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List of ambassadors of the United States to Nepal

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Ambassador of the United States to Nepal
Seal of the United States Department of State
since October 21, 2022
NominatorThe President of the United States
AppointerThe President
with Senate advice and consent
Inaugural holderHenry Grady
as Ambassador
FormationAugust 6, 1959
WebsiteU.S. Embassy - Kathmandu

The United States ambassador to Nepal is the official representative of the government of the United States to the government of Nepal.

Dean R. Thompson is the current ambassador to Nepal, and presented his credentials to the Nepali president Bidhya Devi Bhandari on October 21, 2022.[1]

List of US ambassadors to Nepal

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Name Term start Term end
Henry Grady May 3, 1948 June 22, 1948
Loy Henderson December 3, 1948 September 21, 1951
Chester Bowles February 16, 1952 March 23, 1953
George Allen July 5, 1953 November 30, 1954
John Cooper June 3, 1955 April 23, 1957
Ellsworth Bunker March 8, 1957 November 25, 1959
Henry E. Stebbins November 25, 1959 June 10, 1966
Carol Laise December 5, 1966 June 5, 1973
William I. Cargo September 28, 1973 April 3, 1976
Marquita Maytag May 18, 1976 April 22, 1977
L. Douglas Heck July 29, 1977 May 19, 1980
Philip Trimble July 10, 1980 February 21, 1981
Carl Coon July 3, 1981 August 3, 1984
Leon Weil[2] September 21, 1984 November 11, 1987
Milton Frank April 22, 1988 September 16, 1989
Julia Chang September 22, 1989 May 20, 1993
Michael Malinowski May 20, 1993 April 7, 1994
Sandra Vogelgesang April 7, 1994 July 11, 1997
Ralph Frank November 4, 1997 August 10, 2001
Michael E. Malinowski December 11, 2001 April 23, 2004
James Moriarty July 16, 2004 May 22, 2007
Nancy Powell July 16, 2007 March 12, 2010
Scott DeLisi June 14, 2010 June 24, 2012
Peter Bodde September 10, 2012 September 15, 2015
Alaina Teplitz October 7, 2015 August 8, 2018
Randy Berry October 25, 2018 October 2, 2022
Dean R. Thompson October 21, 2022 Incumbent

See also

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References

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  • United States Department of State: Background notes on Nepal
  • Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from U.S. Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets. United States Department of State.
  1. ^ Kathmandu, U. S. Embassy (2022-10-21). "Ambassador Thompson". U.S. Embassy in Nepal. Retrieved 2022-10-22.
  2. ^ "The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR LEON J. WEIL" (PDF). Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training. 2 May 1991. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 July 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
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