thumb|300px|President [[John F. Kennedy with a group of ambassadors in March 1961]]
Ambassadors of the United States are persons nominated by the president to serve as the United States' diplomatic representatives to foreign nations, international organizations, and as ambassadors-at-large. Under Article II, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution, their appointment must be confirmed by the United States Senate; while an ambassador may be appointed during a recess, they can serve only until the end of the next session of Congress, unless subsequently confirmed.
Ambassadors are the highest-ranking diplomats of the U.S. and are usually based at the embassy in the host country. They are under the jurisdiction of the Department of State and answer directly to the secretary of state; however, ambassadors serve "at the pleasure of the President", meaning they can be dismissed at any time. Appointments change regularly for various reasons, such as reassignment or retirement.
An ambassador may be a career Foreign Service officer (career diplomatCD) or a political appointee (PA). In most cases, career foreign service officers serve a tour of approximately three years per ambassadorship, whereas political appointees customarily tender their resignations upon the inauguration of a new president. From 1974 to 2025, between 57% and 74% of ambassadors were career diplomats.
The State Department publishes a monthly list of ambassadors. A listing by country of past chiefs of mission is maintained by the Office of the Historian of the U.S. Department of State, along with the names and appointment dates of past and present ambassadors-at-large and mission to international organizations.
Current U.S. ambassadors
Note that the information in this list is subject to change due to regular personnel changes resulting from retirements and reassignments. The State Department posts updated lists of ambassadors approximately monthly, accessible via an interactive menu-based website.
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|<br>Don Brown, chargé d'affaires a.i.
| rowspan="3" |(N/A)
|Kabul Homepage
|1921
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|<br>Nancy VanHorn, chargé d'affaires a.i.
|Tirana
|1922
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||<br>Mark A. Schapiro, Chargé d'affaires a.i
|Algiers
|1962
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|PA
|Madrid
|1998
|December 18, 2025
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|<br>Shannon Nagy Cazeau, chargé d'affaires a.i.
| rowspan="2" |(N/A)
|Luanda
|1994
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|<br>Karin B. Sullivan, chargé d'affaires a.i.
|Bridgetown
|1981
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|PA
|Buenos Aires
|1823
|September 18, 2025
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|<br>David Allen, Chargé d'affaires a.i.
| rowspan="2" |(N/A)
|Yerevan Homepage
|1993
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|<br>, Chargé d'affaires a.i.
|Canberra Homepage
|1940
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|PA
|Vienna Homepage
|1838
|October 7, 2025
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|<br>Amy Carlon, chargé d'affaires a.i.
|(N/A)
|Baku
|1992
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|PA
|Nassau
|1973
|October 7, 2025
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|rowspan="2" |CD
|Manama Homepage
|1971
|October 7, 2025
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|Dhaka Homepage
|1974
|December 18, 2025
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|<br>Karin B. Sullivan, chargé d'affaires a.i.
|rowspan="2" |(N/A)
|Bridgetown
|1966
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|<br>Michael Kreidler, chargé d'affaires a.i.
|Minsk
|1992
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|PA
|Brussels Homepage
|1832
|October 7, 2025
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|<br>Katharine Beamer, chargé d'affaires a.i.
|rowspan="2" |(N/A)
|Belmopan
|1981
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|<br>Shane Dixon, chargé d'affaires a.i.
|Cotonou
|1960
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|colspan=6|The United States does not maintain formal diplomatic relations with Bhutan. Informal contact is maintained through the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi.
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|<br>Debra Hevia, chargé d'affaires a.i.
| rowspan="2" |(N/A)
|La Paz
|1849
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|<br>John Ginkel, chargé d'affaires a.i.
|Sarajevo Homepage
|1993
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|CD
|Gaborone
|1966
|December 21, 2022
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|<br>Gabriel Escobar, chargé d'affaires a.i.
|(N/A)
|Brasília
|1825
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|CD
|Bandar Seri Begawan
|1984
|December 18, 2021
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|<br>H. Martin McDowell, chargé d'affaires a.i.
|(N/A)
|Sofia
|1901
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|CD
|Ouagadougou
|1960
|May 2, 2024
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|<br>Douglas Sonnek, chargé d'affaires a.i.
| rowspan="5" |(N/A)
|Yangon Homepage
|1947
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|<br>Amy Davison, Chargé d'affaires a.i.
|Bujumbura
|1962
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| (Cape Verde)
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|<br>Mark Weinberg, Chargé d'affaires a.i.
|Praia
|1976
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|<br>Bridgette L. Walker, chargé d'affaires a.i.
|Phnom Penh Homepage
|1950
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|<br>John G. Robinson, Chargé d'affaires a.i.
|Yaoundé
|1960
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|PA
|Ottawa Homepage
|1927
|April 9, 2025
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|<br>Melanie Anne Zimmerman, chargé d'affaires a.i.
| rowspan="2" |(N/A)
|Bangui
|1960
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|<br>William Flens, chargé d'affaires a.i.
|N'Djamena
|1961
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| rowspan="2" |PA
|Santiago
|1824
|October 7, 2025
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|Beijing Homepage
|1844
|April 29, 2025
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|<br>Jarahn Hillsman, chargé d'affaires a.i.
| rowspan="4" | N/A
|Bogotá
|1823
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|<br>Stephanie C. Arnold, Chargé d'affaires a.i.
