Ambassadors of the United States
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This article contains several lists of
Ambassadors from the United States. There are also individual articles listing the holders of many of the ambassadorial offices, for which see
Lists of United States ambassadors.
The incumbents change from time to time; sometimes a post starts or stops being temporarily headed by a lower ranking diplomat. Occasionally, a post is created or abolished.
Current U.S. Ambassadors
| Host country
| Ref
| U.S. Ambassador
| Embassy
Website |
| Afghanistan
| Ref
| William B. Wood
| Kabul |
| Albania
|
| John L. Withers, II
| Tirana |
| Algeria
| Ref
| Robert Stephen Ford
| Algiers |
| Andorra
| Ref
| Eduardo Aguirre
| Barcelona |
| Angola
| Ref
| Dan Mozena
| Luanda |
| Antigua and Barbuda
|
| Mary M. Ourisman
| Bridgetown |
| Argentina
| Ref
| Earl A. Wayne
| Buenos Aires |
| Armenia
| Ref
| Vacant
Rudolf Perina – Chargé d’Affaires
| Yerevan |
| Australia
| Ref
| Robert McCallum, Jr.
| Canberra |
| Austria
|
| Susan McCaw
| Vienna |
| Azerbaijan
| Ref
| Anne E. Derse
| Baku |
| The Bahamas
| Ref
| Ned L. Siegel
| Nassau |
| Bahrain
| Ref
| J. Adam Ereli
| Manama |
| Bangladesh
|
| Patricia A. Butenis
| Dhaka |
| Barbados
|
| Mary M. Ourisman
| Bridgetown |
| Belarus
|
| Karen B. Stewart
| Minsk |
| Belgium
|
| Sam Fox
| Brussels |
| Belize
|
| Robert J. Dieter
| Belize |
| Benin
| Ref
| Gayleatha B. Brown
| Cotonou |
| Bhutan
|
|
| — |
| Bolivia
| Ref
| Philip S. Goldberg
| La Paz |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
| Charles L. English
| Sarajevo |
| Botswana
| Ref
| Katherine H. Canavan
| Gaborone |
| Brazil
| Ref
| Clifford M. Sobel
| Brasilia |
| Brunei
|
| Emil Skodon
| Bandar Seri Begawan |
| Bulgaria
|
| John R. Beyrle
| Sofia |
| Burkina Faso
|
| Jeanine Jackson
| Ouagadougou |
| Burma
|
| Vacant
Sharon E. Villarosa – Chargé d’Affaires''
| Rangoon |
| Burundi
| Ref
| Patricia N. Moller
| Bujumbura |
| Cambodia
|
| Joseph A. Mussomeli
| Phnom Penh |
| Cameroon
|
| Janet E. Garvey
| Yaoundé |
| Canada
| Ref
| David Wilkins
| Ottawa |
| Cape Verde
| Ref
| Roger D. Pierce
| Praia |
| Central African Republic
|
| Vacant
A. James Panos – Chargé d’Affaires
| — |
| Chad
|
| Marc M. Wall
| Ndjamena |
| Chile
| Ref
| Paul E. Simons
| Santiago |
| China
| Ref
| Clark T. Randt, Jr.
| Beijing |
| Colombia
| Ref
| William Brownfield
| Bogotá |
| Comoros
|
| James D. McGee
| Antananarivo |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo
| Ref
| William J. Garvelink
| Kinshasa |
| Republic of the Congo
| Ref
| Robert Weisberg
| |
| Costa Rica
|
| Mark Langdale
| San José |
| Côte d'Ivoire
|
| Wanda L. Nesbitt
| Abidjan |
| Croatia
|
| Robert A. Bradtke
| Zagreb |
| Cuba
| Ref
Ref
| Michael E. Parmly
Chief of Mission
| Havana |
| Cyprus
|
| Ronald Lewis Schlicher
| Nicosia |
| Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
|
|
| |
| Czech Republic
| Ref
| Richard W. Graber
| Prague |
| Denmark
| Ref
| James P. Cain
| Copenhagen |
| Djibouti
| Ref
| W. Stuart Symington
| Djibouti |
| Dominica
|
| Mary M. Ourisman
| Bridgetown |
| Dominican Republic
|
| Hans H. Hertell
| Santo Domingo |
| East Timor
|
| Vacant
| Dili |
| Ecuador
| Ref
| Linda L. Jewell
| Quito |
| Egypt
|
| Francis J. Ricciardone, Jr.
