Flag of ambassadors of the United States
This
article contains several lists of Ambassadors from the United States
. There are also individual articles
listing the holders of many of the ambassadorial offices, for which
see
:Category:Lists of
United States ambassadors.
The incumbents change from time to time; sometimes a post starts or
stops being temporarily headed by a lower ranking diplomat.
Occasionally, a post is created or abolished.
Ambassadors are nominated by the
President and confirmed by
the
Senate. As embassies fall
within the
Department of
State, Ambassadors answer to the
Secretary of State. As with Cabinet
members and other Presidential appointments in the Executive
Branch, it is customary for new Presidents to replace most
Ambassadors.
Current U.S. Ambassadors
| Host country |
Ref |
U.S. Ambassador |
Embassy
Website |
Date Confirmed |
Abkhazia |
|
|
|
|
Afghanistan |
Ref |
Lt. General Karl Eikenberry |
Kabul |
April 2009 |
Albania |
Ref |
John L. Withers, II |
Tirana |
June 2007 |
Algeria |
Ref |
David D. Pearce |
Algiers |
August 2007 |
Andorra |
Ref |
Vacant
Arnold A. Chacón, Chargé
d'Affaires a.i. |
Barcelona |
|
Angola |
Ref |
Dan Mozena |
Luanda |
October 2007 |
Antigua and Barbuda |
Ref |
Vacant
Brent Hardt, Chargé d'Affaires a.i. |
Bridgetown |
|
Argentina |
Ref |
Vilma S. Martinez |
Buenos Aires |
July 2009 |
Armenia |
Ref |
Marie L. Yovanovitch |
Yerevan |
August 2008 |
| Australia |
Ref |
Jeff Bleich |
Canberra |
November 2009 |
Austria |
Ref |
William Eacho
|
Vienna |
July 2009 |
Azerbaijan |
Ref |
Anne E. Derse |
Baku |
May 2006 |
The Bahamas |
Ref |
Nicole Avant |
Nassau |
July 2009 |
Bahrain |
Ref |
J. Adam
Ereli |
Manama |
Bangladesh |
Ref |
James F. Moriarty |
Dhaka |
March 2009 |
Barbados |
Ref |
Vacant
Brent Hardt, Chargé d’Affaires a.i. |
Bridgetown |
Belarus |
Ref |
Vacant since March 12, 2008.
Jonathan Moore, Chargé d'Affaires a.i. |
Minsk |
|
Belgium |
Ref |
Howard W. Gutman |
Brussels |
July 2009 |
Belize |
Ref |
Vinai K. Thummalapally |
Belmopan |
July 2009 |
Benin |
Ref |
James Knight |
Cotonou |
Bhutan |
|
|
|
|
Bolivia |
Ref |
Vacant since September 10, 2008
Krishna R. Urs, Chargé d'Affaires a.i. |
La
Paz |
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Ref |
Charles L. English |
Sarajevo |
|
Botswana |
Ref |
Stephen J. Nolan |
Gaborone |
Brazil |
Ref |
Vacant
Lisa Kubiske Chargé D`Affaires, a. i. |
Brasilia |
June 2006 |
Brunei |
Ref |
William E. Todd |
Bandar
Seri Begawan |
Bulgaria |
Ref |
Chargé d’Affaires Susan Sutton |
Sofia |
April 2008 |
Burkina Faso |
Ref |
Gayleatha B. Brown |
Ouagadougou |
August 2009 |
Burma |
Ref |
Vacant
Larry M. Dinger – Chargé d'Affaires |
Rangoon |
Burundi |
Ref |
Pamela Jo H. Slutz |
Bujumbura |
August 2009 |
Cambodia |
Ref |
Carol A. Rodley |
Phnom
Penh |
|
Cameroon |
|
Janet E. Garvey |
Yaoundé |
|
Canada |
Ref |
David Jacobson
Terry Breese, Chargé d'Affaires a.i. |
Ottawa |
September 2009 |
Cape
Verde |
Ref |
Marianne M. Myles |
Praia |
|
Central African Republic |
|
