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Hungary

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Name: U. Grant-Smith
State of Residency: Pennsylvania
Foreign Service officer
Title: Chargé d'Affaires pro tem
Appointment: [see note below]
Presentation of Credentials: Jan 24, 1922
Termination of Mission: Left post, Apr 28, 1922
Note: Not commissioned; letter of credence dated Dec 27, 1921. Legation Budapest had been established Dec 26, 1921, on which date Grant-Smith had been granted provisional recognition as Chargé d'Affaires.

Name: Theodore Brentano
State of Residency: Illinois
Non-career appointee
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Feb 10, 1922
Presentation of Credentials: May 16, 1922
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, May 6, 1927

Name: J. Butler Wright
State of Residency: Wyoming
Foreign Service officer
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Feb 26, 1927
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 18, 1927
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Oct 24, 1930

Name: Nicholas Roosevelt
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 29, 1930
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 12, 1930
Termination of Mission: Left post, May 9, 1933
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Dec 16, 1930.

Name: John Flournoy Montgomery
State of Residency: California
Non-career appointee
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 13, 1933
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 1, 1933
Termination of Mission: Left post, Mar 17, 1941

Name: Herbert Claiborne Pell
State of Residency: Rhode Island
Non-career appointee
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Feb 11, 1941
Presentation of Credentials: May 20, 1941
Termination of Mission: Hungary severed diplomatic relations with the United States Dec 11, 1941
 
Note: Hungary declared war on the U.S., Dec 13, 1941. Pell left post, Jan 16, 1942.

Name: H.F. Arthur Schoenfeld
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Dec 15, 1945
Presentation of Credentials: Jan 26, 1946
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jun 1, 1947

Name: Selden Chapin
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 10, 1947
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 9, 1947
Termination of Mission: Declared persona non grata by Government of Hungary, Feb 11, 1949; left post Feb 17, 1949.

Name: Nathaniel P. Davis
State of Residency: New Jersey
Foreign Service officer
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 1, 1949
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 21, 1949
Termination of Mission: Left post, May 18, 1951

Name: Christian M. Ravndal
State of Residency: Iowa
Foreign Service officer
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 3, 1951
Presentation of Credentials: Jan 11, 1952
Termination of Mission: Left post, Aug 5, 1956

Name: Edward T. Wailes
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 26, 1956
Note: Took oath of office and proceeded to post, but did not present credentials; left post, Feb 27, 1957.

Note: During 1957-1967 the following officers served as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim: Garret G. Ackerson, Jr. (Jul 1957-Feb 1961), Horace G. Torbert, Jr. (Feb. 1961-Dec 1962), Owen T. Jones (Dec 1962-Jul 1964), Elim O'Shaughnessy (Nov 1964-Sep 1966), and Richard W. Tims (Sep 1966-Oct 1967). Tims was serving as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim when Legation Budapest was raised to Embassy status Nov 28, 1966.

Name: Martin J. Hillenbrand
State of Residency: Illinois
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 13, 1967
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 30, 1967
Termination of Mission: Left post, Feb 15, 1969

Name: Alfred Puhan
State of Residency: Virginia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 1, 1969
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 16, 1969
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 9, 1973

Name: Richard F. Pedersen
State of Residency: California
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 24, 1973
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 10, 1973
Termination of Mission: Left post, Mar 26, 1975

Name: Eugene V. McAuliffe
State of Residency: Massachusetts
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 25, 1975
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 28, 1975
Termination of Mission: Left post, Apr 15, 1976

Name: Philip M. Kaiser
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 7, 1977
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 4, 1977
Termination of Mission: Left post, Mar 9, 1980

Name: Harry E. Bergold, Jr.
State of Residency: Florida
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 3, 1980
Presentation of Credentials: Mar 31, 1980
Termination of Mission: Left post, Nov 9 1983

Name: Nicolas M. Salgo
State of Residency: Florida
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 7, 1983
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 23, 1983
Termination of Mission: Left post, Aug 1, 1986

Name: Robie Marcus Hooker Palmer
State of Residency: Vermont
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 24, 1986
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 8, 1986
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jan 31, 1990

Name: Charles H. Thomas
State of Residency: Maryland
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 27, 1990
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 2, 1990
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jan 11, 1994

Name: Donald M. Blinken
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 28, 1994
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 1, 1994
Termination of Mission: Left post, Nov 20, 1997

Name: Peter Francis Tufo
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 10, 1997
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 3, 1997
Termination of Mission: Left post Mar 1, 2001

Name: Nancy Goodman Brinker
State of Residency: Florida
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 7, 2001
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 26, 2001
Termination of Mission: Left post Jun 19, 2003

Name: George H. Walker
State of Residency: Missouri
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 4, 2003
Presentation of Credentials: Oct. 6, 2003
Termination of Mission: Left post August 6, 2006

Name: April H. Foley
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 30, 2006
Presentation of Credentials: August 18, 2006
Termination of Mission: 
 


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