List of ambassadors appointed in the first presidency of Donald Trump

This is a list of United States ambassadors appointed by the 45th and 47th president of the United States, Donald Trump, during his first term in office (2017–2021).

Ambassadorships are often used as a form of political patronage to reward high-profile or important supporters of the president. The most visible ambassadorships are often distributed either in this way or to the president's ideological or partisan confreres. Most ambassadorships, however, are assigned to foreign service officers who have spent their career in the State Department. Regardless, all ambassadors must be formally appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate. While all ambassadors serve at the president's pleasure and may be dismissed at any time, career diplomats usually serve tours of roughly three years before receiving a new assignment; political appointees customarily tender their resignations upon the inauguration of a new president.

44% of Trump's appointees were political, a substantially higher percentage than typical.^[1] As of October 2018, 92% of Trump's appointees were white and 74% were male, with zero black women.^[2]

Key

CD, or career diplomats, denotes ambassadors who were appointed from the U.S. Foreign Service.

PA, or political appointees, denotes ambassadors who were not appointed from the Foreign Service.

Ambassadors to foreign states

Office	Ambassador	Background	Assumed office	Left office
Ambassador to Afghanistan	John R. Bass	CD	December 12, 2017 (Confirmed 09/28/2017, voice vote)[3]	January 6, 2020
Ambassador to Albania	Yuri Kim		January 27, 2020 (Confirmed 12/19/2019, voice vote)[4]	June 25, 2023
Ambassador to Algeria	John Desrocher		September 5, 2017 (Confirmed August 3, 2017, voice vote)[5]	January 20, 2021
Ambassador to Andorra	Duke Buchan	PA	January 18, 2018 (Confirmed November 2, 2017, voice vote)[6]	January 20, 2021
Ambassador to Angola	Nina Maria Fite	CD	February 14, 2018 (Confirmed November 2, 2017, voice vote)[7]	November 8, 2021
Ambassador to Argentina	Edward C. Prado	PA	May 15, 2018 (Confirmed 03/22/2018, voice vote)[8]	January 20, 2021
Ambassador to Armenia	Lynne M. Tracy	CD	March 1, 2019 (Confirmed January 2, 2019, voice vote)[9]	December 22, 2022
Ambassador to Australia	Arthur B. Culvahouse Jr.	PA	March 13, 2019 (Confirmed January 2, 2019, voice vote)[10]	January 19, 2021
Ambassador to Austria	Trevor Traina		May 24, 2018 (Confirmed 03/22/2018, voice vote)[11]	January 20, 2021
Ambassador to Azerbaijan	Earle D. Litzenberger	CD	March 12, 2019 (Confirmed January 2, 2019, voice vote)[12]	July 26, 2022
Ambassador to Bahrain	Justin Siberell		November 12, 2017 (Confirmed 09/28/2017, voice vote)[13]	July 13, 2020
Ambassador to Bangladesh	Earl R. Miller		November 29, 2018 (Confirmed October 11, 2018, voice vote)[14]	January 21, 2022
Ambassador to Belarus	Julie D. Fisher		December 23, 2020 (Confirmed 12/15/2020, voice vote)[15]	June 9, 2022
Ambassador to Belgium	Ronald Gidwitz	PA	July 4, 2018 (Confirmed 06/28/2018, voice vote)[16]	January 20, 2021
Ambassador to Benin	Patricia A. Mahoney	CD	July 4, 2019 (Confirmed January 2, 2019, voice vote)[17]	February 1, 2022
Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina	Eric G. Nelson		February 19, 2019 (Confirmed January 2, 2019, voice vote)[18]	February 1, 2022
Ambassador to Botswana	Craig L. Cloud		April 2, 2019 (Confirmed January 2, 2019, voice vote)[19]	May 24, 2022
Ambassador to Brazil	Todd C. Chapman		March 30, 2020 (Confirmed February 11, 2020, voice vote)[20]	July 26, 2021
Ambassador to Brunei	Matthew J. Matthews		April 15, 2019 (Confirmed January 2, 2019, voice vote)[21]	May 20, 2020 (died in office)
Ambassador to Bulgaria	Herro Mustafa		October 18, 2019 (Confirmed 09/26/2019, voice vote)[22]	March 1, 2023
Ambassador to Burkina Faso	Sandra E. Clark		September 25, 2020 (Confirmed August 6, 2020, voice vote)[23]	December 18, 2023
Ambassador to Burma	Thomas Vajda		January 19, 2021 (Confirmed 11/18/2020, voice vote)[24]	December 17, 2022
Ambassador to Burundi	Melanie Harris Higgins		March 2, 2021 (Confirmed 11/18/2020, voice vote)[25]	July 13, 2023
Ambassador to Cabo Verde	Jeff Daigle		September 10, 2019 (Confirmed 05/23/2019, voice vote)[26]	July 3, 2024
