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This is a list of United States ambassadors appointed by the 45th president of the United States, Donald Trump.
Ambassadorships are often used as a form of political patronage to reward high-profile or important supporters of the president. The most visible ambassadorships are often distributed either in this way or to the president's ideological or partisan confreres. Most ambassadorships, however, are assigned to foreign service officers who have spent their career in the State Department. Regardless, all ambassadors must be formally appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate. While all ambassadors serve at the president's pleasure and may be dismissed at any time, career diplomats usually serve tours of roughly three years before receiving a new assignment; political appointees customarily tender their resignations upon the inauguration of a new president.
44% of Trump's appointees were political, a substantially higher percentage than typical. [1] As of October 2018, 92% of Trump's appointees were white and 74% were male, with zero black women. [2]
CD, or career diplomats, denotes ambassadors who were appointed from the foreign service.
PA, or political appointees, denotes ambassadors who were not appointed from the foreign service.
Office | Ambassador | Background | Assumed office | Left office |
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Ambassador to Afghanistan | John R. Bass | CD | December 12, 2017 (Confirmed 09/28/2017, voice vote) [3] | January 6, 2020 |
Ambassador to Albania | Yuri Kim | CD | January 27, 2020 (Confirmed 12/19/2019, voice vote) [4] | June 25, 2023 |
Ambassador to Algeria | John Desrocher | CD | September 5, 2017 (Confirmed 08/03/2017, voice vote) [5] | January 20, 2021 |
Ambassador to Andorra | Duke Buchan | PA | January 18, 2018 (Confirmed 11/02/2017, voice vote) [6] | January 20, 2021 |
Ambassador to Angola | Nina Maria Fite | CD | February 14, 2018 (Confirmed 11/02/2017, voice vote) [7] | November 8, 2021 |
Ambassador to Argentina | Edward C. Prado | PA | May 15, 2018 (Confirmed 03/22/2018, voice vote) [8] | January 20, 2021 |
Ambassador to Armenia | Lynne M. Tracy | CD | March 1, 2019 (Confirmed 01/02/2019, voice vote) [9] | December 22, 2022 |
Ambassador to Australia | Arthur B. Culvahouse Jr. | PA | March 13, 2019 (Confirmed 01/02/2019, voice vote) [10] | January 19, 2021 |
Ambassador to Austria | Trevor Traina | PA | May 24, 2018 (Confirmed 03/22/2018, voice vote) [11] | January 20, 2021 |
Ambassador to Azerbaijan | Earle D. Litzenberger | CD | March 12, 2019 (Confirmed 01/02/2019, voice vote) [12] | July 26, 2022 |
Ambassador to Bahrain | Justin Siberell | CD | November 12, 2017 (Confirmed 09/28/2017, voice vote) [13] | July 13, 2020 |
Ambassador to Bangladesh | Earl R. Miller | CD | November 29, 2018 (Confirmed 10/11/2018, voice vote) [14] | January 21, 2022 |
Ambassador to Belarus | Julie D. Fisher | CD | December 23, 2020 (Confirmed 12/15/2020, voice vote) [15] | June 9, 2022 |
Ambassador to Belgium | Ronald Gidwitz | PA | July 4, 2018 (Confirmed 06/28/2018, voice vote) [16] | January 20, 2021 |
Ambassador to Benin | Patricia A. Mahoney | CD | July 4, 2019 (Confirmed 01/02/2019, voice vote) [17] | February 1, 2022 |
Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina | Eric G. Nelson | CD | February 19, 2019 (Confirmed 01/02/2019, voice vote) [18] | February 1, 2022 |
Ambassador to Botswana | Craig L. Cloud | CD | April 2, 2019 (Confirmed 01/02/2019, voice vote) [19] | May 24, 2022 |
Ambassador to Brazil | Todd C. Chapman | CD | March 30, 2020 (Confirmed 02/11/2020, voice vote) [20] | July 26, 2021 |
Ambassador to Brunei | Matthew J. Matthews | CD | April 15, 2019 (Confirmed 01/02/2019, voice vote) [21] | May 20, 2020 (died in office) |
Ambassador to Bulgaria | Herro Mustafa | CD | October 18, 2019 (Confirmed 09/26/2019, voice vote) [22] | March 1, 2023 |
Ambassador to Burkina Faso | Sandra E. Clark | CD | September 25, 2020 (Confirmed 08/06/2020, voice vote) [23] | December 18, 2023 |
Ambassador to Burma | Thomas Vajda | CD | January 19, 2021 (Confirmed 11/18/2020, voice vote) [24] | December 17, 2022 |
Ambassador to Burundi | Melanie Harris Higgins | CD | March 2, 2021 (Confirmed 11/18/2020, voice vote) [25] | July 13, 2023 |
Ambassador to Cabo Verde | Jeff Daigle | CD | September 10, 2019 (Confirmed 05/23/2019, voice vote) [26] | present |
Ambassador to Cambodia | W. Patrick Murphy | CD | October 19, 2019 (Confirmed 08/01/2019, voice vote) [27] | present |
