Ambassadors of the United States
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Ambassadors of the United States are persons nominated by the president to serve as the country's diplomatic representatives to foreign nations, international organizations, and as ambassadors-at-large. Under Article II, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution, their appointment must be confirmed by the United States Senate;[1] while an ambassador may be appointed during a recess, they can serve only until the end of the next session of Congress, unless subsequently confirmed.[2]
Ambassadors are the highest-ranking diplomats of the U.S. and are usually based at the embassy in the host country. They are under the jurisdiction of the Department of State and answer directly to the secretary of state; however, ambassadors serve "at the pleasure of the President", meaning they can be dismissed at any time. Appointments change regularly for various reasons, such as reassignment or retirement.
An ambassador may be a career Foreign Service Officer (career diplomat – CD) or a political appointee (PA). In most cases, career foreign service officers serve a tour of approximately three years per ambassadorship, whereas political appointees customarily tender their resignations upon the inauguration of a new president.
The State Department provides lists of ambassadors that are updated periodically; the most recent listing was published November 1, 2021.[3][4] A listing by country of past chiefs of mission is maintained by the Office of the Historian of the U.S. Department of State,[5] along with the names and appointment dates of past and present ambassadors-at-large[6] and mission to international organizations.[7]
Current U.S. ambassadors[edit]
Note that the information in this list is subject to change due to regular personnel changes resulting from retirements and reassignments. The State Department posts updated lists of ambassadors approximately monthly, accessible via an interactive menu-based website.[8][9]
Ambassadors to International Organizations[edit]
Ambassadors to the United Nations[edit]
Current ambassadors from the United States to International Organization of the United Nations:
Other international Organizations[edit]
Current ambassadors from the United States to other international organizations:
Ambassadors-at-large[edit]
Current ambassadors-at-large from the United States with worldwide responsibility:[48][49]
Portfolio | List | Ambassador | Background | Website | Confirmed |
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Counterterrorism (Coordinator) | List | Vacant since January 20, 2021 John T. Godfrey (acting) |
(N/A) | [45] | |
Cyberspace and Digital Policy | Nathaniel Fick | PA | [46] | September 15, 2022 | |
Global AIDS Combat[50] (Coordinator) | List | John Nkengasong | PA | [47] | May 5, 2022 |
Global Criminal Justice | List | Beth Van Schaack | PA | [48] | March 15, 2022 |
Global Women's Issues | List | Vacant since January 20, 2021 Katrina Fotovat (acting) |
(N/A) | [49] | |
International Religious Freedom | List | Rashad Hussain | PA | [50] | December 16, 2021 |
Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (director) | List | Cindy Dyer | PA | [51] | December 20, 2022 |
Other chiefs of mission[edit]
Senior diplomatic representatives of the United States hosted in posts other than embassies. Unlike other consulates, these persons report directly to the Secretary of State.
Host country | List | Ambassador | Title | Website | Appointed |
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List | Allen Greenberg | Consul General and Chief of Mission | Curaçao | June 2019 |
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List | Gregory May | Consul General and Chief of Mission | Hong Kong [52] | September 2022 |
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List | Karen B. Decker | Chargé d’Affaires of the Mission to ![]() |
Afghanistan | August 1, 2022 |
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List | Sandra Oudkirk | Director (of the nominally independent American Institute in Taiwan) | Taipei [53] | August 11, 2018 |
Special envoys, representatives, and coordinators[edit]
These diplomatic officials report directly to the Secretary of State. Many oversee a portfolio not restricted to one nation, often an overall goal, and are not usually subject to Senate confirmation.[53][49][54] Unlike the State Department offices and diplomats listed in other sections of this Article, the offices and special envoys/representatives/coordinators listed in this Section are created and staffed by direction of top Federal Executive administrators – primarily U.S. Presidents and Secretaries of State – whose political or organizational management philosophies may not be shared by their successors.[55][56][57] As such, many of these positions may go unfilled upon assumption of office by successor Presidential Administrations, with their offices sometimes merged with or subsumed into other offices, or abolished altogether.
