List of ambassadors appointed by Barack Obama

This is a list of United States ambassadors appointed by the 44th president of the United States, Barack Obama.

The list includes ambassadors appointed during both his first and second terms.

At the start of his presidency, Obama's team stated that they were aware of the historical target of 70% of ambassador appointments being career diplomats and committed to meeting the target. ^[1] He met this level during his first. ^[2]

During his presidency, Obama appointed a total of 416 ambassadors. 291 were career diplomats and 125 were political appointees, for a total of 69.95% being career diplomats. ^[3]

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
Afghanistan	Karl Eikenberry [3]	CD
	Ryan Crocker [3]	CD
	James B. Cunningham [3]	CD [4]	August 13, 2012 [4]	December 7, 2014 [4]
	Michael McKinley [3]	CD [5]	January 6, 2015 [5]	December 18, 2016 [5]
Albania	Alexander Arvizu [3]	CD [6]	December 6, 2010 [6]	January 11, 2015 [6]
	Donald Lu [3]	CD [7]	January 13, 2015 [7]	September 19, 2018 [7]
Algeria	Henry Ensher [3]	CD
	Joan A. Polaschik [3]	CD [8]	October 29, 2014 [8]	April 21, 2017 [8]
Angola	Christopher J. McMullen [3]	CD [9]	March 31, 2011 [9]	June 12, 2013 [9]
	Helen La Lime [3]	CD [10]	July 18, 2014 [10] [11]	November 24, 2017 [12]
Argentina	Vilma Martinez [3]	PA
	Noah Bryson Mamet [3]	PA [13]	January 16, 2015 [14]	January 20, 2017 [14]
Armenia	John Heffern [3]	CD
	Richard Mills [3]	CD
Australia	Jeffrey Bleich [3]	PA [3]
	John Berry [3]	PA [15]	September 25, 2013 [15]	September 20, 2016 [15]
Austria	William C. Eacho III [3]	PA [3]
	Alexa Lange Wesner [3]	PA [13]	October 22, 2013 [16]	January 20, 2017 [16]
Azerbaijan	Matthew Bryza [3]	CD
	Richard Morningstar [3]	PA
	Robert Cekuta [3]	CD [17]	February 19, 2015 [18]	March 31, 2018 [18]
Bahamas	Nicole Avant [3]	PA [3]
Bahrain	Thomas C. Krajeski [3]	CD
	William V. Roebuck [3]	CD [19]	January 20, 2015 [20]	October 31, 2017 [20]
Bangladesh	Dan Mozena [3]	CD
	Marcia Bernicat [3]	CD [21]	February 4, 2015 [21]	November 2, 2018 [21]
Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean	Larry Leon Palmer [3]	CD
	Linda Swartz Taglialatela [3]	CD [22]	February 12, 2016 (Antigua and Barbuda) [22] February 1, 2016 (Barbados) [22] March 2, 2016 (Domenica) [22] February 3, 2016 (Grenada) [22] February 1, 2016 (Saint Kitts and Nevis) [22]	December 27, 2023
Belgium	Howard W. Gutman [3]	PA
	Denise Campbell Bauer [3]	PA [13]	September 26, 2013 [23]	January 20, 2017 [23]
Belize	Vinai Thummalapally [3]	PA
	Carlos R. Moreno [3]	PA [24]	June 24, 2014 [24]	January 20, 2017 [24]
Benin	James Knight [3]	CD
	Michael A. Raynor [3]	CD
