Ambassadors of the United States

Flag of ambassadors of the United States

This is a list of ambassadors of the United States to individual nations of the world, to international organizations, and to past nations, as well as ambassadors-at-large.^[1]

Ambassadors are nominated by the President and confirmed by the U.S. Senate.^[2] An ambassador can be appointed during a recess, but he or she can only serve as ambassador until the end of the next session of Congress unless subsequently confirmed.^[3] Ambassadors serve "at the pleasure of the President", meaning they can be dismissed at any time.

An ambassador may be a career Foreign Service Officer (career diplomat - CD) 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. As embassies fall under the State Department's jurisdiction, ambassadors answer directly to the Secretary of State.

In late May 2017, under president Donald J. Trump a quarter of the countries in the world do not have a U.S. ambassador. The United States lacks ambassadors to NATO, the European Union, France, Germany, and Russia. 200 positions at the State Department require Senate confirmation, including key ambassadorships, the vast majority of which remain unfilled.^[4]

Current U.S. ambassadors

Host country	List	Ambassador	Background	Website	Confirmed
Afghanistan	List	Vacant since December 2016 Hugo Llorens, Chargé d'Affaires a.i John Bass nominated July 20, 2017^[5]	(N/A)	Kabul
Albania	List	Donald Lu	CD	Tirana	November 20, 2014
Algeria	List	John Desrocher	CD	Algiers	August 3, 2017
Andorra^[6]	List	Vacant since January 20, 2017 Krishna Urs, Chargé d'Affaires a.i	(N/A)	Madrid
Angola	List	Helen La Lime	CD	Luanda	May 15, 2014
Antigua and Barbuda^[7]	List	Linda Swartz Taglialatela	CD	Bridgetown	December 9, 2015
Argentina	List	Vacant since January 20, 2017 Tom Cooney, Chargé d'Affaires a.i	(N/A)	Buenos Aires
Armenia	List	Richard Mills	CD	Yerevan	December 16, 2014
Australia	List	Vacant since December 2016 James Carouso, Chargé d'Affaires a.i	(N/A)	Canberra
Austria	List	Vacant since January 20, 2017 Eugene Young, Chargé d'Affaires a.i	(N/A)	Vienna
Azerbaijan	List	Robert Cekuta	CD	Baku	December 16, 2014
Bahamas	List	Vacant since November 21, 2011 Lisa Johnson, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	(N/A)	Nassau
Bahrain	List	William Roebuck	CD	Manama	November 18, 2014
Bangladesh	List	Marcia Bernicat	CD	Dhaka	November 18, 2014
Barbados^[7]	List	Linda Swartz Taglialatela	CD	Bridgetown	December 9, 2015
Belarus	List	Vacant since March 12, 2008 Scott Rauland, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	(N/A)	Minsk
Belgium	List	Vacant since January 20, 2017 Matthew Lussenhop, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	(N/A)	Brussels
Belize	List	Vacant since January 20, 2017 Adrienne Galanek, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	(N/A)	Belmopan
Benin	List	Lucy Tamlyn	CD	Cotonou	October 8, 2015
Bhutan	The United States does not maintain formal diplomatic relations with Bhutan. Informal contact through the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi.
Bolivia	List	Vacant since September 10, 2008 Peter Brennan, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	(N/A)	La Paz
Bosnia and Herzegovina	List	Maureen Cormack	CD	Sarajevo	November 19, 2014
Botswana	List	Earl Miller	CD	Gaborone	November 19, 2014
Brazil	List	P. Michael McKinley	CD	Brasilia	September 8, 2016
Brunei	List	Craig Allen	CD	Bandar Seri Begawan	November 18, 2014
Bulgaria	List	Eric S. Rubin	CD	Sofia	December 9, 2015
Burkina Faso	List	Andrew Robert Young	CD	Ouagadougou	September 28, 2016
Burma (Myanmar)^[8]	List	Scot Marciel	CD	Rangoon	February 9, 2016
Burundi	List	Anne Casper	CD	Bujumbura	June 29, 2016
Cambodia	List	William A. Heidt	CD	Phnom Penh	August 5, 2015
Cameroon	List	Michael Hoza	CD	Yaoundé	July 29, 2014
Canada	List	Kelly Knight Craft	PA	Ottawa	August 3, 2017
Cape Verde	List	Donald Helfin	CD	Praia	December 12, 2014
Central African Republic^[9]^[10]^[11]	List	Jeffrey Hawkins	CD	Bangui	October 8, 2015
Chad	List	Geeta Pasi	CD	N'Djamena	June 29, 2016
Chile	List	Carol Z. Perez	CD	Santiago	July 14, 2016
China	List	Terry Branstad	PA	Beijing	May 22, 2017
