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List of ambassadors of the United States to Iraq

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Field	Value
post	Ambassador
body	the United States to Iraq
native_name	سفارة الولايات المتحدة في جمهورية العراق
insignia	US Department of State official seal.svg
insigniasize	120px
insigniacaption	Seal of the United States Department of State
image	Joshua Harris, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State.jpg
incumbent	Joshua Harris
Chargé d'affaires
incumbentsince	September 2, 2025
nominator	The president of the United States
appointer	The president
appointer_qualified	with Senate advice and consent
inaugural	Alexander K. Sloan
as Chargé d'Affaires
formation	1931
website	U.S. Embassy – Baghdad
flag	Flag of a United States ambassador.svg
flagcaption	Flag of a United States ambassador

Chargé d'affaires as Chargé d'Affaires

This is a list of all official heads of diplomatic missions of the United states to the modern state of Iraq.

The two countries have had official diplomatic relations since 1931, with the exception of two separate periods during which these relations were severed; namely in 1967 and 1991. The embassy of the United States in Iraq was established in 28 December 1946.

List

The following list includes ambassadors and lower-ranking chargés d'affaires.

Alexander K. Sloan (1931), chargé d'affaires
Paul Knabenshue (1932–1942), minister
Thomas M. Wilson (1942), minister
Loy W. Henderson (1943–1945), minister
George Wadsworth II (1946–1948), minister
Edward Savage Crocker II (1948), first ambassador
Burton Y. Berry (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 and did not resume them until 1984. The U.S. maintained an interests section 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

Diplomatic relations were again severed due to the Gulf War. The American embassy in Baghdad remained closed until 2000 when it was staffed by Japanese 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.

Jan Wojciech Piekarski (1991–1995), the director of the U.S. interests section at the Polish embassy in Baghdad, Polish diplomat
Krzysztof Biernacki (?–2004), the director of the U.S. interests section at the Polish embassy in Baghdad, Polish diplomat
John Negroponte (July 2004—March 2005), first post–Second Gulf War ambassador
Zalmay Khalilzad (June 2005–March 2007)
Ryan Crocker (March 2007–February 2009), ambassador Patricia A. Butenis was chargé d'Affaires, a.i.
Christopher R. Hill (April 2009–August 2010)
James F. Jeffrey (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 (June 2022–December 2024)
Elizabeth Kennedy Trudeau (December 2024–January 2025), chargé d'affaires
Daniel Rubinstein (January–May 2025), chargé d'affaires
Steven Fagin (May–September 2025), chargé d'affaires
Joshua Harris (since September 2025), chargé d'affaires

References

United States Department of State: Background notes on Iraq

References

"Douglas A. Silliman".

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