	Lucy Tamlyn [3]	CD [25]	November 8, 2015 [25]	October 19, 2018 [25]
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Patrick S. Moon [3]	CD
	Maureen Cormack [26] [3]	CD [27]	January 16, 2015 [27]	January 16, 2019 [27]
Botswana	Michelle Gavin [3]	PA
	Earl Robert Miller [3]	CD [28]	January 30, 2015 [28]	August 11, 2018 [28]
Brasil	Thomas A. Shannon, Jr. [3]	CD
	P. Michael McKinley [3]	CD
	Liliana Ayalde [3]	CD [29]	October 31, 2013 [30]	January 3, 2017 [31]
Brunei	Daniel L. Shields III [3]	CD
	Craig B. Allen [3]	CD [32]	March 9, 2015 [32]	July 20, 2018 [32]
Bulgaria	James B. Warlick, Jr. [3]	CD
	Marcie B. Ries [3]	CD
	Eric S. Rubin [3]	CD [33]	February 24, 2016 [34]	July 9, 2019 [35]
Burkina Faso	J. Thomas Dougherty [3]	CD
	Tulinabo S. Mushingi [3]	CD [36]	September 17, 2013 [37]	November 7, 2016 [37]
	Andrew Robert Young [38] [3]	CD [39]	November 20, 2016 [39]	March 26, 2020 [39]
Burma	Derek Mitchell [3]	PA
	Scot Marciel [3]	CD [40]	April 27, 2016 [40]	May 15, 2020 [40]
Burundi	Pamela Slutz [3]	CD
	Anne Casper [3]	CD [41]	August 28, 2016 [41]	May 5, 2019 [41]
Cambodia	William E. Todd [3]	PA
	William A. Heidt [3]	CD [42]	December 2, 2015 [42]	November 29, 2018 [42]
Cameroon	Robert P. Jackson [3]	CD
	Michael S. Hoza [3]	CD [43]	September 19, 2014 [43]	September 11, 2017 [43]
Canada	David C. Jacobson [3]	PA
	Bruce A. Heyman [3]	PA [13]	April 8, 2014 [44]	January 18, 2017 [44]
Cape Verde	Adrienne S. O'Neal [3]	CD
	Donald Heflin [3]	CD [45]	January 31, 2015 [45]	September 11, 2018 [45]
Central African Republic	Lawrence D. Wohlers [3]	CD
	Jeffrey J. Hawkins [3]	CD [46]	October 30, 2015 [46]	August 25, 2017 [46]
Chad	Mark Boulware [3]	CD
	James Knight [3]	CD [47]	September 6, 2013 [47]	August 11, 2016 [47]
	Geeta Pasi [3]	CD [48]	October 6, 2016 [48]	September 20, 2018 [48]
Chile	Alejandro Daniel Wolff [3]	CD
	Michael A. Hammer [3]	CD [49]	April 8, 2014 [49]	September 20, 2016 [49]
	Carol Z. Perez [3]	CD [50]	October 13, 2016 [50]	January 25, 2019 [50]
China	Gary Locke [3]	PA
	Max Baucus [3]	PA [51]	March 20, 2014 [52]	January 16, 2017 [52]
Colombia	P. Michael McKinley [3]	CD
	Kevin Whitaker [3]	CD [53]	May 20, 2014 [54]	August 17, 2019 [54]
DR Congo	James C. Swan [3]	CD [55]	November 1, 2013 [55]	December 31, 2016 [55]
Congo	Christopher W. Murray [3]	CD
	Stephanie S. Sullivan [3]	CD [56]	November 26, 2013 [56]	January 20, 2017 [56]
Costa Rica	Anne Slaughter Andrew [3]	PA
	Stafford Fitzgerald Haney [3]	PA [13]	May 28, 2015 [57]	July 15, 2017 [58]
Croatia	James B. Foley [3]	CD
	Kenneth H. Merten [3]	CD
	Julieta Valls Noyes [3]	CD [59]	October 5, 2015 [59]	November 21, 2017 [59]
Cyprus	John M. Koenig [3]	CD