|Antananarivo
|1977
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|<br>Amanda S. Jacobsen, chargé d'affaires a.i.
|Brazzaville
|1960
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|<br>Ian J. McCary, chargé d'affaires a.i.
|Kinshasa
|1960
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| rowspan="2" |PA
|San José
|1853
|October 7, 2025
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|Zagreb
|1992
|October 7, 2025
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|<br>Mike Hammer, chargé d'affaires a.i.
|(N/A)
|Havana Homepage
|1902
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|<br>Daniel E. Mengis, chargé d'affaires a.i.
|(N/A)
|Nicosia
|1960
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| rowspan="2" |PA
|Prague Homepage
|1992
|October 7, 2025
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|Copenhagen Homepage
|1827
|October 7, 2025
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|CD
|Djibouti City
|1980
|May 2, 2024
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|<br>Karin B. Sullivan, chargé d'affaires a.i.
|(N/A)
|Bridgetown
|1979
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|PA
|Santo Domingo
|1884
|October 7, 2025
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| (Timor-Leste)
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|<br>Bruce Begnell, chargé d'affaires a.i.
| rowspan="4" |(N/A)
|Dili
|2002
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|<br>Lawrence Petroni, chargé d'affaires a.i.
|Quito
|1833
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|<br>Robert Silverman, Chargé d'affaires a.i.
|Cairo
|1848
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|<br>Naomi Fellows, chargé d'affaires a.i.
|San Salvador Homepage
|1863
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|CD
|Malabo
|1967
|December 18, 2021
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|<br>Christine E. Meyer, chargé d'affaires a.i.
|(N/A)
|Asmara
|1991
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|PA
|Tallinn Homepage
|1922
|October 7, 2025
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|<br>Marc Weinstock, chargé d'affaires a.i.
|(N/A)
|Mbabane
|1971
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|CD
|Addis Ababa
|1908
|July 27, 2023
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|<br>John Degory, Chargé d'affaires a.i.
|(N/A)
|Suva
|1971
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| rowspan="2" |PA
|Helsinki
|1920
|October 7, 2025
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|Paris Homepage
|1778
|May 19, 2025
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||<br>Susan N'Garnim, Chargé d'affaires a.i.
| rowspan="5" |(N/A)
|Libreville
|1960
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|<br>Eugene S. Young, chargé d'affaires a.i.
|Banjul
|1965
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|<br>Alan S. Purcell, chargé d'affaires a.i.
|Tbilisi
|1992
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|<br>Alan Meltzer, chargé d'affaires a.i.
|Berlin Homepage
|1797
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|<br>Rolf Olson, chargé d'affaires a.i.
|Accra Homepage
|1957
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|PA
|Athens Homepage
|1868
|September 18, 2025
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|<br>Karin B. Sullivan, chargé d'affaires a.i.
| rowspan="4" |(N/A)
|Bridgetown
|1975
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|<br>Jorgan K. Andrews, Chargé d'affaires a.i.
|Guatemala City
|1826
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|<br>Jennifer Davis-Paguada, Chargé d'affaires a.i.
|Dakar
|1976
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|<br>Mary E. Daschbach, chargé d'affaires a.i.
|Conakry
|1959
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|CD
|Georgetown
|1966
|July 27, 2023
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|<br>Henry T. Wooster, chargé d'affaires a.i.
|(N/A)
|Port-au-Prince
|1862
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|PA
|Vatican City Homepage
|1984
|August 2, 2025
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||<br>Colleen A. Hoey, chargé d'affaires a.i.
| rowspan="2" |(N/A)
|Tegucigalpa
|1853
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|<br>Caroline Savage, chargé d'affaires a.i.
|Budapest
|1921
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| rowspan="2" |PA
|Reykjavík
|1941
|May 18, 2026
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|New Delhi Homepage
|1947
|October 7, 2025
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|<br>Peter Mark Haymond, chargé d'affaires a.i.
|(N/A)
|Jakarta Homepage
|1949
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|colspan=5|No diplomatic relations since April 7, 1980. Informal contact via the U.S. Interests Section in the Swiss embassy.<br>Virtual Embassy Tehran open since December 2011.
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|<br>Joshua M. Harris, Chargé d'affaires a.i.
|(N/A)
|Baghdad Homepage
|1931
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| rowspan="3" |PA
|Dublin Homepage
|1927
|June 4, 2025
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|Jerusalem Homepage
|1949
|April 9, 2025
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|Rome Homepage
|1831
|April 29, 2025
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|<br>Junaid "Jay" Munir, Chargé d'affaires a.i.
| rowspan="2" |(N/A)
|Abidjan
|1960
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|<br>Scott Renner, chargé d'affaires a.i.
|Kingston
|1962
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|PA
|Tokyo Homepage
|1859
|April 8, 2025
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| rowspan="2" |CD
|Amman
|1950
|October 7, 2025
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|Astana
|1992
|October 7, 2025
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|<br>Susan M. Burns, Chargé d'affaires a.i.
|rowspan="4" |(N/A)
|Nairobi Homepage
|1964
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|<br>John Degory, Chargé d'affaires a.i.
|Suva
|1980
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|<br>Anu Prattipati, Chargé d'affaires a.i.
|Pristina
|2008
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|<br>Steven R. Butler, Chargé d'affaires a.i.