Colombia	List	Kevin Whitaker	CD	Bogotá	April 1, 2014
Comoros^[12]	List	Robert Yamate	CD	Antananarivo	November 19, 2014
Congo-Brazzaville	List	Todd Haskell	CD	Brazzaville	May 18, 2017
Congo-Kinshasa	List	James Swan	CD	Kinshasa	August 1, 2013
Costa Rica	List	Sharon Day	PA	San José	August 3, 2017
Croatia	List	Julieta Valls Noyes	CD	Zagreb	June 24, 2015
Cuba	List	Vacant since July 20, 2015 Jeffrey DeLaurentis, Chargé d'Affaires a.i^[13]	(N/A)	Havana
Cyprus	List	Kathleen A. Doherty	CD	Nicosia	August 5, 2015
Czech Republic	List	Vacant since January 20, 2017 Kelly Adams-Smith, Chargé d'Affaires a.i	(N/A)	Prague
Denmark	List	Vacant since January 20, 2017 Laura Lochman, Chargé d'Affaires a.i	(N/A)	Copenhagen
Djibouti	List	Vacant since January 15, 2017 Mark Boulware, Chargé d'Affaires a.i'	(N/A)	Djibouti	June 25, 2014
Dominica^[7]	List	Linda Swartz Taglialatela	CD	Bridgetown	December 9, 2015
Dominican Republic	List	Vacant since January 20, 2017 Patrick Dunn, Chargé d'Affaires a.i	(N/A)	Santo Domingo
East Timor	List	Karen Clark Stanton	CD	Dili	November 17, 2014
Ecuador	List	Todd C. Chapman	CD	Quito	December 9, 2015
Egypt	List	Robert Beecroft	CD	Cairo	June 26, 2014
El Salvador	List	Jean Elizabeth Manes	CD	San Salvador	December 9, 2015
Equatorial Guinea	List	Julie Furuta-Toy	CD	Malabo	October 22, 2015
Eritrea	List	Vacant since July 19, 2010 Natalie E. Brown, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	(N/A)	Asmara
Estonia	List	James Desmond Melville, Jr.	CD	Tallinn	August 5, 2015
Ethiopia	List	Michael A. Raynor	CD	Addis Ababa	August 3, 2017
Fiji^[14]	List	Judith Beth Cefkin	CD	Suva	November 19, 2014
Finland	List	Vacant since January 20, 2017 Donna Welton, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	(N/A)	Helsinki
France^[15]	List	Vacant since January 20, 2017 Kristina Kvien, Chargé d'Affaires a.i Jamie McCourt nominated ^[16]	(N/A)	Paris
Gabon^[17]	List	Cynthia Akuetteh	CD	Libreville	July 30, 2014
Gambia	List	Patricia Alsup	CD	Banjul	October 8, 2015
Georgia	List	Ian Kelly	CD	Tbilisi	June 24, 2015
Germany	List	Vacant since January 20, 2017 Kent Logsdon, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.^[18] Richard Grenell nominated ^[19]	(N/A)	Berlin
Ghana	List	Robert P. Jackson	CD	Ghana	October 22, 2015
Greece	List	Geoffrey Pyatt	CD	Athens	July 14, 2016
Grenada^[7]	List	Linda Swartz Taglialatela	CD	Bridgetown	December 9, 2015
Guatemala	List	Luis Arreaga	CD	Guatemala	September 16, 2014
Guinea-Bissau^[20]	List	Tulinabo S. Mushingi	CD	Bissau VPP	May 18, 2017
Guinea-Conakry	List	Dennis Hankins	CD	Conakry	October 22, 2015
Guyana	List	Perry Holloway	CD	Georgetown	August 5, 2015
Haiti	List	Vacant since February 27, 2017 Brian W. Shukan, Chargé d'Affaires a.i	(N/A)	Port-au-Prince
Holy See (Vatican City)	List	Vacant since January 20, 2017 Louis L. Bono, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	(N/A)	Vatican
Honduras	List	James Nealon	CD	Tegucigalpa	July 15, 2014
Hungary	List	Vacant since January 20, 2017 David J. Kostelancik, Chargé d'Affaires a.i	(N/A)	Budapest
Iceland	List	Vacant since January 20, 2017 Jill Esposito, Chargé d'Affaires a.i	(N/A)	Reykjavik
India	List	Vacant since January 20, 2017 MaryKay Loss Carlson, Chargé d'Affaires a.i	(N/A)	New Delhi
Indonesia	List	Joseph R. Donovan Jr.	CD	Jakarta	September 28, 2016
Iran	List	No diplomatic relations since April 7, 1980. Informal contact via the U.S. Interests Section in the Swiss embassy. Virtual Embassy Tehran since December 2011
Iraq	List	Douglas Alan Silliman	CD	Baghdad	July 14, 2016
Ireland	List	Vacant since January 20, 2017 Reece Smyth, Chargé d'Affaires a.i	(N/A)	Dublin
Israel	List	David M. Friedman	PA	Tel Aviv	March 23, 2017
Italy^[21]	List	Lewis Eisenberg	PA	Rome	August 3, 2017
Ivory Coast	List	Vacant since August 2016 Andrew Haviland, Chargé d'Affaires a.i	(N/A)	Abidjan
Jamaica	List	Luis Moreno	CD	Kingston	November 20, 2014
Japan	List	William F. Hagerty	PA	Tokyo	July 13, 2017
Jordan	List	Vacant since January 20, 2017 Henry Wooster Chargé d'Affaires a.i	(N/A)	Amman	June 16, 2014
Kazakhstan	List	George Krol	CD	Astana	November 20, 2014
Kenya	List	Robert Godec	CD	Nairobi	January 2, 2013