Ambassador to Cameroon | Peter Barlerin | CD | December 20, 2017 (Confirmed 11/02/2017, voice vote) [28] | July 16, 2020 |
Ambassador to Canada | Kelly Craft | PA | October 23, 2017 (Confirmed 08/03/2017, voice vote) [29] | August 23, 2019 |
Ambassador to the Central African Republic | Lucy Tamlyn | CD | February 6, 2019 (Confirmed 01/02/2019, voice vote) [30] | January 28, 2022 |
Ambassador to China | Terry Branstad | PA | July 12, 2017 (Confirmed 05/22/2017, 82–13) [31] | October 4, 2020 |
Ambassador to Colombia | Philip S. Goldberg | CD | September 19, 2019 (Confirmed 08/01/2019, voice vote) [32] | June 1, 2022 |
Ambassador to Comoros | Michael P. Pelletier | CD | June 24, 2019 (Confirmed 01/02/2019, voice vote) [33] | June 18, 2021 |
Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo | Michael A. Hammer | CD | December 22, 2018 (Confirmed 09/06/2018, voice vote) [34] | July 9, 2022 |
Ambassador to the Republic of the Congo | Todd P. Haskell | CD | June 26, 2017 (Confirmed 05/18/2017, voice vote) [35] | January 28, 2021 |
Ambassador to Costa Rica | Sharon Day | PA | September 25, 2017 (Confirmed 08/03/2017, voice vote) [36] | January 20, 2021 |
Ambassador to Cote d'Ivoire | Richard K. Bell | CD | October 10, 2019 (Confirmed 08/01/2019, voice vote) [37] | January 31, 2023 |
Ambassador to Croatia | W. Robert Kohorst | PA | January 10, 2018 (Confirmed 11/02/2017, voice vote) [38] | January 13, 2021 |
Ambassador to Cyprus | Judith G. Garber | CD | March 18, 2019 (Confirmed 01/02/2019, voice vote) [39] | December 22, 2022 |
Ambassador to the Czech Republic | Stephen B. King | PA | December 6, 2017 (Confirmed 10/05/2017, voice vote) [40] | January 20, 2021 |
Ambassador to Denmark | Carla Sands | PA | December 15, 2017 (Confirmed 11/02/2017, voice vote) [41] | January 20, 2021 |
Ambassador to Djibouti | Larry André Jr. | CD | November 20, 2017 (Confirmed 11/02/2017, voice vote) [42] | January 20, 2021 |
Jonathan Pratt | CD | February 22, 2021 (Confirmed 12/15/2020, voice vote) [43] | May 18, 2023 | |
Ambassador to the Dominican Republic | Robin Bernstein | PA | September 3, 2018 (Confirmed 06/28/2018, voice vote) [44] | January 20, 2021 |
Ambassador to Ecuador | Michael J. Fitzpatrick | CD | July 3, 2019 (Confirmed 05/23/2019, voice vote) [45] | present |
Ambassador to Egypt | Jonathan R. Cohen | CD | November 17, 2019 (Confirmed 08/01/2019, voice vote) [46] | March 31, 2022 |
Ambassador to El Salvador | Ronald D. Johnson | PA | September 6, 2019 (Confirmed 06/27/2019, voice vote) [47] | January 20, 2021 |
Ambassador to Equatorial Guinea | Susan N. Stevenson | CD | April 11, 2019 (Confirmed 01/02/2019, voice vote) [48] | September 30, 2021 |
Ambassador to Estonia | William E. Grayson | PA | — [note 1] (Confirmed 08/06/2020, voice vote) [49] | — |
Ambassador to Eswatini | Jeanne M. Maloney | CD | March 4, 2021 (Confirmed 11/18/2020, voice vote) [50] | December 20, 2022 |
Ambassador to Ethiopia | Michael A. Raynor | CD | September 29, 2017 (Confirmed 08/03/2017, voice vote) [51] | January 20, 2021 |
Geeta Pasi | CD | March 5, 2021 (Confirmed 12/22/2020, voice vote) [52] | February 25, 2022 | |
Ambassador to Fiji | Joseph Cella | PA | December 23, 2019 (Confirmed 09/24/2019, 56–38) [53] | January 20, 2021 |
Ambassador to Finland | Robert Pence | PA | May 24, 2018 (Confirmed 03/22/2018, voice vote) [54] | January 20, 2021 |
Ambassador to France | Jamie McCourt | PA | December 18, 2017 (Confirmed 11/02/2017, voice vote) [55] | January 20, 2021 |
Ambassador to Gabon | Joel Danies | CD | April 18, 2018 (Confirmed 02/15/2018, voice vote) [56] | March 1, 2019 |
Ambassador to The Gambia | Richard Carlton Paschall III | CD | April 9, 2019 (Confirmed 01/02/2019, voice vote) [57] | February 15, 2022 |
Ambassador to Georgia | Kelly C. Degnan | CD | January 31, 2020 (Confirmed 12/19/2019, voice vote) [58] | August 29, 2023 |
Ambassador to Germany | Richard Grenell | PA | May 8, 2018 (Confirmed 04/26/2018, 56–42) [59] | June 1, 2020 |
Ambassador to Ghana | Stephanie S. Sullivan | CD | January 23, 2019 (Confirmed 09/06/2018, voice vote) [60] | April 8, 2022 |
Ambassador to Guatemala | Luis E. Arreaga | CD | October 3, 2017 (Confirmed 08/03/2017, voice vote) [61] | October 2, 2020 |
William W. Popp | CD | October 19, 2020 (Confirmed 08/06/2020, voice vote) [62] | August 24, 2023 | |
Ambassador to Guinea | Simon Henshaw | CD | March 4, 2019 (Confirmed 01/02/2019, voice vote) [63] | June 9, 2020 (died in office) |
