قائمة سفراء الولايات المتحدة لدى تونس
Ambassador the United States to Tunisia
سفارة الولايات المتحدة في تونس | |
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المرشـِّح | The President of the United States |
الشاغل الافتتاحي | Morris N. Hughes as Chargé d'Affaires |
التشكل | June 6, 1956 |
الموقع الإلكتروني | U.S. Embassy – Tunis |
The following is a list of United States ambassadors to Tunisia.
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History: US Consul in Tunis
- 1795–1796: Joseph Donaldson Jr. (Consul in Algiers)
- 1795–1797: Samuel D. Heap (acting consul)
- 1796–1797: Joseph Étienne Famin (French, Special Diplomatic Agent)
- 1797–1797: William Eaton (Treaty Negotiator)
- 1797–1797: Samuel D. Heap (Treaty Negotiator)
- 1797–1803: William Eaton (Consul)
- 1798–1798: James Leander Cathcart (Treaty Negotiator)
- 1798–1798: Richard O'brien (Special Negotiator)
- 1803–1803: James Leander Cathcart (Consul)
- 1813–1815: Mordecai Manuel Noah
- 1815–1819: Thomas D. Anderson
- 1819–1824: Townsend Stith
- 1824–1825: Charles D. (b) Coxe
- 1825–1841: Samuel D. Heap
- 1842–1845: John Howard Payne
- 1851–1852: John Howard Payne
- 1862 – ?: Amos Perry
Ambassadors
مصطلحات دپلوماسية أمريكية
Career FSO
بعد 1915، بدأت وزارة الخارجية الأمريكية في تصنيف السفراء as career Foreign Service Officers (FSOs) for those who have served in the Foreign Service for a specified amount of time.
مُعيـَّن سياسي 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).
مُعيـَّن 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.
قدم أوراق اعتماده 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.
مهمة منهاة 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.
القائم بالأعمال Chargé d’affaires
The person in charge of the business of the embassy when there is no ambassador commissioned to the host country. See chargé d’affaires.
مؤقت ad interim
تعبير لاتيني يعني "في الوقت الحالي". انظر ad interim.
بعد 1915، بدأت وزارة الخارجية الأمريكية في تصنيف السفراء as career Foreign Service Officers (FSOs) for those who have served in the Foreign Service for a specified amount of time.
مُعيـَّن سياسي 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).
مُعيـَّن 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.
قدم أوراق اعتماده 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.
مهمة منهاة 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.
القائم بالأعمال Chargé d’affaires
The person in charge of the business of the embassy when there is no ambassador commissioned to the host country. See chargé d’affaires.
مؤقت ad interim
تعبير لاتيني يعني "في الوقت الحالي". انظر ad interim.
Name | Title | Appointed | Presented credentials | Terminated mission | Notes |
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Morris N. Hughes[2] – Career FSO | Chargé d'Affaires | June 6, 1956 | June 6, 1956 | October 4, 1956 | |
G. Lewis Jones – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | July 27, 1956 | October 4, 1956 | June 11, 1959 | Presented new credentials on December 9, 1957, when Tunisia became a republic |
Walter N. Walmsley – Career FSO | July 28, 1959 | October 4, 1959 | July 25, 1962 | ||
Francis H. Russell – Career FSO | September 10, 1962 | October 16, 1962 | July 18, 1969 | ||
John A. Calhoun – Career FSO | July 8, 1969 | July 24, 1969 | May 31, 1972 | ||
Talcott W. Seelye – Career FSO | September 11, 1972 | October 20, 1972 | March 22, 1976 | ||
Edward W. Mulcahy – Career FSO | March 4, 1976 | May 31, 1976 | January 5, 1979 | ||
Stephen Warren Bosworth – Career FSO | February 9, 1979 | March 27, 1979 | June 22, 1981 | ||
Walter Leon Cutler – Career FSO | December 11, 1981 | March 2, 1982 | January 2, 1984 | ||
Peter Sebastian – Career FSO | June 11, 1984 | July 3, 1984 | February 19, 1987 | ||
Robert H. Pelletreau – Career FSO | June 15, 1987 | July 1, 1987 | May 11, 1991 | ||
John T. McCarthy – Career FSO | July 2, 1991 | August 2, 1991 | July 16, 1994 | ||
Mary Ann Casey – Career FSO | July 5, 1994 | September 23, 1994 | July 18, 1997 | ||
Robin Lynn Raphel – Career FSO | November 7, 1997 | December 18, 1997 | August 6, 2000 | ||
Rust Macpherson Deming – Career FSO | December 28, 2000 | November 30, 2001 | May 17, 2003 | ||
William J. Hudson – Career FSO | December 12, 2003 | January 12, 2004 | April 14, 2006 | ||
Robert F. Godec – Career FSO | May 30, 2006 | January 17, 2007 | July 29, 2009 | ||
Gordon Gray – Career FSO | August 20, 2009 | November 19, 2009 | July 5, 2012 | ||
Jacob Walles – Career FSO | June 21, 2012 | July 24, 2012 | September 2, 2015 | ||
Daniel Rubinstein – Career FSO | October 15, 2015 | October 26, 2015 | January 15, 2019 | ||
Donald Blome – Career FSO | January 9, 2019 | February 21, 2019 | April 5, 2022 | ||
Joey R. Hood – Career FSO | December 26, 2022 | February 2, 2023 | Incumbent |
Notes
- ^ "U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Tunisia Joey R. Hood, U.S. Embassy Tunisia".
- ^ Neither commissioned nor accredited; designated effective June 5, 1956, on which date the Embassy in Tunis was established. Officially recognized on June 6, 1956.
See also
References
- United States Department of State: Background notes on Tunisia
- This article contains material from the US Department of State's Background Notes which, as a US government publication, is in the public domain.