# List of ambassadors of the United States to Cyprus

This is a list of ambassadors of the United States to Cyprus.
Until 1960 Cyprus had been a colony of the British Empire. On August 16, 1960, Cyprus gained its independence from the United Kingdom. The United States recognized the new nation and established an embassy in Nicosia on August 16, 1960, with L. Douglas Heck as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim. Diplomatic relations between the United States and Cyprus have been continuous since that time.
One ambassador, Rodger P. Davies, was assassinated by a sniper while at his post in 1974.
The United States does not recognize the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, proclaimed November 15, 1983, by Turkey.
The U.S. Embassy in Cyprus is located in Nicosia.

## Ambassadors

| Name | Title | Appointed | Presented credentials | Terminated mission | Notes |
| Fraser Wilkins – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | August 27, 1960 | September 19, 1960 | April 6, 1964 | |
| Taylor G. Belcher – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | May 1, 1964 | May 11, 1964 | June 23, 1969 | |
| David H. Popper – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | May 27, 1969 | July 18, 1969 | May 31, 1973 | |
| Robert J. McCloskey – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | May 24, 1973 | June 20, 1973 | January 14, 1974 | |
| Rodger P. Davies – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | May 2, 1974 | July 10, 1974 | August 19, 1974 | Assassinated. Davies and three others were killed by sniper fire, believed to be perpetrated (Though unproven), by gunmen from EOKA B, a Greek Cypriot nationalist paramilitary organization. |
| William R. Crawford, Jr. – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | August 23, 1974 | August 31, 1974 | March 27, 1978 | |
| Galen L. Stone – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | March 2, 1978 | April 6, 1978 | September 30, 1981 | |
| Raymond Charles Ewing – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | September 28, 1981 | October 30, 1981 | August 11, 1984 | |
| Richard Wood Boehm – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | August 13, 1984 | August 28, 1984 | August 15, 1987 | |
| Bill K. Perrin – Political appointee | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | April 1, 1988 | May 3, 1988 | July 21, 1989 | The following officers served as chargés d’affaires ad interim: John U. Nix (July 1989–July 1990) and Carolyn Huggins (July 1990–November 1990). |
| Robert E. Lamb – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | October 30, 1990 | November 30, 1990 | October 24, 1993 | |
| Richard A. Boucher – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | October 8, 1993 | November 22, 1993 | June 12, 1996 | |
| Kenneth C. Brill – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | June 11, 1996 | July 11, 1996 | July 25, 1999 | |
| Donald Keith Bandler – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | July 7, 1999 | August 23, 1999 | July 18, 2002 | |
| Michael Klosson – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | August 8, 2002 | August 29, 2002 | July 3, 2005 | |
| Ronald L. Schlicher – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | November 22, 2005 | December 20, 2005 | January 5, 2008 | |
| Frank C. Urbancic Jr. – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | August 14, 2008 | September 9, 2008 | July 24, 2011 | |
| John M. Koenig – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | August 2, 2012 | September 12, 2012 | July 26, 2015 | |
| Kathleen A. Doherty - Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | March 24, 2015 | October 7, 2015 | January 31, 2019 | |
| Judith G. Garber – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | January 10, 2019 | March 18, 2019 | December 22, 2022 | |
| Julie D. Fisher – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | December 13, 2022 | February 21, 2023 | Incumbent | |