Frederick B. Cook |
Bangui |
|
Chad |
|
Louis J. Nigro |
Ndjamena |
|
Chile |
Ref |
Paul E. Simons |
Santiago |
China |
Ref |
Jon Huntsman, Jr. |
Beijing |
August 2009 |
Colombia |
Ref |
William Brownfield |
Bogotá |
Comoros |
|
R. Niels Marquardt |
Antananarivo |
|
Democratic Republic of the
Congo |
Ref |
William J. Garvelink |
Kinshasa |
|
Republic of the Congo |
Ref |
Alan W. Eastham |
Brazzaville |
|
Costa
Rica |
Ref |
Peter Cianchette |
San
José |
Côte d'Ivoire |
|
Wanda L. Nesbitt |
Abidjan |
Croatia |
Ref |
Robert Bradtke |
Zagreb |
July 2006 |
Cuba |
Ref
Ref |
Jonathan D. Farrar
Chief of Mission |
Havana |
|
Cyprus |
Ref |
Frank C. Urbancic, Jr. |
Nicosia |
|
Turkish
Republic of Northern Cyprus |
|
|
|
|
Czech Republic |
Ref |
Vacant
Mary Thompson-Jones, Chargé
d'Affaires a.i. |
Prague |
|
Denmark |
Ref |
Laurie S. Fulton
Terrence P. McCulley, Chargé d'Affaires a.i. |
Copenhagen |
|
Djibouti |
Ref |
James C. Swan |
Djibouti |
|
Dominica |
Ref |
Vacant
Brent Hardt, Chargé d’Affaires a.i. |
Bridgetown |
Dominican Republic |
Ref |
Vacant
Roland W. Bullen, Chargé d’Affaires a.i. |
Santo Domingo |
|
East
Timor (Timor-Leste) |
|
Hans G. Klemm |
Dili |
|
Ecuador |
Ref |
Heather M. Hodges |
Quito |
Egypt |
Ref |
Margaret Scobey |
Cairo |
March 2008 |
El Salvador |
Ref |
Charles L. Glazer |
San
Salvador |
Equatorial Guinea |
Ref |
Donald C. Johnson |
Malabo |
Eritrea |
Ref |
Ronald K. McMullen |
Asmara |
Estonia |
Ref |
Vacant
Karen B. Decker, Chargé d’Affaires a.i. |
Tallinn |
Ethiopia |
Ref |
Donald Yamamoto |
Addis Ababa |
Fiji |
|
C. Steven McGann |
Suva |
Finland |
Ref |
Vacant since January 16, 2009
Michael A. Butler, Chargé d'Affaires a.i. |
Finland |
|
France |
Ref |
Charles Rivkin
Mark A. Pekala, Chargé d'Affaires a.i. |
Paris |
July 2009 |
Gabon |
Ref |
Eunice S. Reddick |
Libreville |
|
The
Gambia |
Ref |
Barry L. Wells |
Banjul |
|
Georgia |
Ref |
John R. Bass |
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|
Germany |
Ref |
Philip D. Murphy |
Berlin |
August 2009 |
Ghana |
Ref |
Donald Teitelbaum |
Ghana |
Greece |
Ref |
Daniel V. Speckhard |
Athens |
Grenada |
|
Vacant
Brent Hardt, Chargé d’Affaires a.i. |
Bridgetown |
Guatemala |
Ref |
Stephen G. McFarland |
Guatemala |
Guinea |
Ref |
Patricia N.Moller |
Conakry |
August 2009 |
Guinea-Bissau |
Ref |
Marcia S. Bernicat |
Dakar |
Guyana |
Ref |
John M. Jones |
Georgetown |
Haiti |
Ref |
Kenneth H. Merten |
Port-au-Prince |
July 2009 |
| Holy See |
Ref |
Miguel Humberto Diaz |
Vatican |
August 2009 |
Honduras |
Ref |
Hugo Llorens |
Tegucigalpa |
|
Hungary |
Ref |
April H. Foley |
Budapest |
|
Iceland |
Ref |
Robert S. Connan, nominee Carol van
Voorst |
Reykjavik |
India |
Ref |
Timothy J. Roemer
Steven J. White, Chargé d'Affaires a.i. |
New
Delhi |
Indonesia |
Ref |
Cameron R. Hume |
Jakarta |
|
Iran |
Ref |
|
— |
Iraq |
Ref |
Christopher Hill |
Baghdad |
April 2009 |
Ireland |
Ref |
Dan Rooney |
Dublin |
Israel |
Ref |
James B. Cunningham |
Tel
Aviv |
|
Italy |
Ref |
David Thorne |
Rome |