Kiribati^[14]	List	Judith Beth Cefkin	CD	Suva	November 19, 2014
Kosovo	List	Greg Delawie	CD	Pristina	June 24, 2015
Kuwait	List	Lawrence Robert Silverman	CD	Kuwait City	July 14, 2016
Kyrgyzstan	List	Sheila Gwaltney	CD	Bishkek	August 5, 2015
Laos	List	Rena Bitter	CD	Vientiane	September 28, 2016
Latvia	List	Nancy Pettit	CD	Riga	June 24, 2015
Lebanon	List	Elizabeth Holzhall Richard	CD	Beirut	May 17, 2016
Lesotho	List	Matthew Harrington	CD	Maseru	September 16, 2014
Liberia	List	Christine A. Elder	CD	Monrovia	May 17, 2016
Libya	List	Peter W. Bodde	CD	Tripoli	November 19, 2015
Liechtenstein^[22]	List	Vacant since January 20, 2017 Tara Feret Erath, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	(N/A)	Bern
Lithuania	List	Anne Hall	CD	Vilnius	July 14, 2016
Luxembourg	List	Vacant since January 20, 2017 Alison Shorter-Lawrence, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	(N/A)	Luxembourg
Macedonia	List	Jess Baily	CD	Skopje	December 16, 2014
Madagascar^[12]	List	Robert Yamate	CD	Antananarivo	November 19, 2014
Malawi	List	Virginia E. Palmer	CD	Lilongwe	December 12, 2014
Malaysia	List	Kamala Shirin Lakhdhir	CD	Kuala Lumpur	December 9, 2016
Maldives^[23]	List	Atul Keshap	CD	Colombo	August 5, 2015
Mali	List	Paul Folmsbee	CD	Bamako	May 23, 2015
Malta	List	G. Kathleen Hill	CD	Valletta	December 9, 2015
Marshall Islands	List	Karen B. Stewart	CD	Majuro	May 17, 2016
Mauritania	List	Larry Andre	CD	Nouakchott	July 29, 2014
Mauritius^[24]	List	Vacant since January 20, 2017 Melanie Zimmerman, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	(N/A)	Port Louis
Mexico	List	Roberta Jacobson	CD	Mexico City	April 28, 2016
Micronesia	List	Robert Riley	CD	Kolonia	May 17, 2016
Moldova	List	James Pettit	CD	Chişinău	November 20, 2014
Monaco^[15]^[25]	List	Vacant since January 20, 2017 Kristina Kvien, Chargé d'Affaires a.i	(N/A)	Paris
Mongolia	List	Jennifer Zimdahl Galt	CD	Ulaanbaatar	August 5, 2015
Montenegro	List	Margaret A. Uyehara	CD	Podgorica	December 16, 2014
Morocco	List	Vacant since January 20, 2017 Stephanie Miley, Chargé d'Affaires a.i	(N/A)	Rabat
Mozambique	List	H. Dean Pittman	CD	Maputo	November 19, 2015
Namibia	List	Thomas Daughton	CD	Windhoek	September 17, 2014
Nauru^[14]	List	Judith Beth Cefkin	CD	Suva	November 19, 2014
Nepal	List	Alaina B. Teplitz	CD	Kathmandu	August 5, 2015
Netherlands	List	Vacant since February 2016^[26] Shawn Crowley	(N/A)	The Hague
New Zealand^[27]	List	Scott Brown	PA	Wellington	June 8, 2017
Nicaragua	List	Laura Farnsworth Dogu	CD	Managua	August 5, 2015
Niger	List	Eunice Reddick	CD	Niamey	July 21, 2014
Nigeria	List	W. Stuart Symington	CD	Abuja	September 28, 2016
North Korea	The United States does not maintain diplomatic relations with North Korea. Limited consular matters handled by the Swedish embassy.^[28]
Norway	List	Vacant since January 20, 2017 James P. DeHart, Chargé d'Affaires a.i	(N/A)	Oslo
Oman	List	Marc Jonathan Sievers	CD	Muscat	November 19, 2015
Pakistan	List	David Hale	CD	Islamabad	August 5, 2015
Palau^[29]	List	Amy J. Hyatt	CD	Koror	December 12, 2014
Panama	List	John D. Feeley	CD	Panama	December 9, 2015
Papua New Guinea^[30]	List	Catherine Ebert-Gray	CD	Port Moresby	December 9, 2015
Paraguay	List	Hugo F. Rodríguez Jr., Chargé d'Affaires a.i	(N/A)	Asunción	November 18, 2014
Peru	List	Krishna Urs	CD	Lima	June 19, 2014
Philippines^[29]	List	Sung Y. Kim	CD	Manila	September 28, 2016
Poland	List	Paul W. Jones	CD	Warsaw	August 5, 2015
Portugal	List	George Edward Glass	PA	Lisbon	August 3, 2017
Qatar	List	Vacant since late June 2017 William Grant, Chargé d'Affaires a.i^[31]	(N/A)	Doha
Romania	List	Hans G. Klemm	CD	Bucharest	August 5, 2015
Russia	List	John F. Tefft	CD	Moscow	July 31, 2014
Rwanda	List	Erica Barks-Ruggles	CD	Kigali	November 17, 2014
Saint Kitts and Nevis^[7]	List	Linda Swartz Taglialatela	CD	Bridgetown	December 9, 2015
Saint Lucia^[7]	List	Linda Swartz Taglialatela	CD	Bridgetown	December 9, 2015
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines^[7]	List	Linda Swartz Taglialatela	CD	Bridgetown	December 9, 2015
Samoa^[27]	List	Scott Brown	PA	Wellington	June 8, 2017
San Marino^[21]	List	Lewis Eisenberg	PA	Florence San Marino VPP	August 3, 2017
