Dan Mozena – Career FSO May 16, 2011[6] November 24, 2011 January 12, 2015
Marcia Bernicat – Career FSO November 18, 2014[7] February 4, 2015 November 2, 2018
Earl R. Miller – Career FSO October 11, 2018[8] November 29, 2018[9] January 21, 2022
Peter D. Haas – Career FSO December 18, 2021 March 15, 2022

See also

Notes
  1. "PN786 — Peter D. Haas — Department of State 117th Congress (2021-2022)". US Congress. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  2. "Herald-Journal - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
  3. "U.S. Embassy in Bangladesh". U.S. Embassy in Bangladesh. Retrieved 2017-01-27.
  4. "David Nathan Merrill". history.state.gov. Office of the Historian. Retrieved 2018-03-19.
  5. "Deputy Chief of Mission". United States Department of State, U.S. Embassy Dhaka. Retrieved 2011-07-17.
  6. "Nominations & Appointments". whitehouse.gov. Retrieved 2011-07-17 – via National Archives.
  7. "Ambassador Marcia Stephens Bloom Bernicat" (PDF). US Embassy. Retrieved 2015-01-31.
  8. "Earl Miller new US ambassador in Dhaka". www.thedailystar.net. 14 October 2018. Retrieved 2018-11-21.
  9. "U.S. Ambassador Earl P. Miller Presents Credentials to President MD. Abdul Hamid". bd.usembassy.gov. Retrieved 2018-11-29.

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