	Kathleen A. Doherty [3]	CD [60]	October 7, 2015 [60]	January 31, 2019 [60]
Czech Republic	Norman L. Eisen [3]	PA
	Andrew H. Schapiro [3]	PA [13]	September 30, 2014 [61]	January 20, 2017 [62]
Denmark	Laurie S. Fulton [3]	PA
	Rufus Gifford [3]	PA [63]	September 13, 2013 [63]	January 20, 2017 [63]
Djibouti	Geeta Pasi [3]	CD
	Thomas P. Kelly III [3]	CD [64]	October 13, 2014 [64]	January 15, 2017 [64]
Dominican Republic	Raul Yzaguirre [3]	PA
	Wally Brewster [3]	PA [13]	December 9, 2013 [65]	January 20, 2017 [65]
East Timor	Judith Fergin [3]	CD
	Karen Clark Stanton [3]	CD [66]	January 16, 2015 [67]	December 22, 2017 [68]
Ecuador	Adam E. Namm [3]	CD
	Todd C. Chapman [3]	CD [69]	April 14, 2016 [69]	June 8, 2019 [69]
Egypt	Anne W. Patterson [3]	CD
	R. Stephen Beecroft [3]	CD [70]	February 14, 2015 [70]	June 30, 2017 [70]
El Salvador	Mari Del Carmen Aponte [3]	PA
	Jean Elizabeth Manes [3]	CD [71]	March 30, 2016 [71]	July 31, 2019 [71]
Equatorial Guinea	Alberto M. Fernandez [3]	CD
	Mark L. Asquino [3]	CD
	Julie Furuta-Toy [3]	CD [72]	February 11, 2016 [72]	February 25, 2019 [72]
Estonia	Michael C. Polt [3]	CD
	Jeffrey D. Levine [3]	CD
	James D. Melville Jr. [3]	CD [73]	December 8, 2015 [73]	July 29, 2018 [73]
Ethiopia	Donald E. Booth [3]	CD
	Patricia M. Haslach [3]	CD [74]	September 25, 2013 [74]	August 31, 2016 [74]
Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga, and Tuvalu	C. Steven McGann [3]	CD
	Frankie Annette Reed [3]	CD
	Judith Beth Cefkin [3]	CD [75]	February 3, 2015 (Fiji) [75] February 23, 2015 (Kiribati) [75] August 12, 2015 (Nauru) [75] April 22, 2015 (Tonga) [75] May 12, 2015 (Tuvalu) [75]	February 25, 2018 [75]
Finland	Bruce J. Oreck [3]	PA
	Charles C. Adams, Jr. [3]	PA [13]	December 8, 2015 [76]	January 20, 2017 [76]
France and Monaco	Charles H. Rivkin [3]	PA
	Jane D. Hartley [3]	PA [13]	October 31, 2014 (France) [77] November 5, 2014 (Monaco) [77]	January 29, 2017 (France) [77] January 19, 2017 (Monaco) [77]
Gabon and São Tomé and Príncipe	Eric D. Benjaminson [3]	CD
	Cynthia Akuetteh [3]	CD [78]	December 26, 2014 (Gabon) [78] April 10, 2015 (São Tomé and Príncipe) [78]	February 26, 2018 [78]
Gambia	Pamela Ann White [3]	CD
	Edward M. Alford [3]	CD
	Patricia Alsup [3]	CD [79]	January 13, 2016 [79]	September 22, 2018 [79]
Georgia	John R. Bass [3]	CD
	Richard B. Norland [3]	CD
	Ian C. Kelly [3]	CD [80]	September 17, 2015 [80]	March 24, 2018 [80]
Germany	Philip D. Murphy [3]	PA
	John B. Emerson [3]	PA [13] [81]	August 26, 2013 [82]	January 20, 2017 [82]
Ghana	Gene Cretz [3]	CD
	Robert P. Jackson [3]	CD [83]	February 4, 2016 [83]	July 28, 2018 [83]
Greece	Daniel Bennett Smith [3]	CD [84]	September 28, 2010 [84]	August 5, 2013 [84]
