List of ambassadors of the United States to Italy
List of U.S. ambassadors to Italy
Listed below are the head U.S. diplomatic agents in Italy, their diplomatic rank, and the effective start and end of their service in Italy.

List of ambassadors of the United States to Italy

Section Title: List of U.S. ambassadors to Italy
Table Section Text: Listed below are the head U.S. diplomatic agents in Italy, their diplomatic rank, and the effective start and end of their service in Italy.

Name and Title	Presentation of Credentials	Termination of Mission

Alexander C. Kirk, Ambassador	January 8, 1945	March 5, 1946

James Clement Dunn, Ambassador	February 6, 1947	March 17, 1952

Ellsworth Bunker, Ambassador	May 7, 1952	April 3, 1953

Clare Boothe Luce, Ambassador	May 4, 1953	December 27, 1956

James David Zellerbach, Ambassador	February 6, 1957	December 10, 1960

G. Frederick Reinhardt, Ambassador	May 17, 1961	March 3, 1968

H. Gardner Ackley, Ambassador	April 3, 1968	August 27, 1969

Graham A. Martin, Ambassador	October 30, 1969	February 10, 1973

John A. Volpe, Ambassador	March 6, 1973	January 24, 1977

Richard N. Gardner, Ambassador	March 21, 1977	February 27, 1981

Maxwell M. Rabb, Ambassador	July 1, 1981	June 3, 1989

Peter F. Secchia, Ambassador	July 3, 1989	January 20, 1993

Reginald Bartholomew, Ambassador	October 14, 1993	September 28, 1997

Thomas M. Foglietta, Ambassador	December 11, 1997	March 1, 2001

Melvin Floyd Sembler, Ambassador	December 10, 2001	July 26, 2005

Ronald P. Spogli, Ambassador	August 12, 2005	February 6, 2009

David H. Thorne, Ambassador	Aug–Sep 2009	September 2013

John R. Phillips, Ambassador	August 16, 2013	January 18, 2017

Kelly C. Degnan, Chargé d'Affaires	January 18, 2017	October 3, 2017

Lewis Eisenberg, Ambassador	October 4, 2017	Incumbent

Sentence(s)

Richard Newton Gardner served as the United States Ambassador to Italy.

final_sentence: Richard Newton Gardner served as the United States Ambassador to Italy.