| Cairo |
| El Salvador
| Ref
| Charles L. Glazer
| San Salvador |
| Equatorial Guinea
| Ref
| Donald C. Johnson
| Malabo |
| Eritrea
|
| Scott H. DeLisi
| Asmara |
| Estonia
|
| Stanley Davis Phillips
| Tallinn |
| Ethiopia
| Ref
| Donald Yamamoto
| Addis Ababa |
| Fiji
|
| Larry M. Dinger
| Suva |
| Finland
|
| Marilyn Ware
| Finland |
| France
| Ref
| Craig Roberts Stapleton
| Paris |
| Gabon
| Ref
| R. Barrie Walkley
| Libreville |
| The Gambia
|
| Joseph D. Stafford III
| Banjul |
| Georgia
|
| John F. Tefft
| Tbilisi |
| Germany
| Ref
| William R. Timken, Jr.
| Berlin |
| Ghana
|
| Pamela Bridgewater
| Accra |
| Greece
|
| Daniel V. Speckhard
| Athens |
| Grenada
|
| Mary M. Ourisman
| Bridgetown |
| Guatemala
|
| James M. Derham
| Guatemala |
| Guinea
|
| Jackson McDonald
| Conakry |
| Guinea-Bissau
|
| Janice L. Jacobs
| Dakar |
| Guyana
| Ref
| David M. Robinson
| Georgetown |
| Haiti
|
| Janet A. Sanderson
| Port-au-Prince |
| Holy See
| Ref
| Mary Ann Glendon
| Vatican |
| Honduras
| Ref
| Charles A. Ford
| Tegucigalpa |
| Hungary
|
| April H. Foley
| Budapest |
| Iceland
| Ref
| Carol van Voorst
| Reykjavik |
| India
|
| David C. Mulford
| New Delhi |
| Indonesia
|
| Cameron R. Hume
| Jakarta |
| Iran
| Ref
|
| — |
| Iraq
| Ref
| Ryan Crocker
| Baghdad |
| Ireland
| Ref
| Thomas C. Foley
| Dublin |
| Israel
| Ref
| Richard H. Jones
| Tel Aviv |
| Italy
| Ref
| Ronald P. Spogli
| Rome |
| Jamaica
|
| Brenda LaGrange Johnson
| Kingston |
| Japan
| Ref
| John Thomas Schieffer
| Tokyo |
| Jordan
|
| David Hale
| Amman |
| Kazakhstan
|
| John M. Ordway
| Astana |
| Kenya
| Ref
| Michael E. Ranneberger
| Nairobi |
| Kiribati
|
| Larry M. Dinger
| Suva |
| North Korea
|
|
| — |
| South Korea
|
| Alexander Vershbow
| Seoul |
| Kuwait
| Ref
| Richard LeBaron
| Kuwait |
| Kyrgyzstan
|
| Marie L. Yovanovitch
| Bishkek |
| Laos
|
| Ravic R. Huso
| Vientiane |
| Latvia
|
| Catherine Todd Bailey
| Riga |
| Lebanon
| Ref
| Jeffrey D. Feltman
| Beirut |
| Lesotho
| Ref
| Robert B. Nolan
| Maseru |
| Liberia
|
| Donald E. Booth
| Monrovia |
| Libya
|
| Vacant
Charles O. Cecil – Chargé d’Affaires a.i.
| Tripoli |
| Liechtenstein
|
| Peter R. Coneway
| Bern |
| Lithuania
|
| John A. Cloud
| Vilnius |
| Luxembourg
|
| Ann Wagner
| Luxembourg |
| Macedonia
|
| Gillian A. Milovanovic
| Skopje |
| Madagascar
|
| James D. McGee
| Antananarivo |
| Malawi
| Ref
| Alan Eastham
| Lilongwe |
| Malaysia
|
| James Keith
| Kuala Lumpur |
| Maldives
|
| Robert O. Blake, Jr.
