List of ambassadors of Mexico to the United States

Ambassador of Mexico to the United States of America
Flag of Mexico
since 15 February 2021
SeatWashington, D.C.
NominatorPresident of Mexico
Inaugural holderJosé Manuel Zozaya[1]
Formation25 September 1822[1]
SalaryUS$12,114.42 per month[2]
Websiteembamex.sre.gob.mx/eua/
The Mexican Embassy in Washington DC

The ambassador of Mexico to the United States is the highest ranking diplomatic representative of the United Mexican States to the United States of America.

Brief history

Mexico and the United States have maintained diplomatic relations since 12 December 1822.[1][3] The first Mexican legation was composed by just four members:[4][5]

The first street address registered by the group when President James Monroe conferred diplomatic recognition on 12 December 1822[6] was the Strother's Hotel,[7] on Pennsylvania Avenue and 14th street. The hotel, owned by John Tayloe III, was managed by John Strother from 1818 to 1824 and eventually became the Willard Hotel.[8] The legation, however, lacked enough funds to settle in Washington, D.C., and had to rent a property in Philadelphia.[4]

List of diplomatic representatives

The following list includes every head of the legation recognized by Mexican Secretariat of Foreign Affairs.[1] Since this is an official list, there are some omissions, such as Emeterio de la Garza, Jr., a special representative of Victoriano Huerta who tried to secure recognition for its administration between 1913–1914.[9]

