List of ambassadors of the United States to Pakistan

Ambassadors

• Paul H. Alling – Career FSO
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: September 20, 1947
• *Presented credentials: February 26, 1948
• *Terminated mission: Left post June 27, 1948
• H. Merle Cochran – Career FSO
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: March 4, 1949
• *Presented credentials:
• *Terminated mission:
• Avra M. Warren – Career FSO
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: February 2, 1950
• *Presented credentials: February 25, 1950
• *Terminated mission: Left post November 26, 1952
• John M. Cabot – Career FSO
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: September 17, 1952
• *Presented credentials:
• *Terminated mission:
• Horace A. Hildreth – Political appointee
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: May 13, 1953
• *Presented credentials: May 19, 1953
• *Terminated mission: Left post May 1, 1957
• James M. Langley – Political appointee
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: June 13, 1957
• *Presented credentials: July 27, 1957
• *Terminated mission: Left post July 29, 1959
• William M. Rountree – Career FSO
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: June 18, 1959
• *Presented credentials: August 17, 1959
• *Terminated mission: Left post February 7, 1962
• Note: The capital of Pakistan was moved to Islamabad in August 1960.
• Walter P. McConaughy – Career FSO
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: March 1, 1962
• *Presented credentials: March 20, 1962
• *Terminated mission: Left post May 27, 1966
• Eugene Murphy Locke – Political appointee
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: May 27, 1966
• *Presented credentials: June 9, 1966
• *Terminated mission: Left Pakistan, April 16, 1967
• Benjamin H. Oehlert, Jr. – Political appointee
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: July 27, 1967
• *Presented credentials: August 16, 1967
• *Terminated mission: Left post June 17, 1969
• Joseph S. Farland – Political appointee
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: September 19, 1969
• *Presented credentials: November 15, 1969
• *Terminated mission: Left post April 30, 1972
• Note: The post was vacant May 1972–December 1973. Sidney Sober served as chargé d'affaires ad interim during that period
• Henry A. Byroade – Career FSO
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: October 15, 1973
• *Presented credentials: December 5, 1973
• *Terminated mission: Left post April 23, 1977
• George S. Vest – Career FSO
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed:
• *Presented credentials:
• *Terminated mission:
• Arthur W. Hummel, Jr. – Career FSO
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: June 8, 1977
• *Presented credentials: June 28, 1977
• *Terminated mission: Left post July 19, 1981
• Ronald I. Spiers – Career FSO
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: October 1, 1981
• *Presented credentials: October 29, 1981
• *Terminated mission: Left post October 27, 1983
• Deane Roesch Hinton – Career FSO
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: November 21, 1983
• *Presented credentials: December 26, 1983
• *Terminated mission: Left post November 9, 1986
• Arnold Lewis Raphel – Career FSO
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: May 4, 1987
• *Presented credentials: June 24, 1987
• *Terminated mission: Died in office, August 17, 1988
• Robert B. Oakley – Career FSO
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: August 18, 1988
• *Presented credentials: September 1, 1988
• *Terminated mission: Left post August 29, 1991
• Nicholas Platt – Career FSO
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: July 2, 1991
• *Presented credentials: October 24, 1991
• *Terminated mission: Left post November 3, 1992
• John Cameron Monjo – Career FSO
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: October 9, 1992
• *Presented credentials: November 10, 1992
• *Terminated mission: Left post September 10, 1995
• Thomas W. Simons – Career FSO
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: December 19, 1995
• *Presented credentials: January 25, 1996
• *Terminated mission: Left post August 24, 1998
• William B. Milam – Career FSO
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: August 3, 1998
• *Presented credentials: September 10, 1998
• *Terminated mission: Left post July 6, 2001
• Wendy Jean Chamberlin – Career FSO
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: July 12, 2001
• *Presented credentials: September 13, 2001
• *Terminated mission: Left post May 29, 2002
• Nancy Jo Powell – Career FSO
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: August 2, 2002
• *Presented credentials: August 16, 2002
• *Terminated mission: Left post November 5, 2004
• Ryan C. Crocker – Career FSO
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: October 18, 2004
• *Presented credentials: November 25, 2004
• *Terminated mission: Left post March 28, 2007
• Anne W. Patterson – Career FSO
• *Appointed: July 2, 2007
• *Presented credentials: July 31, 2007
• *Terminated mission: Left post October 5, 2010
• Cameron Munter – Career FSO
• *Appointed: October 6, 2010
• *Presented credentials: October 27, 2010
• *Terminated mission: ''Left post May 7, 2012
• Richard Olson – Career FSO
• *Appointed: September 24, 2012
• *Presented credentials: October 31, 2012
• *Terminated mission: October 27, 2015
• David Hale – Career FSO
• *Appointed: September 21, 2015
• *Presented credentials: December 3, 2015
• *Terminated mission: August 29, 2018