US GOVERNMENT OFFICE

US Ambassador to Hungary. See also US Ambassador to Austria-Hungary.

24-Jan-1922	28-Apr-1922	U. Grant-Smith
16-May-1922	06-May-1927	Theodore Brentano
18-Jun-1927	24-Oct-1930	J. Butler Wright
12-Nov-1930	09-May-1933	Nicholas Roosevelt
01-Aug-1933	17-Mar-1941	John Flournoy Montgomery
20-May-1941	16-Jan-1942	Herbert Claiborne Pell	Hungary severed diplomatic relations 11-Dec-1941 and declared war two days later.
26-Jan-1946	01-Jun-1947	H. F. Arthur Schoenfeld
09-Jul-1947	17-Feb-1949	Selden Chapin	Declared persona non grata 11-Feb-1949
21-Oct-1949	18-May-1951	Nathaniel P. Davis
11-Jan-1952	05-Aug-1956	Christian M. Ravndal
26-Jul-1956	27-Feb-1957	Edward T. Wailes	Did not present credentials
Jul-1957	Feb-1961	Garret G. Ackerson, Jr.	Interim
Feb-1961	Dec-1962	Horace G. Torbert, Jr.	Interim
Dec-1962	Jul-1964	Owen T. Jones	Interim
Nov-1964	Sep-1966	Elim O'Shaughnessy	Interim
Sep-1966	Oct-1967	Richard W. Tims	Interim; Legation at Budapest raised to Embassy status 28-Nov-1966
30-Oct-1967	15-Feb-1969	Martin J. Hillenbrand
16-Jun-1969	09-Jul-1973	Alfred Puhan
10-Sep-1973	26-Mar-1975	Richard F. Pedersen
28-Apr-1975	15-Apr-1976	Eugene V. McAuliffe
04-Aug-1977	09-Mar-1980	Philip M. Kaiser
31-Mar-1980	09-Nov-1983	Harry E. Bergold, Jr.
23-Nov-1983	01-Aug-1986	Nicolas M. Salgo
08-Dec-1986	31-Jan-1990	Mark Palmer
02-Jul-1990	11-Jan-1994	Charles H. Thomas
01-Apr-1994	20-Nov-1997	Donald M. Blinken
03-Dec-1997	01-Mar-2001	Peter F. Tufo
Mar-2001	Aug-2001	Thomas B. Robertson	Interim
26-Sep-2001	19-Jun-2003	Nancy Goodman Brinker
06-Oct-2003	06-Aug-2006	George Herbert Walker III
05-Jul-2006	02-Apr-2009	April H. Foley
Apr-2009	--	Jeffrey D. Levine	Interim

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