	David D. Pearce	CD [85]	October 17, 2013 [85]	September 16, 2016 [85]
	Geoffrey R. Pyatt [3]	CD [86]	September 30, 2016 [86]	May 10, 2022
Guatemala	Arnold Chacon [3]	CD
	Todd D. Robinson [3]	CD [87]	October 27, 2014 [87]	September 20, 2017 [87]
Guinea	Patricia N. Moller [3]	CD
	Alexander M. Laskaris [3]	CD
	Dennis B. Hankins [3]	CD [88]	November 25, 2015 [88]	January 29, 2019 [88]
Guyana	D. Brent Hardt [3]	CD
	Perry L. Holloway [3]	CD [89]	October 2, 2015 [89]	December 9, 2018 [89]
Haiti	Kenneth H. Merten [3]	CD
	Pamela Ann White [3]	CD
	Peter F. Mulrean [90]	CD [91]	October 6, 2015 [91]	February 27, 2017 [91]
Holy See	Miguel Humberto Diaz [3]	PA
	Ken Hackett [3]	PA [92]	October 21, 2013 [92]	January 20, 2017 [92]
Honduras	Lisa Kubiske [3]	CD
	James Nealon [3]	CD [93]	September 25, 2014 [93]	September 30, 2017 [93]
Hungary	Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis [3]	PA
	Colleen Bradley Bell [3]	PA [13]	January 21, 2015 [94]	January 20, 2017 [94]
Iceland	Luis E. Arreaga-Rodas [3]	CD
	Robert C. Barber [3]	PA [13]	January 28, 2015 [95]	January 20, 2017 [95]
India	Timothy Roemer [3]	PA
	Nancy Jo Powell [3]	CD
	Richard R. Verma [3]	PA		January 20, 2017
Indonesia	Joseph R. Donovan, Jr. [3]	CD
	Robert O. Blake [3]	CD
	Scot A. Marciel [3]	CD
Iraq	Christopher R. Hill [3]	CD
	James Franklin Jeffrey [3]	CD
	Robert S. Beecroft [3]	CD
	Stuart E. Jones [3]	CD
	Douglas Silliman [3]	CD
Ireland	Daniel M. Rooney [3]	PA
	Kevin F. O’Malley [3]	PA
Israel	Daniel B. Shapiro [3]	PA [96]	August 3, 2011 (holdover) [97]	January 20, 2017 [98]
Italy and San Marino	David H. Thorne [3]	PA
	John R. Phillips [3]	PA [13] [81]	October 2, 2013 (Italy) [99] February 19, 2014 (San Marino) [99]	January 18, 2017 [99]
Jamaica	Pamela Bridgewater Awkward [3]	CD
	Luis Moreno [3]	CD
Japan	John V. Roos [3]	PA
	Caroline Kennedy [3]	PA
Jordan	Stuart E. Jones [3]	CD
	Alice Wells [3]	CD
Kazakhstan	Kenneth J. Fairfax [3]	CD
	George Krol [3]	CD
Kenya	J. Scott Gration [3]	PA
	Robert Godec [3]	CD
South Korea	Sung Y. Kim [3]	CD
	Mark Lippert [3]	PA
Kosovo	Christopher William Dell [3]	CD
	Tracey Ann Jacobson [3]	CD
	Gregory Delawie [3]	CD
Kuwait	Lawrence R. Silverman [3]	CD
	Matthew H. Tueller [3]	CD
Kyrgyzstan	Pamela Spratlen [3]	CD
	Sheila Gwaltney [3]	CD
Laos	Karen B. Stewart [3]	CD
	Daniel A. Clune [3]	CD
	Rena Bitter [3]	CD
Latvia	Judith G. Garber [3]	CD
	Mark A. Pekala [3]	CD
	Nancy Bikoff Pettit [3]	CD
Lebanon	Maura Connelly [3]	CD
	David Hale [3]	CD
	Elizabeth Holzhall Richar [3]	CD
Lesotho	Michele Thoren Bond [3]	CD
	Matthew T. Harrington [3]	CD
Liberia	Deborah R. Malac [3]	CD
	Christine Ann Elder [3]	CD
Libya	Gene A. Cretz [3]	CD
	John Christopher Stevens [3]	CD
