The United States embassy in Mauritania is located in Nouakchott. Mauritania – United States relations have been developing since 1960.
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- Henry S. Villard – Career FSO[2]
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
- Resident in, and concurrent US Ambassador to, neighbouring Senegal
- Appointed: November 28, 1960
- Terminated mission: Left post, April 30, 1961
- Philip M. Kaiser – Career FSO
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
- Resident in, and concurrent US Ambassador to, neighbouring Senegal
- Appointed: August 1, 1961
- Terminated mission: Left post, May 18, 1964
- William L. Eagleton, Jr – Career FSO
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary. Ad Interim
- Appointed: 1962
- Terminated mission: 1964
- Geoffrey W. Lewis – Career FSO
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
- Appointed: March 31, 1965
- Terminated mission: Left post, June 9, 1967
- Robert A. Stein – Career FSO
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
- Appointed: March 1970
- Terminated mission: Left post, November 1971
- Richard W. Murphy – Career FSO
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
- Appointed: December 17, 1971
- Terminated mission: Left post, June 5, 1974
- Holsey G. Handyside – Career FSO
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
- Appointed: April 15, 1975
- Terminated mission: Left post, December 5, 1977
- E. Gregory Kryza[3] – Career FSO
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
- Appointed: December 16, 1977
- Terminated mission: Left post, June 29, 1980
- Stanley N. Schrager – Career FSO
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary. Ad Interim
- Appointed: September 1980
- Terminated mission: Left post, July 1982
- Edward Brynn – Career FSO
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary. Ad Interim
- Appointed: July 1982
- Terminated mission: Left post, February 1983
- Edward Lionel Peck – Career FSO
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
- Appointed: February 19, 1983
- Terminated mission: Left post, July 7, 1985
- Robert L. Pugh – Career FSO
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
- Appointed: September 5, 1985
- Terminated mission: Left post, July 5, 1988
- William H. Twaddell – Career FSO
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
- Appointed: October 6, 1988
- Terminated mission: Left post, July 20, 1991
- Gordon S. Brown[4] – Career FSO
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
- Appointed: September 5, 1991
- Terminated mission: Left post, August 18, 1994
- Dorothy Myers Sampas[5] – Career FSO
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
- Appointed: November 3, 1994
- Terminated mission: Left post, July 4, 1997
- Timberlake Foster – Career FSO
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
- Appointed: November 11, 1997
- Terminated mission: Left post, October 3, 2000
- John W. Limbert – Career FSO
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
- Appointed: November 21, 2000
- Terminated mission: Left post, August 8, 2003
- Joseph LeBaron – Career FSO
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
- Appointed: September 1, 2003
- Terminated mission: November 22, 2007
- Mark Boulware – Career FSO
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
- Appointed: November 22, 2007
- Terminated mission: Left post, May 6, 2010[6]
- Jo Ellen Powell – Career FSO[7]
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
- Appointed: October 10, 2010
- Terminated mission: Left post, December 12, 2013[8]
- Larry André Jr. – Career FSO[9]
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Nominated: January 6, 2014
- Appointed: September 25, 2014
- Presentation of credentials: November 3, 2014
- Terminated mission: Left post, November 17, 2017
- Michael Dodman – Career FSO
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Nominated: July 27, 2017
- Appointed: November 20, 2017
- Presentation of credentials: March 13, 2018
- Terminated mission: February 2021
- Cynthia Kierscht – Career FSO
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Nominated: June 18, 2020
- Appointed: January 27, 2021
- Presentation of credentials: June 22, 2021
- Terminated mission: July 9, 2024