The United States ambassador to Luxembourg oversees the U.S. Embassy in that country. They supervise the embassy staff in the conduct of diplomatic relations with the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and coordination of the activities of U.S. Government personnel serving in Luxembourg as well as official visitors. Under the ambassador's direction, the embassy staff provides consular services, including visas for visitors to the United States and passports for United States citizens in Luxembourg.
The United States has maintained diplomatic relations with Luxembourg since 1903.
From 1903 to 1923 the ambassador to the Netherlands served concurrently as ambassador to Luxembourg.
From 1923 until World War II the ambassador to Belgium also served as ambassador to Luxembourg.
During World War II the United States maintained diplomatic relations with the Luxembourg government in exile.
After World War II, the United States returned to appointing the ambassador to Belgium concurrently as the ambassador to Luxembourg.
Since 1956 the United States ambassador to Luxembourg has been appointed separately from the ambassador to the Netherlands.
This is a complete list of United States envoys and ambassadors appointed to Luxembourg since 1903:
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United States ambassadors to The Netherlands and Luxembourg
Stanford Newel 1903–1905
David Jayne Hill 1905–1908
Arthur M. Beaupre 1908–1911
Lloyd Bryce 1911–1913
Henry van Dyke 1913–1917
John W. Garrett 1917–1919
William Phillips 1920–1922
Henry P. Fletcher 1923–1924
William Phillips 1924–1927
United States ambassadors to Luxembourg government in exile
Jay Pierrepont Moffat 1941–1943
Ray Atherton 1943
Anthony J. Drexel Biddle Jr. 1943
Rudolf E. Schoenfeld 1944
United States ambassadors to Belgium and Luxembourg
Charles W. Sawyer 1944–1945
Alan G. Kirk 1946–1949
United States ambassadors to Luxembourg
Perle Mesta 1949–1953
Wiley T. Buchanan Jr. 1953–1956
Vinton Chapin 1957–1960
A. Burks Summers 1960–1961
James Wine 1961–1962
William R. Rivkin 1962–1965
Patricia Roberts Harris 1965–1967
George J. Feldman 1967–1969
Kingdon Gould Jr. 1969–1972
Ruth Lewis Farkas 1973–1976
Rosemary L. Ginn 1976–1977
James G. Lowenstein 1977–1981
John E. Dolibois 1981–1985
Jean Broward Shevlin Gerard 1985–1990
Frederick Morris Bush
Edward Morgan Rowell 1990–1994
Clay Constantinou 1994–1999
James Hormel 1999–2001
Gerald Loftus 2001–2002
Peter Terpeluk Jr. 2002–2005
Ann Wagner 2005–2009
Cynthia Stroum 2009–2011
Robert A. Mandell 2011–2015