Ambassador to Guinea-Bissau | Tulinabo S. Mushingi | CD | August 4, 2017 (Confirmed 05/18/2017, voice vote) [64] | February 1, 2022 |
Ambassador to Guyana | Sarah-Ann Lynch | CD | March 13, 2019 (Confirmed 01/02/2019, voice vote) [65] | September 12, 2023 |
Ambassador to Haiti | Michele J. Sison | CD | February 21, 2018 (Confirmed 11/02/2017, voice vote) [66] | October 9, 2021 |
Ambassador to the Holy See | Callista Gingrich | PA | December 22, 2017 (Confirmed 10/16/2017, 70–23) [67] | January 20, 2021 |
Ambassador to Hungary | David B. Cornstein | PA | June 22, 2018 (Confirmed 05/24/2018, voice vote) [68] | October 30, 2020 |
Ambassador to Iceland | Jeffrey Ross Gunter | PA | July 2, 2019 (Confirmed 05/23/2019, voice vote) [69] | January 20, 2021 |
Ambassador to India | Kenneth I. Juster | PA | November 23, 2017 (Confirmed 11/02/2017, voice vote) [70] | January 20, 2021 |
Ambassador to Indonesia | Sung Y. Kim | CD | October 21, 2020 (Confirmed 08/06/2020, voice vote) [71] | November 21, 2023 |
Ambassador to Iraq | Matthew Tueller | CD | June 9, 2019 (Confirmed 05/16/2019, voice vote) [72] | June 2, 2022 |
Ambassador to Ireland | Edward F. Crawford | PA | July 1, 2019 (Confirmed 06/13/2019, 90–4) [73] | January 19, 2021 |
Ambassador to Israel | David M. Friedman | PA | May 15, 2017 (Confirmed 03/23/2017, 52–46) [74] | January 20, 2021 |
Ambassador to Italy | Lewis Eisenberg | PA | October 4, 2017 (Confirmed 08/03/2017, voice vote) [75] | January 4, 2021 |
Ambassador to Jamaica | Donald Tapia | PA | September 11, 2019 (Confirmed 07/18/2019, 66-26) [76] | January 20, 2021 |
Ambassador to Japan | Bill Hagerty | PA | August 31, 2017 (Confirmed 07/13/2017, 86-12) [77] | July 22, 2019 |
Ambassador to Jordan | Henry T. Wooster | CD | October 18, 2020 (Confirmed 08/06/2020, voice vote) [78] | July 16, 2023 |
Ambassador to Kazakhstan | William H. Moser | CD | March 27, 2019 (Confirmed 01/02/2019, voice vote) [79] | October 25, 2021 |
Ambassador to Kenya | Kyle McCarter | PA | March 12, 2019 (Confirmed 01/02/2019, voice vote) [80] | January 20, 2021 |
Ambassador to Kiribati | Joseph Cella | PA | December 23, 2019 (Confirmed 09/24/2019, 56–38) [53] | January 20, 2021 |
Ambassador to Kosovo | Philip S. Kosnett | CD | December 3, 2018 (Confirmed 09/06/2018, voice vote) [81] | September 17, 2021 |
Ambassador to Kuwait | Alina Romanowski | CD | February 11, 2020 (Confirmed 12/19/2019, voice vote) [82] | April 15, 2022 |
Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan | Donald Lu | CD | October 12, 2018 (Confirmed 09/06/2018, voice vote) [83] | September 14, 2021 |
Ambassador to Laos | Peter Haymond | CD | February 7, 2020 (Confirmed 12/19/2019, voice vote) [84] | September 1, 2023 |
Ambassador to Latvia | John Carwile | CD | November 5, 2019 (Confirmed 09/26/2019, voice vote) [85] | January 27, 2023 |
Ambassador to Lebanon | Dorothy Shea | CD | March 11, 2020 (Confirmed 02/11/2020, voice vote) [86] | present |
Ambassador to Lesotho | Rebecca E. Gonzales | CD | February 8, 2018 (Confirmed 11/16/2017, voice vote) [87] | February 4, 2022 |
Ambassador to Liberia | Michael A. McCarthy | CD | January 22, 2021 (Confirmed 11/18/2020, voice vote) [88] | July 12, 2023 |
Ambassador to Libya | Richard B. Norland | CD | August 8, 2019 (Confirmed 08/01/2019, voice vote) [89] | September 8, 2022 |
Ambassador to Liechtenstein | Ed McMullen | PA | November 21, 2017 (Confirmed 11/02/2017, voice vote) [90] | January 20, 2021 |
Ambassador to Lithuania | Robert S. Gilchrist | CD | February 4, 2020 (Confirmed 12/19/2019, voice vote) [91] | August 12, 2023 |
Ambassador to Luxembourg | Randy Evans | PA | June 19, 2018 (Confirmed 05/24/2018, 48–43) [92] | January 20, 2021 |
Ambassador to Madagascar | Michael P. Pelletier | CD | March 5, 2019 (Confirmed 01/02/2019, voice vote) [33] | June 18, 2021 |
Ambassador to Malawi | Robert K. Scott | CD | August 6, 2019 (Confirmed 04/11/2019, voice vote) [93] | October 20, 2021 |
Ambassador to Malaysia | Brian D. McFeeters | CD | February 26, 2021 (Confirmed 12/22/2020, voice vote) [94] | August 24, 2023 |
Ambassador to the Maldives | Alaina B. Teplitz | CD | November 1, 2018 (Confirmed 09/06/2018, voice vote) [95] | December 6, 2021 |
Ambassador to Mali | Dennis B. Hankins | CD | March 15, 2019 (Confirmed 01/02/2019, voice vote) [96] | September 26, 2022 |
Ambassador to the Marshall Islands | Roxanne Cabral | CD | February 6, 2020 (Confirmed 12/19/2019, voice vote) [97] | March 3, 2023 |
Ambassador to Mauritania | Michael Dodman | CD | March 13, 2018 (Confirmed 11/02/2017, voice vote) [98] | February 2021 |