	Deboray Kay Jones [3]	CD
	Peter W. Bodde [3]	CD
Lithuania	Anne E. Derse [3]	CD
	Deborah A. McCarthy [3]	CD
	Anne Hall [3]	CD
Luxembourg	Cynthia Stroum [3]	PA
	Robert A. Mandell [3]	PA
	David McKean [3]	PA [13]	April 14, 2016 [100]	January 20, 2017 [100]
Macedonia	Paul D. Wohlers [3]	CD
	Jess L. Baily [3]	CD
Madagascar (and Comoros)	Robert T. Yamate [3]	CD [101]	January 14, 2015 (Madagascar) [101] February 3, 2015 (Comoros) [101]	April 1, 2018 [101]
Malawi	Jeanine E. Jackson [3]	CD
	Virginia E. Palmer [3]	CD
Malaysia	Paul W. Jones [3]	CD
	Joseph Y. Yun [3]	CD
	Kamala Shirin Lakhdhir [3]	CD
Mali	Mary Beth Leonard [3]	CD
	Paul A. Folmsbee [3]	CD
Malta	Douglas Kmiec [3]	PA
	Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley [3]	CD
	G. Kathleen Hill [3]	CD
Marshall Islands	Martha L. Campbell [3]	CD
	Thomas H. Armbruster [3]	CD
	Karen B. Stewart [3]	CD
Mauritania	Jo Ellen Powell [3]	CD
	Larry E. Andre [3]	CD
Mauritius & Seychelles	Sharon Villarosa [3]	CD
	Mary Jo Wills [3]	CD
Mexico	Carlos Pascual [3]	PA
	Earl Anthony Wayne [3]	CD
	Roberta Jacobson [3]	PA
Micronesia	Peter A. Prahar [3]	CD
	Dorothea-Maria Rosen [3]	CD
	Robert A. Riley III [3]	CD
Moldova	William H. Moser [3]	CD
	James D. Pettit [3]	CD
Mongolia	Jonathan S. Addleton [3]	CD
	Piper Anne Wind Campbell [3]	CD
	Jennifer Zimdahl Galt [3]	CD
Montenegro	Sue K. Brown [3]	CD
	Margaret Ann Uyehara [3]	CD
Morocco	Samuel L. Kaplan [3]	PA
	Dwight L. Bush, Sr. [3]	PA [102]	March 31, 2014 [102]	January 20, 2017 [102]
Mozambique	Leslie V. Rowe [3]	CD
	Douglas M. Griffiths [3]	CD
	H. Dean Pittman [3]	CD
Namibia	Wanda Nesbitt [3]	CD
	Thomas Daughton [3]	CD
Nepal	Scott H. DeLisi [3]	CD
	Peter W. Bodde [3]	CD
	Alaina Teplitz [3]	CD
Netherlands	Fay Hartog Levin [3]	PA
	Timothy M. Broas [3]	PA [13]	March 19, 2014 [103]	February 13, 2016 [103]
New Zealand & Samoa	David Huebner [3]	PA
	Mark D. Gilbert [3]	PA [13]	February 9, 2015 [104]	January 20, 2017 [104]
Nicaragua	Phyllis M. Powers [3]	CD
	Laura Farnsworth Dogu [3]	CD
Niger	Bisa Williams [3]	CD
	Eunice Reddick [3]	CD
Nigeria	Terence P. McCulley [3]	CD
	James F. Entwistle [3]	CD
	W. Stuart Symington [3]	CD
Norway	Barry B. White [3]	PA
	Samuel D. Heins [3]	PA [13]	March 10, 2016 [105]	January 12, 2017 [105]
Oman	Richard J. Schmierer [3]	CD
	Greta C. Holtz [3]	CD
	Marc Sievers [3]	CD
Pakistan	Cameron P. Munter [3]	CD
	Richard G. Olson, Jr. [3]	CD
	David Hale [3]	CD
Palau	Helen Reed-Rowe [3]	CD
	Amy Jane Hyatt [3]	CD
Panama	Phyllis M. Powers [3]	CD
	Jonathan D. Farrar [3]	CD
	John D. Feeley [3]	CD
Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu	Teddy B. Taylor [3]	CD
	Walter E. North [3]	CD
	Catherine Ebert-Gray [3]	CD