Ambassador to Cambodia	W. Patrick Murphy		October 19, 2019 (Confirmed August 1, 2019, voice vote)[27]	May 18, 2024
Ambassador to Cameroon	Peter Barlerin		December 20, 2017 (Confirmed November 2, 2017, voice vote)[28]	July 16, 2020
Ambassador to Canada	Kelly Craft	PA	October 23, 2017 (Confirmed 08/03/2017, voice vote)[29]	August 23, 2019
Ambassador to the Central African Republic	Lucy Tamlyn	CD	February 6, 2019 (Confirmed January 2, 2019, voice vote)[30]	January 28, 2022
Ambassador to China	Terry Branstad	PA	July 12, 2017 (Confirmed 05/22/2017, 82–13)[31]	October 4, 2020
Ambassador to Colombia	Philip S. Goldberg	CD	September 19, 2019 (Confirmed August 1, 2019, voice vote)[32]	June 1, 2022
Ambassador to Comoros	Michael P. Pelletier		June 24, 2019 (Confirmed January 2, 2019, voice vote)[33]	June 18, 2021
Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo	Michael A. Hammer		December 22, 2018 (Confirmed 09/06/2018, voice vote)[34]	June 1, 2022
Ambassador to the Republic of the Congo	Todd P. Haskell		June 26, 2017 (Confirmed 05/18/2017, voice vote)[35]	January 28, 2021
Ambassador to Costa Rica	Sharon Day	PA	September 25, 2017 (Confirmed 08/03/2017, voice vote)[36]	January 20, 2021
Ambassador to Cote d'Ivoire	Richard K. Bell	CD	October 10, 2019 (Confirmed August 1, 2019, voice vote)[37]	January 31, 2023
Ambassador to Croatia	W. Robert Kohorst	PA	January 10, 2018 (Confirmed November 2, 2017, voice vote)[38]	January 13, 2021
Ambassador to Cyprus	Judith G. Garber	CD	March 18, 2019 (Confirmed January 2, 2019, voice vote)[39]	December 22, 2022
Ambassador to the Czech Republic	Stephen B. King	PA	December 6, 2017 (Confirmed 10/05/2017, voice vote)[40]	January 20, 2021
Ambassador to Denmark	Carla Sands		December 15, 2017 (Confirmed November 2, 2017, voice vote)[41]	January 20, 2021
Ambassador to Djibouti	Larry André Jr.	CD	November 20, 2017 (Confirmed November 2, 2017, voice vote)[42]	January 20, 2021
	Jonathan Pratt		February 22, 2021 (Confirmed 12/15/2020, voice vote)[43]	May 18, 2023
Ambassador to the Dominican Republic	Robin Bernstein	PA	September 3, 2018 (Confirmed 06/28/2018, voice vote)[44]	January 20, 2021
Ambassador to Ecuador	Michael J. Fitzpatrick	CD	July 3, 2019 (Confirmed 05/23/2019, voice vote)[45]	June 15, 2024
Ambassador to Egypt	Jonathan R. Cohen		November 17, 2019 (Confirmed August 1, 2019, voice vote)[46]	March 31, 2022
Ambassador to El Salvador	Ronald D. Johnson	PA	September 6, 2019 (Confirmed 06/27/2019, voice vote)[47]	January 20, 2021
Ambassador to Equatorial Guinea	Susan N. Stevenson	CD	April 11, 2019 (Confirmed January 2, 2019, voice vote)[48]	September 30, 2021
Ambassador to Estonia	William E. Grayson	PA	—[note 1] (Confirmed August 6, 2020, voice vote)[49]	—
Ambassador to Eswatini	Jeanne M. Maloney	CD	March 4, 2021 (Confirmed 11/18/2020, voice vote)[50]	December 20, 2022
Ambassador to Ethiopia	Michael A. Raynor		September 29, 2017 (Confirmed 08/03/2017, voice vote)[51]	January 20, 2021
	Geeta Pasi		March 5, 2021 (Confirmed 12/22/2020, voice vote)[52]	February 25, 2022
Ambassador to Fiji	Joseph Cella	PA	December 23, 2019 (Confirmed 09/24/2019, 56–38)[53]	January 20, 2021
Ambassador to Finland	Robert Pence		May 24, 2018 (Confirmed 03/22/2018, voice vote)[54]	January 20, 2021
Ambassador to France	Jamie McCourt		December 18, 2017 (Confirmed November 2, 2017, voice vote)[55]	January 20, 2021
Ambassador to Gabon	Joel Danies	CD	April 18, 2018 (Confirmed 02/15/2018, voice vote)[56]	March 1, 2019
Ambassador to The Gambia	Richard Carlton Paschall III		April 9, 2019 (Confirmed January 2, 2019, voice vote)[57]	February 15, 2022
Ambassador to Georgia	Kelly C. Degnan		January 31, 2020 (Confirmed 12/19/2019, voice vote)[58]	August 29, 2023
Ambassador to Germany	Richard Grenell	PA	May 8, 2018 (Confirmed 04/26/2018, 56–42)[59]	June 1, 2020
Ambassador to Ghana	Stephanie S. Sullivan	CD	January 23, 2019 (Confirmed 09/06/2018, voice vote)[60]	April 8, 2022
Ambassador to Guatemala	Luis E. Arreaga		October 3, 2017 (Confirmed 08/03/2017, voice vote)[61]	October 2, 2020
	William W. Popp		October 19, 2020 (Confirmed August 6, 2020, voice vote)[62]	August 24, 2023
Ambassador to Guinea	Simon Henshaw		March 4, 2019 (Confirmed January 2, 2019, voice vote)[63]	June 9, 2020 (died in office)