July 2009 |
Jamaica |
Ref |
Vacant
James T. Heg, Chargé d'Affaires a.i. |
Kingston |
|
Japan |
Ref |
John Roos |
Tokyo |
|
Jordan |
Ref |
Robert S. Beecroft |
Amman |
Kazakhstan |
Ref |
Richard E. Hoagland |
Astana |
Kenya |
Ref |
Michael E. Ranneberger |
Nairobi |
Kiribati |
|
C. Steven McGann |
Suva |
North Korea |
|
|
|
|
South Korea |
Ref |
Kathleen Stephens |
Seoul |
|
Kosovo |
Ref |
Christopher William Dell |
Pristina |
|
Kuwait |
Ref |
Deborah K. Jones |
Kuwait |
Kyrgyzstan |
Ref |
Tatiana C. Gfoeller |
Bishkek |
Laos |
|
Ravic R. Huso |
Vientiane |
|
Latvia |
Ref |
Vacant
Bruce Rogers, Chargé d'Affaires a.i. |
Riga |
Lebanon |
Ref |
Michele J. Sison |
Beirut |
Lesotho |
Ref |
Robert B. Nolan |
Maseru |
Liberia |
Ref |
Linda
Thomas-Greenfield |
Monrovia |
Libya |
Ref |
Gene A. Cretz |
Tripoli |
Liechtenstein |
Ref |
Donald S. Beyer,Jr. |
Bern |
July 2009 |
Lithuania |
Ref |
Anne E. Derse |
Vilnius |
July 2009 |
Luxembourg |
Ref |
Cynthia Stroum |
Luxembourg |
|
Macedonia |
|
Philip T. Reeker |
Skopje |
Madagascar |
Ref |
R. Niels Marquardt |
Antananarivo |
Malawi |
Ref |
Peter W. Bodde |
Lilongwe |
Malaysia |
Ref |
James Keith |
Kuala
Lumpur |
Maldives |
|
Patricia A. Butenis |
Colombo |
Mali |
|
Gillian A. Milovanovic |
Bamako |
Malta |
Ref |
Douglas W. Kmiec |
Valletta |
Marshall Islands |
|
Martha Campbell |
Majuro |
Mauritania |
|
Mark Boulware |
Nouakchott |
Mauritius |
|
Vacant
Virginia M. Blaser, Chargé d'Affaires a.i. |
Port
Louis |
Mexico |
Ref |
Carlos Pascual |
Mexico
City |
August 2009 |
Micronesia |
Ref |
Miriam K. Hughes |
Kolonia |
Moldova |
|
Asif J. Chaudhry |
Chisinau |
Monaco |
|
Charles H. Rivkin
|| Paris
|
Mongolia |
|
Mark C. Minton |
Ulaanbaatar |
Montenegro |
|
Roderick W. Moore |
Podgorica |
Morocco |
Ref |
Samuel L. Kaplan |
Rabat |
July 2009 |
Mozambique |
Ref |
Vacant
Todd Chapman – Chargé d'Affaires
a.i. |
Maputo |
Myanmar (see Burma above) |
|
|
|
Namibia |
Ref |
Gail D. Mathieu |
Windhoek |
| Nauru |
|
C. Steven McGann |
Suva |
Nepal |
|
Vacant
Jeffrey Moon – Chargé d'Affaires a.i. |
Kathmandu |
Netherlands |
Ref |
Fay Hartog-Levin |
The
Hague |
August 2009 |
New Zealand |
Ref |
David Huebner (nominee)
David Keegan, Chargé d'Affaires a.i. |
Wellington |
Nicaragua |
Ref |
Robert J. Callahan |
Managua |
Niger |
Ref |
Bernadette M. Allen |
Niamey |
Nigeria |
|
Robin R. Sanders |
Abuja |
Norway |
Ref |
Benson K. Whitney |
Oslo |
Oman |
|
Richard J. Schmierer |
Muscat |
Pakistan |
Ref |
Anne W. Patterson |
Islamabad |
Palau |
|
None
Mark J. Bezner – Chargé d'Affaires |
Koror |
Panama |
Ref |
Barbara J. Stephenson |
Panama |
Papua New Guinea |
|
Leslie V. Rowe |
Port Moresby |
Paraguay |
Ref |
Liliana Ayalde |
Asunción |
Peru |
Ref |
P. Michael McKinley |
Lima |
Philippines |
Ref |
Kristie A. Kenney |
Manila |
Poland |
Ref |
Lee A. Feinstein |
Warsaw |
Portugal |
Ref |
Thomas F. Stephenson |
Lisbon |
Qatar |
Ref |
Joseph E. LeBaron |
Doha |
Romania |
Ref |
Mark H. Gitenstein |
Bucharest |
Russia |
Ref |
John Beyrle |
Moscow |