Portfolio | Officeholder (Title) | Website | Appointed |
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Afghanistan and Pakistan – S/SRAP office disestablished June 2017, its duties assumed by the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs[58] | Thomas West (Special Representative) | [54] | October 18, 2021[59] |
Arctic Region – In 2017 it was announced this office's functions would be subsumed into the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs[56] | Vacant since January 20, 2017 (Special Representative)[60] |
[55] | |
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation | Matt Murray | [56] | February 1, 2022[61] |
Assistance to Europe, Eurasia, and Central Asia | Jim Kulikowski (Coordinator)[62] | [57] | |
Biological & Toxin Weapons Convention Issues | Robert Wood[63] (Special Representative) | [58] | October 2, 2014 |
Burma – In 2017 it was announced this office's functions would be subsumed into the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs[56] | Vacant since November 19, 2014 (Senior Advisor) |
[59] | |
Central African Republic[64] | Vacant since 2015 (Special Representative) |
[60] | |
Civil Society and Emerging Democracies | Vacant since October 31, 2014 (Coordinator) | [61] | |
Climate Change – In 2017 it was announced this office's functions would be subsumed into the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs[56] | Vacant since January 20, 2017 (Special Envoy) |
[62] | |
Closure of the Guantánamo Detention Facility – In 2017 it was announced this office would be disestablished, and any of its functions deemed still necessary would be assumed by the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs[57] | Vacant since January 20, 2017 (Special Envoy) |
[63] | |
Commercial and Business Affairs | Dan Negrea[65] (Special Representative) | [64] | May 28, 2019 |
Conference on Disarmament | Robert Wood (Special Representative) | [65] | October 2, 2014 |
Counterterrorism | Vacant since January 20, 2021 John T. Godfrey, chargé d'affaires[66] |
[66] | |
Cyber Issues – In 2017 it was announced the coordinator position for this office would be discontinued, and its functions subsumed into the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs[57] | Vacant since July 2017[67][68] (Coordinator) | [67] | |
Environment and Water Resources – In 2017 it was announced the assistant secretary for oceans and international environmental and scientific affairs would be dual-hatted as the special representative for environment and water resources.[57] | Vacant since January 2017 (Special Representative) |
[68] | |
Fissile Material Negotiator | Michael Guhin (Senior Cutoff Coordinator) | [69][69] | August 10, 2009 |
Global Coalition to Counter ISIL | James F. Jeffrey[70] (Special Presidential Envoy) |
[70] | August 17, 2018 |
Global Criminal Justice | Todd Buchwald (Special Coordinator) | [71] | December 30, 2015 |
Global Engagement Center | Lea Gabrielle[71] (Special Envoy/Coordinator) | [72] | February 11, 2019 |
Global Food Security – In 2017 it was reported that this office would be moved to USAID[56] | Vacant (Special Representative) Ted Lyng, acting |
[73] | |
Global Health Diplomacy[50] | Vacant since January 20, 2021 Angeli Achrekar, chargé d'affaires[72] |
[74] | April 14, 2014 |
Global Partnerships – In 2019 this office was subsumed into the Office of the Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment.[57] | Vacant (Special Representative) Thomas Debass, acting |
[75] | |
Global Youth Issues – In 2017 it was reported this position would be cut and the duties of the office transferred to the Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs[57] | Andy Rabens (Special Advisor) | [76] | October 19, 2014 |
Great Lakes Region of Africa | J. Peter Pham (Special Envoy) | [77] | November 2018 |
Haiti | Kenneth Merten (Special Coordinator) | [78] | August 17, 2015 |
Holocaust Issues | Thomas K. Yazdgerdi (Special Envoy) Stu Eizenstat (Special Advisor) |
[79] | August 22, 2016 December 18, 2013 |
Hostage Affairs | Robert C. O'Brien (Special Presidential Envoy) |
[80] | May 25, 2018 |
Human Rights of LGBT community | Vacant since November 2017[73] (Special Envoy) |
[81] | |
International Communications and Information Policy (Advisory Committee) | Vacant (Coordinator/Ambassador) | [82] | |
International Disabilities Rights | Vacant (Special Advisor) | [83] | |
International Energy Affairs | Vacant (Special Envoy and Coordinator) Mary B. Warlick, acting |
[84] | |
International Information Programs | Vacant (Coordinator) Jonathan Henick, acting |
[85] | |
International Information Technology Diplomacy | Vacant (Senior Coordinator) | [86] | |
International Labor Affairs | Vacant (Special Representative) | [87] | |
