Ambassadors of the United States

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This article contains several lists of Ambassadors from the United States. There are also individual articles listing the holders of many of the ambassadorial offices, for which see Category:Lists of United States ambassadors.

The incumbents change from time to time; sometimes a post starts or stops being temporarily headed by a lower ranking diplomat. Occasionally, a post is created or abolished.

[edit] Current U.S. Ambassadors

Host country (common names)	Ref	U.S. Ambassador	Embassy Website	Date Confirmed
Abkhazia^[1]
Afghanistan	Ref	Lt. General Karl Eikenberry	Kabul	April 2009
Albania	Ref	John L. Withers, II	Tirana	June 2007
Algeria	Ref	David D. Pearce	Algiers	August 2007
Andorra^[2]	Ref	Vacant Arnold A. Chacón, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	Barcelona
Angola	Ref	Dan Mozena	Luanda
Antigua and Barbuda^[3]	Ref	Vacant Brent Hardt, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	Bridgetown
Argentina	Ref	Earl A. Wayne	Buenos Aires
Armenia	Ref	Marie L. Yovanovitch	Yerevan	August 2008
Australia	Ref	Vacant Dan Clune, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	Canberra
Austria	Ref	Vacant Scott F. Kilner, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	Vienna
Azerbaijan	Ref	Anne E. Derse	Baku	May 2006
The Bahamas	Ref	Vacant Timothy Zúñiga-Brown, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	Nassau
Bahrain	Ref	J. Adam Ereli	Manama
Bangladesh	Ref	James F. Moriarty	Dhaka	March 2009
Barbados^[3]	Ref	Vacant Brent Hardt, Chargé d’Affaires a.i.	Bridgetown
Belarus	Ref	Vacant since March 12, 2008.^[4] Jonathan Moore, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	Minsk
Belgium	Ref	Vacant as of January 2, 2009^[5]^[6] Wayne J. Bush, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	Brussels
Belize	Ref	Vacant J.A. Diffily, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	Belmopan
Benin	Ref	Gayleatha B. Brown	Cotonou
Bhutan^[7]
Bolivia	Ref	Vacant since September 10, 2008^[8] Krishna R. Urs, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	La Paz
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Ref	Charles L. English	Sarajevo
Botswana	Ref	Stephen J. Nolan	Gaborone
Brazil	Ref	Clifford M. Sobel	Brasilia	June 2006
Brunei	Ref	William E. Todd	Bandar Seri Begawan
Bulgaria	Ref	Nancy E. McEldowney	Sofia	April 2008
Burkina Faso	Ref	Jeanine Jackson	Ouagadougou
Burma^[9]^[10]^[11]	Ref	Vacant Larry M. Dinger – Chargé d'Affaires	Rangoon
Burundi	Ref	Patricia N. Moller	Bujumbura
Cambodia	Ref	Carol A. Rodley	Phnom Penh
Cameroon		Janet E. Garvey	Yaoundé
Canada	Ref	Vacant Terry Breese, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	Ottawa
Cape Verde	Ref	Marianne M. Myles	Praia
Central African Republic		Frederick B. Cook	Bangui
Chad		Louis J. Nigro	Ndjamena
Chile	Ref	Paul E. Simons	Santiago
China	Ref	Jon Huntsman, Jr. (nominee) Dan Piccuta, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	Beijing
Colombia	Ref	William Brownfield	Bogotá
Comoros^[12]		R. Niels Marquardt	Antananarivo
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Ref	William J. Garvelink^[13]	Kinshasa
Republic of the Congo	Ref	Alan W. Eastham	Brazzaville
Costa Rica	Ref	Peter Cianchette	San José
Côte d'Ivoire		Wanda L. Nesbitt	Abidjan
Croatia	Ref	Robert Bradtke	Zagreb
Cuba^[14]	Ref Ref	Jonathan D. Farrar Chief of Mission	Havana