Diplomatic representatives of Mexico to the United States[1][3]
Name Rank Appointment Credentials End of mission
José Manuel Zozaya Envoy 25 September 1822 12 December 1822 20 May 1823
José Anastasio Torrens Chargé d'affaires ad interim 3 May 1823 — 31 August 1824
Pablo Obregón Envoy 4 August 1824 18 November 1824 10 September 1828
José María Montoya Chargé d'affaires ad interim 10 September 1828 — February 1830
José María Tornel Envoy 17 November 1829 15 December 1829 1 June 1831
José María Montoya Chargé d'affaires ad interim 6 June 1831 — 31 December 1833
Joaquín María del Castillo Chargé d'affaires ad interim 1 January 1834 — 19 March 1836
Manuel Eduardo de Gorostiza Envoy 4 January 1836 24 March 1836 5 November 1836
Joaquín María del Castillo Chargé d'affaires ad interim 5 November 1836 — 13 October 1837
Francisco Pizarro Martínez Envoy 10 May 1837 17 October 1837 9 February 1840
Joaquín Velázquez de León Chargé d'affaires ad interim 3 February 1842 — 25 October 1842
Juan Nepomuceno Almonte Envoy 20 July 1842 22 October 1842 6 March 1845
Luis de la Rosa Oteiza Envoy 13 September 1848 22 December 1848 10 January 1852
Manuel Larráinzar Envoy 5 March 1852 22 May 1852 1 July 1853
Juan Nepomuceno Almonte Envoy 26 April 1853 7 July 1853 11 February 1856
Manuel Robles Pezuela Envoy 29 November 1855 16 April 1856 12 July 1858
Gregorio Barandarián Chargé d'affaires ad interim 12 July 1858 — 26 April 1859
José María Mata Envoy 2 March 1858 28 April 1859 13 August 1860
Matías Romero Chargé d'affaires ad interim 10 August 1860 — 3 April 1862
Matías Romero Chargé d'affaires 3 April 1862 26 May 1862 7 May 1863
Matías Romero Envoy 2 September 1863 29 October 1863 13 July 1868
Cayetano Romero Envoy 16 July 1868 Un­known 9 August 1869
Ignacio Mariscal Envoy 3 May 1869 11 August 1869 26 May 1877
José María Mata Envoy 25 May 1877 1 July 1877 23 October 1877
José Tomás de Cuéllar Chargé d'affaires ad interim 23 October 1877 — 7 May 1878
Manuel María de Zamacona y Murphy Envoy 9 April 1878 2 May 1878 3 March 1882
Matías Romero Envoy 15 February 1882 7 March 1882 30 December 1898
Manuel Azpíroz Ambassador 30 January 1899 30 March 1899 24 March 1905
Federico Gamboa[10] Chargé d'affaires ad interim 24 March 1905 — 10 November 1905
Joaquín D. Cassasús[11] Ambassador 8 June 1905 15 November 1905 21 May 1906
Balbino Dávalos Chargé d'affaires ad interim 28 June 1906 — 3 March 1907
Enrique C. Creel Cuilty Ambassador 14 December 1906 2 February 1907 25 September 1908
Francisco León de la Barra Ambassador 13 November 1908 27 February 1909 25 March 1911
Manuel María de Zamacona e Inclán Ambassador 5 April 1911 19 April 1911 16 July 1911
Gilberto Crespo y Martínez[12] Ambassador 5 June 1911 28 July 1911 10 April 1912
Manuel Calero y Sierra[13] Ambassador 10 April 1912 10 May 1912 27 December 1912
Manuel Pérez Romero Confidential agent 18 June 1913 — 30 October 1913
Roberto V. Pesqueira Confidential agent 30 October 1913 — 24 April 1914
Juan Francisco Urquidi[14] Confidential agent 15 May 1914 — 29 October 1914
Rafael Zubarán[15] Confidential agent 29 October 1914 — 17 December 1914
Eliseo Arredondo Confidential agent 27 November 1914 — 8 December 1915[16]
Eliseo Arredondo[17] Ambassador 8 December 1915 24 February 1916 24 February 1917
Ignacio Bonillas Ambassador 13 February 1917 17 April 1917 22 March 1920
Fernando Iglesias Calderón[18] Ambassador 9 June 1920 19 July 1920 31 October 1920
Roberto V. Pesqueira Confidential agent 16 October 1920 — 25 November 1920
Manuel C. Téllez Chargé d'affaires ad interim 25 November 1920 — 11 March 1921
Manuel Y. de Negri Chargé d'affaires ad interim 11 March 1921 — 3 September 1921
Manuel C. Téllez Chargé d'affaires ad interim 3 September 1921 — 13 December 1924
Manuel C. Téllez Ambassador 1 January 1925 24 February 1925 16 October 1931
José Manuel Puig Casauranc Ambassador 9 October 1931 9 November 1931 3 February 1933
Fernando González Roa Ambassador 1 February 1933 21 February 1933 31 December 1934
Francisco Castillo Nájera Ambassador 1 January 1935 20 February 1935 21 September 1945
Antonio Espinosa de los Monteros Ambassador 1 October 1945 7 November 1945 1 October 1948
Rafael de la Colina Riquelme Ambassador 1 December 1948 19 January 1949 9 February 1953
Manuel Tello Baurraud Ambassador 1 December 1952 18 March 1953 25 November 1958
Antonio Carrillo Flores Ambassador 1 December 1958 27 January 1959 1 December 1964
Hugo B. Margáin Ambassador 31 December 1964 13 January 1965 16 August 1970
Emilio Rabasa Mishkin Ambassador 23 September 1970 5 November 1970 30 November 1970
José Juan de Olloqui Ambassador 16 January 1971 8 February 1971 30 November 1976
Hugo B. Margáin Ambassador 29 December 1976 13 January 1977 28 March 1982
Bernardo Sepúlveda Amor Ambassador 16 March 1982 12 April 1982 30 November 1982
Jorge Espinoza de los Reyes Ambassador 23 December 1982 7 February 1983* 15 December 1988
Gustavo Petricioli Ambassador 13 December 1988 17 January 1989 15 January 1993
Jorge Mario Montaño Ambassador 10 December 1992 14 April 1993 2 February 1995
Jesús Silva-Herzog Flores Ambassador 28 December 1994 20 March 1995 30 October 1997
Jesús Federico Reyes Heroles Ambassador 1 October 1997 12 November 1997 30 November 2000
Juan José Bremer Ambassador 15 December 2000 18 January 2001 27 February 2004
Carlos de Icaza Ambassador 8 January 2004 31 March 2004 30- November 2006
Arturo Sarukhán Ambassador 1 December 2006 27 February 2007 10 January 2013
Eduardo Medina Mora Ambassador 9 January 2013[19] 14 January 2013 10 March 2015
Alejandro Estivill Chargé d'affaires ad interim 10 March 2015 — 2 September 2015
Miguel Basáñez Ebergenyi Ambassador 2 September 2015 — 12 May 2016
Carlos Manuel Sada Solana Ambassador 12 May 2016 — 23 January 2017
Gerónimo Gutiérrez Ambassador 23 January 2017 24 April 2017 30 November 2018
Martha Bárcena Coqui Ambassador 21 December 2018 11 January 2019 12 February 2021
Esteban Moctezuma Barragán[20] Ambassador 15 February 2021[21] 22 January 2021[22] Incumbent

