List of ambassadors of the United States to Tunisia

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Ambassador of the United States to Tunisia
سفارة الولايات المتحدة في تونس
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Joey R. Hood, U.S. Ambassador.jpg
Incumbent
Joey R. Hood
since February 2, 2023 [1]
NominatorThe president of the United States
Inaugural holder Morris N. Hughes
as Chargé d'Affaires
FormationJune 6, 1956
Website U.S. Embassy – Tunis

The following is a list of United States ambassadors to Tunisia.

Contents

History: US Consul in Tunis

Ambassadors

NameTitleAppointed Presented credentials Terminated missionNotes
Morris N. Hughes [2] – Career FSOChargé d'AffairesJune 6, 1956June 6, 1956October 4, 1956
G. Lewis Jones – Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJuly 27, 1956October 4, 1956June 11, 1959Presented new credentials on December 9, 1957, when Tunisia became a republic
Walter N. Walmsley – Career FSOJuly 28, 1959October 4, 1959July 25, 1962
Francis H. Russell – Career FSOSeptember 10, 1962October 16, 1962July 18, 1969
John A. Calhoun – Career FSOJuly 8, 1969July 24, 1969May 31, 1972
Talcott W. Seelye – Career FSOSeptember 11, 1972October 20, 1972March 22, 1976
Edward W. Mulcahy – Career FSOMarch 4, 1976May 31, 1976January 5, 1979
Stephen Warren Bosworth – Career FSOFebruary 9, 1979March 27, 1979June 22, 1981
Walter Leon Cutler – Career FSODecember 11, 1981March 2, 1982January 2, 1984
Peter Sebastian – Career FSOJune 11, 1984July 3, 1984February 19, 1987
Robert H. Pelletreau – Career FSOJune 15, 1987July 1, 1987May 11, 1991
John T. McCarthy – Career FSOJuly 2, 1991August 2, 1991July 16, 1994
Mary Ann Casey – Career FSOJuly 5, 1994September 23, 1994July 18, 1997
Robin Lynn Raphel – Career FSONovember 7, 1997December 18, 1997August 6, 2000
Rust Macpherson Deming – Career FSODecember 28, 2000November 30, 2001May 17, 2003
William J. Hudson – Career FSODecember 12, 2003January 12, 2004April 14, 2006
Robert F. Godec – Career FSOMay 30, 2006January 17, 2007July 29, 2009
Gordon Gray – Career FSOAugust 20, 2009November 19, 2009July 5, 2012
Jacob Walles – Career FSOJune 21, 2012July 24, 2012September 2, 2015
Daniel Rubinstein – Career FSOOctober 15, 2015October 26, 2015January 15, 2019
Donald Blome – Career FSOJanuary 9, 2019February 21, 2019April 5, 2022
Joey R. Hood – Career FSODecember 26, 2022February 2, 2023Incumbent

Notes

  1. "U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Tunisia Joey R. Hood, U.S. Embassy Tunisia".
  2. Neither commissioned nor accredited; designated effective June 5, 1956, on which date the Embassy in Tunis was established. Officially recognized on June 6, 1956.

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