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United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 ...

ambassadors An ambassador is an official envoy, especially a high-ranking diplomat who represents a state and is usually accredited to another sovereign state or to an international organization as the resident representative of their own government or so ...

, or lower-ranking heads of a

diplomatic mission A diplomatic mission or foreign mission is a group of people from a state or organization present in another state to represent the sending state or organization officially in the receiving or host state. In practice, the phrase usually denotes ...

Iraq Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to Iraq–Saudi Arabia border, the south, Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq border, the east, the Persian Gulf and ...

. * Alexander K. Sloan (1931), chargé d'affaires *

Paul Knabenshue Paul Knabenshue (1883 – February 1, 1942) was an American career foreign service officer. Knabenshue was the United States Consul at Beirut, Syria (1919–1928) and Consul General at Jerusalem (1928-1930). He was also Minister Resident/Consul G ...

(1932–1942), minister * Thomas M. Wilson (1942), minister *

Loy W. Henderson Loy Wesley Henderson (June 28, 1892 – March 24, 1986) was a United States Foreign Service Officer and diplomat. Background Loy Wesley Henderson was born on June 28, 1892, in Rogers, Arkansas, to a poor Methodist preacher. He attended college in ...

(1943–1945), minister *

George Wadsworth II George Wadsworth II (April 3, 1893 – March 5, 1958) was a United States diplomat, specializing in the Middle East. Life Wadsworth was born in Buffalo, New York and received a degree in chemical engineering from Union College in Schenectady ...

(1946–1948), minister * Edward Savage Crocker II (1948), first ambassador *

Burton Y. Berry Burton Yost Berry (August 31, 1901 – August 22, 1985) was an American diplomat and art collector. Berry was born in Fowler, Indiana. He graduated from Indiana University Bloomington with a bachelor's degree in 1923 and a master's degree in 1927 ...

(1952–1954) * Waldemar J. Gallman (1954–1958) * John D. Jernegan (1958–1962) * Robert C. Strong (1963–1967) * Enoch S. Duncan (1967), chargé d'affaires The United States broke off full ties with Iraq over the

Six-Day War The Six-Day War, also known as the June War, 1967 Arab–Israeli War or Third Arab–Israeli War, was fought between Israel and a coalition of Arab world, Arab states, primarily United Arab Republic, Egypt, Syria, and Jordan from 5 to 10June ...

and did not resume them until 1984. The U.S. maintained an

interests section A protecting power is a country that represents another sovereign state—the protected power—in a third country where the protected power lacks its own formal diplomatic representation (e.g., lacks an embassy or consulate). It is common fo ...

starting in 1972, hosted by the Belgian embassy. * David George Newton (1984–1988), initially chargé d'affaires, then full ambassador * April Glaspie (1988–1990) * Joseph C. Wilson (1990–1991), chargé d'affaires until

First Gulf War The Gulf War (1990–1991) was an armed conflict between Iraq and a multinational military coalition led by the United States, triggered by the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in August 1990. Persian Gulf War may also refer to: * Shatt al-Arab conflict ...

The American embassy in

Baghdad Baghdad ( or ; , ) is the capital and List of largest cities of Iraq, largest city of Iraq, located along the Tigris in the central part of the country. With a population exceeding 7 million, it ranks among the List of largest cities in the A ...

remained closed until 2000 when it was staffed by

Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...

ese diplomats working in proxy with the U.S. No new ambassador or chargé d'affaires was appointed until after the Second Gulf War. However the U.S. interests section was opened at the Polish embassy in January 1991. The Polish embassy represented the interests of the U.S. until July 13, 2004. * Krzysztof Biernacki (1991–2004), the director of the U.S. interests section at the Polish embassy in Baghdad, Polish diplomat *

John Negroponte John Dimitri Negroponte (; born July 21, 1939) is an American diplomat. In 2018, he was a James R. Schlesinger Distinguished Professor at the Miller Center for Public Affairs at the University of Virginia. He is a former J.B. and Maurice C. Shapi ...

(July 2004—March 2005), first post– Second Gulf War ambassador *

Zalmay Khalilzad Zalmay Mamozy Khalilzad (born March 22, 1951) is an American diplomat and foreign policy expert. Khalilzad was the U.S. special representative for Afghanistan reconciliation from September 2018 to October 2021. Khailzad was appointed by Preside ...

(June 2005–March 2007) *

Ryan Crocker Ryan Clark Crocker (born June 19, 1949) is a retired American diplomat who served as a career ambassador within the United States Foreign Service. A recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, he served as United States ambassador to Afg ...

(March 2007–February 2009), ambassador Patricia A. Butenis was chargé d'Affaires, a.i. * Christopher R. Hill (April 2009–August 2010) *

James F. Jeffrey James Franklin Jeffrey (born February 8, 1946) is an American diplomat who served most recently as the United States Special Representative for Syria Engagement and the Special Envoy to the International military intervention against ISIL. He ha ...

(August 2010–June 2012) * Robert S. Beecroft (October 2012–September 2014) * Stuart E. Jones (October 2014–September 2016) * Douglas Silliman (September 2016–February 2019) * Joey R. Hood (February–June 2019), chargé d'affaires * Matthew H. Tueller (June 2019–June 2022) *

Alina Romanowski Alina L. Romanowski (born September 26, 1955) is an American career diplomat who had served as the List of ambassadors of the United States to Iraq, United States Ambassador to Iraq from June 2022 to December 2024. She previously served as the Li ...

(June 2, 2022–December 7, 2024) * Elizabeth Kennedy Trudeau (December 7, 2024–January 17, 2025), chargé d'affaires

References

United States Department of State: Background notes on Iraq
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External links

United States Department of State: Chiefs of Mission for Iraq

United States Department of State: Iraq

United States Embassy in Baghdad
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