List of ambassadors appointed in the second Trump presidency

This is a list of United States ambassadors appointed by the 47th president of the United States, Donald Trump, during his second term in office.

Color key

•   Announced appointees not yet sent to the Senate.
•   Denotes nomination pending before a Senate committee.
•   Denotes nomination reported favorably by a Senate committee, pending confirmation by the full Senate
•   Confirmed appointees who are political appointees (rather than career foreign service officers)
•   Confirmed appointees who are Career Members of the Senior Executive Service or Senior Foreign Service.

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.

Nominees for ambassadors to foreign states

Office	Ambassador	Assumed office	Left office
Ambassador to Argentina	Peter Lamelas[1]	TBD (Confirmed* September 18, 2025, 51–47) *En bloc confirmation of 48 nominees.[RC 1]
Ambassador to Austria	Arthur Fisher[2]	Awaiting Senate Confirmation
Ambassador to the Bangladesh	Brent T. Christensen	Awaiting Senate Confirmation
Ambassador to the Bahrain	Stephanie Hallett	Awaiting Senate Confirmation
Ambassador to the Bahamas	Herschel Walker[3]	Awaiting Senate Confirmation
Ambassador to Belgium	Bill White[4]	Awaiting Senate Confirmation
Ambassador to Canada	Pete Hoekstra[5]	April 29, 2025 (Confirmed April 9, 2025, 60–37)[RC 2]
Ambassador to Chile	Brandon Judd[6]	Awaiting Senate Confirmation
Ambassador to China	David Perdue[7]	May 16, 2025 (Confirmed April 29, 2025, 67–29)[RC 3]
Ambassador to Colombia	Dan Newlin[1]	Awaiting Senate Confirmation
Ambassador to Costa Rica	Melinda Hildebrand[8]	Awaiting Senate Confirmation
Ambassador to Croatia	Nicole McGraw[9]	Awaiting Senate Confirmation
Ambassador to the Czech Republic	Nicholas Merrick	Awaiting Senate Confirmation
Ambassador to Denmark	Ken Howery[10]	Awaiting Senate Confirmation
Ambassador to the Dominican Republic	Leah Campos[2]	Awaiting Senate Confirmation
Ambassador to Estonia	Roman Pipko[11]	Awaiting Senate Confirmation
Ambassador to Finland	Howard Brodie	Awaiting Senate Confirmation
Ambassador to France Ambassador to Monaco	Charles Kushner[12]	July 11, 2025 (Confirmed May 19, 2025, 51–45)[RC 4]
Ambassador to Greece	Kimberly Guilfoyle[13]	TBD (Confirmed* September 18, 2025, 51–47) *En bloc confirmation of 48 nominees.[RC 5]
Ambassador to the Holy See	Brian Burch[14]	September 13, 2025 (Confirmed August 2, 2025, 49–44)[RC 6]
Ambassador to Iceland	Billy Long[15]	Awaiting Senate Confirmation
Ambassador to India	Sergio Gor	Awaiting Senate Confirmation
Ambassador to Ireland	Edward Walsh[16]	July 1, 2025 (Confirmed June 4, 2025, 57–38)[RC 7]
Ambassador to Israel	Mike Huckabee[17]	April 21, 2025 (Confirmed April 9, 2025, 53–46)[RC 8]
