Ambassador of the United States to Mexico | |
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Embajador de Estados Unidos en México | |
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since September 14, 2021 | |
Nominator | The President of the United States |
Appointer | The President with Senate advice and consent |
Inaugural holder | Joel Roberts Poinsett as Minister |
Formation | June 1, 1825 |
Website | U.S. Embassy - Mexico City |
The United States has maintained diplomatic relations with Mexico since 1823, when Andrew Jackson was appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to that country. Jackson declined the appointment, however, and Joel R. Poinsett became the first U.S. envoy to Mexico in 1825. The rank of the U.S. chief of mission to Mexico was raised from Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in 1898.
Normal diplomatic relations between the United States and Mexico have been interrupted on four occasions:
In addition, the U.S. legation in Mexico was headed by an interim Chargé d'Affaires from April 1864 to August 1867, during the final years of the French Intervention.
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