title: List of ambassadors of Belgium to the United States
text: # List of ambassadors of Belgium to the United States
  
  The following list of ambassadors of Belgium to the United States excludes interim chargés d'affaires.
  
  ## Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary
  
  * 1848: Colonel Beaulieu.
  * 1864: Eduard Blondeel
  * 1882-1885: Théodore de Bounder de Melsbrœck
  * 1897–1899: Count G. de Lichtervelde
  * 1889–1901: Alfred Le Ghait
  * 1901–1909: Baron Moncheur
  * 1909–1911: Count Conrad de Buisseret [nl]
  * 1911–1917: E. Havenith
  * 1917–1919: Emile de Cartier de Marchienne,
  
  ## Ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary
  
  * Baron de Cartier de Marchienne, 1920–1927
  * Prince Albert de Ligne, 1927–1931
  * Paul May (diplomat), 1931–1934
  * Count Robert van der Straten Ponthoz, 1935–1945
  * Baron Robert Silvercruys [de], 1945–1959
  * Louis Scheyven, 1959–1969
  * Walter Loridan, 1969–1974
  * Willy Van Cauwenberg, 1974–1979
  * Raoul Schoumaker, 1979–1985
  * Herman Dehennin, 1986–1991
  * Juan Gassiers, 1991–1994
  * André Adam, 1994–1998
  * Alexis Reyn, 1998–2002
  * Frans van Daele, 2002–2006
  * Dominique Struye de Swielande, 2007–2009
  * Jan Matthysen, 2009–2014
  * Johan Verbeke, 2014–2016
  * Dirk Wouters, 2016–2020
  * Jean-Arthur Régibeau, 2020–present
  