June 2008 |
Rwanda |
Ref |
W. Stuart Symington |
Kigali |
Saint Kitts and Nevis |
Ref |
Vacant
Brent Hardt, Chargé d’Affaires a.i. |
Bridgetown |
Saint Lucia |
Ref |
Vacant
Brent Hardt, Chargé d’Affaires a.i. |
Bridgetown |
Saint Vincent and the
Grenadines |
Ref |
Vacant
Brent Hardt, Chargé d’Affaires a.i. |
Bridgetown |
Samoa |
|
David Huebner (nominee)
Robin L. Yeager, Chargé d’Affaires a.i. |
Apia |
San Marino |
|
David H. Thorne |
Florence |
July 2009 |
São Tomé
and Príncipe |
Ref |
Eunice Reddick |
Libreville |
Saudi Arabia |
Ref |
James B. Smith |
Riyadh |
August 2009 |
Senegal |
|
Marcia S. Bernicat |
Dakar |
Serbia |
|
Mary Warlick |
Belgrade |
Seychelles |
|
Vacant
Virginia M. Blaser, Chargé d’Affaires a.i. |
Port
Louis |
Sierra Leone |
|
June Carter Perry |
Freetown |
Singapore |
Ref |
Vacant |
Singapore |
Slovakia |
Ref |
Vacant
Keith A. Eddins, Chargé d’Affaires a.i. |
Bratislava |
Slovenia |
Ref |
Thomas B. Robertson |
Ljubljana |
Solomon Islands |
|
Leslie V. Rowe |
Honiara |
Somalia |
Ref |
Virtual Presence
Post
Michael Ranneberger, U.S. Ambassador to Kenya |
Somalia |
| South Africa |
Ref |
Donald Gips |
Pretoria |
South Ossetia |
|
|
|
Spain |
Ref |
Alan Solomont (nominee)
Arnold A. Chacón, Chargé d'Affaires a.i. |
Madrid |
Sri
Lanka |
|
Patricia A. Butenis |
Colombo |
August 2009 |
Sudan |
Ref |
Vacant
Alberto M. Fernandez – Chargé d'Affaires |
Khartoum |
Suriname |
Ref |
John R. Nay |
Paramaribo |
July 2009 |
Swaziland |
Ref |
Maurice S. Parker |
Mbabane |
Sweden |
Ref |
Matthew Barzun
Robert J. Silverman, Chargé d'Affaires a.i. |
Stockholm |
Switzerland |
Ref |
Donald S. Beyer,Jr. |
Bern |
Syria |
|
Vacant
Charles F. Hunter – Chargé d'Affaires, a.i. |
Damascus |
Taiwan |
|
|
|
Tajikistan |
|
Tracey Ann Jacobson |
Dushanbe |
| Tanzania |
Ref |
Alfonso E. Lenhardt |
Dar es
Salaam |
August 2009 |
Thailand |
Ref |
Eric G. John |
Bangkok |
Togo |
Ref |
Patricia McMahon
Hawkins |
Lomé |
Tonga |
|
C. Steven McGann |
Tonga |
Trinidad and Tobago |
Ref |
Vacant
Len Kusnitz, Chargé d’Affaires a.i. |
Port
of Spain |
Tunisia |
|
Gordon Gray |
Tunis |
Turkey |
|
James F. Jeffrey |
Ankara |
Turkmenistan |
Ref |
Vacant
Richard M. Miles – Chargé d'Affaires a.i. |
Ashgabat |
Tuvalu |
|
C. Steven McGann |
Suva |
| Uganda |
|
Jerry P. Lanier |
Kampala |
August 2009 |
Ukraine |
Ref |
William B. Taylor, Jr. |
Kiev |
United Arab Emirates |
Ref |
Richard G. Olson, Jr. |
Abu
Dhabi |
United Kingdom |
Ref |
Louis Susman
Richard B. LeBaron, Chargé d'Affaires a.i. |
London |
July 2009 |
Uruguay |
Ref |
Vacant
Robin Matthewman, Chargé d'Affaires a.i. |
Montevideo |
Uzbekistan |
Ref |
Richard Norland |
Tashkent |
Vanuatu |
|
Leslie V. Rowe |
Port
Vila |
Venezuela |
Ref |
Vacant / expelled (2008)
John Caulfield, Chargé d'Affaires a.i. |
Caracas |
Vietnam |
Ref |
Michael W. Michalak |
Hanoi |
Western Sahara |
|
|
|
Yemen |
Ref |
Stephen A. Seche |
Sana’a |
Zambia |
Ref |
Donald E. Booth |
Lusaka |
Zimbabwe |
Ref |
Charles A. Ray |
Harare |
August 2009 |
Notes