Iran Nuclear Implementation | Vacant(Coordinator) | [88] | |
Israel and the Palestinian Authority | Frederick Rudesheim (Security Coordinator) |
[89] | January 2015 |
Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations | Vacant from January 20, 2017 | [90] | |
Knowledge Management | Vacant (Senior Coordinator) | [91] | |
Libya | Vacant since January 20, 2017 (Special Envoy) |
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Middle East Transitions | Vacant (Special Coordinator) | [92] | |
Minsk | Vacant (Senior Representative) | [93] | |
Monitoring and Combating Anti-Semitism | Deborah Lipstadt | [94] | March 30, 2022 |
Muslim Communities | Vacant (Special Representative) | [95] | |
Nonproliferation and Arms Control | Vacant since June 10, 2010 (Special Advisor) |
[96] | |
North Korea | Sung Y. Kim | [97] | |
North Korean Human Rights Issues | Vacant (Special Envoy) | [98] | |
Northern Ireland Issues | Vacant (Presidential Representative) | [99] | |
Nuclear Nonproliferation | Adam M. Scheinman | [100] | December 18, 2021 |
Organization of Islamic Cooperation | Vacant since February 13, 2015 (Special Envoy) |
[101] | |
Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review | Vacant since July 6, 2015 (Special Representative) |
[102] | |
Religion and Global Affairs[74][75][76] | Vacant (Special Representative) | [103] | |
Religious Minorities in the Near East and South/Central Asia | Knox Thames[77] (Special Envoy) | [104] [105] | September 28, 2015 |
Sahel Region of Africa | J. Peter Pham[78] (Special Envoy) | [106] | March 1, 2020 |
Sanctions Coordination | James C. O'Brien | [107]PA | April 6, 2022 |
Science and Technology | Vacant (advisor) | [108] | |
Secretary Initiatives | Vacant (Special Advisor) | ||
Senior Advisor to the Secretary | Vacant (Senior Advisor) | ||
Six-Party Talks (2003–2009) on North Korea's development of weapons of mass destruction[79] | Vacant since September 2015 (Special Envoy) |
[109] | |
Somalia | Vacant since 2015[80] (Special Representative) |
[110] | |
Sudan and South Sudan | Vacant since January 2017[81][82] (Special Envoy) |
[111] | |
Syria | Vacant since April 2018[83] (Special Envoy) |
[112] | |
Threat Reduction Programs | Vacant since 2017 (Coordinator/Ambassador) | [113] | |
Tibetan Issues[84] | Vacant (Special Coordinator) | [114] | |
Transparency (Coordinator)[85][86] – Office may have been disestablished; no public record of activity after 2016 located/identified | Vacant (Coordinator) | Archived[85] | |
Ukraine Negotiations | Vacant (Special Representative) | [115] | |
Western Balkans | Matthew Palmer (Special Representative) | [116] | August 30, 2019 |
Yemen | Tim Lenderking (Special Envoy) | [117] | February 4, 2021 |
Nations without exchange of ambassadors[edit]
- Bhutan: According to the U.S. State Department, "The United States and the Kingdom of Bhutan have not established formal diplomatic relations; however, the two governments have informal and cordial relations."[87] Informal contact with the nation of Bhutan is maintained through the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi.[87]
- Iran: On April 7, 1980, the United States broke diplomatic relations with Iran after the 1979 Iranian Revolution.[88] On April 24, 1981, the Swiss government assumed representation of U.S. interests in Tehran, and Algeria assumed representation of Iranian interests in the United States.[89] Currently, Iranian interests in the United States are represented by the government of Pakistan. The U.S. Department of State named Iran a "State Sponsor of Terrorism" on January 19, 1984.[90]
- North Korea: The Democratic People's Republic of Korea is not on friendly terms with the United States, and while talks between the two countries are ongoing, there is no exchange of ambassadors. Sweden functions as Protective Power for the United States in Pyongyang and performs limited consular responsibilities for U.S. citizens in North Korea.[91]
- Taiwan: With the normalization of relations with the People's Republic of China in 1979, the United States has not maintained 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 twelve other U.S. cities. The Taipei Office of the American Institute in Taiwan, a non-profit, public corporation, functions as a de facto embassy, performing most consular functions and staffed by Foreign Service Officers who are formally "on leave".[92]
Notable past ambassadors[edit]
Many well-known individuals have served the United States as ambassadors, or in formerly analogous positions such as envoy, including several who also became President of the United States (indicated in boldface below). Some notable ambassadors have included:
Ambassadors killed in office[edit]
Eight United States Ambassadors have been killed in office – six of them by armed attack and the other two in plane crashes.[93]
