| Ambassador of the United States to South Korea | |
|---|---|
| 주한미국대사 | |
 Seal of the United States Department of State | |
| Reports to | U.S. Secretary of State |
| Residence | Habib House |
| Seat | Seoul, South Korea |
| Nominator | The President of the United States |
| Appointer | The President with Senate advice and consent |
| Inaugural holder | Lucius H. Foote (as Envoy) |
| Formation | May 20, 1883 |
| Website | U.S. Embassy - Korea |
The United States ambassador to South Korea (Korean: 주한미국대사; Hanja: 駐韓美國大使) is the chief diplomatic representative of the United States accredited to the Republic of Korea. The ambassador's official title is "Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Korea."[1]
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Korea
After the United States–Korea Treaty of 1882 was negotiated, diplomatic representatives were sent from Washington to Seoul.[2] From then until 1905, there were several Envoys and Consuls General, each heading what was called a legation. After the Japanese had defeated the Chinese in 1895, and the Russians in 1905, Korea began to see its independence disappear. By 1910, Japan had annexed Korea and the U.S. no longer had a diplomatic presence in Korea.
Envoy, resident minister, and consul-general
| Name | Portrait | Appointment | Presentation | Termination | Appointer | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucius H. Foote | 
|
February 27, 1883 | May 20, 1883 | February 19, 1885 | Chester A. Arthur | [3] | |
| George Clayton Foulk | 
|
(acting) | February 19, 1885 | June 12, 1886 | (acting) | Chargé d’Affaires ad interim | |
| William Harwar Parker | 
|
February 19, 1886 | June 12, 1886 | September 3, 1886 | Grover Cleveland | ||
| George Clayton Foulk |
|
(acting) | September 3, 1886 | April 13, 1887 | (acting) | Chargé d’Affaires ad interim | |
| Hugh A. Dinsmore | 
|
January 12, 1887 | April 13, 1887 | May 26, 1890 | William McKinley | [4] | |
| Augustine Heard | 
|
January 30, 1890 | May 26, 1890 | June 27, 1893 | [3] | ||
| John M. B. Sill | 
|
January 12, 1894 | April 30, 1894 | September 13, 1897 | |||
| Horace Newton Allen | 
|
July 17, 1897 | September 13, 1897 | October 1, 1901 | |||
| June 17, 1901 | October 1, 1901 | June 9, 1905 | as Envoy | ||||
| Edwin V. Morgan | 
|
March 18, 1905 | June 26, 1905 | November 17, 1905 | Theodore Roosevelt | [5] | |
South Korea
At the end of World War II, U.S. forces accepted Japan's surrender in southern Korea, and Soviet forces accepted the surrender of the Japanese in northern Korea. Talks to agree upon a unity government for Korea failed, and in 1948, two separate Korean states were created: the Republic of Korea (South Korea) and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea). The United States established diplomatic relations with the new South Korean government, but did not recognize North Korea. Other countries, like the Soviet Union, recognized the Pyongyang government in North Korea, but did not initially establish relations with the South Korean government in Seoul.
The United States has maintained constant diplomatic relations with South Korea since 1948, with formal recognition of the Republic of Korea on 1 January 1949. The American special representative, John J. Muccio, became the first Ambassador to the Republic of Korea on March 1, 1949.[6]
The Embassy of the United States in Seoul has jurisdiction over APP Busan.
Ambassador
| # | Name | Portrait | Appointment | Presentation | Termination | Appointer | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John J. Muccio | 
|
April 7, 1949 | April 20, 1949 | September 8, 1952 | Harry S. Truman | [6] | |
| 2 | Ellis O. Briggs | 
|
August 25, 1952 | November 25, 1952 | April 12, 1955 | |||
| 3 | William S. B. Lacy | 
|
March 24, 1955 | May 12, 1955 | October 20, 1955 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | ||
| 4 | Walter C. Dowling |
|
May 29, 1956 | July 14, 1956 | October 2, 1959 | [7] | ||
| 5 | Walter P. McConaughy | 
|
October 5, 1959 | December 17, 1959 | April 12, 1961 | [8] | ||
| — | Marshall Green |
|
(acting) | April 12, 1961 | June 27, 1961 | (acting) | Chargé d’Affaires ad interim | |
| 6 | Samuel D. Berger |
|
June 12, 1961 | June 27, 1961 | July 10, 1964 | John F. Kennedy | [9] | |
| 7 | Winthrop G. Brown | 
|
July 31, 1964 | August 14, 1964 | June 10, 1967 | Lyndon B. Johnson | [10] | |
| 8 | William J. Porter | 
|
June 9, 1967 | August 23, 1967 | August 18, 1971 | [11] | ||
| 9 | Philip C. Habib | 
|
September 30, 1971 | October 10, 1971 | August 19, 1974 | Richard Nixon | [12] | |
| 10 | Richard L. Sneider |
|
August 23, 1974 | September 18, 1974 | June 21, 1978 | Gerald Ford | ||
| 11 | William H. Gleysteen Jr. | 
|
June 27, 1978 | July 24, 1978 | June 10, 1981 | Jimmy Carter | [13] | |
| 12 | Richard L. Walker | 
|
July 18, 1981 | August 12, 1981 | October 25, 1986 | Ronald Reagan | ||
| 13 | James R. Lilley | 
|
October 16, 1986 | November 26, 1986 | January 3, 1989 | |||
| 14 | Donald Gregg |
|
September 14, 1989 | September 27, 1989 | February 27, 1993 | George H. W. Bush | ||
| — | Raymond Burghardt | 
|
(acting) | February 27, 1993 | November 2, 1993 | (acting) | Chargé d’Affaires ad interim | |
| 15 | James T. Laney |
|