Cynthia Kierscht | CD | June 22, 2021 (Confirmed 12/22/2020, voice vote) [99] | present | |
Ambassador to Mauritius | David Dale Reimer | CD | January 16, 2018 (Confirmed 11/02/2017, voice vote) [100] | January 15, 2021 |
Ambassador to Mexico | Christopher Landau | PA | August 26, 2019 (Confirmed 08/01/2019, voice vote) [101] | January 20, 2021 |
Ambassador to the Federated States of Micronesia | Carmen G. Cantor | CD | January 31, 2020 (Confirmed 12/19/2019, voice vote) [102] | August 4, 2022 |
Ambassador to Moldova | Dereck J. Hogan | CD | November 2, 2018 (Confirmed 09/06/2018, voice vote) [103] | July 21, 2021 |
Ambassador to Monaco | Jamie McCourt | PA | December 18, 2017 (Confirmed 11/02/2017, voice vote) [55] | January 20, 2021 |
Ambassador to Mongolia | Michael S. Klecheski | CD | February 22, 2019 (Confirmed 01/02/2019, voice vote) [104] | September 24, 2022 |
Ambassador to Montenegro | Judy Rising Reinke | CD | December 20, 2018 (Confirmed 09/06/2018, voice vote) [105] | present |
Ambassador to Morocco | David T. Fischer | PA | January 22, 2020 (Confirmed 12/19/2019, voice vote) [106] | January 20, 2021 |
Ambassador to Mozambique | Dennis Walter Hearne | CD | April 3, 2019 (Confirmed 01/02/2019, voice vote) [107] | January 19, 2022 |
Ambassador to Namibia | Lisa A. Johnson | CD | November 21, 2017 (Confirmed 11/16/2017, voice vote) [108] | July 2, 2021 |
Ambassador to Nauru | Joseph Cella | PA | December 23, 2019 (Confirmed 09/24/2019, 56–38) [53] | January 20, 2021 |
Ambassador to Nepal | Randy W. Berry | CD | October 25, 2018 (Confirmed 09/06/2018, voice vote) [109] | October 2, 2022 |
Ambassador to the Netherlands | Pete Hoekstra | PA | January 10, 2018 (Confirmed 11/09/2017, voice vote) [110] | January 17, 2021 |
Ambassador to New Zealand | Scott Brown | PA | June 27, 2017 (Confirmed 06/08/2017, 94–4) [111] | December 20, 2020 |
Ambassador to Nicaragua | Kevin K. Sullivan | CD | November 14, 2018 (Confirmed 10/11/2018, voice vote) [112] | May 19, 2023 |
Ambassador to Niger | Eric P. Whitaker | CD | January 26, 2018 (Confirmed 11/02/2017, voice vote) [113] | December 1, 2021 |
Ambassador to Nigeria | Mary Beth Leonard | CD | December 24, 2019 (Confirmed 08/01/2019, voice vote) [114] | March 31, 2023 |
Ambassador to North Macedonia | Kate Marie Byrnes | CD | July 12, 2019 (Confirmed 05/23/2019, voice vote) [115] | September 26, 2022 |
Ambassador to Norway | Kenneth Braithwaite | PA | February 8, 2018 (Confirmed 12/21/2017, voice vote) [116] | May 29, 2020 |
Ambassador to Oman | Leslie Tsou | CD | January 10, 2020 (Confirmed 12/19/2019, voice vote) [117] | March 30, 2023 |
Ambassador to Palau | John Hennessey-Niland | CD | March 6, 2020 (Confirmed 02/11/2020, voice vote) [118] | September 9, 2022 |
Ambassador to Papua New Guinea | Erin Elizabeth McKee | CD | November 27, 2019 (Confirmed 09/26/2019, voice vote) [119] | April 14, 2022 |
Ambassador to Paraguay | M. Lee McClenny | CD | February 20, 2018 (Confirmed 12/21/2017, voice vote) [120] | September 16, 2020 |
Ambassador to Peru | Krishna R. Urs | CD | October 25, 2017 (Confirmed 08/03/2017, voice vote) [121] | July 29, 2020 |
Lisa D. Kenna | CD | March 22, 2021 (Confirmed 11/18/2020, voice vote) [122] | September 8, 2023 | |
Ambassador to Poland | Georgette Mosbacher | PA | September 6, 2018 (Confirmed 07/12/2018, voice vote) [123] | January 20, 2021 |
Ambassador to Portugal | George Edward Glass | PA | August 25, 2017 (Confirmed 08/03/2017, voice vote) [124] | January 13, 2021 |
Ambassador to Romania | Adrian Zuckerman | PA | December 17, 2019 (Confirmed 11/20/2019, 65–30) [125] | January 20, 2021 |
Ambassador to Russia | Jon Huntsman Jr. | PA | October 3, 2017 (Confirmed 09/28/2017, voice vote) [126] | October 3, 2019 |
John J. Sullivan | PA | February 5, 2020 (Confirmed 12/12/2019, 70–22) [127] | September 4, 2022 | |
Ambassador to Rwanda | Peter H. Vrooman | CD | April 3, 2018 (Confirmed 02/15/2018, voice vote) [128] | January 24, 2022 |
Ambassador to Samoa | Scott Brown | PA | June 27, 2017 (Confirmed 06/08/2017, 94–4) [111] | December 20, 2020 |
Ambassador to San Marino | Lewis Eisenberg | PA | October 4, 2017 (Confirmed 08/03/2017, voice vote) [75] | January 4, 2021 |
Ambassador to São Tomé and Príncipe | Joel Danies | CD | April 20, 2018 (Confirmed 02/15/2018, voice vote) [56] | March 1, 2019 |
Ambassador to Saudi Arabia | John Abizaid | PA | June 16, 2019 (Confirmed 04/10/2019, 92–7) [129] | January 20, 2021 |