Ambassador to Guinea-Bissau	Tulinabo S. Mushingi		August 4, 2017 (Confirmed 05/18/2017, voice vote)[64]	February 1, 2022
Ambassador to Guyana	Sarah-Ann Lynch		March 13, 2019 (Confirmed January 2, 2019, voice vote)[65]	September 12, 2023
Ambassador to Haiti	Michele J. Sison		February 21, 2018 (Confirmed November 2, 2017, voice vote)[66]	October 9, 2021
Ambassador to the Holy See	Callista Gingrich	PA	December 22, 2017 (Confirmed 10/16/2017, 70–23)[67]	January 20, 2021
Ambassador to Hungary	David B. Cornstein		June 22, 2018 (Confirmed 05/24/2018, voice vote)[68]	October 30, 2020
Ambassador to Iceland	Jeffrey Ross Gunter		July 2, 2019 (Confirmed 05/23/2019, voice vote)[69]	January 20, 2021
Ambassador to India	Kenneth I. Juster		November 23, 2017 (Confirmed November 2, 2017, voice vote)[70]	January 20, 2021
Ambassador to Indonesia	Sung Y. Kim	CD	October 21, 2020 (Confirmed August 6, 2020, voice vote)[71]	November 21, 2023
Ambassador to Iraq	Matthew Tueller		June 9, 2019 (Confirmed 05/16/2019, voice vote)[72]	June 2, 2022
Ambassador to Ireland	Edward F. Crawford	PA	July 1, 2019 (Confirmed 06/13/2019, 90–4)[73]	January 19, 2021
Ambassador to Israel	David M. Friedman		May 15, 2017 (Confirmed 03/23/2017, 52–46)[74]	January 20, 2021
Ambassador to Italy	Lewis Eisenberg		October 4, 2017 (Confirmed 08/03/2017, voice vote)[75]	January 4, 2021
Ambassador to Jamaica	Donald Tapia		September 11, 2019 (Confirmed 07/18/2019, 66-26)[76]	January 20, 2021
Ambassador to Japan	Bill Hagerty		August 31, 2017 (Confirmed 07/13/2017, 86-12)[77]	July 22, 2019
Ambassador to Jordan	Henry T. Wooster	CD	October 18, 2020 (Confirmed August 6, 2020, voice vote)[78]	July 16, 2023
Ambassador to Kazakhstan	William H. Moser		March 27, 2019 (Confirmed January 2, 2019, voice vote)[79]	October 25, 2021
Ambassador to Kenya	Kyle McCarter	PA	March 12, 2019 (Confirmed January 2, 2019, voice vote)[80]	January 20, 2021
Ambassador to Kiribati	Joseph Cella		December 23, 2019 (Confirmed 09/24/2019, 56–38)[53]	January 20, 2021
Ambassador to Kosovo	Philip S. Kosnett	CD	December 3, 2018 (Confirmed 09/06/2018, voice vote)[81]	September 17, 2021
Ambassador to Kuwait	Alina Romanowski		February 11, 2020 (Confirmed 12/19/2019, voice vote)[82]	April 15, 2022
Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan	Donald Lu		October 12, 2018 (Confirmed 09/06/2018, voice vote)[83]	September 14, 2021
Ambassador to Laos	Peter Haymond		February 7, 2020 (Confirmed 12/19/2019, voice vote)[84]	September 1, 2023
Ambassador to Latvia	John Carwile		November 5, 2019 (Confirmed 09/26/2019, voice vote)[85]	January 27, 2023
Ambassador to Lebanon	Dorothy Shea		March 11, 2020 (Confirmed 02/11/2020, voice vote)[86]	December 28, 2023
Ambassador to Lesotho	Rebecca E. Gonzales		February 8, 2018 (Confirmed 11/16/2017, voice vote)[87]	February 4, 2022
Ambassador to Liberia	Michael A. McCarthy		January 22, 2021 (Confirmed 11/18/2020, voice vote)[88]	July 12, 2023
Ambassador to Libya	Richard B. Norland		August 8, 2019 (Confirmed August 1, 2019, voice vote)[89]	September 8, 2022
Ambassador to Liechtenstein	Ed McMullen	PA	November 21, 2017 (Confirmed November 2, 2017, voice vote)[90]	January 20, 2021
Ambassador to Lithuania	Robert S. Gilchrist	CD	February 4, 2020 (Confirmed 12/19/2019, voice vote)[91]	August 12, 2023
Ambassador to Luxembourg	Randy Evans	PA	June 19, 2018 (Confirmed 05/24/2018, 48–43)[92]	January 20, 2021
Ambassador to Madagascar	Michael P. Pelletier	CD	March 5, 2019 (Confirmed January 2, 2019, voice vote)[33]	June 18, 2021
Ambassador to Malawi	Robert K. Scott		August 6, 2019 (Confirmed 04/11/2019, voice vote)[93]	October 20, 2021
Ambassador to Malaysia	Brian D. McFeeters		February 26, 2021 (Confirmed 12/22/2020, voice vote)[94]	August 24, 2023
Ambassador to the Maldives	Alaina B. Teplitz		November 1, 2018 (Confirmed 09/06/2018, voice vote)[95]	December 6, 2021
Ambassador to Mali	Dennis B. Hankins		March 15, 2019 (Confirmed January 2, 2019, voice vote)[96]	September 26, 2022
Ambassador to the Marshall Islands	Roxanne Cabral		February 6, 2020 (Confirmed 12/19/2019, voice vote)[97]	March 3, 2023
Ambassador to Mauritania	Michael Dodman		March 13, 2018 (Confirmed November 2, 2017, voice vote)[98]	February 2021
	Cynthia Kierscht		June 22, 2021 (Confirmed 12/22/2020, voice vote)[99]	July 9, 2024