São Tomé and Príncipe^[17]	List	Cynthia Akuetteh	CD	Libreville	July 30, 2014
Saudi Arabia	List	Vacant since January 9, 2017 Christopher Henzel, Chargé d'Affaires a.i	(N/A)	Riyadh
Senegal^[20]	List	Tulinabo S. Mushingi	CD	Dakar	May 18, 2017
Serbia	List	Kyle Randolph Scott	CD	Belgrade	December 9, 2015
Seychelles^[24]	List	Vacant since January 20, 2017 Melanie Zimmerman, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	(N/A)	Port Louis
Sierra Leone	List	Maria Brewer	CD	Freetown	August 3, 2017
Singapore	List	Vacant since January 20, 2017 Stephanie Syptak-Ramnath, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	(N/A)	Singapore
Slovakia	List	Adam Sterling	CD	Bratislava	May 17, 2016
Slovenia	List	Brent Hartley	CD	Ljubljana	November 20, 2014
Solomon Islands^[30]	List	Catherine Ebert-Gray	CD	Port Moresby	December 9, 2015
Somalia^[32]^[33]	List	Stephen Schwartz	CD	Somalia VPP	May 17, 2016
South Africa	List	Vacant since December 16, 2016 Jessye Lapenn, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	(N/A)	Pretoria
South Korea	List	Vacant since January 20, 2017 Marc Knapper, Chargé d'Affaires a.i	(N/A)	Seoul
South Sudan	List	Mary Catherine Phee	CD	Juba	June 24, 2015
Spain^[6]	List	Vacant since January 20, 2017 Krishna R. Urs, Chargé d'Affaires a.i	(N/A)	Madrid
Sri Lanka^[23]	List	Atul Keshap	CD	Colombo	August 5, 2015
Sudan^[34]	List	Vacant since February 7, 1996 Jerry P. Lanier, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	(N/A)	Khartoum
Suriname	List	Edwin Nolan, Jr.	CD	Paramaribo	October 8, 2015
Swaziland	List	Lisa J. Peterson	CD	Mbabane	November 19, 2015
Sweden	List	Vacant since January 20, 2017 David Lindwall, Chargé d'Affaires a.i	(N/A)	Stockholm
Switzerland^[22]	List	Vacant since January 20, 2017 Tara Feret Erath, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	(N/A)	Bern
Syria^[35]	List	Vacant since February 28, 2014 Michael Ratney, Special Envoy	(N/A)	Damascus
Taiwan	Since January 19, 1979, diplomatic relations have been carried out by the American Institute in Taiwan Taipei Office
Tajikistan	List	Elisabeth I. Millard	CD	Dushanbe	November 19, 2015
Tanzania	List	Vacant since October 2016 Virginia Blaser, Chargé d'Affaires a.i	(N/A)	Dar es Salaam
Thailand	List	Glyn T. Davies	CD	Bangkok	August 5, 2015
Togo	List	David Gilmour	CD	Lomé	October 8, 2015
Tonga^[14]	List	Judith Beth Cefkin	CD	Tonga	November 19, 2014
Trinidad and Tobago	List	Vacant since January 20, 2017 John McIntyre, Chargé d'Affaires a.i	(N/A)	Port of Spain
Tunisia	List	Daniel Rubinstein	CD	Tunis	October 8, 2015
Turkey	List	John Bass	CD	Ankara	September 17, 2014
Turkmenistan	List	Allan Mustard	CD	Ashgabat	November 19, 2014
Tuvalu^[14]	List	Judith Beth Cefkin	CD	Suva	November 19, 2014
Uganda	List	Deborah R. Malac	CD	Kampala	November 19, 2015
Ukraine	List	Marie L. Yovanovitch	CD	Kiev	July 14, 2016
United Arab Emirates	List	Barbara Leaf	CD	Abu Dhabi	November 17, 2014
United Kingdom^[36]	List	Woody Johnson	PA	London	August 3, 2017
Uruguay	List	Kelly Keiderling	CD	Montevideo	May 17, 2016
Uzbekistan	List	Pamela Spratlen	CD	Tashkent	November 20, 2014
Vanuatu^[30]	List	Catherine Ebert-Gray	CD	Port Moresby	December 9, 2015
Venezuela	List	Vacant since July 16, 2010 Lee McClenny, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.^[37]	(N/A)	Caracas
Vietnam	List	Theodore Osius	CD	Hanoi	November 17, 2014
Yemen	List	Vacant since February 12, 2015 Richard H. Riley, Chargé d'Affaires a.i	(N/A)	Sana’a
Zambia	List	Eric Schultz	CD	Lusaka	September 17, 2014
Zimbabwe	List	Harry K. Thomas, Jr.	CD	Harare	October 22, 2015
Abkhazia	The Republic of Abkhazia is not recognized by the United Nations or by the United States.
Northern Cyprus	The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus is not recognized by the United Nations or by the United States.
Palestine	The Palestinian State is not recognized by the United States.
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic	The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic is not recognized by the United Nations or by the United States^[38]
South Ossetia	The Republic of South Ossetia is not recognized by the United Nations or by the United States.

