The Embassy of Florida in Washington, D.C. is the diplomatic mission of the State of Florida to the United States of America. It is located at 1 Second Street NE in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, D.C., just behind the Supreme Court building. Florida is the only U.S. state with a diplomatic mission (in this case, within the capital of the country that it is part of).
Ambassadors of Florida to the United States
Name (political party) | Appointed | Presented Credentials | Mission Terminated |
Lawton Chiles (Democrat) | November 2, 1982 | January 3, 1983 | January 3, 1989 |
Bob Graham (Democrat) | November 8, 1988 | January 3, 1989 | January 3, 2005 |
Bill Nelson (Democrat) | November 2, 2004 | January 3, 2005 | January 3, 2019 |
Marco Rubio (Republican) | November 6, 2018 | January 3, 2019 | January 20, 2025 |
Francis Suarez (Republican) Change d’affairs ad interim | January 20, 2025 | January 21, 2025 | January 30, 2025 |
Rick Scott (Republican) | January 28, 2025 | January 30, 2025 | Incumbent |