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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 Category: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.

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Current U.S. Ambassadors

Host country (common names) Ref U.S. Ambassador Embassy
Website
Afghanistan RefWilliam B. Wood Kabul
Albania John L. Withers, II Tirana
Algeria RefRobert Stephen Ford Algiers
AndorraThe U.S. Ambassador to Spain—resident in Madrid—is also accredited to Andorra. RefEduardo Aguirre Barcelona
Angola Ref Dan Mozena Luanda
Antigua and BarbudaOne ambassador, accredited to Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, is resident at Bridgetown, Barbados. Mary M. Ourisman Bridgetown
Argentina Ref Earl A. Wayne Buenos Aires
Armenia RefVacant
Rudolf Perina – Chargé d’Affaires
Yerevan
Australia RefRobert McCallum, Jr. Canberra
Austria Susan McCaw Vienna
Azerbaijan Ref Anne E. Derse Baku
The Bahamas RefNed L. Siegel Nassau
Bahrain RefJ. 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
BhutanThe United States does not currently maintain diplomatic relations with 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
BurmaIn 1989 the military government of Burma changed the name of the nation to Myanmar, but the United States government—and other Western governments—do not accept the name and still refer to the country as Burma in official usage. See Myanmar.The US has not had an ambassador to Burma since 1990.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 RefDavid Wilkins Ottawa
Cape Verde Ref Roger D. Pierce Praia
Central African RepublicThe United States has had no ambassador in Bangui since 2002. The embassy is currently operating with a chargé d’affaires and a minimal staff. Source: U.S. Department of State, U.S. Department of State, CIA World Factbook Vacant
A. James Panos – Chargé d’Affaires
Chad Marc M. Wall Ndjamena
Chile Ref Paul E. Simons Santiago
China RefClark T. Randt, Jr. Beijing
Colombia Ref William Brownfield Bogotá
ComorosOne ambassador—resident in Antananarivo—is accredited to Madagascar and Comoros. James D. McGee Antananarivo
Democratic Republic of the Congo Ref William J. GarvelinkEmbassy Website Kinshasa
Republic of the CongoAt the present time, the U.S. Embassy in Brazzaville has no website. Source U.S. Department of State. Ref Robert Weisberg
Costa Rica Mark Langdale San José
Côte d\'Ivoire Wanda L. Nesbitt Abidjan
Croatia Robert A. Bradtke Zagreb
CubaThe United States does not currently maintain diplomatic relations with Cuba. U.S. interests in Cuba are handled by the U.S. Interests section of the Embassy of Switzerland in Havana. Ref
Ref
Michael E. Parmly
Chief of Mission
Havana
Cyprus Ronald Lewis Schlicher Nicosia
Turkish Republic of Northern CyprusThe Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus is not recognized by the United Nations, the United States, nor any other country aside from Turkey.
Czech Republic RefRichard W. Graber Prague
Denmark RefJames 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 RefCharles 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
FijiOne ambassador—resident at Suva—is accredited to Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga, and Tuvalu. Source U.S. Embassy Suva. Larry M. Dinger Suva
Finland Marilyn Ware Finland
France RefCraig Roberts Stapleton Paris
GabonOne ambassador—resident in Libreville—is accredited to Gabon and São Tomé and Príncipe. Source: U.S. State Department Ref R. Barrie Walkley Libreville
The Gambia Joseph D. Stafford III Banjul
Georgia John F. Tefft Tbilisi
Germany RefWilliam 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-BissauOne ambassador—resident at Dakar—is accredited to Guinea-Bissau and Senegal. Janice L. Jacobs Dakar
Guyana Ref David M. Robinson Georgetown
Haiti Janet A. Sanderson Port-au-Prince
Holy See RefMary Ann Glendon Vatican
Honduras RefCharles 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
IranThe United States does not currently maintain diplomatic relations Iran. U.S. interests in Iran are handled by the U.S. Interests section of the Embassy of Switzerland in Tehran. Ref
Iraq RefRyan Crocker Baghdad
Ireland RefThomas C. Foley Dublin
Israel Ref Richard H. Jones Tel Aviv
ItalyThe U.S. Ambassador to Rome is also accredited to San Marino. The U.S. Embassy in Florence handles matters concerned with San Marino. RefRonald P. Spogli Rome
Jamaica Brenda LaGrange Johnson Kingston
Japan RefJohn Thomas Schieffer Tokyo
Jordan David Hale Amman
Kazakhstan John M. Ordway Astana
Kenya Ref Michael E. Ranneberger Nairobi
Kiribati Larry M. Dinger Suva
North KoreaThe United States does not currently maintain diplomatic relations with North Korea. American citizens who travel to North Korea do so at their own risk and in some cases in violation of U.S. and/or UN sanctions.
South Korea Alexander Vershbow Seoul
Kuwait RefRichard LeBaron Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan Marie L. Yovanovitch Bishkek
Laos Ravic R. Huso Vientiane
Latvia Catherine Todd Bailey Riga
Lebanon RefJeffrey D. Feltman Beirut
Lesotho Ref Robert B. Nolan Maseru
Liberia Donald E. Booth Monrovia
LibyaAmbassador Joseph Palmer II ended his mission in Libya on November 7, 1972. A series of Chargés d’Affaires maintained the embassy until 1980. Chargé William L. Eagleton was recalled on February 8, 1980, and the Tripoli embassy was closed on May 2, 1980. Source: U.S. State Department.The United States established an Interests Section in Tripoli on February 8, 2004. It became the U.S. Liaison Office on June 28, 2004, with Greg Berry as the Principal Officer. The Liaison Office was upgraded to a full embassy on May 31, 2006, with Charles O. Cecil as chargé d’affaires. As of December 2006, no ambassador has yet been appointed. Source: U.S. State Department, U.S. State Department. Vacant
Charles O. Cecil – Chargé d’Affaires a.i.
Tripoli
LiechtensteinOne ambassador—resident in Berne—is accredited to Switzerland and 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
MaldivesOne ambassador—resident at Colombo—is accredited to Maldives and Sri Lanka. Robert O. Blake, Jr. Colombo
Mali Terence P. McCulley Bamako
Malta Molly Bordonaro Valletta
Marshall Islands Clyde Bishop Majuro
Mauritania Vacant Nouakchott
MauritiusOne ambassador is accredited to Mauritius and Seychelles—resident in Port Louis, Mauritius. Cesar Cabrera Port Louis
Mexico RefAntonio O. Garza Jr. Mexico City
Micronesia Miriam K. Hughes Kolonia
Moldova Michael D. Kirby Chisinau
MonacoThe United States has no formal diplomatic relations (exchange of ambassadors) with Monaco. The U.S. Consul General in Marseille, France, under the authority of the U.S. Ambassador to France, is formally accredited to Monaco. Source: Department of State: Background notes on Monaco, U.S. consulate in Marseille. Marseille
Mongolia Mark C. Minton Ulaanbaatar
Montenegro Roderick W. Moore Podgorica
Morocco RefThomas T. Riley Rabat
Mozambique RefVacant
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 ZealandOne ambassador—resident in Wellington— is accredited to New Zealand and Samoa. RefWilliam P. McCormick Wellington
Nicaragua Paul A. Trivelli Managua
NigerBernadette M. Allen Niamey
Nigeria John F. Campbell Abuja
Norway RefBenson K. Whitney Oslo
Oman Gary A. Grappo Muscat
Pakistan Ref Anne W. Patterson Islamabad
PalauOne ambassador—resident in Manila—is accredited to the Philippines and Palau. Source: CIA World Factbook. Kristie A. Kenney Manila
Panama RefWilliam Alan Eaton Panama
Papua New GuineaOne ambassador—resident in Port Moresby—is accredited to Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu. 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 RefWilliam Joseph Burns Moscow
Rwanda RefMichael 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 RefFord 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
SomaliaThe United States has no diplomatic relations with Somalia. The last ambassador to Somalia was James Keough Bishop when the embassy in Mogadishu was closed on January 5, 1991. Source: U.S State Department. Ref
South Africa Ref Eric M. Bost Pretoria
Spain RefEduardo Aguirre Madrid
Sri Lanka Robert O. Blake, Jr. Colombo
SudanThe U.S. Embassy in Khartoum was closed on February 7, 1996. Timothy Michael Carney was the last ambassador to Sudan. The embassy was reopened on May 23, 2002, with Jeffrey Millington as Chargé d’Affaires ad interim. There has been no U.S. ambassador in Khartoum since then. Source U.S. Department of State.Vacant
Cameron R. HumeChargé d’Affaires
Khartoum
Suriname Ref Lisa Bobbie Schreiber Hughes Paramaribo
Swaziland Ref Maurice S. Parker Mbabane
Sweden RefMichael M. Wood Stockholm
Switzerland Peter R. Coneway Bern
SyriaAmbassador Margaret Scobey was recalled February 2005 in protest of Rafik Hariri assassination. Ref: U.S. Department of State press release, Background notes on Syria, BBC News. 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
TurkmenistanThe previous ambassador to Turkmenistan, Tracey Ann Jacobson is now commissioned to Tajikistan. A new ambassador to Turkmenistan has not yet been appointed. Source: United States Embassy in Ashgabat. 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 KingdomThe ambassador to the U.K. is known as the “Ambassador to the Court of St. James’s.” RefRobert Tuttle London
Uruguay Ref Frank E. Baxter Montevideo
Uzbekistan Richard Norland Tashkent
Vanuatu Leslie V. Rowe Port Vila
Venezuela RefPatrick Duddy Caracas
Vietnam RefMichael W. Michalak Hanoi
Western SaharaThe United States does not recognize Western Sahara, nor does the US recognize Moroccan claims to sovereignty over Western Sahara. Sources: Western Sahara, Foreign relations of Western Sahara, Foreign relations of Morocco.
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:

Title (competence) Ambassador
Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Pierre-Richard Prosper
Ambassador-at-Large for Counterterrorism J. Cofer Black

Ambassadors to past countries

Other senior diplomatic representatives

Other senior diplomatic representatives from the United States

Host country Ambassador Title
Bangladesh Judith Ann Chammas Chargé d’Affaires
Belgium Brenda B. Schoonover Chargé d’Affaires
Burkina Faso Cynthia Akuetteh Chargé d’Affaires
Ethiopia Vicki Huddleston Chargé d’Affaires
Haiti Timothy M. Carney Chargé d’Affaires
Hong Kong and Macau James B. Cunningham Consul General
Libya Gregory L. Berry Principal Officer
Mauritius Stephen M. Schwartz Chargé d’Affaires
Niger John W. Davison Chargé d’Affaires
Philippines Paul W. Jones Chargé d’Affaires
Senegal Robert P. Jackson Chargé d’Affaires
South Africa Donald Teitelbaum Chargé d’Affaires
Sudan Cameron Hume Chargé d’Affaires
Sweden Stephen V. Noble Chargé d’Affaires
Taiwan Stephen Young Director of the Taipei office of the American Institute in Taiwan
Uganda William E. Fitzgerald Chargé d’Affaires
Uruguay James D. Nealon Chargé d’Affaires

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

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