| Colombo |
| Mali
|
| Terence P. McCulley
| Bamako |
| Malta
|
| Molly Bordonaro
| Valletta |
| Marshall Islands
|
| Clyde Bishop
| Majuro |
| Mauritania
|
| Vacant
| Nouakchott |
| Mauritius
|
| Cesar Cabrera
| Port Louis |
| Mexico
| Ref
| Antonio O. Garza Jr.
| Mexico City |
| Micronesia
|
| Miriam K. Hughes
| Kolonia |
| Moldova
|
| Michael D. Kirby
| Chisinau |
| Monaco
|
|
| Marseille |
| Mongolia
|
| Mark C. Minton
| Ulaanbaatar |
| Montenegro
|
| Roderick W. Moore
| Podgorica |
| Morocco
| Ref
| Thomas T. Riley
| Rabat |
| Mozambique
| Ref
| Vacant
Elizabeth Raspolic – Charge d’Affaires a.i.
| Maputo |
| Myanmar (see Burma above)
|
|
| |
| Namibia
| Ref
| Joyce Anne Barr
| Windhoek |
| Nauru
|
| Larry M. Dinger
| Suva |
| Nepal
|
| Nancy Jo Powel
| Kathmandu |
| Netherlands
|
| Roland Arnall
| The Hague |
| New Zealand
| Ref
| William P. McCormick
| Wellington |
| Nicaragua
|
| Paul A. Trivelli
| Managua |
| Niger
|
| Bernadette M. Allen
| Niamey |
| Nigeria
|
| John F. Campbell
| Abuja |
| Norway
| Ref
| Benson K. Whitney
| Oslo |
| Oman
|
| Gary A. Grappo
| Muscat |
| Pakistan
| Ref
| Anne W. Patterson
| Islamabad |
| Palau
|
| Kristie A. Kenney
| Manila |
| Panama
| Ref
| William Alan Eaton
| Panama |
| Papua New Guinea
|
| Leslie V. Rowe
| Port Moresby |
| Paraguay
| Ref
| James Cason
| Asunción |
| Peru
| Ref
| P. Michael McKinley
| Lima |
| Philippines
| Ref
| Kristie A. Kenney
| Manila |
| Poland
|
| Victor Ashe
| Warsaw |
| Portugal
|
| Alfred Hoffman, Jr.
| Lisbon |
| Qatar
| Ref
| Chase Untermeyer
| Doha |
| Romania
| Ref
| Nicholas F. Taubman
| Bucharest |
| Russia
| Ref
| William Joseph Burns
| Moscow |
| Rwanda
| Ref
| Michael R. Arietti
| Kigali |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis
|
| Mary M. Ourisman
| Bridgetown |
| Saint Lucia
|
| Mary M. Ourisman
| Bridgetown |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
|
| Mary M. Ourisman
| Bridgetown |
| Samoa
|
| William P. McCormick
George W. Colvin, Jr. – Chargé in Apia
| Wellington |
| San Marino
|
|
| Florence |
| São Tomé and Príncipe
| Ref
| Eunice Reddick
| Libreville |
| Saudi Arabia
| Ref
| Ford M. Fraker
| Riyadh |
| Senegal
|
| Janice L. Jacobs
| Dakar |
| Serbia
|
| Cameron Munter
| Belgrade |
| Seychelles
|
| Cesar Cabrera
| Port Louis |
| Sierra Leone
|
| June Carter Perry
| Freetown |
| Singapore
|
| Patricia L. Herbold
| Singapore |
| Slovakia
| Ref
| Rodolphe M. Vallee
| Bratislava |
| Slovenia
|
| Thomas B. Robertson
| Ljubljana |
| Solomon Islands
|
| Leslie V. Rowe
| Honiara |
| Somalia
| Ref
| —
| — |
| South Africa
| Ref
| Eric M. Bost
| Pretoria |
| Spain
| Ref
| Eduardo Aguirre
| Madrid |
| Sri Lanka
|
| Robert O. Blake, Jr.