- Abkhazia and South Ossetia are not recognized by the United
Nations, the United States, nor any other countries aside from
Russia, Nicaragua and Venezuela.
- The U.S. Ambassador to Spain—resident in Madrid—is also
accredited to Andorra.
- One ambassador, accredited to Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados,
Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, and Saint
Vincent and the Grenadines, is resident at Bridgetown,
Barbados.
- Belarus requested the U.S. to recall its ambassador
“temporarily” on March 8, 2008. Belarus also recalled its
ambassador to the U.S. Sources: The New York Times, The Moscow Times, China Daily. The previous ambassador, Karen B.
Stewart, has since been assigned another post within the State
Department. Source: United States Dept. of State.
- The United States does not currently maintain diplomatic
relations with Bhutan.
- Bolivia expelled the ambassador, Philip S.
Goldberg and declared him persona non grata on September
10, 2008. Source: U.S.
Dep’t of State, The Telegraph.
- In 1989 the military government of Burma changed the name of
the nation to Myanmar, but the United States
government—and other Western governments—do not accept the name and
still refer to the country as Burma in official usage. See
Myanmar.
- The US has not had an ambassador to Burma since 1990. A
chargé d’affaires has been the head of mission since
then.
- President George H. W. Bush nominated Frederick
Vreeland as ambassador, and President Clinton nominated
Parker W.
Borg, but the Senate declined to act on either nomination.
Source: U.S. Dep’t of State: Ambassadors to Burma.
- One ambassador—resident in Antananarivo—is accredited to Madagascar and
Comoros.
- Embassy Website
- The United States does not currently maintain diplomatic
relations with Cuba. U.S.
interests in Cuba are handled by the U.S. Interests section of the
Embassy of Switzerland in Havana.
- The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus is not recognized by
the United Nations, the United States, nor any other country aside
from Turkey.
- One ambassador—resident at Suva—is accredited to Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga, and
Tuvalu. Source U.S. Embassy Suva.
- As of December 2006, the U.S. ambassador to France is also
accredited to Monaco.
- One ambassador—resident in Libreville—is accredited to Gabon and São Tomé
and Príncipe. Source: U.S.
State Department
- One ambassador—resident at Dakar—is accredited to Guinea-Bissau and Senegal.
- The United States does not currently maintain diplomatic
relations Iran. U.S. interests
in Iran are handled by the U.S. Interests section of the Embassy of
Switzerland in Tehran.
- The U.S. Ambassador to Rome is also accredited to San Marino.
The U.S. Consulate in Florence handles matters concerned with San
Marino.
- The United States does not currently maintain diplomatic
relations with North
Korea. 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.
- Cretz was sworn in as Ambassador to Libya on December 17, 2008.