Ambassador to Italy Ambassador to San Marino	Tilman Fertitta[18]	May 6, 2025 (Confirmed April 29, 2025, 83–14)[RC 9]
Ambassador to Japan	George Edward Glass[2]	April 18, 2025 (Confirmed April 8, 2025, 66–32)[RC 10]
Ambassador to Jordan	James Holtsnider	Awaiting Senate Confirmation
Ambassador to Kazakhstan	Julie Stufft[19]	Awaiting Senate Confirmation
Ambassador to Kuwait	Amer Ghalib[20]	Awaiting Senate Confirmation
Ambassador to Latvia	Melissa Argyros	Awaiting Senate Confirmation
Ambassador to Lebanon	Michel Issa[21]	Awaiting Senate Confirmation
Ambassador to Luxembourg	Stacey Feinberg[2]	Awaiting Senate Confirmation
Ambassador to Malaysia	Nick Adams[22]	Awaiting Senate Confirmation
Ambassador to Malta	Somers Farkas[23]	Awaiting Senate Confirmation
Ambassador to Mexico	Ronald D. Johnson[24]	May 19, 2025 (Confirmed April 9, 2025, 49–46)[RC 11]
Ambassador to Morocco	Duke Buchan[25]	Awaiting Senate Confirmation
Ambassador to Namibia	John Giordano	Awaiting Senate Confirmation
Ambassador to the Netherlands	Joe Popolo[26]	Awaiting Senate Confirmation
Ambassador to New Zealand Ambassador to Samoa	Jared Novelly[27]	Awaiting Senate Confirmation
Ambassador to Norway	Michael E. Kavoukjian	Awaiting Senate Confirmation
Ambassador to Panama	Kevin Marino Cabrera[28]	May 5, 2025 (Confirmed April 9, 2025, 51–45)[RC 12]
Ambassador to Peru	Bernardo Navarro[29]	Awaiting Senate Confirmation
Ambassador to Poland	Thomas Rose[30]	Awaiting Senate Confirmation
Ambassador to Portugal	John Arrigo[31]	September 30, 2025 (Confirmed August 2, 2025, 52-42[RC 13]
Ambassador to Romania	Darryl Nirenberg[32]	Awaiting Senate Confirmation
Ambassador to Serbia	Mark Brnovich	Awaiting Senate Confirmation
Ambassador to Singapore	Anjani Sinha[33]	Awaiting Senate Confirmation
Ambassador to South Africa	L. Brent Bozell III	Awaiting Senate Confirmation
Ambassador to Spain Ambassador to Andorra	Benjamin Leon[34]	Awaiting Senate Confirmation
Ambassador to Sri Lanka	Eric Meyer[19]	Awaiting Senate Confirmation
Ambassador to Sweden	Christine Toretti[35]	TBD (Confirmed* September 18, 2025, 51–47) *En bloc confirmation of 48 nominees.[RC 14]
Ambassador to Switzerland Ambassador to Liechtenstein	Callista Gingrich[36]	TBD (Confirmed* September 18, 2025, 51–47) *En bloc confirmation of 48 nominees.[RC 15]
Ambassador to Thailand	Sean O'Neill[19]	Awaiting Senate Confirmation
Ambassador to Tunisia	Bill Bazzi	Awaiting Senate Confirmation
Ambassador to Turkey	Tom Barrack[37]	May 14, 2025 (Confirmed April 29, 2025, 60–36)[RC 16]
Ambassador to the United Kingdom	Warren Stephens[38]	May 21, 2025 (Confirmed April 29, 2025, 59–39)[RC 17]
Ambassador to Uruguay	Lou Rinaldi[2]	September 30, 2025 (Confirmed August 1, 2025, 51–45)[RC 18]