|Kuwait City
|1961
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|CD
|Bishkek
|1992
|September 29, 2022
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|<br>Michelle Y. Outlaw, Chargé d'affaires a.i.
|(N/A)
|Vientiane
|1950
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| rowspan="2" |PA
|Riga
|1922
|December 18, 2025
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|Beirut Homepage
|1942
|October 7, 2025
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|<br>Thomas Hines, chargé d'affaires a.i.
| rowspan="3" | (N/A)
|Maseru
|1966
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|<br>Joe Zadrozny, chargé d'affaires a.i.
|Monrovia
|1863
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|<br>Jeremy Berndt, chargé d'affaires a.i.
|Tripoli
|1952
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|PA
|Bern
|1853
|September 18, 2025
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|CD
|Vilnius
|1922
|November 29, 2023
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|PA
|Luxembourg Luxembourg City
|1903
|October 7, 2025
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|<br>Stephanie C. Arnold, Chargé d'affaires a.i.
| rowspan="4" |(N/A)
|Antananarivo
|1960
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|<br>Jonathan Fischer, chargé d'affaires a.i.
|Lilongwe
|1964
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|<br>David "Chip" Gamble, chargé d'affaires a.i.
|Kuala Lumpur
|1957
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|<br>Chunnong Saeger, chargé d'affaires a.i.
|Malé
|2023
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|CD
|Bamako
|1960
|December 13, 2022
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|PA
|Attard Homepage
|1964
|October 7, 2025
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|<br>Gregory D'Alesandro, chargé d'affaires a.i.
|(N/A)
|Majuro
|1986
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|<br>Corina R. Sanders, chargé d'affaires a.i.
| rowspan="2" |(N/A)
|Nouakchott
|1960
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|<br>Craig Halbmaier, Chargé d'affaires a.i.
|Port Louis
|1968
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|PA
|Mexico City Homepage
|1825
|April 9, 2025
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|CD
|Kolonia
|1987
|July 27, 2023
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||<br>Nick Pietrowicz, chargé d'affaires a.i.
|(N/A)
|Chișinău
|1992
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|PA
|Paris Homepage
|2006
|May 19, 2025
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|CD
|Ulaanbaatar
|1988
|August 4, 2022
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|<br>Michael C. Keays, Chargé d'affaires a.i.
|(N/A)
|Podgorica
|1905
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|PA
|Rabat
|1905
|October 7, 2025
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|<br>Abigail L. Dressel, chargé d'affaires a.i.
|(N/A)
|Maputo
|1976
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|PA
|Windhoek
|1990
|October 7, 2025
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|<br>John Degory, Chargé d'affaires a.i.
|rowspan="2" |(N/A)
|Suva
|1974
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|<br>Scott Urbom, chargé d'affaires
|Kathmandu
|1959
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|PA
|The Hague Homepage
|1781
|October 7, 2025
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|PA
|Wellington
|1942
|May 18, 2026
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|<br>Elias Baumann, chargé d'affaires a.i.
| rowspan="3" |(N/A)
|Managua
|1851
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|<br>Paul R. Houston, Chargé d'affaires a.i.
|Niamey
|1960
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|<br>Keith Heffern, Chargé d'affaires a.i.
|Abuja
|1960
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|colspan=6|The United States does not maintain diplomatic relations with North Korea. Limited consular matters are handled by the Swedish embassy.
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|<br>Nicole Vernes, Chargé d'affaires a.i.
| rowspan="2" |(N/A)
|Skopje
|1993
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|<br>Eric Meyer, chargé d'affaires a.i.
|Oslo Homepage
|1905
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|CD
|Muscat
|1972
|October 17, 2023
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|<br>Natalie A. Baker, chargé d'affaires a.i.
| rowspan="2" |(N/A)
|Islamabad Homepage
|1947
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|<br>Shankar Rao, chargé d'affaires a.i.
|Koror
|2004
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|PA
|Panama City
|1903
|April 9, 2025
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|<br>Alex M. Berenberg, Chargé d'affaires a.i.
| rowspan="2" |(N/A)
|Port Moresby
|1975
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|<br>Robert Alter, chargé d'affaires a.i.
|Asunción
|1861
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| rowspan="2" |PA
|Lima Homepage
|1827
|December 18, 2025
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|Manila Homepage
|1946
|May 18, 2026
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|Tom Rose
| rowspan="2" |PA
|Warsaw Homepage
|1919
|October 7, 2025
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|Lisbon Homepage
|1791
|August 2, 2025
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|<br>Mo Barghouty, chargé d'affaires a.i.
|(N/A)
|Doha
|1971
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|PA
|Bucharest
|1880
|December 18, 2025
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|<br>J. Douglas Dykhouse, chargé d'affaires
| rowspan="6" |(N/A)
|Moscow Homepage
|1809
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|<br>John Armiger, chargé d'affaires a.i.
|Kigali
|1963
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|<br>Karin B. Sullivan, chargé d'affaires a.i.
|Bridgetown
|1984
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|<br>Karin B. Sullivan, chargé d'affaires a.i.
|Bridgetown
|1983
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|<br>Karin B. Sullivan, chargé d'affaires a.i.
|Bridgetown
|1981
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|<br>Daniel Tarapacki, chargé d'affaires a.i.
