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The United States Embassy Bangkok is the Embassy branch of the United States to the country of Thailand. The U.S. Embassy in Bangkok is one of the largest in the world and is comprised of several dozen sections and agencies. The mission of the United States Embassy is to advance the interests of the United States, and to serve and protect U.S. citizens in Thailand. The Embassy reports and analyzes developments in Thailand of concern to the United States, and advances a broad range of U.S. policy initiatives. The Embassy promotes United States' economic and commercial interests, and the export of American agricultural and industrial products and services, and otherwise assists American business, workers and investors. The Embassy engages the government and a broad range of organizations and individuals in Thailand to promote shared values. Among others, these include individual freedom, human rights and democracy and the rule of law.

History
The United States and Thailand have had over 180 years of diplomatic relations. There have been two major events in the 20th Century between the two nations. One is the Treaty of Amity, the treaty facilitates U.S. and Thai companies' economic access to one another's markets. Other important agreements address civil uses of atomic energy, sales of agricultural commodities, investment guarantees, and military and economic assistance. The other is a Free Trade Agreement between the two nations that was proposed in 2004.

Past and Current Ambassadors to Thailand

 * John A. Halderman
 * Jacob T. Child
 * Sempronius H. Boyd
 * John Barret
 * Hamilton King
 * Fred W. Carpenter
 * William H. Hornibrook
 * George Pratt Ingersoll
 * Geroge W. P. Hunt
 * Edward E. Brondie
 * William E. Russell
 * Harold Orville MacKenzie
 * Arthur H. Geissler
 * David E. Kaufman
 * James Marion Baker
 * Edwin L. Neville
 * Hugh Gladney Grant
 * Willys R. Peck
 * Charles W. Yost
 * Edwin F. Stanton
 * William J. Donovan
 * John E. Peurifoy
 * Max Waldo Bishop
 * U. Alexis Johnson
 * Kenneth Todd Young
 * Graham A. Martin
 * Leonard S. Unger
 * William R. Kintner
 * Charles S. Whitehouse
 * MortonI. Abramowitz
 * John Gunther Dean
 * William Andreas Brown
 * Daniel Anthony O’Donohue
 * David Floyd Lambertson
 * William H. Itoh
 * Richard E. Hecklinger
 * Darryl N. Johnson
 * Ralph Leo Boyce
 * Eric G. John
 * Kristie A. Kenney

Current Staff
Principal U.S. Embassy Officials include:


 * Ambassador – Kristie A. Kenney
 * Deputy Chief of Mission – Judith B. Cefkin
 * Political Affairs Counselor – George P. Kent
 * Economic Affairs Counselor – Julie J. Chung
 * Public Affairs Counselor – Kenneth Foster
 * Consul General – Ronald Robinson
 * Management Counselor – Gregory Stanford
 * Transnational Crime Affairs Section—Scott L. Rolston
 * Regional Security Officer—Randall Bennett