Nominees for 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)	Mike Waltz[39]	PA	September 21, 2025 (Confirmed September 19, 2025, 47–43)[RC 19]
Representative to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations (with the rank of ambassador)			TBD (Confirmed September 29, 2025, 54–45)[RC 20]
Deputy Representative to the United Nations and Deputy Representative in the Security Council of the United Nations and Representative to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations (with the rank of ambassador)	Tammy Bruce	PA	Awaiting Seante confirmation
Representative to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture (with the rank of ambassador)	Lynda Blanchard[40]	PA	Awaiting Senate Confirmation
Representative to the United Nations for U.N. Management and Reform (with the rank of ambassador)	Jeff Bartos	PA	September 22, 2025 (Confirmed* September 18, 2025, 51–44) *En bloc confirmation of 48 nominees.[RC 21]
Representative to the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations (with the rank of ambassador)	Dan Negrea	PA	Awaiting Senate Confirmation
Alternate Representative for Special Political Affairs in the United Nations (with the rank of ambassador)	Jennifer Locetta	PA	September 22, 2025 (Confirmed* September 18, 2025, 51–44) *En bloc confirmation of 48 nominees.[RC 22]

Other international organizations

Office	Ambassador	Background	Assumed office	Left office
Representative to the European Union (with the rank of ambassador)	Andrew Puzder[41]	PA	September 11, 2025 (Confirmed August 2, 2025, 53–44)[RC 23]
Representative on the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (with the rank of ambassador)	Jeffrey Anderson[42]	PA	Awaiting Senate Confirmation
Permanent Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (with the rank of ambassador)	Matthew Whitaker[43]	PA	April 3, 2025 (Confirmed April 1, 2025, 52–45)[RC 24]
Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States (with the rank of ambassador)	Leandro Rizzuto Jr.[44]	PA	Awaiting Senate confirmation

Ambassadors at-large

Office	Ambassador	Background	Assumed office	Left office
Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom	Mark Walker[45]	PA	Awaiting Senate confirmation

Trade Representatives

Office	Ambassador	Background	Assumed office	Left office
United States Trade Representative (with the rank of ambassador)	Jamieson Greer	PA	February 27, 2025 (Confirmed February 26, 2025, 56–43)[RC 25]
Deputy United States Trade Representative for the Office of Geneva (with the rank of ambassador)	Joseph Barloon[46]	PA	Awaiting Senate confirmation
Deputy Trade Representative (Asia, Textiles, Investment, Services, and Intellectual Property)	Bryan Switzer	PA	TBD (Confirmed* September 18, 2025, 51–44) *En bloc confirmation of 48 nominees.[RC 26]

Other positions with rank of ambassador

Office	Ambassador	Background	Assumed office	Left office
Chief of Protocol (with the rank of ambassador)	Monica Crowley[47]	PA	May 30, 2025 (Confirmed May 12, 2025, 52–45)[RC 27]
Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism (with the rank of ambassador)	Yehuda Kaploun[48][49]	PA	Awaiting Senate confirmation

Special envoys, representatives, and coordinators

Office	Appointee	Background	Assumed office	Left office
Special Presidential Envoy for Special Missions	Richard Grenell[16]	PA	January 20, 2025
Special Envoy for Latin America	Mauricio Claver-Carone[50]
Special Envoy for Middle East	Steve Witkoff[51]
Deputy Special Envoy for Middle East	Morgan Ortagus[52]
Special Envoy for Ukraine	Keith Kellogg[53]
Special Envoy to the United Kingdom	Mark Burnett[54]

Withdrawn candidates

Office	Nominee	Announced	Withdrawn
Special Envoy for Hostage Affairs	Adam Boehler[55]	December 4, 2024	March 14, 2025
Representative to the United Nations and Representative in the Security Council of the United Nations (with the rank of ambassador)	Elise Stefanik[56]	November 10, 2024	March 27, 2025

See also

• List of ambassadors appointed by Donald Trump (2017–2021)
• Political appointments of the second Trump administration