October 15, 1993 | November 2, 1993 | February 5, 1996 | Bill Clinton | ||
| — | Richard A. Christenson |
|
(acting) | February 5, 1996 | December 15, 1997 | (acting) | Chargé d’Affaires ad interim | |
| 16 | Stephen W. Bosworth | 
|
October 24, 1997 | December 15, 1997 | February 10, 2001 | Bill Clinton | [14] | |
| — | Evans Revere |
|
(acting) | February 10, 2001 | September 12, 2001 | (acting) | Chargé d’Affaires ad interim | |
| 17 | Thomas C. Hubbard | 
|
August 3, 2001 | September 12, 2001 | April 17, 2004 | George W. Bush | [15] | |
| 18 | Christopher R. Hill | 
|
May 12, 2004 | September 1, 2004 | April 12, 2005 | [16] | ||
| — | Mark C. Minton | 
|
(acting) | April 12, 2005 | October 17, 2005 | (acting) | Chargé d’Affaires ad interim | |
| 19 | Alexander R. Vershbow | 
|
October 12, 2005 | October 17, 2005 | September 18, 2008 | George W. Bush | [17] | |
| 20 | Kathleen Stephens | 
|
August 4, 2008 | October 6, 2008 | October 23, 2011 | [1] | ||
| 21 | Sung Kim | 
|
October 13, 2011 | November 25, 2011 | October 24, 2014 | Barack Obama | [18] | |
| 22 | Mark Lippert | 
|
September 26, 2014 | November 21, 2014 | January 20, 2017 | [19] | ||
| — | Marc Knapper | 
|
(acting) | January 20, 2017 | July 7, 2018 | (acting) | Chargé d’Affaires ad interim | |
| 23 | Harry B. Harris Jr. | 
|
June 29, 2018 | July 25, 2018 | January 20, 2021 | Donald Trump | [20] | |
| — | Robert G. Rapson | 
|
(acting) | January 20, 2021 | July 15, 2021 | (acting) | Chargé d’Affaires ad interim | |
| — | Christopher Del Corso | 
|
(acting) | July 15, 2021 | July 11, 2022 | (acting) | ||
| 24 | Philip Goldberg | 
|
May 5, 2022 | July 12, 2022 | Incumbent | Joe Biden | [21] | |
See also
- List of ambassadors of South Korea to the United States
- List of United States Special Representatives for North Korea
- Ambassadors of the United States
- Foreign relations of North Korea
- Foreign relations of South Korea
- North Korea–United States relations
- South Korea–United States relations
Notes
- ^ a b Embassy of the United States, Seoul, Ambassador Archived 2010-11-10 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Korean Mission to the Conference on the Limitation of Armament, Washington, D.C., 1921–1922. (1922). Korea's Appeal to the Conference on Limitation of Armament, pp. 29–32., p. 29, at Google Books
- ^ a b Korean Mission p. 32., p. 32, at Google Books
- ^ U.S. Congress, Dismore bio
- ^ Korean Mission p. 32, p. 32, at Google Books; note that Morgan's term was brief. He (a) presented credentials on June 26, 1905; (b) closed the Legation, November 28, 1905; and (c) left Seoul, December 8, 1905 after Japan took over responsibility for Korean foreign relations
- ^ a b Schnabel, James F. (1972). Policy and Direction: the First Year, p. 28., p. 28, at Google Books
- ^ Brazinsky, George. (2007). Nation Building in South Korea, pp. 105-106, p. 105, at Google Books
- ^ Brazinsky,pp. 111-112, p. 111, at Google Books
- ^ Brazinsky, pp. 118-120, p. 118, at Google Books
- ^ Brazinsky, p. 135, p. 135, at Google Books
- ^ Brazinsky, pp. 150-160, p. 150, at Google Books
- ^ Brazinsky, p. 126, p. 126, at Google Books
- ^ Brazinsky, p. 226, p. 226, at Google Books
- ^ Funabashi, Yōichi. (2007). The Peninsula Question: a Chronicle of the Second Korean Nuclear Crisis, p. 225-226., p. 225, at Google Books
- ^ Funabashi, p. 108., p. 108, at Google Books
- ^ Funabashi, p. 372., p. 372, at Google Books
- ^ Funabashi, p. 176., p. 176, at Google Books
- ^ Josh Rogin (October 13, 2011). "U.S. Ambassador to South Korea finally confirmed". Foreign Policy. Archived from the original on October 16, 2011. Retrieved October 13, 2011.
- ^ Chang, Jae-soon (October 25, 2014). "Obama makes surprise appearance at swearing-in ceremony for new U.S. ambassador to Seoul". Yonhap News.
- ^ auto-generated from a syndicated feed (July 1, 2018). "Harry Harris sworn in as new envoy to S Korea". Business-standard.com. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
- ^ "Ambassador Philip S. Goldberg". July 10, 2022.
References
- Brazinsky, George. (2007). Nation Building in South Korea:Koreans, Americans, and the Making of a Democracy. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 9780807831205; OCLC 263714059
- Funabashi, Yōichi. (2007). The Peninsula Question: a Chronicle of the Second Korean Nuclear Crisis. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press. ISBN 9780815730101; OCLC 156811113
- Halleck, Henry Wager. (1861). International law: or, Rules regulating the intercourse of states in peace and war New York: D. Van Nostrand. OCLC 852699
- Korean Mission to the Conference on the Limitation of Armament, Washington, D.C., 1921-1922. (1922). Korea's Appeal to the Conference on Limitation of Armament. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office. OCLC 12923609
- Schnabel, James F. (1972). Policy and Direction: the First Year, Vol. 3 of United States Army in the Korean War. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office.
- United States Department of State: Background notes on South Korea
External links
- United States Department of State: Chiefs of Mission for Korea
- United States Department of State: South Korea
- United States Embassy in Seoul
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