|Apia
|1971
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|PA
|Florence<br>San Marino VPP
|2006
|April 29, 2025
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|<br>Shannon Nagy Cazeau, chargé d'affaires a.i.
| rowspan="6" |(N/A)
|Luanda
|1975
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|<br>Alison Dilworth, chargé d'affaires a.i.
|Riyadh
|1939
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|<br>Jennifer Davis-Paguada, Chargé d'affaires a.i.
|Dakar
|1960
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|<br>Alexander Titolo, chargé d'affaires a.i.
|Belgrade
|1882
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|<br>Adham Loutfi, Chargé d'affaires a.i.
|Victoria
|1976
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|<br>Jared M. Yancey, chargé d'affaires a.i.
|Freetown
|1961
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|PA
|Singapore [https://sg.usembassy.gov]
|1966
|October 7, 2025
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|<br>Heather Rogers, Chargé d'affaires a.i.
|(N/A)
|Bratislava
|1993
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|PA
|Ljubljana
|1992
|May 18, 2026
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|<br>Alex M. Berenberg, Chargé d'affaires a.i.
|rowspan="2" |(N/A)
|Port Moresby
|1978
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|<br>Justin Davis, Chargé d'affaires a.i.
|Mogadishu [https://so.usmission.gov]
|1960
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|PA
|Pretoria
|1929
|December 18, 2025
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|<br>James R. Heller, chargé d'affaires a.i.
|(N/A)
|Seoul [https://kr.usembassy.gov]
|1883
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|CD
|Juba
|2011
|July 14, 2022
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|PA
|Madrid
|1783
|December 18, 2025
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|CD
|Colombo
|1949
|May 18, 2026
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|<br>Colleen Crenwelge, chargé d'affaires a.i.
|rowspan="2" |(N/A)
|Khartoum
|1956
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|<br>Paul Watzlavick, chargé d'affaires a.i.
|Paramaribo
|1975
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| rowspan="2" |PA
|Stockholm
|1818
|September 18, 2025
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|Bern
|1853
|September 18, 2025
|- style="background:silver;"
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|colspan=5|The embassy was closed on February 6, 2014. Poland became the protecting power until its embassy closed on July 27, 2014, at which point the Czech Republic took responsibility.
|- style="background:silver;"
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|colspan=6|Since January 19, 1979, diplomatic relations have been carried out by the American Institute in Taiwan<br />Taipei Office
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||<br>Carson Relitz Rocker, Chargé d'affaires a.i.
|rowspan="2" |(N/A)
|Dushanbe
|1992
|
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|
|
|<br>Andrew Lentz, chargé d'affaires a.i.
|Dar es Salaam [https://tz.usembassy.gov]
|1962
|
|-
|
|
|
|CD
|Bangkok [https://th.usembassy.gov]
|1882
|October 7, 2025
|-
|
|
|<br>Kimberly McClure, chargé d'affaires a.i.
|rowspan="3" |(N/A)
|Lomé
|1960
|
|-
|
|
|<br>John Degory, Chargé d'affaires a.i.
|Suva
|1972
|
|-
|
|
|<br>Jennifer Neidhart de Ortiz, chargé d'affaires a.i.
|Port of Spain
|1962
|
|-
|
|
|
| rowspan="2" |PA
|Tunis
|1956
|October 7, 2025
|-
|
|
|
|Ankara
|1831
|April 29, 2025
|-
|
|
|
|CD
|Ashgabat
|1992
|May 2, 2024
|-
|
|
|<br>John Degory, Chargé d'affaires a.i.
|(N/A)
|Suva
|1979
|
|-
|
|
|
|CD
|Kampala
|1963
|July 27, 2023
|-
|
|
|<br>Julie D. Fisher, chargé d'affaires a.i.
| rowspan="2" |(N/A)
|Kyiv [https://ua.usembassy.gov]
|1992
|
|-
|
|
|<br>Eric Gaudiosi, chargé d'affaires a.i.
|Abu Dhabi
|1972
|
|-
|
|
|
| rowspan="2"| PA
|London [https://uk.usembassy.gov]
|1791
|April 29, 2025
|-
|
|
|
|Montevideo
|1867
|August 1, 2025
|-
|
|
|
|CD
|Tashkent
|1992
|August 4, 2022
|-
|
|
|<br>Eric Sheffield, Chargé d'affaires a.i.
| rowspan="2" |(N/A)
|Port Moresby
|1986
|
|-
|
|
|<br>John M. Barrett, chief of mission
|Caracas [https://ve.usembassy.gov]
|1835
|
|-
|
|
|
|PA
|Hanoi
|1997
|May 18, 2026
|-
|
|
|
|CD
|Sanaa
|1988
|April 7, 2022
|-
|
|
|<br>Mich Coker, Chargé d'affaires a.i.
|(N/A)
|Lusaka
|1965
|
|-
|
|
|
|CD
|Harare
|1980
|May 2, 2024
|- style="background:silver; font-size:85%"
|
|colspan=6|The Republic of Abkhazia is not recognized by the United Nations or by the United States.
|- style="background:silver; font-size:85%"
|
|colspan=6|The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus is not recognized by the United Nations or by the United States.
|- style="background:silver; font-size:85%"
|
|colspan=6|The State of Palestine is not recognized by the United States.
|- style="background:silver; font-size:85%"
|
|colspan=6|The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic is not recognized by the United Nations or by the United States.