Notes

Confirmation votes

Confirmations by roll call vote

1. "PN55-25 - Peter Lamelas, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Argentine Republic, 119th Congress (2025–2026)". www.senate.gov. September 18, 2025. Retrieved September 19, 2025.
2. "PN25-18 – Peter Hoekstra, of Michigan, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Canada, 119th Congress (2025–2026)". www.senate.gov. April 9, 2025. Retrieved April 10, 2025.
3. "PN54-5 – David Perdue, of Georgia, to be Ambassador of the United States of America to the People's Republic of China, 119th Congress (2025–2026)". www.senate.gov. April 29, 2025. Retrieved April 30, 2025.
4. "PN24-4 – Charles Kushner, of New York, to be Ambassador of the United States of America to the French Republic and the Principality of Monaco, 119th Congress (2025–2026)". www.senate.gov. May 19, 2025. Retrieved May 21, 2025.
5. "PN54-7 - Kimberly Guilfoyle, of Florida, to be Ambassador to Greece, 119th Congress (2025–2026)". www.senate.gov. September 18, 2025. Retrieved September 19, 2025.
6. "PN26-5 - Brian Burch, of Illinois, to be Ambassador of the United States of America to the Holy See, 119th Congress (2025–2027)". www.senate.gov. August 2, 2025. Retrieved August 2, 2025.
7. "PN55-47 – Edward Walsh, of New Jersey, to be Ambassador of the United States of America to Ireland, 119th Congress (2025–2026)". www.senate.gov. June 4, 2025. Retrieved June 5, 2025.
8. "PN25-20 – Mike Huckabee, of Arkansas, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Israel, 119th Congress (2025–2026)". www.senate.gov. April 9, 2025. Retrieved April 10, 2025.
9. "PN26-18 – Tilman Fertitta, of Texas, to be Ambassador of the United States of America to the Italian Republic and the Republic of San Marino, 119th Congress (2025–2026)". www.senate.gov. April 29, 2025. Retrieved April 30, 2025.
10. "PN25-14 - George Glass, of Oregon, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Japan, 119th Congress (2025–2026)". www.congress.gov. April 8, 2025. Retrieved April 8, 2025.
11. "PN25-22 – Ronald Johnson, of Florida, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the United Mexican States, 119th Congress (2025–2026)". www.senate.gov. April 9, 2025. Retrieved April 10, 2025.
12. "PN25-6 – Kevin Cabrera, of Florida, to be Ambassador Extrodinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Panama, 119th Congress (2025–2026)". www.senate.gov. April 9, 2025. Retrieved April 10, 2025.
13. "PN26-2 - John Arrigo, of Florida, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Portuguese Republic, 119th Congress (2025–2027)". www.senate.gov. August 2, 2025. Retrieved August 2, 2025.
14. "PN55-45 - Christine Toretti, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Sweden, 119th Congress (2025–2026)". www.senate.gov. September 18, 2025. Retrieved September 19, 2025.
15. "PN54-6 - Callista Gingrich, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Swiss Confederation, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Principality of Liechtenstein, 119th Congress (2025–2026)". www.senate.gov. September 18, 2025. Retrieved September 19, 2025.
16. "PN26-3 – Thomas Barrack, of Colorado, to be Ambassador of the United States of America to the Republic of Turkey, 119th Congress (2025–2026)". www.senate.gov. April 29, 2025. Retrieved April 30, 2025.
17. "PN24-5 – Warren Stephens, of Arkansas, to be Ambassador of the United States of America to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 119th Congress (2025–2026)". www.senate.gov. April 29, 2025. Retrieved April 30, 2025.
18. "PN55-36 - Luigi Rinaldi, of New York, to be Ambassador of the United States of America to the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, 119th Congress (2025–2027)". www.senate.gov. August 1, 2025. Retrieved August 2, 2025.
19. "PN343 - Michael G. Waltz, of Florida, to be the Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations, with the Rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, and the Representative of the United States of America in the Security Council of the United Nations, 119th Congress (2025–2026)". www.senate.gov. September 19, 2025. Retrieved September 19, 2025.
20. "PN342 - Michael G. Waltz, of Florida, to be Representative of the United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations during his tenure of service as Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations, 119th Congress (2025–2026)". www.senate.gov. September 29, 2025. Retrieved September 29, 2025.
21. "PN141-7 - Jeffrey Bartos, of Pennsylvania, to be Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations for U.N. Management and Reform, with the Rank of Ambassador, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as an Alternate Representative of the United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations, 119th Congress (2025–2026)". www.senate.gov. September 18, 2025. Retrieved September 19, 2025.
22. "PN141-28 - Jennifer Locetta, of Florida, to be Alternate Representative of the United States of America for Special Political Affairs in the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as an Alternate Representative of the United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations, 119th Congress (2025–2026)". www.senate.gov. September 18, 2025. Retrieved September 19, 2025.
23. "PN26-39 - Andrew Puzder to be Representative of the United States of America to the European Union with the rank of Ambassador, 119th Congress (2025–2027)". www.senate.gov. August 2, 2025. Retrieved August 2, 2025.
24. "PN25-56 - Matthew Whitaker, of Iowa, to be United States Permanent Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, 119th Congress (2025–2026)". www.congress.gov. April 1, 2025. Retrieved April 2, 2025.
25. "PN11-17 - Jamieson Greer, of Maryland, to be U.S. Trade Representative, 119th Congress (2025–2026)". www.congress.gov. February 26, 2025. Retrieved February 26, 2025.
26. "PN55-42 — Bryan Switzer — Executive Office of the President, 119th Congress (2025–2026)". www.senate.gov. September 18, 2025. Retrieved September 27, 2025.
27. "PN12-10 - Monica Crowley, of New York, to be Chief of Protocol and to have the rank of Ambassador, 119th Congress (2025–2026)". www.congress.gov. May 12, 2025. Retrieved May 12, 2025.

Confirmations by voice vote