Paraguay	James Thessin [3]	CD
	Leslie A. Bassett [3]	CD
Peru	Rose M. Likins [3]	CD
	Brian A. Nichols [3]	CD
Philippines	Harry K. Thomas, Jr. [3]	CD
	Philip S. Goldberg [3]	CD
	Sung Y. Kim [3]	CD
Poland	Lee A. Feinstein [3]	PA
	Stephen D. Mull [3]	CD
	Paul W. Jones [3]	CD
Portugal	Allan J. Katz [3]	PA
	Robert A. Sherman [3]	PA [13]	May 3, 2014 [106]	January 20, 2017 [106]
Qatar	Susan L. Ziadeh [3]	CD
	Dana Shell Smith [3]	CD
Romania	Mark H. Gitenstein [3]	PA
	Hans G. Klemm [3]	CD
Russia	Michael A. McFaul [3]	PA
	John F. Tefft [3]	CD
Rwanda	Donald W. Koran [3]	CD
	Erica J. Barks-Ruggles [3]	CD
Saudi Arabia	Joseph W. Westphal [3]	PA
	James B. Smith [3]	PA
Senegal and Guinea‑Bissau	James P. Zumwalt [3]	CD [107]	February 3, 2015 (Senegal) [107] March 10, 2015 (Guinea‑Bissau) [107]	January 28, 2017 [107]
	Lewis A. Lukens [3]	CD
Serbia	Kyle R. Scott [3]	CD
	Michael D. Kirby [3]	CD
	Mary Burce Warlick [3]	CD
Sierra Leone	John Hoover [3]	CD
	Michael S. Owen [3]	CD
Singapore (and Samoa)	Kirk W.B. Wagar [3]	PA [13]	September 25, 2013 [108]	January 20, 2017 [108]
	David Adelman [3]	PA
Slovakia	Adam Sterling [3]	CD
	Theodore Sedgwick [3]	PA
Slovenia	Brent Robert Hartley [3]	CD
	Joseph A. Mussomeli [3]	CD
Somalia	Stephen Michael Schwartz [3]	CD
South Africa	Patrick Gaspard [3]	PA
	Donald H. Gips [3]	PA
South Sudan	Mary Catherine Phee [3]	CD
	Susan Page [3]	PA
Spain and Andorra	Alan D. Solomont [3]	PA
	James Costos [3]	PA [13]	September 24, 2013 (Spain) [109] April 4, 2014 (Andorra) [109]	January 18, 2017 [109]
Sri Lanka and Maldives	Patricia A. Butenis [3]	CD
	Michele J. Sison [3]	CD
	Atul Keshap [3]	CD
Suriname	Edwin Richard Nolan, Jr. [3]	CD
	Jay N. Anania [3]	CD
	John R. Nay [3]	CD
Swaziland	Earl M. Irving [3]	CD [3]
	Makila James [3]	CD [3]
	Lisa J. Peterson [3]	CD [110]	November 25, 2015 [110]	February 5, 2016 [110]
Sweden	Azita Raji [3]	PA [13]	March 15, 2016 [111]	January 20, 2017 [111]
	Mark F. Brzezinski [3]	PA
	Matthew W. Barzun [3]	PA
Switzerland and Liechtenstein	Suzan G. LeVine [3]	PA [13]	July 1, 2014 (Switzerland) [112] June 26, 2014 (Liechtenstein) [112]	January 20, 2017 [112]
	Donald S. Beyer [3]	PA
Tajikistan	Elisabeth I. Millard [3]	CD
	Susan M. Elliott [3]	CD
	Kenneth E. Gross, Jr. [3]	CD
Tanzania	Mark Childress [3]	PA
	Alfonso E. Lenhardt [3]	PA
Thailand	Glyn T. Davies [3]	CD
	Kristie Ann Kenney [3]	CD
Timor-Leste	Karen Clark Stanton [3]	CD
	Judith Fergin [3]	CD
Togo	David R. Gilmour [3]	CD
	Robert E. Whitehead [3]	CD
Trinidad and Tobago	John Estrada [3]	PA
	Beatrice W. Welters [3]	PA
Tunisia	Daniel Rubinstein [3]	CD
	Jacob Walles [3]	CD
	Gordon Gray [3]	CD
Turkey	John R. Bass [3]	CD
	Francis J. Ricciardone [3]	CD
