# List of ambassadors of Singapore to the United States

The Singapore ambassador to the United States is the official representative of the Republic of Singapore to the United States of America.

## List of representatives

| Ambassador | Diplomatic agreement | Diplomatic accreditation | Term end | Background | President of Singapore | Prime Minister of Singapore | President of the United States |
| Wong Lin Ken | 17 March 1967 | 7 April 1967 | December 1968 | He served concurrently as the Ambassador to the United States, to the United Nations, and to Brazil. He was a historian with first class Honours and an MA from the University of Malaya, and a PhD from London University. He was later appointed minister for home affairs. | Yusof Ishak | Lee Kuan Yew | Lyndon B. Johnson |
| Ernest Steven Monteiro | 30 January 1969 | 31 January 1969 | September 1976 | Born in 1904, died in 1989. From 1966 to 1968 he was First Ambassador to Cambodia. From 1969 to 1976 he was Ambassador to the US. Diplomacy was a second career for Professor Monteiro, who retired from the Chair of Clinical Medicine at the University of Singapore in May 1965. | Benjamin Sheares | Lee Kuan Yew | Richard Nixon |
| Punch Coomaraswamy | 8 October 1976 | 30 November 1976 | August 1984 | Born 16 October 1925 in Malaysia. He is married and has two sons and one daughter. He received an LL.B from Nottingham and was Barrister-at-law, Lincoln's Inn, London. He was awarded the public service star in 1976. From 1956 to 1966 he continued in law practice. | Benjamin Sheares Devan Nair | Lee Kuan Yew | Gerald Ford Jimmy Carter Ronald Reagan |
| Tommy Koh | 20 August 1984 | 26 November 1984 | June 1990 | He served concurrently as the Ambassador to the United States and to the United Nations. | Devan Nair Wee Kim Wee | Lee Kuan Yew | Ronald Reagan |
| S. R. Nathan | 20 September 1990 | 24 October 1990 | June 1996 | Born in Singapore on 3 July 1924, and educated in the city. | Wee Kim Wee Ong Teng Cheong | Lee Kuan Yew | George H. W. Bush Bill Clinton |
| Chan Heng Chee | 8 July 1996 | 29 July 1996 | July 2012 | Born 19 April 1942 in Singapore, educated at Katong Convent and the University of Singapore. She gained her master's degree at Cornell University. | Ong Teng Cheong S. R. Nathan Tony Tan | Goh Chok Tong Lee Hsien Loong | Bill Clinton George W. Bush Barack Obama |
| Ashok Mirpuri | 24 July 2012 | 30 July 2012 | 30 May 2023 | Born 13 December 1959. He graduated with a Bachelor of Social Science (Honours, 2nd Class Upper) degree in Political Science from the National University of Singapore in 1984. He received his Master of Arts at the University of London's School of Oriental & African Studies in 1992 under a Raffles Scholarship. In May 1984, he joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From 1987 to 1991 he was posted to the Singapore Embassy in Jakarta as First Secretary (Political). | Tony Tan Halimah Yacob | Lee Hsien Loong | Barack Obama Donald Trump Joe Biden |
| Lui Tuck Yew | May 2023 | 30 May 2023 | Incumbent | Born 16 August 1961. He graduated from the University of Cambridge. Served as 2-star admiral and then Chief of Navy in the Republic of Singapore Navy. Previously was Ambassador to Japan from 2017 to 2019 and then Ambassador to China from 2019 to 2023. | Halimah Yacob Tharman Shanmugaratnam | Lee Hsien Loong Lawrence Wong | Joe Biden |
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