United States Ambassador to the Bahamas

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The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Bahamas, usually simply called U.S. Ambassador to the Bahamas, is an official position and title appointed by the President of the United States and confirmed by the U.S. Senate by majority vote. The ambassador oversees diplomatic relations and foreign policy between the United States and The Bahamas.

Traditionally, the position is considered a "plum post"—a relatively easy job that is usually appointed to political friends of the president. The ambassador lives in Nassau, the capital of the Bahamas. Currently, the position is held by Ned Siegel.

[edit] List of U.S. Ambassadors to the Bahamas

The following is a list of United States Ambassadors, or other Chiefs of Mission, to The Bahamas. The title given by the United States State Department to this position is currently Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.

Representative	Title	Presentation of Credentials	Termination of Mission	Appointed by
Moncrieff J. Spear	Chargé d'Affaires ad interim	July 10, 1973	September 7, 1973	Richard Nixon
Ronald I. Spiers	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	September 7, 1973	September 2, 1974
Seymour Weiss	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	September 11, 1974	December 15, 1976	Gerald Ford
Jack B. Olson	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	December 22, 1976	April 30, 1977
William B. Schwartz	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	October 11, 1977	January 31, 1981	Jimmy Carter
Lev E. Dobriansky	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	March 15, 1983	August 30, 1986	Ronald Reagan
Carol Boyd Hallett	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	November 17, 1986	May 10, 1989
Chic Hecht	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	August 23, 1989	March 1, 1993	George H. W. Bush
Lino Gutierrez	Chargé d'Affairs ad interm	March 1993	July 1993	Bill Clinton
John S. Ford	Chargé d'Affairs ad interm	July 1993	March 1994
Sidney Williams	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	March 27, 1994	January 11, 1998
Arthur Louis Schechter	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	October 29, 1998	March 1, 2001
J. Richard Blankenship	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	December 3, 2001	July 18, 2003	George W. Bush
Robert M. Witajewski	Chargé d'Affairs ad interm	July 2003	September 2004
John D. Rood	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	September 1, 2004	October 26, 2007
Ned Siegel	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	October 26, 2007	Current

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Embassy of the United States, Nassau, Bahamas (official website)