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Antigua and Barbuda


Note: The United States established diplomatic relations with Antigua and Barbuda on Nov 1, 1981. Paul Byrnes was Principal Officer when the Consulate General in St. Johns was raised to Embassy status.

Name: Milan D. Bish
State of Residency: Nebraska
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Dec 11, 1981
Presentation of Credentials: Jan 8, 1982
Termination of Mission: Left Bridgetown, Mar 4, 1984
Note: Accredited also to Barbados, Dominica, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines; resident at Bridgetown.

Name: Thomas H. Anderson, Jr.
State of Residency: Mississippi
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 3, 1984
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 16, 1984
Termination of Mission: Left Bridgetown Mar 12, 1986
Note: Accredited also to Barbados, Dominica, St. Lucia, St. Christopher and Nevis, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines; resident at Bridgetown.

Name: Paul A. Russo
State of Residency: Virginia
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 14, 1986
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 4, 1986
Termination of Mission: Left Bridgetown Jun 15, 1988

Name: Jeanette W. Hyde
State of Residency: North Carolina
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 4, 1995
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 10, 1995
Termination of Mission: Left Bridgetown, Jan 31, 1998

Note: Embassy St. Johns was closed Jun 30, 1994. Also accredited to St. Kitts/Nevis and Grenada. Previously appointed Ambassador to Barbados, Dominica, St. Lucia, and to St. Vincent and the Grenadines; resident at Bridgetown.

Name: E. William Crotty
State of Residency: Florida
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 22, 1998
Presentation of Credentials: Jan 19, 1999
Termination of Mission: Died at Gainesville, Florida, Oct 10, 1999
Note: Left Bridgetown Aug 17, 1999

Name: James A. Daley
State of Residency: Massachusetts
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 3, 2000
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 24, 2000
Termination of Mission: Left Bridgetown Mar 1, 2001
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; a second nomination of Sep 28, 2000, was not acted upon by the Senate.

Name: Earl Norfleet Phillips
State of Residency: North Carolina
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jan 30, 2002
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 10, 2002
Termination of Mission: Left Bridgetown Jun 1, 2003
Note: Accredited also to Barbados, Dominica, St. Lucia, St. Christopher and Nevis, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines; resident at Bridgetown.

Name: Mary Kramer
State of Residency: Iowa
Non-career officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Dec 15, 2003
Presentation of Credentials: March 30, 2004
Termination of Mission: Left Bridgetown, October 30, 2006
Note: Accredited also to Barbados, Dominica, St. Lucia, St. Christopher and Nevis, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines; resident at Bridgetown.

Name: Mary Martin Ourisman
State of Residency: Florida
Non-career officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: September 15, 2006
Presentation of Credentials: November 16, 2006
Termination of Mission:
Note: Accredited also to Barbados, Dominica, St. Lucia, St. Christopher and Nevis, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines; resident at Bridgetown.