Ambassadors to international organizations

Current ambassadors from the United States to international organizations:

Host organization	List	Location	Ambassador	Background	Website	Confirmed
African Union	List	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	Mary Beth Leonard	CD	Addis Ababa	June 29, 2016
Association of Southeast Asian Nations	List	Jakarta, Indonesia	Vacant since January 20, 2017 Jane Bocklage, Chargé d'Affaires a.i	(N/A)	Jakarta
Conference on Disarmament	List	Geneva, Switzerland	Robert Wood	CD	Geneva	July 15, 2014
European Union	List	Brussels, Belgium	Vacant since January 20, 2017 Adam Shub, Chargé d'Affaires a.i	(N/A)	Brussels
International Civil Aviation Organization	List	Montreal, Quebec, Canada	Vacant since January 20, 2017 Sam Kotis, Chargé d'Affaires a.i	(N/A)	Montreal
North Atlantic Treaty Organization	List	Brussels, Belgium	Kay Bailey Hutchison	(N/A)	Brussels	August 3, 2017
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development	List	Paris, France	Vacant since January 20, 2017 Peter Haas, Chargé d'Affaires a.i	(N/A)	Paris
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons	List	The Hague, Netherlands	Kenneth Ward	CD	The Hague	December 7, 2015
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe	List	Vienna, Austria	Vacant since January 20, 2017 Katie Marie Byrnes, Chargé d'Affaires a.i	(N/A)	Vienna
Organization of American States	List	Washington, D.C., United States	Vacant since July 2016 Kevin K. Sullivan, Interim Permanent Representative	(N/A)	Washington, D.C.
United Nations	List	New York, United States	Nikki Haley	PA	New York City	January 24, 2017
United Nations (Deputy)	List	Washington, D.C., United States	Michele J. Sison	CD	Washington, D.C.	November 19, 2014
United Nations (Management and Reform)	List	New York, United States	Vacant since January 20, 2017	(N/A)	New York City
United Nations (Special Political Affairs)	List	New York, United States	Vacant since January 20, 2017	(N/A)	New York City
United Nations Economic and Social Council	List	New York, United States	Kelley Eckels Currie	(N/A)	New York City	August 3, 2017
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization	List	Paris, France	Vacant since January 20, 2017 Chris Hegadorn, Chargé d'Affaires a.i	(N/A)	Paris
United Nations Human Rights Council	List	Geneva, Switzerland	Vacant since January 20, 2017 Theodore Allegra, Chargé d'Affaires a.i	(N/A)	Geneva
United Nations International Organizations in Geneva	List	Geneva, Switzerland	Vacant since January 20, 2017 Theodore Allegra, Chargé d'Affaires a.i	(N/A)	Geneva
United Nations International Organizations in Nairobi	List	Nairobi, Kenya	Robert F. Godec	CD	Nairobi	January 2, 2013
United Nations International Organizations in Rome	List	Rome, Italy	Vacant since August 9, 2016 Thomas M. Duffy, Chargé d'Affaires a.i	(N/A)	Rome
United Nations International Organizations in Vienna	List	Vienna, Austria	Vacant since August 4, 2014 Andrew Schofer, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	(N/A)	Vienna

Ambassadors-at-Large

Current Ambassadors-at-Large from the United States with worldwide responsibility:^[39]^[40]

Portfolio	List	Ambassador	Background	Confirmed
Counterterrorism (Coordinator)	List	Nathan Alexander Sales	(N/A)	August 3, 2017
Global AIDS Combat (Coordinator)	List	Deborah L. Birx	PA	April 4, 2014
Global Criminal Justice	List	Vacant	(N/A)
Global Women's Issues	List	Vacant	(N/A)
International Religious Freedom	List	Vacant	(N/A)
Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (Director)	List	Susan P. Coppedge	PA	October 19, 2015

Other Chiefs of Mission

Senior diplomatic representatives of the United States hosted in posts other than embassies. Unlike other consulates, these persons report directly to the Secretary of State.