Source: U.S. Embassy in Tripoli: Ambassador’s page
- One ambassador, resident in Berne, is accredited to Switzerland and
Liechtenstein.
- One ambassador—resident at Colombo—is accredited to Maldives and Sri
Lanka.
- One ambassador is accredited to Mauritius and
Seychelles—resident in Port Louis, Mauritius.
- 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.
- One ambassador—resident in Wellington— is accredited to New Zealand and
Samoa.
- Until 2005 one ambassador, resident in Manila, was accredited to the Philippines and
Palau. Source: CIA World Factbook. When ambassador
Kristie
A. Kenney was appointed as ambassador to the Philippines in
2005, she was commissioned only to that nation. Source: U.S. Dep’t of State: Ambassadors to Palau
- One ambassador—resident in Port Moresby—is accredited to Papua New Guinea,
Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu.
- The United States has no diplomatic relations with Somalia. The
last ambassador to Somalia was James Keough Bishop when the
embassy in Mogadishu
was closed on January 5, 1991. Source: U.S
State Department.
- The U.S. Ambassador to Spain—resident in Madrid—is also
accredited to Andorra.
- The U.S. Embassy in Khartoum was closed on February 7, 1996.
Timothy Michael 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.
- Ambassador Margaret Scobey was recalled February 2005
in protest of Rafik Hariri assassination. Ref: U.S. Department of State press release, Background notes on Syria, BBC News. Ambassador Scobey has since been reassigned
as the ambassador to Egypt.
- The United States established relations with the People's
Republic of China in 1979. Since then, relations between the US and
Taiwan are carried out by the American Institute in Taiwan in
Taipei.
- The previous ambassador to Turkmenistan, Tracey Ann
Jacobson is now commissioned to Tajikistan. A new ambassador to
Turkmenistan has not yet been appointed. Source: United States Embassy in Ashgabat.
- 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 United States does not recognize Western Sahara, nor does
the US recognize Moroccan claims to sovereignty over Western
Sahara. Sources: Western Sahara, Foreign relations of Western
Sahara, Foreign relations of
Morocco.
Ambassadors to international organizations
Current ambassadors from the United States to international
organizations
| Host organization |
Location |
Ambassador |
| African Union |
Addis Ababa , Ethiopia |
John Simon |
| Asia Pacific
Economic Cooperation |
Washington, D.C. , United States |
Patricia Haslach |
| Association
of Southeast Asian Nations |
Jakarta , Indonesia |
Scot Marciel |
| Conference on
Disarmament |
Geneva , Switzerland |
Christina Rocca |
| European Union |
Brussels , Belgium |
Kristen Silverberg |
International Civil Aviation
Organization |
Montreal , Canada |
Edward W. Stimpson |
North
Atlantic Treaty Organization |
Brussels , Belgium |
Kurt Volker |
Organization of American
States |
Washington, D.C. , United States |
John Maisto |
| Organisation
of the Islamic Conference |
Jeddah , Saudi Arabia |
Sada Cumber |
| Organisation
for Economic Cooperation and Development |
Paris , France |
Christopher Egan |
| Organization
for Security and Cooperation in Europe |
Vienna , Austria |
Julie Finley |
| United Nations |
New York , United States |
Susan Rice |
United Nations Educational, Scientific
and Cultural Organization |
Paris , France |
Louise V. Oliver |
| United Nations
Environment Programme |
Nairobi , Kenya |
Johnnie Carson |
| United Nations
Food and Agriculture Organization |
Rome , Italy |
Tony P. Hall |
| United
Nations International Organizations in Vienna |
Vienna , Austria |
Gregory Schulte |
| United Nations and other International Organizations in
Geneva |
Geneva , Switzerland |
Warren Tichenor |
| World Trade
Organization |
Geneva , Switzerland |
Peter Allgeier |
Ambassadors-at-large
Current
ambassadors-at-large
from the United States with worldwide responsibility:
Ambassadors to past countries
Other senior diplomatic representatives
Other senior diplomatic representatives from the United States