Ambassador to Senegal | Tulinabo S. Mushingi | CD | August 4, 2017 (Confirmed 05/18/2017, voice vote) [64] | February 1, 2022 |
Ambassador to Serbia | Anthony F. Godfrey | CD | October 24, 2019 (Confirmed 09/26/2019, voice vote) [130] | February 12, 2022 |
Ambassador to Seychelles | David Dale Reimer | CD | February 6, 2018 (Confirmed 11/02/2017, voice vote) [100] | January 15, 2021 |
Ambassador to Sierra Leone | Maria E. Brewer | CD | September 20, 2017 (Confirmed 08/03/2017, voice vote) [131] | February 22, 2021 |
David Dale Reimer | CD | March 24, 2021 (Confirmed 12/22/2020, voice vote) [132] | August 24, 2023 | |
Ambassador to Slovakia | Bridget A. Brink | CD | August 20, 2019 (Confirmed 05/23/2019, voice vote) [133] | May 18, 2022 |
Ambassador to Slovenia | Lynda Blanchard | PA | August 29, 2019 (Confirmed 07/18/2019, 54–40) [134] | January 20, 2021 |
Ambassador to the Solomon Islands | Erin Elizabeth McKee | CD | November 27, 2019 (Confirmed 09/26/2019, voice vote) [119] | April 14, 2022 |
Ambassador to Somalia | Donald Yamamoto | CD | November 17, 2018 (Confirmed 10/11/2018, voice vote) [135] | July 2021 |
Ambassador to South Africa | Lana Marks | PA | January 28, 2020 (Confirmed 09/26/2019, voice vote) [136] | January 20, 2021 |
Ambassador to South Korea | Harry B. Harris Jr. | PA | July 6, 2018 (Confirmed 06/28/2018, voice vote) [137] | January 20, 2021 |
Ambassador to South Sudan | Thomas Hushek | CD | June 5, 2018 (Confirmed 04/26/2018, voice vote) [138] | July 17, 2020 |
Ambassador to Spain | Duke Buchan | PA | January 18, 2018 (Confirmed 11/02/2017, voice vote) [6] | January 20, 2021 |
Ambassador to Sri Lanka | Alaina B. Teplitz | CD | November 1, 2018 (Confirmed 09/06/2018, voice vote) [95] | December 6, 2021 |
Ambassador to Suriname | Karen L. Williams | CD | November 20, 2018 (Confirmed 10/11/2018, voice vote) [139] | November 3, 2022 |
Ambassador to Sweden | Ken Howery | PA | November 7, 2019 (Confirmed 09/17/2019, 62–32) [140] | January 20, 2021 |
Ambassador to Switzerland | Ed McMullen | PA | November 21, 2017 (Confirmed 11/02/2017, voice vote) [90] | January 20, 2021 |
Ambassador to Tajikistan | John M. Pommersheim | CD | March 15, 2019 (Confirmed 01/02/2019, voice vote) [141] | December 2, 2022 |
Ambassador to Tanzania | Don J. Wright | CD | August 2, 2020 (Confirmed 02/11/2020, voice vote) [142] | January 11, 2023 |
Ambassador to Thailand | Michael G. DeSombre | PA | March 2, 2020 (Confirmed 01/08/2020, 91–7) [143] | January 20, 2021 |
Ambassador to Timor-Leste | Kathleen M. Fitzpatrick | CD | January 19, 2018 (Confirmed 11/02/2017, voice vote) [144] | November 18, 2020 |
C. Kevin Blackstone | CD | March 19, 2021 (Confirmed 12/22/2020, voice vote) [145] | August 2, 2021 | |
Ambassador to Togo | Eric Stromayer | CD | April 11, 2019 (Confirmed 01/02/2019, voice vote) [146] | March 9, 2022 |
Ambassador to Tonga | Joseph Cella | PA | December 23, 2019 (Confirmed 09/24/2019, 56–38) [53] | January 20, 2021 |
Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago | Joseph Mondello | PA | October 22, 2018 (Confirmed 06/28/2018, voice vote) [147] | January 13, 2021 |
Ambassador to Tunisia | Donald Blome | CD | February 21, 2019 (Confirmed 01/02/2019, voice vote) [148] | April 5, 2022 |
Ambassador to Turkey | David M. Satterfield | CD | August 28, 2019 (Confirmed 06/27/2019, voice vote) [149] | January 7, 2022 |
Ambassador to Turkmenistan | Matthew Klimow | CD | June 26, 2019 (Confirmed 05/23/2019, voice vote) [150] | present |
Ambassador to Tuvalu | Joseph Cella | PA | December 23, 2019 (Confirmed 09/24/2019, 56–38) [53] | January 20, 2021 |
Ambassador to Uganda | Natalie E. Brown | CD | November 17, 2020 (Confirmed 08/06/2020, voice vote) [151] | August 30, 2023 |
Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates | John Rakolta | PA | October 27, 2019 (Confirmed 09/17/2019, 63–30) [152] | January 19, 2021 |
Ambassador to the United Kingdom | Woody Johnson | PA | August 29, 2017 (Confirmed 08/03/2017, voice vote) [153] | January 20, 2021 |
Ambassador to Uruguay | Kenn George | PA | September 2, 2019 (Confirmed 08/01/2019, voice vote) [154] | January 20, 2021 |
Ambassador to Uzbekistan | Daniel N. Rosenblum | CD | May 24, 2019 (Confirmed 04/11/2019, voice vote) [155] | August 30, 2022 |
Ambassador to Vanuatu | Erin Elizabeth McKee | CD | November 27, 2019 (Confirmed 09/26/2019, voice vote) [119] | April 14, 2022 |
Ambassador to Venezuela | James B. Story | CD | November 18, 2020 (Confirmed 11/18/2020, voice vote) [156] | May 19, 2023 |