Host country	List	Ambassador	Title	Website	Appointed
Curaçao^[41]	List	Margaret Hawthorne	Consul General and Chief of Mission	Curaçao	April 2016
Hong Kong^[42]	List	Kurt Tong	Consul General and Chief of Mission	Hong Kong	August 27, 2016
Jerusalem^[43]	List	Donald Blome	Consul General and Chief of Mission	Jerusalem	July 27, 2015
Macau^[42]	List	Kurt Tong	Consul General and Chief of Mission	Hong Kong	August 27, 2016
Taiwan	List	Kin W. Moy	Director	Taipei	June 8, 2015

Special Envoys, Representatives and Coordinators

These diplomatic officials report directly to the Secretary of State. Many oversee a portfolio not restricted to one nation, often an overall goal, and are not usually subject to Senate confirmation.^[44]^[40]^[45]

Portfolio	Officeholder (Title)	Appointed
Afghanistan and Pakistan	Vacant since November 17, 2016 (Special Representative) Laurel Miller, acting
Arctic Region	Vacant since January 20, 2017 (Special Representative)
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation	Matthew Matthews (Senior Official)	May 17, 2015
Assistance to Europe, Eurasia, and Central Asia	Alina Romanowski (Coordinator)	March 9, 2015
Biological & Toxin Weapons Convention Issues	Robert Wood (Special Representative)	October 2, 2014
Burma	Vacant since November 19, 2014 (Senior Advisor)
Central African Republic	Stuart Symington (Special Representative)	April 21, 2014
Civil Society and Emerging Democracies	Vacant since October 31, 2014 (Coordinator)
Climate Change	Vacant since January 20, 2017 (Special Envoy)
Closure of the Guantánamo Detention Facility	Vacant since January 20, 2017 (Special Envoy)
Commercial and Business Affairs	Vacant (Special Representative) Margaret Hawley, acting
Conference on Disarmament	Robert Wood (Special Representative)	October 2, 2014
Counterterrorism	Justin Siberell (Coordinator)	July 9, 2012
Cyber Issues	Christopher Painter (Coordinator)	February 22, 2011
Environment and Water Resources	Vacant (Special Representative)
Fissile Material Negotiator	Michael Guhin (Senior Cutoff Coordinator)	August 10, 2009
Global Coalition to Counter ISIL	Brett H. McGurk (Special Presidential Envoy)	November 13, 2015
Global Criminal Justice	Todd Buchwald (Special Coordinator)	December 30, 2015
Global Engagement Center	Vacant
Global Food Security	Vacant (Special Representative) Ted Lyng, acting
Global Health Diplomacy	Deborah L. Birx (Special Representative/Ambassador)	April 14, 2014
Global Partnerships	Vacant (Special Representative) Thomas Debass, acting
Global Youth Issues	Andy Rabens (Special Advisor)	October 19, 2014
Great Lakes Region of Africa	Laurence D. Wohlers (Special Envoy)	January 2017
Haiti	Kenneth Merten (Special Coordinator)	August 17, 2015
Holocaust Issues	Thomas K. Yazdgerdi (Special Envoy) Stu Eizenstat (Special Advisor)	August 22, 2016 December 18, 2013
Hostage Affairs	James O'Brien (Special Presidential Envoy)	August 28, 2015
Human Rights of LGBTI Persons	Randy W. Berry (Special Envoy)	April 13, 2015
International Communications and Information Policy	Vacant (Coordinator/Ambassador)
International Disabilities Rights	Vacant (Special Advisor)
International Energy Affairs	Vacant (Special Envoy and Coordinator) Mary Warlick acting
International Information Programs	Vacant (Coordinator) Jonathan Henick, acting
International Information Technology Diplomacy	Catherine Novelli (Senior Coordinator)	April 22, 2014
International Labor Affairs	Vacant (Special Representative)
Iran Nuclear Implementation	Stephen Mull (Coordinator)	September 25, 2015
Israel and the Palestinian Authority	Frederick Rudesheim (Security Coordinator)	January 2015
Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations	Frank Lowenstein (Special Envoy)	July 1, 2014
Knowledge Management	Vacant (Senior Coordinator)
Libya	Vacant since January 20, 2017 (Special Envoy)
Middle East Transitions	Vacant (Special Coordinator)
Minsk	Vacant (Senior Representative)
Monitor and Combat Anti-semitism	Vacant (Special Envoy)
Muslim Communities	Vacant (Special Representative)
Nonproliferation and Arms Control	Vacant since June 10, 2010 (Special Advisor)
North Korea Policy	Joseph Yun (Special Representative)	October 17, 2016
North Korean Human Rights Issues	Robert King (Special Envoy)	November 24, 2009
Northern Ireland Issues	Gary Hart (Presidential Representative)	October 22, 2014
Nuclear Nonproliferation	Vacant (Special Representative of the President/Ambassador)
Organization of Islamic Cooperation	Vacant since February 13, 2015 (Special Envoy)
Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review	Vacant since July 6, 2015 (Special Representative)
Religion and Global Affairs	Vacant (Special Representative) Amy Lillis, acting
Religious Minorities in the Near East and South/Central Asia	Knox Thames (Special Envoy)	September 28, 2015
Sanctions Policy	Daniel Fried (Coordinator)	January 28, 2013
Science and Technology	Vacant (Advisor)
Secretary Initiatives	Vacant (Special Advisor)
Senior Advisor to the Secretary	Vacant (Senior Advisor)
Six-Party Talks	Vacant since September 2015 (Special Envoy)
Somalia	Vacant (Special Representative)
Sudan and South Sudan	Vacant (Special Envoy)
Syria	Michael Ratney (Special Envoy)	July 27, 2015
Threat Reduction Programs	Bonnie Jenkins (Coordinator/Ambassador)	July 13, 2009
Tibetan Issues	Vacant (Special Coordinator)
Transparency	Janice Jacobs (Coordinator)	September 8, 2015
Ukraine Negotiations	Kurt Volker (Special Representative)	July 7, 2015