Ambassador to Mauritius	David Dale Reimer		January 16, 2018 (Confirmed November 2, /2017, voice vote)[100]	January 15, 2021
Ambassador to Mexico	Christopher Landau	PA	August 26, 2019 (Confirmed August 1, 2019, voice vote)[101]	January 20, 2021
Ambassador to the Federated States of Micronesia	Carmen G. Cantor	CD	January 31, 2020 (Confirmed 12/19/2019, voice vote)[102]	August 4, 2022
Ambassador to Moldova	Dereck J. Hogan		November 2, 2018 (Confirmed 09/06/2018, voice vote)[103]	July 21, 2021
Ambassador to Monaco	Jamie McCourt	PA	December 18, 2017 (Confirmed November 2, 2017, voice vote)[55]	January 20, 2021
Ambassador to Mongolia	Michael S. Klecheski	CD	February 22, 2019 (Confirmed January 2, 2019, voice vote)[104]	September 24, 2022
Ambassador to Montenegro	Judy Rising Reinke		December 20, 2018 (Confirmed 09/06/2018, voice vote)[105]	present
Ambassador to Morocco	David T. Fischer	PA	January 22, 2020 (Confirmed 12/19/2019, voice vote)[106]	January 20, 2021
Ambassador to Mozambique	Dennis Walter Hearne	CD	April 3, 2019 (Confirmed January 2, 2019, voice vote)[107]	January 19, 2022
Ambassador to Namibia	Lisa A. Johnson		November 21, 2017 (Confirmed 11/16/2017, voice vote)[108]	July 2, 2021
Ambassador to Nauru	Joseph Cella	PA	December 23, 2019 (Confirmed 09/24/2019, 56–38)[53]	January 20, 2021
Ambassador to Nepal	Randy W. Berry	CD	October 25, 2018 (Confirmed 09/06/2018, voice vote)[109]	October 2, 2022
Ambassador to the Netherlands	Pete Hoekstra	PA	January 10, 2018 (Confirmed 11/09/2017, voice vote)[110]	January 17, 2021
Ambassador to New Zealand	Scott Brown		June 27, 2017 (Confirmed 06/08/2017, 94–4)[111]	December 20, 2020
Ambassador to Nicaragua	Kevin K. Sullivan	CD	November 14, 2018 (Confirmed 10/11/2018, voice vote)[112]	May 19, 2023
Ambassador to Niger	Eric P. Whitaker		January 26, 2018 (Confirmed November 2, 2017, voice vote)[113]	December 1, 2021
Ambassador to Nigeria	Mary Beth Leonard		December 24, 2019 (Confirmed August 1, 2019, voice vote)[114]	March 31, 2023
Ambassador to North Macedonia	Kate Marie Byrnes		July 12, 2019 (Confirmed 05/23/2019, voice vote)[115]	September 26, 2022
Ambassador to Norway	Kenneth Braithwaite	PA	February 8, 2018 (Confirmed 12/21/2017, voice vote)[116]	May 29, 2020
Ambassador to Oman	Leslie Tsou	CD	January 10, 2020 (Confirmed 12/19/2019, voice vote)[117]	March 30, 2023
Ambassador to Palau	John Hennessey-Niland		March 6, 2020 (Confirmed 02/11/2020, voice vote)[118]	September 9, 2022
Ambassador to Papua New Guinea	Erin Elizabeth McKee		November 27, 2019 (Confirmed 09/26/2019, voice vote)[119]	April 14, 2022
Ambassador to Paraguay	M. Lee McClenny		February 20, 2018 (Confirmed 12/21/2017, voice vote)[120]	September 16, 2020
Ambassador to Peru	Krishna R. Urs		October 25, 2017 (Confirmed 08/03/2017, voice vote)[121]	July 29, 2020
	Lisa D. Kenna		March 22, 2021 (Confirmed 11/18/2020, voice vote)[122]	September 8, 2023
Ambassador to Poland	Georgette Mosbacher	PA	September 6, 2018 (Confirmed 07/12/2018, voice vote)[123]	January 20, 2021
Ambassador to Portugal	George Edward Glass		August 25, 2017 (Confirmed 08/03/2017, voice vote)[124]	January 13, 2021
Ambassador to Romania	Adrian Zuckerman		December 17, 2019 (Confirmed 11/20/2019, 65–30)[125]	January 20, 2021
Ambassador to Russia	Jon Huntsman Jr.		October 3, 2017 (Confirmed 09/28/2017, voice vote)[126]	October 3, 2019
	John J. Sullivan		February 5, 2020 (Confirmed 12/12/2019, 70–22)[127]	September 4, 2022
Ambassador to Rwanda	Peter H. Vrooman	CD	April 3, 2018 (Confirmed 02/15/2018, voice vote)[128]	January 24, 2022
Ambassador to Samoa	Scott Brown	PA	June 27, 2017 (Confirmed 06/08/2017, 94–4)[111]	December 20, 2020
Ambassador to San Marino	Lewis Eisenberg		October 4, 2017 (Confirmed 08/03/2017, voice vote)[75]	January 4, 2021
Ambassador to São Tomé and Príncipe	Joel Danies	CD	April 20, 2018 (Confirmed 02/15/2018, voice vote)[56]	March 1, 2019
Ambassador to Saudi Arabia	John Abizaid	PA	June 16, 2019 (Confirmed 04/10/2019, 92–7)[129]	January 20, 2021
Ambassador to Senegal	Tulinabo S. Mushingi	CD	August 4, 2017 (Confirmed 05/18/2017, voice vote)[64]	February 1, 2022
Ambassador to Serbia	Anthony F. Godfrey		October 24, 2019 (Confirmed 09/26/2019, voice vote)[130]	February 12, 2022
Ambassador to Seychelles	David Dale Reimer		February 6, 2018 (Confirmed November 2, 2017, voice vote)[100]	January 15, 2021
