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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.[2]
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.
Name Title Appointed Presented credentials Terminated mission Notes J. Klahr Huddle[3] – Career FSO Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary October 17, 1947 March 3, 1948 November 28, 1949 David McK. Key – Career FSO March 17, 1950 April 26, 1950 October 28, 1951 William J. Sebald – Career FSO April 25, 1952 July 18, 1952 July 15, 1954 Joseph C. Satterthwaite – Career FSO April 4, 1955 May 10, 1955 April 1, 1957 Walter P. McConaughy – Career FSO May 20, 1957 August 20, 1957 November 2, 1959 William P. Snow[4] – Career FSO November 9, 1959 December 1, 1959 May 4, 1961 John Scott Everton[5] – Career FSO May 4, 1961 June 10, 1961 May 21, 1963 Henry A. Byroade – Career FSO September 10, 1963 October 7, 1963 June 11, 1968 Arthur W. Hummel, Jr. – Career FSO September 26, 1968 October 1968 July 22, 1971 Edwin W. Martin – Career FSO August 10, 1971 October 1, 1971 November 20, 1973 David L. Osborn – Career FSO February 28, 1974 March 22, 1974 July 25, 1977 Osborn and subsequent ambassadors were commissioned to the Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma. Maurice Darrow Bean – Career FSO September 19, 1977 November 8, 1977 August 10, 1979 Patricia M. Byrne – Career FSO November 27, 1979 January 14, 1980 September 14, 1983 Daniel Anthony O'Donohue – Career FSO November 14, 1983 December 26, 1983 December 16, 1986 Burton Levin – Career FSO April 7, 1987 May 26, 1987 September 30, 1990 No ambassador was appointed to replace Levin. The U.S. was represented by a succession of chargés d'affaires. Derek Mitchell – Career FSO July 5, 2012 July 11, 2012 March 14, 2016 Scot Marciel – Career FSO March 2, 2016 April 27, 2016 May 15, 2020 Thomas Vajda – Career FSO November 18, 2020 January 19, 2021 December 17, 2022 Chargés d'Affaires[edit]RetroSearch is an open source project built by @garambo | Open a GitHub Issue
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