A consul is an official representative of a government who resides in a foreign country to assist and protect citizens of the consul's country,and to promote and facilitate commercial and diplomatic relations between the two countries.
Bernadette Mary Allen is a retired United States foreign service officer and a former U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Niger.
The relations between Estonia and the United States have been constant and strong since Estonia regained its independence in 1991. The United States and Estonia are allies and partners.
Monaco and the United States exchanged consular officials soon after the end of the U.S. Civil War. The first consul from Monaco to the US was Louis Borg,who presented his credentials in May 1866.
David Duane Pearce is an American diplomat who served from 2013 to 2016 as the U.S. Ambassador to Greece. He also served as the United States Ambassador to Algeria,2008–11 and as the U.S. Consul General in Jerusalem from 2003-2005. He was the Assistant Chief of Mission at the U.S. embassy in Kabul,Afghanistan from 2011-2012;and served as the Acting United States Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan and as a Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia from 2012-2013.
Jacob Walles was the U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Tunisia from July 24,2012,to September 2,2015. He is a retired career diplomat who spent much of his career addressing the Arab-Israeli conflict. He also served as Senior Advisor on Foreign Fighters in the Bureau of Counterterrorism in the Department of State from September 2015 to January 2017. He is currently a nonresident Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Mary Burce Warlick is an Australian-born,American diplomat who was appointed Deputy Executive Director of the International Energy Agency in May 2021. A former United States career diplomat,she served as the United States Ambassador to Serbia from January 2010 to September 2012,as the U.S. Consul General in Melbourne,Australia from October 2012 to July 2014,as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Energy Resources at the Department of State from August 2014 to September 2017,and as Acting Special Envoy and Coordinator for International Energy Affairs from January to September 2017.
Gina Kay Abercrombie-Winstanley(born 1957) is an American diplomat who served as U.S. ambassador to Malta from 2012 to 2016. She was nominated by President Barack Obama and confirmed on March 29,2012. She was sworn in on April 18,2012,and presented her credentials to George Abela,President of Malta,on May 2,2012. On April 12,2021,she was sworn in to serve as chief diversity and inclusion officer for the United States Department of State.
Katherine Simonds Dhanani is an American diplomat. She was nominated as the Ambassador of the United States to Somalia,having been nominated for the position on 25 February 2015 by U.S. President Barack Obama. Dhanani is the first official U.S. envoy to the country in over two decades. On May 11,2015,it was reported that Dhanani had withdrawn her nomination to the post of Ambassador to Somalia for personal reasons.
Richard Merrill Mills Jr. is an American diplomat serving as the United States ambassador to Nigeria since July 2024. He served as the United States deputy ambassador to the United Nations from 2020 to 2024 and,in that capacity,served as the U.S. Chargéd'Affaires and Acting Permanent Representative to the United Nations between January 20,2021,and February 24,2021,when Linda Thomas-Greenfield became ambassador.
Todd Crawford Chapman is an American career diplomat who has served as the United States ambassador to Brazil from 2020 to 2021 and as the United States ambassador to Ecuador from 2016 to 2019.
Karen Clark Stanton is a diplomat and former United States Ambassador to East Timor. Stanton was nominated by President Barack Obama July 31,2013 and confirmed by the Senate November 19,2014.
Virginia Evelyn Palmer is an American diplomat who has served as the United States ambassador to Ghana since 2022. Palmer is the former United States ambassador to Malawi. She was nominated by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the Senate,beginning the assignment in January 2015.
James D. Pettit is an American diplomat,who served as United States Ambassador to Moldova in 2015–2018. He was nominated by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the Senate. Pettit was sworn in as U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Moldova on January 16,2015. He presented his credentials to President Nicolae Timofti on January 30,2015.
Carol Zelis Perez is a career Foreign Service Officer,who previously served as the Director General of the Foreign Service. Perez served as the U.S. Ambassador to Chile from October 2016 to January 2019.
Michael Arthur Raynor is an American Foreign Service Officer specializing in relations with Africa who has served as the United States ambassador to Senegal and the United States ambassador to Guinea-Bissau since 2022. He was the United States ambassador to Ethiopia until January 2021. He previously served as the Director of the Office of Career Development and Assignments in the Bureau of Human Resources of the United States Department of State. Raynor served as United States Ambassador to Benin from 2012 to 2015 after being nominated by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the U.S. Senate. Prior to his post in Benin,he was deputy executive director and then executive director of the Bureau of African Affairs.
Nina Maria Fite is an American diplomat and a career member of the Senior Foreign Service who served as the United States Ambassador to Angola from 2018 to 2021. Prior to assuming her role as ambassador,Fite served as Principal Officer at the U.S. Consulate General in Montreal,Canada. Since becoming a diplomat in 1990,Fite has served at seven U.S. overseas missions. On September 2,2017,President Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Fite to serve as an ambassador of the United States to Angola. On September 5,2017,her nomination was sent to the Senate. Her nomination was reported favorably out of committee on October 26. She was confirmed by the United States Senate by voice vote on November 2,2017. She presented her credentials on February 14,2018. Her term as ambassador ended on November 8,2021. Fite's diplomatic assignments have included posts in Lahore as Consul General,in Kabul as Deputy Economic Counselor,and in Luanda as the Political/Economic Section Chief. She has also been on assignment with the Office of the United States Trade Representative. She appointed Chargéd'Affaires ad interim Moldova on July 10,2024.
Donald L. Heflin is an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Cape Verde from 2015 to 2018.
Earle D. "Lee" Litzenberger is an American diplomat who served as the United States ambassador to Azerbaijan from 2019 to 2022. He previously served as Senior Advisor and Senior Bureau Official in the Department of State’s Bureau of Political-Military Affairs.
Michael A. McCarthy is an American diplomat who had served as the United States Ambassador to Liberia from January 22,2021 to July 12,2023.
