State of Residency: Pennsylvania
Foreign Service officer
Title: Charge d'Affaires
Appointment: Mar 30, 1931
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 18, 1931
Termination of Mission: Relinquished charge, Oct 19, 1932
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Dec 17, 1931.
Name: Paul Knabenshue
State of Residency: Ohio
Foreign Service officer
Title: Minister Resident/Consul General
Appointment: Aug 5, 1932
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 7, 1932
Termination of Mission: Recess appointment expired, Mar 4, 1933
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate.
Name: Paul Knabenshue
State of Residency: Ohio
Foreign Service officer
Title: Minister Resident/Consul General
Appointment: Mar 17, 1933
Presentation of Credentials: May 18, 1933
Termination of Mission: Died at post, Feb 1, 1942
Name: Thomas M. Wilson
State of Residency: Tennessee
Foreign Service officer
Title: Minister Resident/Consul General
Appointment: Aug 13, 1942
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 26, 1942
Termination of Mission: Left Iraq, Sep 19, 1943
Name: Loy W. Henderson
State of Residency: Colorado
Foreign Service officer
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 8, 1943
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 20, 1943
Termination of Mission: Left post, Apr 7, 1945
Note: James S. Moose, Jr., was serving as Charg? d'Affaires ad interim when Legation Baghdad was raised to Embassy status, Dec 28, 1946.
Name: Lowell C. Pinkerton
State of Residency: Missouri
Foreign Service officer
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 30, 1946
Note: Did not serve under this appointment.
Name: George Wadsworth
State of Residency: New York
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 19, 1946
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; did not serve under this appointment.
Name: George Wadsworth
State of Residency: New York
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jan 13, 1947
Presentation of Credentials: Feb 15, 1947
Termination of Mission: Left post, Sep 26, 1948
Name: Edward S. Crocker 2nd
State of Residency: Massachusetts
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 28, 1948
Presentation of Credentials: Mar 12, 1949
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jun 1, 1952
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Mar 2, 1949.
Name: Burton Y. Berry
State of Residency: Indiana
Foreign Service officer
Title: Non-career appointee
Appointment: Jun 25, 1952
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 11, 1952
Termination of Mission: Left post, May 3, 1954
Name: Waldemar J. Gallman
State of Residency: New York
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 2, 1954
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 3, 1954
Termination of Mission: Reaccredited when Iraq became a republic; presented new credentials Sep 22, 1958; left post, Dec 14, 1958
Note: Commissioned as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Arab Union, Jul 10, 1958, but did not take oath of office under that appointment, the Arab Union having been dissolved; continued to serve as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Iraq.
Name: John D. Jernegan
State of Residency: California
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Dec 11, 1958
Presentation of Credentials: Jan 12, 1959
Termination of Mission: Departure requested by Govt. of Iraq, Jun 2, 1962; left post, Jun 11, 1962
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Jan 29, 1959.
Name: Robert C. Strong
State of Residency: Pennsylvania
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 4, 1963
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 2, 1963
Termination of Mission: Left post, Apr 13, 1967
Note: Enoch S. Duncan was serving as Charg? d'Affaires ad interim when Iraq severed diplomatic relations with the United States, Jun 7, 1967.
Note: The United States resumed diplomatic relations with Iraq on Nov 26, 1984. The U.S. Interests Section in Baghdad was raised to Embassy status on Nov 27, and David G. Newton became Charg? d'Affaires as interim. The U.S. Interests Section had been established in the Belgian Embassy in Baghdad on Oct 1, 1972. The following officers served as head of the Interests Section: Arthur L. Lowrie, Oct 1972?Sep 1975; Marshall W. Wiley, Oct 1975?May 1977; David L. Mack, May 1977?Feb 1978; Edward Peck, Feb 1978?Aug 1980; William L. Eagleton, Jr., Aug 1980?Jun 1984; and David G. Newton, Jun?Nov 1984.
Name: David George Newton
State of Residency: Virginia
Foreign service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 12, 1985
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 17, 1985
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jan 19, 1988
Name: April Catherine Glaspie
State of Residency: California
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 28, 1988
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 5, 1988
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 30, 1990
Note: Renominated Jan 27, 1988; an earlier nomination was not acted upon by the Senate.
Note: Joseph C. Wilson served as Charg? d'Affaires ad interim, Jul 1990?Jan 1991. The Embassy in Baghdad was closed Jan 12, 1991. The United States and its allies began military operations against Iraq Jan 16, 1991. Iraq severed diplomatic relations with the United States Feb 9, 1991.
Name: John D. Negroponte
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 17, 2004
Presentation of Credentials: June 29, 2004
Termination of Mission: Left post, Mar 17, 2005
Name: Zalmay Khalilzad
State of Residency: Maryland
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 20, 2005
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 21, 2005
Termination of Mission: Left post, Mar 26, 2007
Name: Ryan C. Crocker
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 26, 2007
Presentation of Credentials: Mar 31, 2007
Termination of Mission:
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