Ambassador to Vietnam | Daniel Kritenbrink | CD | November 6, 2017 (Confirmed 10/26/2017, voice vote) [157] | April 16, 2021 |
Ambassador to Yemen | Christopher Henzel | CD | May 20, 2019 (Confirmed 01/02/2019, voice vote) [158] | May 2021 |
Ambassador to Zambia | Daniel Lewis Foote | CD | December 17, 2017 (Confirmed 11/02/2017, voice vote) [159] | December 24, 2019 |
Ambassador to Zimbabwe | Brian A. Nichols | CD | July 19, 2018 (Confirmed 06/28/2018, voice vote) [160] | September 14, 2021 |
Office | Ambassador | Background | Assumed office | Left office |
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Representative to the United Nations and Representative in the Security Council of the United Nations (with the rank of ambassador) | Nikki Haley | PA | January 27, 2017 (Confirmed 01/24/2017, 96–4) [161] | December 31, 2018 |
Kelly Craft | PA | September 12, 2019 (Confirmed 07/31/2019, 56–34) [162] | January 20, 2021 | |
Deputy Representative to the United Nations and Deputy Representative in the Security Council of the United Nations (with the rank of ambassador) | Jonathan R. Cohen | CD | June 8, 2018 (Confirmed 05/24/2018, voice vote) [163] | August 1, 2019 |
Richard M. Mills Jr. | CD | November 9, 2020 (Confirmed 08/06/2020, voice vote) [164] | present | |
Representative to the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva (with the rank of ambassador) | Andrew Bremberg | PA | November 12, 2019 (Confirmed 10/22/2019, 50–44) [165] | January 20, 2021 |
Representative to the Vienna Office of the United Nations (with the rank of ambassador) | Jackie Wolcott | PA | October 22, 2018 (Confirmed 09/24/2018, 75-19) [166] | January 18, 2021 |
Representative to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture (with the rank of ambassador) | Kip E. Tom | PA | May 22, 2019 (Confirmed 04/11/2019, voice vote) [167] | January 20, 2021 |
Representative to the United Nations for U.N. Management and Reform (with the rank of ambassador) | Cherith Norman Chalet | PA | October 17, 2018 (Confirmed 09/12/2018, voice vote) [168] | January 20, 2021 |
Representative to the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations (with the rank of ambassador) | Kelley Eckels Currie | PA | August 2017 (Confirmed 08/03/2017, voice vote) [169] | February 18, 2019 |
Office | Ambassador | Background | Assumed office | Left office |
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Representative to the African Union (with the rank of ambassador) | Jessica Lapenn | CD | October 14, 2019 (Confirmed 08/01/2019, voice vote) [170] | February 1, 2023 |
Director of the Asian Development Bank (with the rank of ambassador) | Jason Chung | PA | August 2020 (Confirmed 08/06/2020, voice vote) [171] | January 2021 |
Representative to the European Union (with the rank of ambassador) | Gordon Sondland | PA | July 9, 2018 (Confirmed 06/26/2018, voice vote) [172] | February 7, 2020 |
Representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency (with the rank of ambassador) | Jackie Wolcott | PA | October 22, 2018 (Confirmed 09/24/2018, 75-19) [173] | January 18, 2021 |
Representative on the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (with the rank of ambassador) | Thomas L. Carter | PA | December 10, 2017 (Confirmed 11/02/2017, voice vote) [174] | February 28, 2020 |
Permanent Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (with the rank of ambassador) | Kay Bailey Hutchison | PA | August 28, 2017 (Confirmed 08/03/2017, voice vote) [175] | January 20, 2021 |
Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States (with the rank of ambassador) | Carlos Trujillo | PA | April 5, 2018 (Confirmed 03/22/2018, voice vote) [176] | January 19, 2021 |
Representative to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (with the rank of ambassador) | Joseph Manso | CD | September 23, 2020 (Confirmed 08/06/2020, voice vote) [177] | present |
Representative to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (with the rank of ambassador) | Jim Gilmore | PA | July 2, 2019 (Confirmed 05/23/2019, voice vote) [178] | January 20, 2021 |
Office | Ambassador | Background | Assumed office | Left office |
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Coordinator for Counterterrorism (with the rank of ambassador-at-large) | Nathan Sales | PA | August 10, 2017 (Confirmed 08/03/2017, voice vote) [179] | January 20, 2021 |
Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice | Morse Tan | PA | December 31, 2019 (Confirmed 12/19/2019, voice vote) [180] | January 20, 2021 |
Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues | Kelley Eckels Currie | PA | January 14, 2020 (Confirmed 12/19/2019, voice vote) [181] | January 20, 2021 |
Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom | Sam Brownback | PA | February 1, 2018 (Confirmed 01/24/2018, 50–49) [182] | January 20, 2021 |
Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking (with the rank of ambassador-at-large) | John Cotton Richmond | PA | October 2018 (Confirmed 10/11/2018, voice vote) [183] | January 20, 2021 |
Office | Ambassador | Background | Assumed office | Left office |
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United States Trade Representative (with the rank of ambassador) | Robert Lighthizer | PA | May 15, 2017 (Confirmed 05/11/2017, 82–14) [184] | January 20, 2021 |
Deputy United States Trade Representative for Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Industrial Competitiveness (with the rank of ambassador) | Jeffrey Gerrish | PA | March 19, 2018 (Confirmed 03/05/2018, voice vote) [185] | August 2020 |
Deputy United States Trade Representative for the Office of Geneva (with the rank of ambassador) | Dennis Shea | PA | March 12, 2018 (Confirmed 03/01/2018, voice vote) [186] | January 20, 2021 |
Deputy United States Trade Representative for Investment, Services, Labor, Environment, Africa, China, and the Western Hemisphere (with the rank of ambassador) | C.J. Mahoney | PA | March 13, 2018 (Confirmed 03/01/2018, voice vote) [187] | September 2020 |
Deputy United States Trade Representative for Investment, Services, Labor, Environment, Africa, China, and the Western Hemisphere (with the rank of ambassador) | Michael N. Nemelka | PA | September 8, 2020 (Confirmed 08/13/2020, voice vote) [188] | January 20, 2021 |
Chief Agricultural Negotiator of the Office of the United States Trade Representative (with the rank of ambassador) | Gregg Doud | PA | March 12, 2018 (Confirmed 03/01/2018, voice vote) [189] | January 20, 2021 |
Office | Ambassador | Background | Assumed office | Left office |
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Chief of Protocol (with the rank of ambassador) | Sean Lawler | PA | December 1, 2017 (Confirmed 11/16/2017, voice vote) [190] | July 9, 2019 |
Director of the Office of Foreign Missions (with the rank of ambassador) | Stephen Akard | PA | September 16, 2019 (Confirmed 09/11/2019, 90–2) [191] | August 7, 2020 |
Special Representative of the President for Nuclear Nonproliferation (with the rank of ambassador) | Jeffrey Eberhardt | CD | June 2019 (Confirmed 06/20/2019, voice vote) [192] | January 20, 2021 |
Office | Ambassador | Background | Confirmed | Death |
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Career Ambassador | Philip S. Goldberg | CD | 09/06/2018, voice vote [193] | living |
David Hale | CD | 09/06/2018, voice vote [193] | living | |
Michele J. Sison | CD | 09/06/2018, voice vote [193] | living | |
Daniel Bennett Smith | CD | 09/06/2018, voice vote [193] | living |
Office | Nominee | Background | Nominated | Nomination terminated | Note |
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Representative on the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations (with the rank of ambassador) | Jennifer Yue Barber | PA | January 6, 2020 [194] | September 8, 2020 [194] | Nomination withdrawn by President Trump [194] |
Representative to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (with the rank of ambassador) | Pamela Bates | PA | September 24, 2018 [195] | January 3, 2020 [196] | Nomination returned to the president [196] |
Ambassador to Belize | André Bauer | PA | July 21, 2020 [197] | January 3, 2021 [197] | Nomination returned to the president [197] |
Ambassador to Panama | Erik Bethel | PA | May 4, 2020 [198] | January 3, 2021 [198] | Nomination returned to the president [198] |
Ambassador to Norway | Mark Burkhalter | PA | May 21, 2020 [199] | January 3, 2021 [199] | Nomination returned to the president [199] |
Ambassador to Ukraine | Keith Dayton | PA | May 14, 2020 [200] | January 3, 2021 [200] | Nomination returned to the president [200] |
Ambassador to the Bahamas | William A. Douglass | PA | May 21, 2020 [201] | February 4, 2021 [202] | Nomination withdrawn by President Biden [202] |
Ambassador to Chile | Andrew M. Gellert | PA | January 8, 2018 [203] | August 16, 2018 [203] | Nomination withdrawn by President Trump [203] |
Ambassador to Australia | Harry B. Harris Jr. | PA | February 13, 2018 [204] | May 23, 2018 [204] | Nomination withdrawn by President Trump, [204] and successfully renominated as Ambassador to South Korea |