Name | Ambassador to | Place | Country | Date of death | Killed by |
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Laurence Steinhardt | Canada | Ramsayville, Ontario | ![]() |
March 28, 1950 | plane crash |
John Gordon Mein | Guatemala | Guatemala City | ![]() |
August 28, 1968 | attack by Rebel Armed Forces |
Cleo A. Noel Jr. | Sudan | Khartoum | ![]() |
March 2, 1973 | attack by Black September Organization |
Rodger Davies | Cyprus | Nicosia | ![]() |
August 19, 1974 | attack during Greek Cypriot demonstration |
Francis E. Meloy Jr. | Lebanon | Beirut | ![]() |
June 16, 1976 | attack by Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine |
Adolph Dubs | Afghanistan | Kabul | ![]() |
February 14, 1979 | attack by Settam-e-Melli |
Arnold Lewis Raphel | Pakistan | Bahawalpur | ![]() |
August 17, 1988 | plane crash |
J. Christopher Stevens | Libya | Benghazi | ![]() |
September 11, 2012 | attack by Ansar al-Sharia on a U.S. diplomatic mission |
Ambassadors to past countries[edit]
See also[edit]
- Chief of Protocol of the United States
- List of ambassadors to the United States
- List of LGBT ambassadors of the United States
- List of female ambassadors of the United States
- List of ambassadors appointed by Donald Trump
- List of ambassadors appointed by Joe Biden
- United States Foreign Service Career Ambassador
Notes and references[edit]
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- ^ a b The U.S. Ambassador to Spain, resident at Madrid, is also accredited to Andorra.
- ^ a b One ambassador, resident at Luanda, is accredited to Angola and São Tomé and Príncipe. Source: U.S. State Department
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- ^ Embassy suspended operations on December 28, 2012. French embassy acted as protecting power from April 25, 2013. Relations resumed from September 15, 2014
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- ^ a b As of December 2006, the U.S. ambassador to France is also accredited to Monaco.
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- ^ a b One ambassador, resident at Dakar, is accredited to Guinea-Bissau and Senegal.
- ^ a b The U.S. Ambassador to Rome is also accredited to San Marino. The U.S. Consulate in Florence handles matters concerned with San Marino.
- ^ a b One ambassador, resident at Bern, is accredited to Switzerland and Liechtenstein.
- ^ a b One ambassador, resident at Port Louis, is accredited to Mauritius and Seychelles.
- ^ 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 Archived June 4, 2019, at the Wayback Machine, U.S. Embassy in France: U.S. Diplomatic Mission to Monaco Archived July 7, 2018, at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ a b One ambassador, resident at Wellington, is accredited to New Zealand and Samoa.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Until 2005 one ambassador, resident at Manila, was accredited to the Philippines and Palau. Source: CIA World Factbook . Helen Reed-Rowe is the first ambassador to Palau to be confirmed in 2010.
- ^ a b c One ambassador, resident at Port Moresby, is accredited to Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu.
- ^ Managed through the U.S. Embassy in Kenya. The United States has no diplomatic relations with Somalia. The last ambassador to Somalia was James Bishop when the embassy in Mogadishu was closed on January 5, 1991. Source: U.S State Department Archived November 17, 2017, at the Wayback Machine.
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- ^ 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 Archived November 17, 2017, at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ After formal relations were reestablished in 2010 after five years, the embassy was again suspended on February 6, 2014. Poland became the protecting power until its embassy closed on July 27, at which point the Czech Republic took responsibility.
- ^ The ambassador to the U.K. is known as the "Ambassador to the Court of St. James's".
- ^ The US neither recognizes Moroccan claims to sovereignty over Western Sahara. Sources: Western Sahara, Foreign relations of Western Sahara, Foreign relations of Morocco.
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- ^ a b Since 2015 office has been titled 'Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator and Health Diplomacy'
- ^ While solely accredited to Curaçao, the Consul General is responsible for all the countries and special municipalities of the former Netherlands Antilles, including Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten, Bonaire, Saba and Sint Eustatius.
- ^ The United States Consul General to Hong Kong, resident in Hong Kong, is concurrently accredited to Macau.
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