Ambassador to Sierra Leone	Maria E. Brewer		September 20, 2017 (Confirmed 08/03/2017, voice vote)[131]	February 22, 2021
	David Dale Reimer		March 24, 2021 (Confirmed 12/22/2020, voice vote)[132]	August 24, 2023
Ambassador to Slovakia	Bridget A. Brink		August 20, 2019 (Confirmed 05/23/2019, voice vote)[133]	May 18, 2022
Ambassador to Slovenia	Lynda Blanchard	PA	August 29, 2019 (Confirmed 07/18/2019, 54–40)[134]	January 20, 2021
Ambassador to the Solomon Islands	Erin Elizabeth McKee	CD	November 27, 2019 (Confirmed 09/26/2019, voice vote)[119]	April 14, 2022
Ambassador to Somalia	Donald Yamamoto		November 17, 2018 (Confirmed 10/11/2018, voice vote)[135]	July 2021
Ambassador to South Africa	Lana Marks	PA	January 28, 2020 (Confirmed 09/26/2019, voice vote)[136]	January 20, 2021
Ambassador to South Korea	Harry B. Harris Jr.		July 6, 2018 (Confirmed 06/28/2018, voice vote)[137]	January 20, 2021
Ambassador to South Sudan	Thomas Hushek	CD	June 5, 2018 (Confirmed 04/26/2018, voice vote)[138]	July 17, 2020
Ambassador to Spain	Duke Buchan	PA	January 18, 2018 (Confirmed November 2, 2017, voice vote)[6]	January 20, 2021
Ambassador to Sri Lanka	Alaina B. Teplitz	CD	November 1, 2018 (Confirmed 09/06/2018, voice vote)[95]	December 6, 2021
Ambassador to Suriname	Karen L. Williams		November 20, 2018 (Confirmed 10/11/2018, voice vote)[139]	November 3, 2022
Ambassador to Sweden	Ken Howery	PA	November 7, 2019 (Confirmed 09/17/2019, 62–32)[140]	January 20, 2021
Ambassador to Switzerland	Ed McMullen		November 21, 2017 (Confirmed November 2, 2017, voice vote)[90]	January 20, 2021
Ambassador to Tajikistan	John M. Pommersheim	CD	March 15, 2019 (Confirmed January 2, 2019, voice vote)[141]	December 2, 2022
Ambassador to Tanzania	Don J. Wright		August 2, 2020 (Confirmed 02/11/2020, voice vote)[142]	January 11, 2023
Ambassador to Thailand	Michael G. DeSombre	PA	March 2, 2020 (Confirmed 01/08/2020, 91–7)[143]	January 20, 2021
Ambassador to Timor-Leste	Kathleen M. Fitzpatrick	CD	January 19, 2018 (Confirmed November 2, 2017, voice vote)[144]	November 18, 2020
	C. Kevin Blackstone		March 19, 2021 (Confirmed 12/22/2020, voice vote)[145]	August 2, 2021
Ambassador to Togo	Eric Stromayer		April 11, 2019 (Confirmed January 2, 2019, voice vote)[146]	March 9, 2022
Ambassador to Tonga	Joseph Cella	PA	December 23, 2019 (Confirmed 09/24/2019, 56–38)[53]	January 20, 2021
Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago	Joseph Mondello		October 22, 2018 (Confirmed 06/28/2018, voice vote)[147]	January 13, 2021
Ambassador to Tunisia	Donald Blome	CD	February 21, 2019 (Confirmed January 2, 2019, voice vote)[148]	April 5, 2022
Ambassador to Turkey	David M. Satterfield		August 28, 2019 (Confirmed 06/27/2019, voice vote)[149]	January 7, 2022
Ambassador to Turkmenistan	Matthew Klimow	CD	June 26, 2019 (Confirmed 05/23/2019, voice vote)[150]	July 6, 2024
Ambassador to Tuvalu	Joseph Cella	PA	December 23, 2019 (Confirmed 09/24/2019, 56–38)[53]	January 20, 2021
Ambassador to Uganda	Natalie E. Brown	CD	November 17, 2020 (Confirmed August 6, 2020, voice vote)[151]	August 30, 2023
Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates	John Rakolta	PA	October 27, 2019 (Confirmed 09/17/2019, 63–30)[152]	January 19, 2021
Ambassador to the United Kingdom	Woody Johnson		August 29, 2017 (Confirmed 08/03/2017, voice vote)[153]	January 20, 2021
Ambassador to Uruguay	Kenn George		September 2, 2019 (Confirmed August 1, 2019, voice vote)[154]	January 20, 2021
Ambassador to Uzbekistan	Daniel N. Rosenblum	CD	May 24, 2019 (Confirmed 04/11/2019, voice vote)[155]	August 30, 2022
Ambassador to Vanuatu	Erin Elizabeth McKee		November 27, 2019 (Confirmed 09/26/2019, voice vote)[119]	April 14, 2022
Ambassador to Venezuela	James B. Story		November 18, 2020 (Confirmed 11/18/2020, voice vote)[156]	May 19, 2023
Ambassador to Vietnam	Daniel Kritenbrink		November 6, 2017 (Confirmed 10/26/2017, voice vote)[157]	April 16, 2021
Ambassador to Yemen	Christopher Henzel		May 20, 2019 (Confirmed January 2, 2019, voice vote)[158]	May 2021
Ambassador to Zambia	Daniel Lewis Foote		December 17, 2017 (Confirmed November 2, 2017, voice vote)[159]	December 24, 2019
Ambassador to Zimbabwe	Brian A. Nichols		July 19, 2018 (Confirmed 06/28/2018, voice vote)[160]	September 14, 2021