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".^[46] Informal contact with the nation of Bhutan is maintained through the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi.^[46]
Iran: On April 7, 1980, the United States broke diplomatic relations with Iran after the 1979 Iranian Revolution.^[47] 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.^[48] 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.^[49]
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.^[50]
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."^[51]

Selected past ambassadors

Well-known past ambassadors from the United States:

Ambassador	Host country or organization
John Adams	United Kingdom, Netherlands
John Quincy Adams	United Kingdom, Russia, Netherlands, Germany
Madeleine Albright	United Nations
Carol Moseley Braun	New Zealand
James Buchanan	Russia, United Kingdom
George H. W. Bush	United Nations
Cassius Marcellus Clay	Russia
Frederick Douglass	Haiti
Lawrence Eagleburger	Yugoslavia
Benjamin Franklin	France, Sweden
John Kenneth Galbraith	India
Averell Harriman	Soviet Union, United Kingdom
Pamela Harriman	France
Patricia Roberts Harris	Luxembourg
William Henry Harrison	Colombia
Richard Holbrooke	Germany, United Nations
Jon Huntsman	Singapore, China

Ambassador	Host country or organization
John Jay	Spain
Thomas Jefferson	France
Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.	United Kingdom
Jeane Kirkpatrick	United Nations
Robert Lincoln	United Kingdom
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.	United Nations, Germany
Clare Boothe Luce	Italy
George McGovern	UN-Rome
John Y. Mason	France
Walter Mondale	Japan
James Monroe	France, United Kingdom
Daniel Patrick Moynihan	India, United Nations
Donald Rumsfeld	NATO
Shirley Temple	Czechoslovakia, Ghana
Martin Van Buren	United Kingdom
Paul Wolfowitz	Indonesia
Charles Yost	Laos, Syria, Morocco, United Nations

Ambassadors killed in office

Eight United States Ambassadors have been killed in office – six of them by armed attack and the other two in plane crashes.^[52]

Name	Ambassador to	Place	Country	Date of death	Killed by
Laurence Steinhardt	Canada	Ramsayville, Ontario	Canada	000000001950-03-28-0000March 28, 1950	plane crash
John Mein	Guatemala	Guatemala City	Guatemala	000000001968-08-28-0000August 28, 1968	attack by Rebel Armed Forces
Cleo Noel	Sudan	Khartoum	Sudan	000000001973-03-02-0000March 2, 1973	attack by Black September
Rodger Davies	Cyprus	Nicosia	Cyprus	000000001974-08-19-0000August 19, 1974	attack during Greek Cypriot demonstration
Francis Meloy	Lebanon	Beirut	Lebanon	000000001976-06-16-0000June 16, 1976	attack by Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
Adolph Dubs	Afghanistan	Kabul	Afghanistan	000000001979-02-14-0000February 14, 1979	attack by Settam-e-Melli
Arnold Raphel	Pakistan	Bahawalpur,	Pakistan	000000001988-08-17-0000August 17, 1988	plane crash
Chris Stevens	Libya	Benghazi	Libya	000000002012-09-11-0000September 11, 2012	attack by Ansar al-Sharia on a U.S. diplomatic mission

