List of ambassadors of the United States to the Philippines

The Ambassador of the United States of America to the Republic of the Philippines (Filipino: Sugo ng Estados Unidos ng Amerika sa Republika ng Pilipinas) was established on July 4, 1946, after the Philippines gained its independence from the United States, as successor of the High Commissioner to the Philippines (the last high commissioner became the first ambassador).

Ambassador of the United States of America to the Republic of the Philippines
Sugo ng Estados Unidos ng Amerika sa Republika ng Pilipinas
Seal of the United States Department of State
Flag of the United States ambassador
Incumbent MaryKay Carlson since July 22, 2022
U.S. Department of State Embassy of the United States, Manila
Style	His or Her Excellency (formal) Mr. or Madam Ambassador (informal)
Nominator	The president of the United States
Appointer	The president with Senate advice and consent
Precursor	High Commissioner to the Philippines
Inaugural holder	Paul V. McNutt as Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Formation	July 4, 1946
Website	U.S. Embassy - Philippines

The ambassador to the Philippines has also been accredited to the Republic of Palau since 1996. The ambassador works at the Embassy of the United States in Manila along Roxas Boulevard and holds residence in Forbes Park in Makati. The ambassador also has a summer residence in Baguio, The American Residence.

Ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the Republic of the Philippines

Image	U.S. Ambassador	Term started	Term ended	U.S. president	Philippine president
	Paul V. McNutt[1]	July 4, 1946	March 22, 1947	Harry S. Truman	Sergio Osmeña Manuel Roxas
	Emmet O'Neal	September 22, 1947	April 28, 1948		Manuel Roxas Elpidio Quirino
	Myron Melvin Cowen	May 23, 1949	October 14, 1951
	Raymond A. Spruance	February 7, 1952	April 1, 1955	Harry S. Truman Dwight D. Eisenhower	Elpidio Quirino Ramon Magsaysay
	Homer S. Ferguson	April 12, 1955	March 23, 1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower	Ramon Magsaysay
	Albert F. Nufer[2]	July 20, 1956	November 6, 1956
	Charles E. Bohlen	June 4, 1957	October 15, 1959		Carlos P. Garcia
	John D. Hickerson	January 13, 1960	December 8, 1961	Dwight D. Eisenhower John F. Kennedy	Carlos P. Garcia Diosdado Macapagal
	William E. Stevenson	February 5, 1962	June 14, 1964	John F. Kennedy Lyndon B. Johnson Richard Nixon	Diosdado Macapagal Ferdinand Marcos
	William McCormick Blair, Jr.	August 5, 1964	October 21, 1967
	G. Mennen Williams	June 17, 1968	April 7, 1969		Ferdinand Marcos
	Henry A. Byroade	August 29, 1969	May 25, 1973
	William H. Sullivan	August 6, 1973	April 26, 1977	Richard Nixon Gerald Ford Jimmy Carter
	David D. Newsom	November 11, 1977	March 30, 1978	Jimmy Carter Ronald Reagan
	Richard W. Murphy	June 8, 1978	August 10, 1981
	Michael Armacost	March 12, 1982	April 18, 1984	Ronald Reagan
	Stephen W. Bosworth	May 4, 1984	April 2, 1987		Ferdinand Marcos Corazon Aquino
	Nicholas Platt	August 27, 1987	July 20, 1991	Ronald Reagan George H. W. Bush	Corazon Aquino
	Frank G. Wisner	August 16, 1991	June 10, 1992	George H. W. Bush
	Richard H. Solomon	September 4, 1992	March 1, 1993	Bill Clinton	Fidel V. Ramos
	John Negroponte	October 26, 1993	August 5, 1996
	Thomas C. Hubbard	September 3, 1996	July 24, 2000		Fidel V. Ramos Joseph Estrada
	Michael E. Malinowski[3]	July 24, 2000	September 2001	Bill Clinton George W. Bush	Joseph Estrada Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
	Robert W. Fitts[3]	September 2001	February 21, 2002	George W. Bush	Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
	Francis J. Ricciardone, Jr.	February 21, 2002	April 3, 2005
	Joseph A. Mussomeli[3]	April 3, 2005	August 2005
	Darryl N. Johnson[3]	August 2005	March 22, 2006
	Kristie Kenney	March 22, 2006	November 19, 2009	George W. Bush Barack Obama
	Harry K. Thomas Jr.	April 27, 2010	October 16, 2013	Barack Obama	Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Benigno Aquino III
	Philip S. Goldberg	November 21, 2013	October 28, 2016		Benigno Aquino III Rodrigo Duterte
	Sung Y. Kim	December 4, 2016	October 4, 2020	Donald Trump	Rodrigo Duterte
	John C. Law[3]	October 4, 2020	September 1, 2021	Donald Trump Joe Biden
	Heather Variava[3]	September 1, 2021	July 22, 2022	Joe Biden Donald Trump	Bongbong Marcos
	MaryKay Carlson	July 22, 2022	Present