Ambassadors to international organizations

United States Mission to the United Nations

Office	Ambassador	Background	Assumed office	Left office
Representative to the United Nations and Representative in the Security Council of the United Nations (with the rank of ambassador)	Nikki Haley	PA	January 27, 2017 (Confirmed 01/24/2017, 96–4)[161]	December 31, 2018
	Kelly Craft		September 12, 2019 (Confirmed 07/31/2019, 56–34)[162]	January 20, 2021
Deputy Representative to the United Nations and Deputy Representative in the Security Council of the United Nations (with the rank of ambassador)	Jonathan R. Cohen	CD	June 8, 2018 (Confirmed 05/24/2018, voice vote)[163]	August 1, 2019
	Richard M. Mills Jr.		November 9, 2020 (Confirmed August 6, 2020, voice vote)[164]	June 21, 2024
Representative to the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva (with the rank of ambassador)	Andrew Bremberg	PA	November 12, 2019 (Confirmed 10/22/2019, 50–44)[165]	January 20, 2021
Representative to the Vienna Office of the United Nations (with the rank of ambassador)	Jackie Wolcott		October 22, 2018 (Confirmed 09/24/2018, 75-19)[166]	January 18, 2021
Representative to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture (with the rank of ambassador)	Kip E. Tom		May 22, 2019 (Confirmed 04/11/2019, voice vote)[167]	January 20, 2021
Representative to the United Nations for U.N. Management and Reform (with the rank of ambassador)	Cherith Norman Chalet		October 17, 2018 (Confirmed 09/12/2018, voice vote)[168]	January 20, 2021
Representative to the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations (with the rank of ambassador)	Kelley Eckels Currie		August 2017 (Confirmed 08/03/2017, voice vote)[169]	February 18, 2019