Ambassadors to past countries

Notes and references

↑ "U.S. Ambassadors: Current List of Ambassadorial Appointments Overseas". U.S. Department of State. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
↑ U.S. Senate – Powers & Procedure Senate.gov Retrieved 25 May 2012.
↑ Henry B. Hogue. "Recess Appointments: Frequently Asked Questions" (PDF). Congressional Research Service, the Library of Congress. Retrieved 2012-05-25.
↑ http://thehill.com/policy/international/334327-worries-mount-about-vacancies-in-trumps-state-department
↑ Watkins, Eli (July20, 2017). "Trump taps ambassador to Turkey as new top diplomat in Afghanistan". CNN. Check date values in: |date= (help)
1 2 The U.S. Ambassador to Spain, resident at Madrid, is also accredited to Andorra.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 The United States Ambassador to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, resident in Bridgetown, Barbados, is concurrently accredited to Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
↑ In 1989 the military government of Burma changed the name of the nation to Myanmar, but the United States government—and other Western governments—still refer to the country as Burma in official usage. See Myanmar.
↑ Embassy suspended operations on December 28, 2012. French embassy acted as protecting power from April 25, 2013. Relations resumed from September 15, 2014
↑ Department of State – Central African Republic: Resumption of Operations at Embassy Bangui
↑ 7 FAM 1022 – Bilateral Protecting Power Arrangements
1 2 One ambassador, resident at Antananarivo, is accredited to Madagascar and Comoros.
↑ DeLaurentis was the Chief of Mission of the U.S. Interests Section from August 2014 until the resumption of full diplomatic relations in July 2015.
1 2 3 4 5 One ambassador, resident at Suva, is accredited to Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga, and Tuvalu. Source U.S. Embassy Suva.
1 2 As of December 2006, the U.S. ambassador to France is also accredited to Monaco.
↑ O'Sullivan, Jim (Aug 3, 2017). "Jamie McCourt to be nominated as ambassador to France". Boston Globe.
1 2 One ambassador, resident at Libreville, is accredited to Gabon and São Tomé and Príncipe. Source: U.S. State Department
↑ "Chargé d’Affaires Kent Logsdon". U.S. Embassy & Consulates in the Germany. Retrieved 2017-01-22.
↑ Gauoette, Nicole (July20, 2017). "TTrump offers job of German ambassador to Richard Grenell". CNN. Check date values in: |date= (help)
1 2 One ambassador, resident at Dakar, is accredited to Guinea-Bissau and Senegal.
1 2 The U.S. Ambassador to Rome is also accredited to San Marino. The U.S. Consulate in Florence handles matters concerned with San Marino.
1 2 One ambassador, resident at Bern, is accredited to Switzerland and Liechtenstein.
1 2 One ambassador, resident at Colombo, is accredited to Maldives and Sri Lanka.
1 2 One ambassador, resident at Port Louis, is accredited to Mauritius and Seychelles.
↑ Until December 2006, the United States and Monaco had no formal diplomatic relations (exchange of ambassadors). The U.S. Consul General in Marseille, France, under the authority of the U.S. Ambassador to France, managed relations with Monaco. In December 2006, the United States and Monaco upgraded from consular to full diplomatic relations and Ambassador Craig Stapleton (France) was accredited to Monaco. Source: Department of State: Background notes on Monaco, U.S. Embassy in France: U.S. Diplomatic Mission to Monaco.
↑ Tim Broas, Ambassador Broas: “Reflections: U.S.-Dutch Relations and Our Shared Responsibility to Lead”, United States Department of State, 2016. Retrieved May 31, 2016.
1 2 One ambassador, resident at Wellington, is accredited to New Zealand and Samoa.
↑ 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.
1 2 Until 2005 one ambassador, resident at Manila, was accredited to the Philippines and Palau. Source: CIA World Factbook. Helen Reed-Rowe is the first ambassador to Palau to be confirmed in 2010.
1 2 3 One ambassador, resident at Port Moresby, is accredited to Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu.
↑ "William Grant appointed Chargé d’Affaires, ad interim at U.S. Embassy in Qatar". July 23, 2017. Retrieved July 30, 2017.
↑ Managed through the U.S. Embassy in Kenya. The United States has no diplomatic relations with Somalia. The last ambassador to Somalia was James Bishop when the embassy in Mogadishu was closed on January 5, 1991. Source: U.S State Department.
↑ "Virtual Presence Post Somalia".
↑ The U.S. Embassy in Khartoum was closed on February 7, 1996. Timothy 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.
↑ After formal relations were reestablished in 2010 after five years, the embassy was again suspended on February 6, 2014. Poland became the protecting power until its embassy closed on July 27, at which point the Czech Republic took responsibility.
↑ The ambassador to the U.K. is known as the "Ambassador to the Court of St. James's."
↑ President Chavez ordered the expulsion of the U.S. Ambassador, John Duddy, on September 11, 2008 in solidarity with the Bolivian government's decision to expel the U.S. Ambassador in La Paz. The U.S. Government ordered the reciprocal expulsion of the Venezuelan Ambassador in Washington. Source: U.S. Department of State Background Notes on Venezuela
↑ The US neither recognizes Moroccan claims to sovereignty over Western Sahara. Sources: Western Sahara, Foreign relations of Western Sahara, Foreign relations of Morocco.
↑ United States Ambassadors at Large
1 2 Assistant Secretaries and Other Senior Officials
↑ While solely accredited to Curaçao, the Consul General is responsible for all the countries and special municipalities of the former Netherlands Antilles, including Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten, Bonaire, Saba and Sint Eustatius.
1 2 The United States Consul General to Hong Kong, resident in Hong Kong, is concurrently accredited to Macau.
↑ The Consul General to Jerusalem is also responsible for residents in the Palestinian territories.
↑ "Special Envoys, Representatives and Coordinators". American Foreign Service Association. October 26, 2015. Retrieved December 7, 2015.
↑ Alphabetical List of Bureaus and Offices
1 2 "Bhutan (08/04)". United States Department of State.
↑ Goshko, John M.; Walsh, Edward (April 8, 1980). "U.S. Breaks Diplomatic Ties With Iran: Carter Breaks Ties, Orders Ouster of Iranian Diplomats". The Washington Post. p. A1.
↑ "Former No. 2 Iran Diplomat To Be Allowed Back in U.S.". The Washington Post. April 25, 1980. p. A27.
↑ "Chapter 3 - State Sponsors of Terrorism Overview". State.gov. Retrieved 2011-09-04.
↑ "The Embassy | SwedenAbroad". www.swedenabroad.com. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
↑ Roy, Denny (2003). Taiwan: a political history (1. publ. ed.). Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801488054.
↑ "US Ambassadors Killed in the Line of Duty". Associated Press. 2012-09-12. Retrieved 2012-09-12.

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