|- style="background:silver; font-size:85%"
|
|colspan=6|The Republic of South Ossetia is not recognized by the United Nations or by the United States.
|}
Ambassadors to international organizations
Ambassadors to the United Nations
Current ambassadors from the United States to the United Nations:
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Host organization!!List!!Location!!Ambassador!!Background!!Website!!Confirmed
|-
|United Nations
|
| rowspan="5" |New York, United States
|
| rowspan="5" |PA
|New York City
|September 19, 2025
|-
|United Nations (Deputy)
|
|
|New York City
|December 18, 2025
|-
|United Nations (Management and Reform)
|
|
|New York City
|September 18, 2025
|-
|United Nations (Special Political Affairs)
|
|
|New York City
|September 18, 2025
|-
|United Nations Economic and Social Council
|
|
|New York City
|October 7, 2025
|-
|United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
|
|Paris, France
|
| rowspan="3" |(N/A)
|Paris
|
|-
|United Nations Human Rights Council
|
| rowspan="2" |Geneva, Switzerland
|
|Geneva
|
|-
|United Nations International Organizations in Geneva
|
|
|Geneva
|
|-
|United Nations International Organizations in Rome<br />(U.N. Agencies for Food and Agriculture)
|
|Rome, Italy
|
|PA
|Rome
|October 7, 2025
|-
|United Nations International Organizations in Vienna
|
|Vienna, Austria
|
|(N/A)
|Vienna
|
|}
Other international organizations
Current ambassadors from the United States to other international organizations:
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Host organization!!List!!Location!!Ambassador!!Background!!Website!!Confirmed
|-
|African Union
|
|Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
|<br>Walter Parrs, chargé d'affaires a.i.
| rowspan="5" |(N/A)
|Addis Ababa
|
|-
|Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
|
|Singapore
|
|Singapore
|
|-
|Asian Development Bank
|
|Mandaluyong, Philippines
|
|Mandaluyong
|
|-
|Association of Southeast Asian Nations
|
|Jakarta, Indonesia
|<br>Joy M. Sakurai, chargé d'affaires a.i.
|Jakarta
|
|-
|Conference on Disarmament
|
|Geneva, Switzerland
|<br>Alison Storsve, chargé d'affaires a.i.
|Geneva
|
|-
|European Union
|
|Brussels, Belgium
|
|PA
|Brussels [https://useu.usmission.gov/]
|August 2, 2025
|-
|International Atomic Energy Agency
|
|Vienna, Austria
|
| rowspan="2" |(N/A)
|Vienna
|
|-
|International Civil Aviation Organization
|
|Montreal, Quebec, Canada
|<br/>Anthony Clare, chargé d'affaires a.i.
|Montreal
|
|-
|North Atlantic Treaty Organization
|
|Brussels, Belgium
||
|PA
|Brussels [https://nato.usmission.gov]
|April 1, 2025
|-
|Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
|
|Paris, France
|
|(N/A)
|Paris
|
|-
|Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
|
|The Hague, Netherlands
|
|CD
|The Hague
|February 6, 2024
|-
|Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
|
|Vienna, Austria
|<br/>Kate Rebholz, chargé d'affaires a.i.
|(N/A)
|Vienna [https://osce.usmission.gov]
|
|-
|Organization of American States
|
|Washington, D.C., United States
|
|PA
|Washington, D.C.
|October 7, 2025
|}
Ambassadors-at-large
Current ambassadors-at-large from the United States with worldwide responsibility: Unlike the State Department offices and diplomats listed in other sections of this article, the offices and special envoys, representatives or coordinators listed in this section are created and staffed by direction of top federal executive administratorsprimarily U.S. Presidents and Secretaries of Statewhose political or organizational management philosophies may not be shared by their successors. As such, many of these positions may go unfilled upon assumption of office by successor presidential administrations, with their offices sometimes merged with or subsumed into other offices, or abolished altogether.