Other international organizations

Office	Ambassador	Background	Assumed office	Left office
Representative to the African Union (with the rank of ambassador)	Jessica Lapenn	CD	October 14, 2019 (Confirmed August 1, 2019, voice vote)[170]	February 1, 2023
Director of the Asian Development Bank (with the rank of ambassador)	Jason Chung	PA	August 2020 (Confirmed August 6, 2020, voice vote)[171]	January 2021
Representative to the European Union (with the rank of ambassador)	Gordon Sondland		July 9, 2018 (Confirmed 06/26/2018, voice vote)[172]	February 7, 2020
Representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency (with the rank of ambassador)	Jackie Wolcott		October 22, 2018 (Confirmed 09/24/2018, 75-19)[173]	January 18, 2021
Representative on the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (with the rank of ambassador)	Thomas L. Carter		December 10, 2017 (Confirmed November 2, 2017, voice vote)[174]	February 28, 2020
Permanent Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (with the rank of ambassador)	Kay Bailey Hutchison		August 28, 2017 (Confirmed 08/03/2017, voice vote)[175]	January 20, 2021
Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States (with the rank of ambassador)	Carlos Trujillo		April 5, 2018 (Confirmed 03/22/2018, voice vote)[176]	January 19, 2021
Representative to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (with the rank of ambassador)	Joseph Manso	CD	September 23, 2020 (Confirmed August 6, 2020, voice vote)[177]	December 29, 2023
Representative to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (with the rank of ambassador)	Jim Gilmore	PA	July 2, 2019 (Confirmed 05/23/2019, voice vote)[178]	January 20, 2021

Ambassadors-at-large

Office	Ambassador	Background	Assumed office	Left office
Coordinator for Counterterrorism (with the rank of ambassador-at-large)	Nathan Sales	PA	August 10, 2017 (Confirmed 08/03/2017, voice vote)[179]	January 20, 2021
Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice	Morse Tan		December 31, 2019 (Confirmed 12/19/2019, voice vote)[180]	January 20, 2021
Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues	Kelley Eckels Currie		January 14, 2020 (Confirmed 12/19/2019, voice vote)[181]	January 20, 2021
Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom	Sam Brownback		February 1, 2018 (Confirmed 01/24/2018, 50–49)[182]	January 20, 2021
Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking (with the rank of ambassador-at-large)	John Cotton Richmond		October 2018 (Confirmed 10/11/2018, voice vote)[183]	January 20, 2021

Trade representatives

Office	Ambassador	Background	Assumed office	Left office
United States Trade Representative (with the rank of ambassador)	Robert Lighthizer	PA	May 15, 2017 (Confirmed 05/11/2017, 82–14)[184]	January 20, 2021
Deputy United States Trade Representative for Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Industrial Competitiveness (with the rank of ambassador)	Jeffrey Gerrish		March 19, 2018 (Confirmed 03/05/2018, voice vote)[185]	August 2020
Deputy United States Trade Representative for the Office of Geneva (with the rank of ambassador)	Dennis Shea		March 12, 2018 (Confirmed 03/01/2018, voice vote)[186]	January 20, 2021
Deputy United States Trade Representative for Investment, Services, Labor, Environment, Africa, China, and the Western Hemisphere (with the rank of ambassador)	C.J. Mahoney		March 13, 2018 (Confirmed 03/01/2018, voice vote)[187]	September 2020
Deputy United States Trade Representative for Investment, Services, Labor, Environment, Africa, China, and the Western Hemisphere (with the rank of ambassador)	Michael N. Nemelka		September 8, 2020 (Confirmed 08/13/2020, voice vote)[188]	January 20, 2021
Chief Agricultural Negotiator of the Office of the United States Trade Representative (with the rank of ambassador)	Gregg Doud		March 12, 2018 (Confirmed 03/01/2018, voice vote)[189]	January 20, 2021

Other positions with rank of ambassador

Office	Ambassador	Background	Assumed office	Left office
Chief of Protocol (with the rank of ambassador)	Sean Lawler	PA	December 1, 2017 (Confirmed 11/16/2017, voice vote)[190]	July 9, 2019
Director of the Office of Foreign Missions (with the rank of ambassador)	Stephen Akard		September 16, 2019 (Confirmed 09/11/2019, 90–2)[191]	August 7, 2020
Special Representative of the President for Nuclear Nonproliferation (with the rank of ambassador)	Jeffrey Eberhardt	CD	June 2019 (Confirmed 06/20/2019, voice vote)[192]	January 20, 2021

Career ambassadors

Office	Ambassador	Background	Confirmed	Death
Career Ambassador	Philip S. Goldberg	CD	09/06/2018, voice vote[193]	living
	David Hale		09/06/2018, voice vote[193]	living
	Michele J. Sison		09/06/2018, voice vote[193]	living
	Daniel Bennett Smith		09/06/2018, voice vote[193]	living

