United States Ambassador to Poland

Ambassador of the United States to Poland
Ambasadorowie Stanów Zjednoczonych w Polsce

Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent
Paul W. Jones
since September 24, 2015
Nominator Barack Obama
Inaugural holder Hugh S. Gibson
as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Formation April 16, 1919
Website U.S. Embassy - Warsaw

The history of Ambassadors of the United States to Poland began in 1919.

Until the end of the Great War, Poland had been partitioned between Russia, Germany, and Austria-Hungary. After the war and the collapse of the empires, Poland became an independent republic in 1918.

The United States recognized the Second Polish Republic and established diplomatic relations. The first U.S. Minister to Poland was Hugh S. Gibson, appointed in 1919.

Diplomatic relations were maintained throughout the years of World War II with the government-in-exile of Poland resident in London.

The U.S. Embassy in Poland is located in Warsaw.

Ambassadors

U.S. diplomatic terms

Career FSO
After 1915, The United States Department of State began classifying ambassadors as career Foreign Service Officers (FSOs) for those who have served in the Foreign Service for a specified amount of time.

Political appointee
A person who is not a career foreign service officer, but is appointed by the president (often as a reward to political friends).

Appointed
The date that the ambassador took the oath of office; also known as “commissioning”. It follows confirmation of a presidential appointment by the Senate, or a Congressional-recess appointment by the president. In the case of a recess appointment, the ambassador requires subsequent confirmation by the Senate.

Presented credentials
The date that the ambassador presented his letter of credence to the head of state or appropriate authority of the receiving nation. At this time the ambassador officially becomes the representative of his country. This would normally occur a short time after the ambassador’s arrival on station. The host nation may reject the ambassador by not receiving the ambassador’s letter, but this occurs only rarely.

Terminated mission
Usually the date that the ambassador left the country. In some cases a letter of recall is presented, ending the ambassador’s commission, either as a means of diplomatic protest or because the diplomat is being reassigned elsewhere and replaced by another envoy.

Chargé d'affaires
The person in charge of the business of the embassy when there is no ambassador commissioned to the host country. See chargé d'affaires.

Ad interim
Latin phrase meaning "for the time being", "in the meantime". See ad interim.

Note: From 1930 onward, the U.S. envoy to Poland had the rank of ambassador.

Note: President Roosevelt nominated James Michael Curley for the post in 1933 but withdrew the nomination before the Senate acted upon it.

Wartime Notes:

Note: The following officers served as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim: Herbert E. Wilgis, Jr. (February–July 1983); and John R. Davis, Jr. (September 1983–January 1987). Davis was appointed as Chargé d'Affaires on January 9, 1987 and subsequently appointed as ambassador.

  1. ↑ Gibson was commissioned during a recess of the Senate but the commission not on record; he took oath of office on April 16, 1919. He was recommissioned on June 26, 1919, after confirmation.
  2. ↑ Stetson was commissioned during a recess of the Senate and recommissioned after confirmation on December 17, 1925.
  3. 1 2 "THE PRESIDENCY: Thanksgiving", Time (magazine), 14 November 1932, retrieved 20 October 2011
  4. ↑ Shapira, Ian (15 October 2011), "A family's hidden history is revealed after sale of their grand Georgetown estate", Washington Post, retrieved 20 October 2011
  5. ↑ Belin was appointed during a recess of the Senate. He was not recommissioned and his recess appointment expired with the beginning of the next Senate.
  6. ↑ Gallman was commissioned during a recess of the Senate and recommissioned after confirmation on March 2, 1949.
  7. ↑ Davies was commissioned during a recess of the Senate and recommissioned after confirmation on February 8, 1973.

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