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Portfolio!!Title!!Officeholder!!Website!!Appointed
|-
|Advance the Human Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex (LGBTQI+) Persons
| rowspan="2" |Special Envoy
|Vacant since January 20, 2025
|[https://www.state.gov/biographies/jessica-stern/]
|
|-
|Afghan Women, Girls, and Human Rights
|Vacant since January 20, 2025
|[https://www.state.gov/biographies/rina-amiri/]
|
|-
|Afghanistan
|Special Representative
|
|[https://www.state.gov/bureaus-offices/special-representative-for-afghanistan/]
|
|-
|Atlantic Cooperation
|Senior Coordinator
|
|[https://www.state.gov/biographies/jessye-lapenn/]
|
|-
|Biodiversity and Water Resources
|Special Envoy
|
|[https://www.state.gov/monica-p-medina-named-special-envoy-for-biodiversity-and-water-resources/]
|
|-
|Biological Weapons Convention
|Special Representative
|
|[https://www.state.gov/biographies/kenneth-d-ward/]
|
|-
|China
|Coordinator
||Vacant since January 20, 2025
|[https://www.state.gov/biographies/mark-baxter-lambert/]
|
|-
|City and State Diplomacy
|Special Representative
|
|[https://www.state.gov/bureaus-offices/under-secretary-for-economic-growth-energy-and-the-environment/the-secretarys-office-of-global-partnerships/the-special-representative-for-subnational-diplomacy/]
|
|-
|Climate
|Special Presidential Envoy
|Vacant since January 20, 2025
|[https://www.state.gov/bureaus-offices/secretary-of-state/office-of-the-u-s-special-presidential-envoy-for-climate/]
|
|-
|Commercial and Business Affairs
|Special Representative
|
|[https://www.state.gov/bureaus-offices/under-secretary-for-economic-growth-energy-and-the-environment/bureau-of-economic-and-business-affairs/office-of-commercial-and-business-affairs/]
|
|-
|Counterterrorism
|Coordinator
||Vacant since January 20, 2025
|[https://www.state.gov/biographies/elizabeth-richard/]
|
|-
|Critical and Emerging Technology
|Special Envoy
| (deputy)
|[https://www.state.gov/bureaus-offices/secretary-of-state/office-of-the-special-envoy-for-critical-and-emerging-technology/]
|
|-
|Digital Freedom
|Special Envoy and Coordinator
|Vacant since December 13, 2024
|[https://www.state.gov/biographies/eileen-donahoe/]
|
|-
|Diplomatic Security Service for Security Infrastructure
|Senior Coordinator
|
|[https://www.state.gov/biographies/erin-smart/]
|
|-
|North Korea
|Special Representative
|Vacant since July 5, 2024
|[https://www.state.gov/biographies/sung-kim/]
|
|-
|Global Anti-Corruption
|Coordinator
|Vacant since January 20, 2025
|[https://www.state.gov/bureaus-offices/under-secretary-for-civilian-security-democracy-and-human-rights/bureau-of-international-narcotics-and-law-enforcement-affairs/office-of-the-coordinator-on-global-anti-corruption/]
|
|-
|The Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS
|Special Envoy
|
|[https://www.state.gov/biographies/elizabeth-richard/]
|
|-
|Global Democratic Renewal
|Coordinator
|
|[https://www.state.gov/bureaus-offices/under-secretary-for-civilian-security-democracy-and-human-rights/bureau-of-democracy-human-rights-and-labor/]
|
|-
|Global Engagement Center
|Special Envoy and Coordinator
|
|[https://www.state.gov/bureaus-offices/under-secretary-for-public-diplomacy-and-public-affairs/global-engagement-center/]
|
|-
|Global Food Security
|Special Envoy
|Vacant since January 20, 2025
|[https://www.state.gov/bureaus-offices/under-secretary-for-economic-growth-energy-and-the-environment/office-of-global-food-security/]
|
|-
|Global Partnerships
|Special Representative
|
|[https://uz.usembassy.gov/se-paolo-zampolli-2025/]
|
|-
|Global Youth Issues
| rowspan="3" |Special Envoy
|
|[https://www.state.gov/bureaus-offices/under-secretary-for-public-diplomacy-and-public-affairs/office-of-global-youth-issues/]
|
|-
|Greenland
|
|
|
|-
|Haiti
|
|[https://www.state.gov/biographies/daniel-l-foote/]
|
|-
|Health Incident Response Task Force
|Coordinator
|Vacant since July 28, 2023
|[https://www.state.gov/biographies/jonathan-moore/]
|-
|Hollywood
|Special Ambassador
|Mel Gibson, Jon Voight and Sylvester Stallone
|
|
|-
|Holocaust Issues
| rowspan="2" |Special Envoy
|
|[https://www.state.gov/bureaus-offices/under-secretary-for-political-affairs/bureau-of-european-and-eurasian-affairs/office-of-the-special-envoy-for-holocaust-issues/]
|
|-
|Horn of Africa
|Vacant since November 15, 2024
|[https://www.state.gov/biographies/michael-hammer/]
|
|-
|Hostage Affairs
|Special Presidential Envoy
|Vacant since January 20, 2025
|[https://www.state.gov/bureaus-offices/secretary-of-state/special-presidential-envoy-for-hostage-affairs/]
|
|-
|International Labor Affairs
|Special Representative
|
|[https://www.state.gov/biographies/kelly-m-fay-rodriguez/]
|
|-
|Iran
|Special Envoy
|
|[https://www.state.gov/biographies/robert-malley/]
|
|-
|Israel and the Palestinian Authority
|Security Coordinator
|
|[https://www.state.gov/bureaus-offices/secretary-of-state/united-states-security-coordinator-for-israel-and-the-palestinian-authority/]
|
|-
|Lawful Migration
|Senior Coordinator
|
|[https://www.state.gov/biographies/holly-c-holzer/]
|
|-
