List of ambassadors of the United States to the European Union

This is a list of United States ambassadors to the European Union. The formal title of this position is Representative of the United States of America to the European Union (prior to May 9, 1994: European Communities), with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.^[1]

Ambassador of the United States to the European Union
Seal of the United States Department of State
Flag of a United States chief of mission
Incumbent Andrew Puzder since September 11, 2025
Nominator	The president
Inaugural holder	William Walton Butterworth as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Formation	1961
Website	U.S. Mission - European Union

Ambassadors to the European Union

Image	Name	Home state	Appointment	Presentation	Termination	Notes
	William Walton Butterworth	Louisiana	August 10, 1961		October 25, 1962	[2] A
	John W. Tuthill	Illinois	October 23, 1962		June 7, 1966	[3]
	J. Robert Schaetzel		September 16, 1966		October 25, 1972	[4]
	Joseph A. Greenwald		October 12, 1972		January 28, 1976	[5]
	Deane R. Hinton		January 29, 1976		December 3, 1979	[6]
	Thomas O. Enders	Connecticut	November 6, 1979		May 27, 1981	[7]
	George Southall Vest	Maryland	September 20, 1981		February 27, 1985	[8]
	J. William Middendorf	Connecticut	July 12, 1985		February 1, 1987	[9]
	Alfred H. Kingon	New York	March 27, 1987		June 23, 1989	[10]
	Thomas Niles	Washington, D.C.	June 23, 1989		August 26, 1991	[11]
	James Dobbins	New York	October 9, 1991		July 31, 1993	[12]
	Stuart E. Eizenstat	Washington, D.C.	August 2, 1993		April 1996	[13] B
	A. Vernon Weaver	Arkansas	July 2, 1996	July 16, 1996	February 28, 1999	[14]
	Richard Morningstar	Washington, D.C.	July 7, 1999		September 21, 2001	[15]
	Rockwell A. Schnabel	California	October 1, 2001	October 9, 2001	June 18, 2005	[16][17]
	Michael McKinley (Acting)	Washington D.C.	June 18, 2005		January 20, 2006
	C. Boyden Gray	North Carolina	January 17, 2006	January 20, 2006	December 31, 2007	[18][19]
	Kristen Silverberg	Texas	May 2, 2008	July 22, 2008	January 18, 2009	[20][21]
	William Kennard	Washington, D.C.	November 23, 2009	December 2009	July 29, 2013	[22][23]
	Anthony L. Gardner	New York	February 13, 2014	March 18, 2014	January 20, 2017	[24]
	Gordon Sondland	Washington	June 28, 2018	July 9, 2018	February 7, 2020	[25][26]
	Ronald Gidwitz (Acting)	Illinois	May 4, 2020		January 20, 2021	[27]
	Mark W. Libby (Acting)	Washington D.C.	January 20, 2021		January 24, 2022
	Mark Gitenstein	Alabama	December 18, 2021	January 24, 2022	January 17, 2025	[28]
	Norman Thatcher Scharpf (Acting)	Washington D.C.	January 17, 2025		September 11, 2025
	Andrew Puzder	Tennessee	September 11, 2025		Incumbent

See also

• United States Mission to the European Union

Notes

^ Previously representative (beginning in 1959) to several of the pre-EU (European Communities) groups including the European Coal and Steel Community, European Economic Community, and European Atomic Energy Community. First ambassador.

^ Title changed from "European Communities" to "European Union" on May 9, 1994.