Selected past ambassadors
Well-known past
ambassador
from the United States
| Ambassador |
Host country or organization
((Theodore Britton))//((Albania)) |
| Charles Francis
Adams |
United Kingdom |
| John Adams |
United Kingdom , Netherlands |
| John Quincy Adams |
United Kingdom , Russia , Netherlands , Germany |
| Madeleine K. Albright |
United Nations |
| William Anders |
Norway |
| Eugenie Anderson |
Denmark |
| Walter H. Annenberg |
United Kingdom |
| William Waldorf Astor |
Italy |
| Ebenezer Bassett |
Haiti |
| Shirley Temple Black |
Czechoslovakia , Ghana |
| L. Paul
Bremer |
Netherlands |
| Carol Moseley Braun |
New Zealand |
| James Buchanan |
Russia , United Kingdom |
| Ellsworth Bunker |
South Vietnam |
| George H. W. Bush |
United Nations |
| George M. Dallas |
United Kingdom , Russia |
| Charles G. Dawes |
United Kingdom |
| Frederick Douglass |
Haiti |
| Lawrence Eagleburger |
Yugoslavia |
| John Eisenhower |
Belgium |
| Thomas S. Foley |
Japan |
| Benjamin Franklin |
France , Sweden |
| John Kenneth
Galbraith |
India |
| Arthur Goldberg |
United Nations |
| Hannibal Hamlin |
Spain |
| W. Averell Harriman |
Soviet Union , United Kingdom |
| Pamela Harriman |
France |
| Patricia Roberts
Harris |
Luxembourg |
| Richard Holbrooke |
United
Nations, Germany |
| James Hormel |
Luxembourg |
| John Jay |
Spain |
| Thomas Jefferson |
France |
| Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. |
United Kingdom |
| Alan Keyes |
United
Nations Social and Economic Council |
| Jeane Kirkpatrick |
United Nations |
| Robert Todd Lincoln |
United Kingdom |
| Henry Cabot Lodge
Jr. |
United
Nations, Germany |
| Clare Boothe Luce |
Italy |
| Douglas MacArthur II |
Japan , Iran , Austria and Belgium |
| Michael J. Mansfield |
Japan |
| Graham Martin |
South Vietnam |
| George S. McGovern |
United Nations agencies in
Rome |
| Andrew W. Mellon |
United Kingdom |
| Walter F. Mondale |
Japan |
| James Monroe |
France , United Kingdom |
| Gouverneur Morris |
France |
| Daniel Patrick
Moynihan |
United Nations |
| John Negroponte |
Honduras , Iraq , Mexico , Philippines , United
Nations |
| Charles C. Pinckney |
France , Spain |
| Elliot L. Richardson |
United Kingdom |
| Carl Rowan |
Finland |
| Donald Rumsfeld |
NATO |
| R. Sargent Shriver |
France |
| Raymond A. Spruance |
Philippines |
| Adlai E. Stevenson II |
United Nations |
| Martin Van Buren |
United Kingdom |
| Paul Wolfowitz |
Indonesia |
| Andrew Young |
United Nations |
Nations Without Exchange of Ambassadors
Bhutan
According to the United States Department of
State, "The United States and the Kingdom of Bhutan have not
established formal diplomatic relations; however, the two
governments have informal and cordial relations." However, informal
contact is maintained through the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi to the
mountainous country of Bhutan.
Cuba
Although the island country of Cuba is a
close neighbor to the United States, the U.S. only interacts with
Cuba via a U.S. Interests office at the Swiss Embassy in Havana and
Washington D.C. The U.S. broke diplomatic relations with Cuba on
January 3, 1961
Iran
On
April 7, 1980, the United States broke diplomatic relations with
theocratic Iran, and on April 24, 1981, the Swiss Government
assumed representation of U.S. interests in Tehran. Iranian
interests in the United States are represented by the Government of
Pakistan.
North Korea
The communist dictatorship of North Korea
is not on friendly terms with the U.S. and while talks between the
two countries are ongoing, there is no exchange of
ambassadors.
Republic
of China
(Taiwan)With the normalization of relations
with the People's Republic of China in 1979, the U.S. does not
maintain 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 12 other U.S.
cities. The Taipei Office of the
American Institute in Taiwan
functions as a
de facto embassy, performing most consular
functions and staffed by U.S.
Foreign Service Officers formally
"on leave".
See also
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