|Libya
| rowspan="9" |Special Envoy
|
|[https://www.state.gov/appointment-of-ambassador-richard-norland-as-u-s-special-envoy-for-libya/]
|
|-
|Monitor and Combat Antisemitism
|
|[https://www.state.gov/biographies/yehuda-kaploun]
|
|-
|Middle East
|
|[https://www.state.gov/biographies/steve-witkoff/]
|
|-
|Ukraine and Russia
|
|[https://www.state.gov/biographies/keith-kellogg/]
|
|-
|Ukraine
|
|[https://www.state.gov/biographies/keith-kellogg/]
|
|-
|Middle East Humanitarian Issues
|
|[https://www.state.gov/biographies/david-m-satterfield/]
|
|-
|North Korean Human Rights Issues
|
|[https://www.state.gov/biographies/julie-turner/]
|
|-
|Northern Ireland for Economic Affairs
|
|[https://www.state.gov/biographies/joseph-kennedy-iii/]
|
|-
|Northern Triangle
|
|[https://www.state.gov/biographies/ricardo-zuniga/]
|
|-
|Nuclear Nonproliferation
| rowspan="2" |Special Representative
|
|[https://www.state.gov/biographies/adam-scheinman/]
|
|-
|Palestinian Affairs
|
|[https://www.state.gov/biographies/hady-amr/]
|
|-
|Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment
|Special Coordinator
| (acting)
|[https://www.state.gov/bureaus-offices/secretary-of-state/office-of-the-u-s-special-coordinator-for-the-partnership-for-global-infrastructure-and-investment/]
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |Peace Missions
| rowspan="2" |Special Envoy
|Steve Witkoff
|
|July 3, 2025
|-
|Jared Kushner
|
|February 19, 2026
|-
|Racial Equity and Justice
|Special Representative
|Vacant since January 20, 2025
|[https://www.state.gov/biographies/desiree-cormier-smith/]
|
|-
|Sahel Region of Africa
|Special Envoy
|
|[https://www.state.gov/bureaus-offices/under-secretary-for-political-affairs/bureau-of-african-affairs/office-of-the-special-envoy-for-the-sahel-region-of-africa/]
|
|-
|Syria
|Special Envoy
|
|[https://tr.usembassy.gov/u-s-ambassador-to-turkiye-and-special-envoy-for-syria-thomas-barrack/]
|
|-
|Tibetan Issues
|Special Coordinator
|
|[https://www.state.gov/bureaus-offices/under-secretary-for-civilian-security-democracy-and-human-rights/u-s-special-coordinator-for-tibetan-issues/]
|
|-
|U.S. Assistance to Europe and Eurasia
|Coordinator
|
|[https://www.state.gov/bureau-of-european-and-eurasian-affairs/office-of-the-coordinator-of-u-s-assistance-to-europe-and-eurasia/]
|
|-
|Ukraine's Economic Recovery
|Special Representative
|
|[https://www.state.gov/announcing-the-u-s-special-representative-for-ukraines-economic-recovery/]
|
|-
|United Kingdom
|Special Envoy
|
|[https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/statement-president-elect-donald-j-trump-announcing-the-nomination-mark-burnett-special]
|
|-
|United Nations International Organizations in Nairobi
|Permanent Representative
|
|Nairobi
|
|-
|Venezuela
|Special Representative
|
|[https://www.state.gov/bureaus-offices/secretary-of-state/special-representative-for-venezuela/]
|
|-
|Western Balkans
|Special Representative
|
|[https://www.state.gov/biographies/gabriel-escobar/]
|
|-
|Yemen
|Special Envoy
|
|[https://www.state.gov/biographies/timothy-a-lenderking/]
|
|}
Nations without exchange of ambassadors
- Bhutan: According to the U.S. State Department, "The United States and the Kingdom of Bhutan have not established formal diplomatic relations; however, the two governments have informal and cordial relations." Informal contact with the nation of Bhutan is maintained through the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi. On April 24, 1981, the Swiss government assumed representation of U.S. interests in Tehran, and Algeria assumed representation of Iranian interests in the United States. Currently, Iranian interests in the United States are represented by the government of Pakistan. The U.S. Department of State named Iran a "State Sponsor of Terrorism" on January 19, 1984.
- North Korea: The Democratic People's Republic of Korea is not on friendly terms with the United States, and while talks between the two countries are ongoing, there is no exchange of ambassadors. Sweden functions as Protective Power for the United States in Pyongyang and performs limited consular responsibilities for U.S. citizens in North Korea.
- Syria: On February 6, 2012, the United States suspended operations at its embassy in Damascus. On May 5, 2014, the United States recognized the National Coalition of Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces as the foreign mission of Syria.
- Taiwan: With the normalization of relations with the People's Republic of China in 1979, the United States has not maintained official diplomatic relations with Taiwan. Relations between Taiwan and the United States are maintained through an unofficial instrumentality, the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office, with headquarters in Taipei and field offices in Washington, D.C., and twelve other U.S. cities. The Taipei Office of the American Institute in Taiwan, a non-profit, public corporation, functions as a de facto embassy, performing most consular functions and staffed by Foreign Service officers who are formally "on leave".
