List of ambassadors of the United States to South Korea
Ambassador

List of ambassadors of the United States to South Korea

Section Title: Ambassador
Table Section Text: None

Period	Ambassador

1949–1952	John J. Muccio

1952–1955	Ellis O. Briggs

1955–1955	William S.B. Lacy

1956–1959	Walter C. Dowling

1959–1961	Walter P. McConaughy

1961–1964	Samuel D. Berger

1964–1967	Winthrop G. Brown

1967–1971	William J. Porter

1971–1974	Philip C. Habib

1974–1978	Richard L. Sneider

1978–1981	William H. Gleysteen Jr.

1981–1986	Richard L. Walker

1986–1989	James R. Lilley

1989–1993	Donald Gregg

1993–1996	James T. Laney

1997–2001	Stephen W. Bosworth

2001–2004	Thomas C. Hubbard

2004–2005	Christopher R. Hill

2005–2008	Alexander R. Vershbow

2008–2011	Kathleen Stephens

2011–2014	Sung Kim

2014–2017	Mark Lippert

2018–present	Harry B. Harris Jr.

Sentence(s)

John Joseph Muccio was served as the first United States Ambassador to Korea.

final_sentence: John Joseph Muccio was served as the first United States Ambassador to Korea.