Unsuccessful nominations

Office	Nominee	Background	Nominated	Nomination terminated	Note
Representative on the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations (with the rank of ambassador)	Jennifer Yue Barber	PA	January 6, 2020[194]	September 8, 2020[194]	Nomination withdrawn by President Trump[194]
Representative to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (with the rank of ambassador)	Pamela Bates		September 24, 2018[195]	January 3, 2020[196]	Nomination returned to the president[196]
Ambassador to Belize	André Bauer		July 21, 2020[197]	January 3, 2021[197]	Nomination returned to the president[197]
Ambassador to Panama	Erik Bethel		May 4, 2020[198]	January 3, 2021[198]	Nomination returned to the president[198]
Ambassador to Norway	Mark Burkhalter		May 21, 2020[199]	January 3, 2021[199]	Nomination returned to the president[199]
Ambassador to Ukraine	Keith Dayton		May 14, 2020[200]	January 3, 2021[200]	Nomination returned to the president[200]
Ambassador to the Bahamas	William A. Douglass		May 21, 2020[201]	February 4, 2021[202]	Nomination withdrawn by President Biden[202]
Ambassador to Chile	Andrew M. Gellert		January 8, 2018[203]	August 16, 2018[203]	Nomination withdrawn by President Trump[203]
Ambassador to Australia	Harry B. Harris Jr.		February 13, 2018[204]	May 23, 2018[204]	Nomination withdrawn by President Trump,[204] and successfully renominated as Ambassador to South Korea
Chief of Protocol (with the rank of ambassador)	Cam Henderson		February 27, 2020[205]	January 3, 2021[206]	Nomination returned to the president[206]
Ambassador to Albania	Kathleen A. Kavalec	CD	July 9, 2018[207]	January 3, 2019[207]	Nomination returned to the president[207]
Ambassador to Chad	Steven Koutsis		August 1, 2019[208]	January 3, 2021[208]	Nomination returned to the president[208]
Ambassador to Chile	Leora Levy	PA	October 15, 2019[209]	January 3, 2021[209]	Nomination returned to the president[209]
Representative to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (with the rank of ambassador)	John Linder		March 11, 2019[210]	January 3, 2020[210]	Nomination returned to the president[210]
Ambassador to Germany	Douglas Macgregor		July 29, 2020[211]	January 3, 2021[211]	Nomination returned to the president[211]
Ambassador to Colombia	Joseph Macmanus	CD	November 29, 2017[212]	January 4, 2019[212]	Nomination returned to the president[212]
Ambassador to the Bahamas	Doug Manchester	PA	May 16, 2017[213]	November 13, 2019[214]	Nomination withdrawn by President Trump[214]
Ambassador to Estonia	Edward Masso		September 5, 2017[215]	May 24, 2018[215]	Nomination withdrawn by President Trump[215]
Ambassador to Belgium	Jamie McCourt		June 26, 2017[216]	August 2, 2017[216]	Nomination withdrawn by President Trump,[216] and successfully renominated as Ambassador to Monaco
Ambassador to Singapore	K. T. McFarland		June 15, 2017[217]	February 5, 2018[218]	Nomination withdrawn by President Trump[218]
Alternate Representative for Special Political Affairs in the United Nations (with the rank of ambassador)	Jay Patrick Murray		May 10, 2017[219]	January 3, 2018[219]	Nomination returned to the president[219]
Ambassador to Honduras	Francisco Palmieri	CD	July 9, 2018[220]	January 3, 2019[220][221]	Nomination returned to the president[220]
Ambassador to Qatar	Mary Catherine Phee		November 13, 2018[221]		Nomination returned to the president[221]
Representative to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (with the rank of ambassador)	Eldon Regua	PA	December 2, 2020[222]	January 3, 2021[222]	Nomination returned to the president[222]
Ambassador to Antigua and Barbuda Ambassador to Barbados Ambassador to Dominica Ambassador to Grenada Ambassador to Saint Kitts and Nevis Ambassador to Saint Lucia Ambassador to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Leandro Rizzuto Jr.		January 8, 2018[223]	January 3, 2020[224]	Nomination returned to the president[224]
Ambassador to Afghanistan	William P. Ruger		September 10, 2020[225]	January 3, 2021[225][226]	Nomination returned to the president[225]
Representative to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (with the rank of ambassador)	Manisha Singh		May 4, 2020[226]		Nomination returned to the president[226]
Alternate Representative for Special Political Affairs in the United Nations (with the rank of ambassador)	Austin M. Smith		September 12, 2018[227]	January 3, 2019[227]	Nomination returned to the president[227]
Ambassador to Singapore	Barbera Hale Thornhill		October 15, 2019[228]	February 4, 2021[229]	Nomination withdrawn by President Biden[229]
Ambassador to Pakistan	William E. Todd	CD	February 27, 2020[230]	January 3, 2021[230][231][232][233][234][235]	Nomination returned to the president[230]
Ambassador to Malta	Christine Toretti	PA	May 24, 2018[236]		Nomination returned to the president[231]
Ambassador to Japan	Kenneth R. Weinstein		March 18, 2020[232]		Nomination returned to the president[232]
Ambassador to Qatar	Eric Wendt		September 22, 2020[233]		Nomination returned to the president[233]
Alternate Representative for Special Political Affairs in the United Nations (with the rank of ambassador)	Alex N. Wong		February 25, 2020[234][235]		Nomination returned to the president[234]
Ambassador to Canada	Aldona Wos				Nomination returned to the president[235]

Notes

1. Never assumed this position.

See also

• List of ambassadors appointed by Joe Biden
• List of ambassadors nominated by Donald Trump (2025–2029)