Former Ambassadors and Ministers

U.S. Embassy Helsinki building in 1949. (Credit: Pietinen, kuvaaja 1949. Museovirasto.)

U.S. Embassy Helsinki building in 1949. (Credit: Pietinen, kuvaaja 1949. Museovirasto.)
Ambassadors to Finland
Name | Presentation of Credentials | Termination of Mission |
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Douglas Hickey | May 11, 2022 | |
Robert F. Pence (PDF, 58 kb) | May 24, 2018 | Jan. 14, 2021 |
Charles C. Adams | Aug. 4, 2015 | Jan. 20, 2017 |
Bruce J. Oreck | Sep. 10, 2009 | July 25, 2015 |
Barbara McConnell Barrett | May 23, 2008 | Jan. 16, 2009 |
Marilyn Ware | March 9, 2006 | March 28, 2008 |
Earle I. Mack | June 10, 2004 | Oct. 20, 2005 |
Bonnie McElveen-Hunter | Dec. 4, 2001 | Dec. 15, 2003 |
Eric S. Edelman | Aug. 27, 1998 | Jan. 29, 2001 |
Derek N. Shearer | July 1, 1994 | Oct. 31, 1997 |
John Hubert Kelly | Dec. 2, 1991 | June 13, 1994 |
John Giffen Weinmann | Nov. 10, 1989 | Aug. 29, 1991 |
Rockwell Anthony Schnabel | Feb. 28, 1986 | Feb. 24, 1989 |
Keith Foote Nyborg | Sep. 18, 1981 | Feb. 17, 1986 |
James E. Goodby | Apr. 11, 1980 | Aug. 18, 1981 |
Rozanne L. Ridgway | Aug. 5, 1977 | Feb. 20, 1980 |
Mark Evans Austad | Mar. 10, 1975 | Apr. 14, 1977 |
V. John Krehbiel | June 1, 1973 | Feb. 24, 1975 |
Val Peterson | July 14, 1969 | Mar. 23, 1973 |
Tyler Thompson | Aug. 25, 1964 | June 14, 1969 |
Carl T. Rowan | May 21, 1963 | Feb. 8, 1964 |
Bernard Gufler | Apr. 14, 1961 | Apr. 18, 1963 |
Edson O. Sessions | Nov. 28, 1959 | Nov. 20, 1960 |
John D. Hickerson | Nov. 23, 1955 | Nov. 3, 1959 |
Jack K. McFall* | Sep. 10, 1952 | Sep. 19, 1955 |
**McFall was named Minister to Finland in 1952 and Ambassador when the post became an embassy in 1954.
Ministers to Finland
Name | Presentation of Credentials | Termination of Mission |
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John Moore Cabot | Feb. 27, 1950 | Sep. 20, 1952 |
Avra M. Warren | Feb. 10, 1948 | February 18, 1950 |
Maxwell M. Hamilton | March 26, 1946 | Aug. 25, 1947 |
H. F. Arthur Schoenfeld | July 2, 1937 | December 17, 1942 |
Edward Albright | October 5, 1933 | Apr. 12, 1937 |
Edward E. Brodie | May. 16, 1930 | Sep. 21, 1933 |
Alfred John Pearson | Sep. 5, 1925 | Apr. 30, 1930 |
Charles L. Kagey | February 17, 1922 | Mar. 24, 1925 |
Alexander R. Magruder | Mar. 19, 1920 | February 17, 1921 |
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