The United States ambassador to Nepal is the official representative of the government of the United States to the government of Nepal.
| Ambassador of the United States to Nepal | |
|---|---|
 Seal of the United States Department of State | |
since January 17, 2026 | |
| Nominator | The president of the United States |
| Appointer | The president with Senate advice and consent |
| Inaugural holder | Henry Grady as Ambassador |
| Formation | August 6, 1959 |
| Website | U.S. Embassy - Kathmandu |
Dean R. Thompson is the current ambassador to Nepal, and presented his credentials to the Nepali president Bidhya Devi Bhandari on October 21, 2022.[2]
List of US ambassadors to Nepal
edit| Name | Term start | Term end |
|---|---|---|
| Henry Grady | May 3, 1948 | June 22, 1948 |
| Loy Henderson | December 3, 1948 | September 21, 1951 |
| Chester Bowles | February 16, 1952 | March 23, 1953 |
| George Allen | July 5, 1953 | November 30, 1954 |
| John Cooper | June 3, 1955 | April 23, 1957 |
| Ellsworth Bunker | March 8, 1957 | November 25, 1959 |
| Henry E. Stebbins | November 25, 1959 | June 10, 1966 |
| Carol Laise | December 5, 1966 | June 5, 1973 |
| William I. Cargo | September 28, 1973 | April 3, 1976 |
| Marquita Maytag | May 18, 1976 | April 22, 1977 |
| L. Douglas Heck | July 29, 1977 | May 19, 1980 |
| Philip Trimble | July 10, 1980 | February 21, 1981 |
| Carl Coon | July 3, 1981 | August 3, 1984 |
| Leon Weil[3] | September 21, 1984 | November 11, 1987 |
| Milton Frank | April 22, 1988 | September 16, 1989 |
| Julia Chang Bloch | September 22, 1989 | May 20, 1993 |
| Michael Malinowski | May 20, 1993 | April 7, 1994 |
| Sandra Vogelgesang | April 7, 1994 | July 11, 1997 |
| Ralph Frank | November 4, 1997 | August 10, 2001 |
| Michael E. Malinowski | December 11, 2001 | April 23, 2004 |
| James Moriarty | July 16, 2004 | May 22, 2007 |
| Nancy Powell | July 16, 2007 | March 12, 2010 |
| Scott DeLisi | June 14, 2010 | June 24, 2012 |
| Peter Bodde | September 10, 2012 | September 15, 2015 |
| Alaina Teplitz | October 7, 2015 | August 8, 2018 |
| Randy Berry | October 25, 2018 | October 2, 2022 |
| Dean R. Thompson | October 21, 2022 | January 16, 2026[4] |
See also
editReferences
edit- United States Department of State: Background notes on Nepal
This article incorporates public domain material from U.S. Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets. United States Department of State.
- ↑ https://np.usembassy.gov/charge-daffaires-a-i-scott-urbom/
- ↑ Kathmandu, U. S. Embassy (21 October 2022). "Ambassador Thompson". U.S. Embassy in Nepal. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
- ↑ "The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR LEON J. WEIL" (PDF). Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training. 2 May 1991. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 July 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
- ↑ https://x.com/i/status/2012712674581491746