List of ambassadors of the United States to Myanmar


This is a list of ambassadors of the United States to Burma. In 1989 the military government of Burma changed the name of the nation to Myanmar, but the United States government—and all other Western governments—do not accept the name and still refer to the country as Burma in official usage.
Burma became a province of India in 1886 under the British Raj. The country was occupied by Japan during World War II but after the war, again came under control of Britain. In 1946 Britain began negotiations with the Burmese to establish independence for the nation, and reached a final agreement on January 27, 1947. A transitional government was established and Burma became fully independent on January 4, 1948.
The United States recognized Burma and established the Embassy of the United States, Rangoon on September 19, 1947, with Earl L. Packer as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim.
After 1990 the United States appointed no ambassador to Burma in protest against the policies of the military regime. A chargé d'affaires became the head of mission until 2012.

Ambassadors

NameTitleAppointedPresented credentialsTerminated missionNotes
J. Klahr Huddle – Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 17, 1947March 3, 1948November 28, 1949
David McK. Key – Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMarch 17, 1950April 26, 1950October 28, 1951
William J. Sebald – Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryApril 25, 1952July 18, 1952July 15, 1954
Joseph C. Satterthwaite – Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryApril 4, 1955May 10, 1955April 1, 1957
Walter P. McConaughy – Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMay 20, 1957August 20, 1957November 2, 1959
William P. Snow – Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 9, 1959December 1, 1959May 4, 1961
John Scott Everton – Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMay 4, 1961June 10, 1961May 21, 1963
Henry A. Byroade – Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarySeptember 10, 1963October 7, 1963June 11, 1968
Arthur W. Hummel, Jr. – Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarySeptember 26, 1968October 1968July 22, 1971
Edwin W. Martin – Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 10, 1971October 1, 1971November 20, 1973
David L. Osborn – Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryFebruary 28, 1974March 22, 1974July 25, 1977Osborn and subsequent ambassadors were commissioned to the Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma.
Maurice Darrow Bean – Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarySeptember 19, 1977November 8, 1977August 10, 1979
Patricia M. Byrne – Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 27, 1979January 14, 1980September 14, 1983
Daniel Anthony O'Donohue – Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 14, 1983December 26, 1983December 16, 1986
Burton Levin – Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryApril 7, 1987May 26, 1987September 30, 1990No ambassador was appointed to replace Levin. The U.S. was represented by a succession of chargés d'affaires.
Derek Mitchell – Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJuly 5, 2012July 11, 2012March 14, 2016
Scot Marciel – Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMarch 2, 2016April 27, 2016May 15, 2020
Thomas Vajda – Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 18, 2020January 19, 2021December 17, 2022

''Chargés d'Affaires''

Uncompleted appointments