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Embajadores de México en Estados Unidos" (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores. 27 September 2013. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  2. ^ "Portal de Transparencia". Embaja de México en los Estados Unidos (in Spanish). Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores. 2011. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  3. ^ a b "Diplomatic Representation for Mexico (United Mexican States)". United States Department of State. 11 January 2013. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  4. ^ a b c Flores D., Jorge (1972). "Apuntes para una historia de la diplomacia mexicana: La obra prima, 1810-1824". Estudios de Historia Moderna y Contemporánea de México (in Spanish). 4. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Investigaciones Históricas: 9–62. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  5. ^ Eugenio Cortés y Azúa: Primer jefe de las fuerzas navales del México independiente (PDF) (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: Secretaría de Marina-Armada de México and Instituto Nacional de Estudios Históricos de las Revoluciones de México. 2013. p. 106. ISBN 978-607-9276-30-0. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 October 2014. Retrieved 28 October 2014. En la legación mexicana también estuvo Francisco de Paula Tamariz, el coronel José Anastasio Torrens e Ignacio de Villaseñor y Cervantes, quienes fungieron como oficial de legación e intérprete, secretario y capellán, respectivamente
  6. ^ Smith, Joseph (2005). The United States and Latin America: A History of American Diplomacy, 1776-2000. New York City, N.Y., U.S.A.: Routledge. p. 14. ISBN 978-1-134-24532-1. OCLC 56591163. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  7. ^ Congressional Directory, for the Second Session of the 17th Congress of the United States. Washington, D.C., U.S.A.: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1822. p. 40. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  8. ^ Kamole, Laura Croghan (2007). Irons in the Fire: The Business History of the Tayloe Family and Virginia's Gentry, 1700-1860. Charlottesville, VA, USA: University of Virginia Press. p. 131. ISBN 978-0-8139-2637-7. OCLC 495411501. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  9. ^ "Senor Emeterio de la Garza, Jr., Writes for The Times of the Difficulties Confronting the Present Administration and Gives a Graphic Picture of Mexico City's Days of Tragedy". The New York Times. 29 June 1913. Retrieved 6 December 2009.
  10. ^ Clark de Lara, Belem; Speckman, Elisa (2005). La república de las letras: Galería de escritores (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. p. 493. ISBN 978-970-32-1088-6.
  11. ^ Tello Díaz, Carlos (2013). El exilio: Un relato de familia [The Exile: A Family Story] (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: Penguin Random House, Grupo Editorial México. pp. 113–114. ISBN 9786073117968. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  12. ^ Camacho Navarro, Enrique (July–October 2008). "Gilberto Crespo y Martínez, un operador de la diplomacia de México en la Cuba republicana (1902-1906)" (PDF). Revista Mexicana de Política Exterior (in Spanish) (84). Mexico City, Mexico: Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores: 93–120. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  13. ^ Katz, Friedrich (1998). The Life and Times of Pancho Villa. Palo Alto, California: Stanford University Press. pp. 672–673. ISBN 978-0-8047-3046-4. OCLC 162431539. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  14. ^ Fabela, Isidro (16 December 2013). Historia diplomática de la Revolución mexicana (1912-1917) (in Spanish). Vol. 2. Mexico City, Mexico: Fondo de Cultura Economica. pp. 7–8. ISBN 978-607-16-1504-6. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  15. ^ Fabela, Isidro (2013). Documentos históricos de la Revolución mexicana: Revolución y régimen constitucionalista, II: La intervención norteamericana en Veracruz (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: Fondo de Cultura Economica. pp. 85–86. ISBN 978-607-16-1505-3. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  16. ^ Lerner Sigal, Victoria (2001). "Una derrota diplomática crucial. La lucha villista por el reconocimiento norteamericano". Estudios de Historia Moderna y Contemporánea de México (in Spanish). 22 (022). Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Investigaciones Históricas: 83–114. doi:10.22201/iih.24485004e.2001.022.3049. ISSN 0185-2620. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  17. ^ "Eliseo Arredondo Dead. Ex-Mexican Ambassador to United States Was Caranza's Cousin". The New York Times. October 18, 1923. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  18. ^ Castro Martínez, Pedro Fernando (1998). Adolfo de la Huerta: la integridad como arma de la revolución (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: Siglo XXI. pp. 70–72. ISBN 968-23-2148-4. OCLC 253440079. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  19. ^ O'Reilly, Andrew (9 January 2013). "Mexico Appoints Eduardo Medina-Mora as Ambassador to US". Fox News. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  20. ^ Rodriguez Garcia, Arturo (December 16, 2020). "AMLO nombra a Moctezuma Barragán como embajador de México en EU". proceso.com.mx (in Spanish). Proceso. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
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  22. ^ "EU da luz verde a Esteban Moctezuma como embajador de México". milenio.com (in Mexican Spanish). Milenio Digital. January 22, 2021. Retrieved February 16, 2021.

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