Chief of Protocol (with the rank of ambassador) | Cam Henderson | PA | February 27, 2020 [205] | January 3, 2021 [206] | Nomination returned to the president [206] |
Ambassador to Albania | Kathleen A. Kavalec | CD | July 9, 2018 [207] | January 3, 2019 [207] | Nomination returned to the president [207] |
Ambassador to Chad | Steven Koutsis | CD | August 1, 2019 [208] | January 3, 2021 [208] | Nomination returned to the president [208] |
Ambassador to Chile | Leora Levy | PA | October 15, 2019 [209] | January 3, 2021 [209] | Nomination returned to the president [209] |
Representative to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (with the rank of ambassador) | John Linder | PA | March 11, 2019 [210] | January 3, 2020 [210] | Nomination returned to the president [210] |
Ambassador to Germany | Douglas Macgregor | PA | July 29, 2020 [211] | January 3, 2021 [211] | Nomination returned to the president [211] |
Ambassador to Colombia | Joseph Macmanus | CD | November 29, 2017 [212] | January 4, 2019 [212] | Nomination returned to the president [212] |
Ambassador to the Bahamas | Doug Manchester | PA | May 16, 2017 [213] | November 13, 2019 [214] | Nomination withdrawn by President Trump [214] |
Ambassador to Estonia | Edward Masso | PA | September 5, 2017 [215] | May 24, 2018 [215] | Nomination withdrawn by President Trump [215] |
Ambassador to Belgium | Jamie McCourt | PA | June 26, 2017 [216] | August 2, 2017 [216] | Nomination withdrawn by President Trump, [216] and successfully renominated as Ambassador to Monaco |
Ambassador to Singapore | K. T. McFarland | PA | June 15, 2017 [217] | February 5, 2018 [218] | Nomination withdrawn by President Trump [218] |
Alternate Representative for Special Political Affairs in the United Nations (with the rank of ambassador) | Jay Patrick Murray | PA | May 10, 2017 [219] | January 3, 2018 [219] | Nomination returned to the president [219] |
Ambassador to Honduras | Francisco Palmieri | CD | July 9, 2018 [220] | January 3, 2019 [220] | Nomination returned to the president [220] |
Ambassador to Qatar | Mary Catherine Phee | CD | November 13, 2018 [221] | January 3, 2019 [221] | Nomination returned to the president [221] |
Representative to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (with the rank of ambassador) | Eldon Regua | PA | December 2, 2020 [222] | January 3, 2021 [222] | Nomination returned to the president [222] |
Ambassador to Antigua and Barbuda Ambassador to Barbados Ambassador to Dominica Ambassador to Grenada Ambassador to Saint Kitts and Nevis Ambassador to Saint Lucia Ambassador to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Leandro Rizzuto Jr. | PA | January 8, 2018 [223] | January 3, 2020 [224] | Nomination returned to the president [224] |
Ambassador to Afghanistan | William P. Ruger | PA | September 10, 2020 [225] | January 3, 2021 [225] | Nomination returned to the president [225] |
Representative to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (with the rank of ambassador) | Manisha Singh | PA | May 4, 2020 [226] | January 3, 2021 [226] | Nomination returned to the president [226] |
Alternate Representative for Special Political Affairs in the United Nations (with the rank of ambassador) | Austin M. Smith | PA | September 12, 2018 [227] | January 3, 2019 [227] | Nomination returned to the president [227] |
Ambassador to Singapore | Barbera Hale Thornhill | PA | October 15, 2019 [228] | February 4, 2021 [229] | Nomination withdrawn by President Biden [229] |
Ambassador to Pakistan | William E. Todd | CD | February 27, 2020 [230] | January 3, 2021 [230] | Nomination returned to the president [230] |
Ambassador to Malta | Christine Toretti | PA | May 24, 2018 [231] | January 3, 2020 [232] | Nomination returned to the president [232] |
Ambassador to Japan | Kenneth R. Weinstein | PA | March 18, 2020 [233] | January 3, 2021 [233] | Nomination returned to the president [233] |
Ambassador to Qatar | Eric Wendt | PA | September 22, 2020 [234] | January 3, 2021 [234] | Nomination returned to the president [234] |
Alternate Representative for Special Political Affairs in the United Nations (with the rank of ambassador) | Alex N. Wong | PA | February 25, 2020 [235] | January 3, 2021 [235] | Nomination returned to the president [235] |
Ambassador to Canada | Aldona Wos | PA | February 25, 2020 [236] | January 3, 2021 [236] | Nomination returned to the president [236] |
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