| Colombo |
| Sudan
|
| Vacant
Cameron R. Hume – Chargé d’Affaires
| Khartoum |
| Suriname
| Ref
| Lisa Bobbie Schreiber Hughes
| Paramaribo |
| Swaziland
| Ref
| Maurice S. Parker
| Mbabane |
| Sweden
| Ref
| Michael M. Wood
| Stockholm |
| Switzerland
|
| Peter R. Coneway
| Bern |
| Syria
|
| Vacant
Steve Seche – Chargé d’Affaires
| Damascus |
| Tajikistan
|
| Tracey Ann Jacobson
| Dushanbe |
| Tanzania
| Ref
| Mark Green
| Dar es Salaam |
| Thailand
|
| Ralph L. Boyce
| Bangkok |
| Togo
| Ref
| David B. Dunn
| Lomé |
| Tonga
|
| Larry M. Dinger
| Tonga |
| Trinidad and Tobago
| Ref
| Dr. Roy L. Austin
| Port of Spain |
| Tunisia
|
| Robert F. Godec
| Tunis |
| Turkey
|
| Ross Wilson
| Ankara |
| Turkmenistan
|
| Vacant
Richard E. Hoagland – Chargé d’Affaires a.i.
| Ashgabat |
| Tuvalu
|
| Larry M. Dinger
| Suva |
| Uganda
|
| Steven A. Browning
| Kampala |
| Ukraine
|
| William B. Taylor, Jr.
| Kiev |
| United Arab Emirates
| Ref
| Michele J. Sison
| Abu Dhabi |
| United Kingdom
| Ref
| Robert Tuttle
| London |
| Uruguay
| Ref
| Frank E. Baxter
| Montevideo |
| Uzbekistan
|
| Richard Norland
| Tashkent |
| Vanuatu
|
| Leslie V. Rowe
| Port Vila |
| Venezuela
| Ref
| Patrick Duddy
| Caracas |
| Vietnam
| Ref
| Michael W. Michalak
| Hanoi |
| Western Sahara
|
|
| — |
| Yemen
| Ref
| Stephen A. Seche
| Sana’a |
| Zambia
| Ref
| Carmen M. Martinez
| Lusaka |
| Zimbabwe
| Ref
| Christopher W. Dell
| Harare |
Notes
Ambassadors to international organizations
Current ambassadors from the United States to international organizations
| Host organization
| Location
| Ambassador |
| African Union
| Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
| Cindy Courville |
| Conference on Disarmament
| Geneva, Switzerland
| Jackie Wolcott Sanders |
| European Union
| Brussels, Belgium
| C. Boyden Gray |
| International Civil Aviation Organization
| Montreal, Canada
| Edward W. Stimpson |
| North Atlantic Treaty Organization
| Brussels, Belgium
| Victoria Nuland |
| Organization of American States
| Washington, D.C., United States
| John Maisto |
| Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
| Paris, France
| Constance A. Morella |
| Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
| Vienna, Austria
| Julie Finley |
| United Nations
| New York, United States
| Zalmay Khalilzad |
| United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
| Paris, France
| Louise V. Oliver |
| United Nations Environment Programme
| Nairobi, Kenya
| Johnnie Carson |
| United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
| Rome, Italy
| Tony P. Hall |
| United Nations International Organizations in Vienna
| Vienna, Austria
| Gregory Schulte |
Ambassadors-at-large
Current
ambassadors-at-large from the United States with worldwide responsibility:
Ambassadors to past countries
Other senior diplomatic representatives
Other senior diplomatic representatives from the United States
Selected past ambassadors
Well-known past
ambassadors from the United States
| Ambassador
| Host country or organization |
| Charles Francis Adams
| United Kingdom |
| James W. Spain
| Tanzania, Turkey, Sri Lanka, UN |
| John Adams
| United Kingdom, Netherlands |
| John Quincy Adams
| United Kingdom, Russia, Netherlands, Germany |
| Madeleine K. Albright
| United Nations |
| Eugenie Anderson
| Denmark |
| Walter H. Annenberg
| United Kingdom |
| William Waldorf Astor
| Italy |
| Alfred Atherton
| Egypt |
| Warren R. Austin
| UN |
| Ebenezer Bassett
| Haiti |
| Shirley Temple Black
| Czechoslovakia, Ghana, United Nations |
| Barbara Bodine
| Yemen |
| Corrinne Claiborne "Lindy" Boggs
| Holy See |
| L. Paul Bremer
| Netherlands |
| Carol Moseley Braun
| New Zealand |
| James Buchanan
| Russia, United Kingdom |
| Ellsworth Bunker
| South Vietnam |
| George H. W. Bush
| United Nations |
| William Walton Butterworth
| Sweden, Canada, European Union |
| Lewis Cass Sr.