Notable past ambassadors
Many well-known individuals have served the United States as ambassadors, or in formerly analogous positions such as envoy, including several who also became President of the United States (indicated in boldface below). Some notable ambassadors have included:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Ambassador !!Host country or organization
|-
|John Adams
|United Kingdom, Netherlands
|-
|John Quincy Adams
|United Kingdom, Russia, Netherlands, Germany
|-
|Madeleine Albright
|United Nations
|-
|Lindy Boggs
|Holy See
|-
|John Bolton
|United Nations
|-
|Kenneth Braithwaite
|Norway
|-
|Carol Moseley Braun
|New Zealand
|-
|Paul Bremer
|Netherlands
|-
|James Buchanan
|Russia, United Kingdom
|-
|George H. W. Bush
|United Nations, China
|-
|Lewis Cass
|France
|-
|Cassius Marcellus Clay
|Russia
|-
|George M. Dallas
|Russia, United Kingdom
|-
|John W. Davis
|United Kingdom
|-
|Charles G. Dawes
|United Kingdom
|-
|William L. Dayton
|France
|-
|Frederick Douglass
|Haiti
|-
|Lawrence Eagleburger
|Yugoslavia
|-
|Rahm Emanuel
|Japan
|-
|Geraldine Ferraro
|UNHRC
|-
|Tom Foley
|Japan
|-
|Benjamin Franklin
|France, Sweden
|-
|John Kenneth Galbraith
|India
|-
|Eric Garcetti
|India
|-
|Callista Gingrich
|Holy See
|-
|Richard Grenell
|Germany
|-
|Bill Hagerty
|Japan
|-
|Nikki Haley
|United Nations
|-
|Hannibal Hamlin
|Spain
|-
|Averell Harriman
|Soviet Union, United Kingdom
|-
|Pamela Harriman
|France
|-
|Patricia Roberts Harris
|Luxembourg
|-
|William Henry Harrison
|Colombia
|-
|Richard Holbrooke
|Germany, United Nations
|-
|James C. Hormel
|Luxembourg
|-
|Jon Huntsman Jr.
|Singapore, China, Russia
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Ambassador !! Host country or organization
|-
|Washington Irving
|Spain
|-
|John Jay
|Spain
|-
|Thomas Jefferson
|France
|-
|Caroline Kennedy
|Japan, Australia
|-
|Jean Kennedy Smith
|Ireland
|-
|Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.
|United Kingdom
|-
|William R. King
|France
|-
|Jeane Kirkpatrick
|United Nations
|-
|Michelle Kwan
|Belize
|-
|Robert Todd Lincoln
|United Kingdom
|-
|Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.
|United Nations, Germany
|-
|Clare Boothe Luce
|Italy
|-
|George C. Marshall
|China
|-
|Cindy McCain
|UN Agencies for Food and Agriculture
|-
|George McGovern
|UN-Rome
|-
|John Y. Mason
|France
|-
|Walter Mondale
|Japan
|-
|James Monroe
|France, United Kingdom
|-
|Levi P. Morton
|France
|-
|Daniel Patrick Moynihan
|India, United Nations
|-
|Phil Murphy
|Germany
|-
|John Negroponte
|Honduras, Mexico, Philippines, United Nations, Iraq
|-
|James Lawrence Orr
|Russia
|-
|Ruth Bryan Owen
|Denmark
|-
|George H. Pendleton
|Germany
|-
|Joel Roberts Poinsett
|Mexico
|-
|Whitelaw Reid
|France, United Kingdom
|-
|Bill Richardson
|United Nations
|-
|Donald Rumsfeld
|NATO
|-
|Sargent Shriver
|France
|-
|Shirley Temple
|Czechoslovakia, Ghana
|-
|Adlai Stevenson II
|United Nations
|-
|Andrew Stevenson
|United Kingdom
|-
|Martin Van Buren
|United Kingdom
|-
|Paul Wolfowitz
|Indonesia
|-
|Charles Yost
|Laos, Syria, Morocco, United Nations
|-
|Andrew Young
|United Nations
|}
Ambassadors killed in office
Eight United States Ambassadors have been killed in officesix of them by armed attack and the other two in plane crashes.
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Name
! Ambassador to
! Place
! Country
! Date of death
! Killed by
|-
|Laurence Steinhardt
|Canada
|Ramsayville, Ontario
|
|
|plane crash
|-
|John Gordon Mein
|Guatemala
|Guatemala City
|
|
|attack by Rebel Armed Forces
|-
|Cleo A. Noel Jr.
|Sudan
|Khartoum
|
|
|attack by Black September Organization
|-
|Rodger Davies
|Cyprus
|Nicosia
|
|
|attack during Greek Cypriot demonstration
|-
|Francis E. Meloy Jr.
|Lebanon
|Beirut
|
|
|attack by Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
|-
|Adolph Dubs
|Afghanistan
|Kabul
|
|
|attack by Settam-e-Melli
|-
|Arnold Lewis Raphel
|Pakistan
|Bahawalpur
|
|
|plane crash
|-
|J. Christopher Stevens
|Libya
|Benghazi
|
|
|attack by Ansar al-Sharia on a U.S. diplomatic mission
|}
Ambassadors to past countries
- Czechoslovakia (1919–1992)
- East Germany (1974–1990)
- Hawaii (1863–1898)
- Prussia (1797–1870)
- North Yemen (1946–1991)
- South Vietnam (1950–1975)
- South Yemen (1967–1969)
- Texas (1837–1845)
- Yugoslavia (1919–2004)
Flags
<gallery mode="nolines" widths="200" heights="150">
File:Flag of a United States ambassador.svg|Flag of ambassadors of the United States of America
File:U.S. Chief of Diplomatic Mission Flag.png|Flag of Chief of Mission of the United States of America
</gallery>
See also
- Chief of Protocol of the United States
- List of ambassadors to the United States
- List of LGBT ambassadors of the United States
- List of female ambassadors of the United States
- List of ambassadors appointed by Donald Trump (2017–2021)
- List of ambassadors appointed by Joe Biden
- List of ambassadors nominated by Donald Trump (2025–2029)
- United States Foreign Service Career Ambassador
Notes
References
External links
- Websites of U.S. Embassies and Consulates
- Principal Officers and Chiefs of Mission
- American Foreign Service Association Ambassador Tracker