Turkmenistan	Allan Mustard [3]	CD
	Robert E. Patterson, Jr. [3]	CD
Uganda	Deborah R. Malac [3]	CD
	Scott H. DeLisi [3]	CD
	Jerry P. Lanier [3]	CD
Ukraine	Marie L. Yovanovitch [3]	CD
	Geoffrey R. Pyatt [3]	CD
	John F. Tefft [3]	CD
United Arab Emirates	Barbara A. Leaf [3]	CD
	Michael H. Corbin [3]	CD
United Kingdom	Louis B. Susman [3]	PA
	Matthew Winthrop Barzun [3]	PA [13] [81]	December 4, 2013 [113]	January 18, 2017 [113]
Uruguay	Kelly Keiderling‑Franz [3]	CD
	Julissa Reynoso [3]	PA
	David D. Nelson [3]	CD
Uzbekistan	Pamela Spratlen [3]	CD
	George A. Krol [3]	CD
Vietnam	Theodore G. Osius III [3]	CD
	David B. Shear [3]	CD
Yemen	Matthew Tueller [3]	CD
	Gerald Feierstein [3]	CD
Zambia	Eric T. Schultz [3]	CD
	Mark C. Storella [3]	CD
Zimbabwe	Harry K. Thomas, Jr. [3]	CD
	David B. Wharton [3]	CD
	Charles A. Ray [3]	CD

Ambassadors to international organizations

Office	Ambassador	Background	Assumed office	Left office
ICAO	Michael Anderson Lawson [3]	PA [114]
	Duane E. Woerth [3]	PA [3]
UNESCO	Crystal Nix-Hines [3]	PA [114] [3]
	David Killion [3]	PA [3]
Office of the U.N. And Other International Organizations in Geneva	Pamela K. Hamamoto [3]	PA [3] [114]
	Betty King [3]	PA [3]
UN Human Rights Council	Keith Michael Harper [3]	PA [3] [114]
	Peter Mulrean [3]	CD [3]
	Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe [3]	PA [3]
UN Economic and Social Council	Sarah Elizabeth Mendelson [3]	PA [3]
	Elizabeth M. Cousens [3]	PA [3]
UN Management and Reform	Isobel Coleman [3]	PA [3]
	Joseph Torsella [3]	PA [3]
UN Political Affairs	David Pressman [3]	PA [3]
	Jeffrey DeLaurentis [3]	CD [3]
UN / Conference on Disarmament	Robert A. Wood [3]	CD [3]
	Laura E. Kennedy [3]	CD [3]
UN / Rome	David Lane [3]	PA [3]
	Ertharin Cousin [3]	PA [3]
UN / Vienna (IAEA)	Laura S. H. Holgate [3]	PA [3]
United Nations	Samantha Power [3]	PA [3]
	Susan Rice [3]	PA [3]
European Union	Anthony Luzzatto Gardner [3]	PA [3] [114]
	William Kennard [3]	PA [3]
NATO	Douglas Lute [3]	PA [3]
	Ivo Daalder [3]	PA [3]
Organization of American States	Carmen Lomellin [3]	PA [3]
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development	Daniel W. Yohannes [3]	PA [3]
	Karen Kornblum [3]	PA [3]
OSCE	Daniel Brooks Baer [3]	PA [3]
	Ian C. Kelly [3]	CD [3]
African Union	Mary Beth Leonard [3]	CD [3]
	Reuben Brigety [3]	PA [3]
	Michael Battle [3]	PA [3]
U.S. Trade Representative	Ron Kirk	PA	March 18, 2009	March 15, 2013
	Michael Froman	PA [114]	June 21, 2013	January 20, 2017

Unsuccessful nominations

Office	Nominee	Background	Nominated	Nomination terminated
Norway	George J. Tsunis	PA [114]	September 10, 2013 [115]	December 2014 [116]

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