List of ambassadors of the United States to Madagascar

This is a list of United States ambassadors to Madagascar. The United States has maintained diplomatic relations since June 1960. The embassy in Tananarive (now Antananarivo) was established on June 26, 1960. Currently, the ambassador also serves US diplomatic interests or relations to Comoros.

Ambassador of the United States to Madagascar and Comoros
Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent
Claire A. Pierangelo
since June 29, 2022
NominatorThe President of the United States
AppointerThe President
with Senate advice and consent
Inaugural holderFrederic P. Bartlett
as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
FormationAugust 27, 1960
WebsiteU.S. Embassy - Antananarivo

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".

Note: Embassy Tananarive (now Antananarivo) was established June 26, 1960.

Name Title Appointed Presented credentials Terminated mission Notes
Frederic P. Bartlett[1] - Career FSO Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary August 27, 1960 October 5, 1960 June 6, 1962
C. Vaughan Ferguson, Jr.[2] - Career FSO December 17, 1962 January 15, 1963 May 21, 1966
David S. King[3] - Political appointee January 26, 1967 April 21, 1967 August 16, 1969
Anthony D. Marshall[4] - Political Appointee December 15, 1969 January 6, 1970 June 6, 1971 Departure requested by Government of the Malagasy Republic, June 1, 1971
Joseph Mendenhall[5] - Career FSO September 11, 1972 November 15, 1972 May 11, 1975 Between 1975 and 1980, the following officers served as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim: Gilbert H. Sheinbaum (November 1975-March 1977) and Robert S. Barrett (March 1977-June 1980).
Fernando E. Rondon[6] - Career FSO September 26, 1980 November 10, 1980 May 25, 1983
Robert Brendon Keating[6] - Political appointee July 6, 1983 August 11, 1983 May 1, 1986
Patricia Gates Lynch[6] - Political appointee June 16, 1986 August 6, 1986 August 31, 1989
Howard K. Walker[6] - Career FSO August 7, 1989 September 27, 1989 July 12, 1992
Dennis P. Barrett - Career FSO June 15, 1992 December 3, 1992 November 12, 1995
Vicki Huddleston - Career FSO October 3, 1995 December 12, 1995 July 24, 1997[7] Howard T. Perlow served as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim, July 1997-August 1998.
Shirley Elizabeth Barnes - Career FSO June 29, 1998 August 30, 1998 July 28, 2001
Wanda L. Nesbitt - Career FSO November 5, 2001 January 28, 2002 June 23, 2004
James D. McGee - Career FSO June 30, 2004 October 29, 2004 June 1, 2007
R. Niels Marquardt[8] - Career FSO May 30, 2007 August 22, 2007 June 7, 2010
Eric M. Wong[8] - Career FSO Chargé d'Affaires ad interim September 2011[9] Unknown August 2014
Robert T. Yamate[8] - Career FSO Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary November 19, 2014 December 19, 2014 April 1, 2018
Michael Pelletier[8] - Career FSO January 2, 2019 March 5, 2019 June 18, 2021[10]
Claire A. Pierangelo[8] - Career FSO March 2, 2022 June 29, 2022 Present

Notes
  1. Commissioned to the Malagasy Republic.
  2. Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Mar 12, 1963. Commissioned to the Malagasy Republic.
  3. Commissioned to the Malagasy Republic. Also accredited to Mauritius; resident at Tananarive.
  4. Commissioned to the Malagasy Republic.
  5. Commissioned to the Malagasy Republic.
  6. Also accredited to the Comoros; resident in Antananarivo.
  7. https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/huddleston-vicki-j
  8. Also accredited to the Union of the Comoros; resident in Antananarivo.
  9. https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/wong-eric
  10. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=4455575777806780&id=126866674011067

See also

References
  • United States Department of State: Background notes on Madagascar
  • Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from U.S. Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets. United States Department of State.
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