# List of ambassadors of the United States to Myanmar

This is a list of ambassadors of the United States to Burma. In 1989 the military government of Burma changed the name of the nation to Myanmar, but the United States government—and all other Western governments—do not accept the name and still refer to the country as Burma in official usage.
Burma became a province of India in 1886 under the British Raj. The country was occupied by Japan during World War II but after the war, again came under control of Britain. In 1946 Britain began negotiations with the Burmese to establish independence for the nation, and reached a final agreement on January 27, 1947. A transitional government was established and Burma became fully independent on January 4, 1948.
The United States recognized Burma and established the Embassy of the United States, Rangoon on September 19, 1947, with Earl L. Packer as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim.
After 1990 the United States appointed no ambassador to Burma in protest against the policies of the military regime. A chargé d'affaires became the head of mission until 2012.

## Ambassadors

| Name | Title | Appointed | Presented credentials | Terminated mission | Notes |
| J. Klahr Huddle – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | October 17, 1947 | March 3, 1948 | November 28, 1949 | |
| David McK. Key – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | March 17, 1950 | April 26, 1950 | October 28, 1951 | |
| William J. Sebald – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | April 25, 1952 | July 18, 1952 | July 15, 1954 | |
| Joseph C. Satterthwaite – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | April 4, 1955 | May 10, 1955 | April 1, 1957 | |
| Walter P. McConaughy – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | May 20, 1957 | August 20, 1957 | November 2, 1959 | |
| William P. Snow – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | November 9, 1959 | December 1, 1959 | May 4, 1961 | |
| John Scott Everton – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | May 4, 1961 | June 10, 1961 | May 21, 1963 | |
| Henry A. Byroade – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | September 10, 1963 | October 7, 1963 | June 11, 1968 | |
| Arthur W. Hummel, Jr. – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | September 26, 1968 | October 1968 | July 22, 1971 | |
| Edwin W. Martin – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | August 10, 1971 | October 1, 1971 | November 20, 1973 | |
| David L. Osborn – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | February 28, 1974 | March 22, 1974 | July 25, 1977 | Osborn and subsequent ambassadors were commissioned to the Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma. |
| Maurice Darrow Bean – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | September 19, 1977 | November 8, 1977 | August 10, 1979 | |
| Patricia M. Byrne – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | November 27, 1979 | January 14, 1980 | September 14, 1983 | |
| Daniel Anthony O'Donohue – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | November 14, 1983 | December 26, 1983 | December 16, 1986 | |
| Burton Levin – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | April 7, 1987 | May 26, 1987 | September 30, 1990 | No ambassador was appointed to replace Levin. The U.S. was represented by a succession of chargés d'affaires. |
| Derek Mitchell – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | July 5, 2012 | July 11, 2012 | March 14, 2016 | |
| Scot Marciel – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | March 2, 2016 | April 27, 2016 | May 15, 2020 | |
| Thomas Vajda – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | November 18, 2020 | January 19, 2021 | December 17, 2022 | |

## Chargés d'Affaires

* Franklin P. Huddle, Jr. (September 1990–September 1994)
* Marilyn Meyers (September 1994–October 1996)
* Kent M. Wiedemann (October 1996–May 1999)
* Priscilla A. Clapp (July 1999–August 2002)
* Carmen Maria Martinez (August 2002–August 2005)
* Shari Villarosa (August 2005–September 2008)
* Larry M. Dinger (September 9, 2008–August 2011)
* Michael Thurston (August 2011–July 11, 2012)
* Deb Lynn (December 17, 2022 – July 10, 2023)
* Susan N. Stevenson (July 10, 2023-)

## Uncompleted appointments

* Frederick Vreeland was nominated to the ambassadorial post by President George H. W. Bush in 1990, but the Senate declined to act on the nomination.
* Parker W. Borg was nominated by President George H. W. Bush on July 22, 1991, but the Senate declined to act on the nomination.
* Michael J. Green was nominated by President George W. Bush in 2008 to fulfill a special envoy position delegated by the Tom Lantos Block Burmese JADE Act of 2008, but the nomination was not voted on by the end of the Bush Administration.