| France |
| Richard F. Celeste
| India |
| Daniel R. Coats
| Germany |
| George M. Dallas
| United Kingdom, Russia |
| Monnett Bain Davis
| Panama Israel |
| John W. Davis
| United Kingdom |
| Charles G. Dawes
| United Kingdom |
| Frederick Douglass
| Haiti |
| Adolph Dubs
| Afghanistan |
| Lawrence Eagleburger
| Yugoslavia |
| John Eisenhower
| Belgium |
| Millicent Fenwick
| United Nations |
| Raymond Flynn
| Holy See |
| Thomas S. Foley
| Japan |
| Benjamin Franklin
| France, Sweden |
| Frederick T. Frelinghuysen
| United Kingdom |
| John Kenneth Galbraith
| India |
| April Glaspie
| Iraq |
| Arthur Goldberg
| United Nations |
| Michael E. Guest
| Romania |
| Hannibal Hamlin
| Spain |
| W. Averell Harriman
| Soviet Union, United Kingdom |
| Pamela Harriman
| France |
| Patricia Roberts Harris
| Luxembourg |
| John Hay
| United Kingdom |
| Richard Holbrooke
| United Nations, Germany |
| James Hormel
| Luxembourg |
| John Jay
| Spain |
| Thomas Jefferson
| France |
| George Kennan
| Yugoslavia |
| Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.
| United Kingdom |
| Alan Keyes
| United Nations Social and Economic Council |
| Rufus King
| United Kingdom |
| Jeane Kirkpatrick
| United Nations |
| Richard F. Kneip
| Singapore |
| Robert Todd Lincoln
| United Kingdom |
| Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.
| United Nations, Germany |
| Winston Lord
| China |
| Clare Boothe Luce
| Italy |
| Douglas MacArthur II
| Japan, Iran, Austria and Belgium |
| Michael J. Mansfield
| Japan |
| Graham Martin
| South Vietnam |
| Jack F. Matlock, Jr.
| Czechoslovakia and Soviet Union |
| George S. McGovern
| United Nations agencies in Rome |
| Andrew W. Mellon
| United Kingdom |
| Perle Mesta
| Luxembourg |
| Walter F. Mondale
| Japan |
| James Monroe
| France, United Kingdom |
| Gouverneur Morris
| France |
| Dwight W. Morrow
| Mexico |
| John H. Morrow
| Guinea, UNESCO |
| Daniel Patrick Moynihan
| United Nations |
| John Negroponte
| Honduras, Iraq, Mexico, Philippines, United Nations |
| Walter Hines Page
| United Kingdom |
| Pete Peterson
| Vietnam |
| Charles C. Pinckney
| France, Spain |
| Thomas Pinckney
| United Kingdom |
| William Pinkney
| United Kingdom, Russia |
| Laurence Pope
| Chad |
| John Randolph
| Russia |
| Whitelaw Reid
| United Kingdom, France |
| Elliot L. Richardson
| United Kingdom |
| Carl Rowan
| Finland |
| Donald Rumsfeld
| NATO |
| Richard Rush
| United Kingdom |
| James R. Sasser
| China |
| William B. Saxbe
| India |
| Talcott Seelye
| Tunisia, Syria |
| R. Sargent Shriver
| France |
| Jean Kennedy Smith
| Ireland |
| Raymond A. Spruance
| Philippines |
| Adlai E. Stevenson II
| United Nations |
| William Sullivan
| Laos, Philippines, Iran |
| Alphonso Taft
| Austria, Russia |
| William Howard Taft III
| Ireland |
| Martin Van Buren
| United Kingdom |
| Edward S. Walker, Jr.
| United Arab Emirates, United Nations, Egypt, Israel |
| Richard L. Walker
| South Korea |
| Paul Wolfowitz
| Indonesia |
| Andrew Young
| United Nations |
See also
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