Cyprus	Ref	Frank C. Urbancic, Jr.	Nicosia
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus^[15]
Czech Republic	Ref	Vacant Mary Thompson-Jones, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	Prague
Denmark	Ref	Vacant Terrence P. McCulley, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	Copenhagen
Djibouti	Ref	James C. Swan	Djibouti
Dominica^[3]	Ref	Vacant Brent Hardt, Chargé d’Affaires a.i.	Bridgetown
Dominican Republic	Ref	Vacant Roland W. Bullen, Chargé d’Affaires a.i.	Santo Domingo
East Timor (Timor-Leste)		Hans G. Klemm	Dili
Ecuador	Ref	Heather M. Hodges	Quito
Egypt	Ref	Margaret Scobey	Cairo	March 2008
El Salvador	Ref	Charles L. Glazer	San Salvador
Equatorial Guinea	Ref	Donald C. Johnson	Malabo
Eritrea	Ref	Ronald K. McMullen	Asmara
Estonia	Ref	Vacant Karen B. Decker, Chargé d’Affaires a.i.	Tallinn
Ethiopia	Ref	Donald Yamamoto	Addis Ababa
Fiji^[16]		C. Steven McGann	Suva
Finland	Ref	Vacant since January 16, 2009 Michael A. Butler, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	Finland
France^[17]	Ref	Vacant Mark A. Pekala, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	Paris
Gabon^[18]	Ref	Eunice S. Reddick	Libreville
The Gambia	Ref	Barry L. Wells	Banjul
Georgia	Ref	John F. Tefft	Tbilisi
Germany	Ref	Vacant since December 5, 2008^[19] John M. Koenig, Chargé d’Affaires a.i.	Berlin
Ghana	Ref	Donald Teitelbaum	Ghana
Greece	Ref	Daniel V. Speckhard	Athens
Grenada^[3]		Vacant Brent Hardt, Chargé d’Affaires a.i.	Bridgetown
Guatemala	Ref	Stephen G. McFarland	Guatemala
Guinea		Vacant Elizabeth Raspolic, Chargé d’Affaires	Conakry
Guinea-Bissau^[20]	Ref	Marcia S. Bernicat	Dakar
Guyana	Ref	John M. Jones	Georgetown
Haiti	Ref	Janet A. Sanderson	Port-au-Prince
Holy See	Ref	Vacant Julieta Valls Noyes, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	Vatican
Honduras	Ref	Hugo Llorens	Tegucigalpa
Hungary	Ref	April H. Foley	Budapest
Iceland	Ref	Carol van Voorst	Reykjavik
India	Ref	Vacant Steven J. White, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	New Delhi
Indonesia	Ref	Cameron R. Hume	Jakarta
Iran^[21]	Ref		—
Iraq	Ref	Christopher Hill	Baghdad	April 2009
Ireland	Ref	Dan Rooney	Dublin
Israel	Ref	James B. Cunningham	Tel Aviv
Italy^[22]	Ref	Vacant Elizabeth L. Dibble, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	Rome
Jamaica	Ref	Vacant James T. Heg, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	Kingston
Japan	Ref	Vacant James P. Zumwalt, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	Tokyo
Jordan	Ref	Robert S. Beecroft	Amman
Kazakhstan	Ref	Richard E. Hoagland	Astana
Kenya	Ref	Michael E. Ranneberger	Nairobi
Kiribati^[16]		C. Steven McGann	Suva
North Korea^[23]
South Korea	Ref	Kathleen Stephens	Seoul
Kosovo^[24]	Ref	Tina S. Kaidanow	Pristina
Kuwait	Ref	Deborah K. Jones	Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan	Ref	Tatiana C. Gfoeller	Bishkek
Laos		Ravic R. Huso	Vientiane
Latvia	Ref	Vacant Bruce Rogers, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	Riga
Lebanon	Ref	Michele J. Sison	Beirut
Lesotho	Ref	Robert B. Nolan	Maseru
Liberia	Ref	Linda Thomas-Greenfield	Monrovia
Libya	Ref	Gene A. Cretz^[25]	Tripoli
Liechtenstein^[26]	Ref	Vacant Leigh Carter, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	Bern
Lithuania	Ref	John A. Cloud	Vilnius
Luxembourg	Ref	Ann Wagner	Luxembourg
Macedonia		Philip T. Reeker	Skopje
Madagascar^[12]	Ref	R. Niels Marquardt	Antananarivo
Malawi	Ref	Peter W. Bodde	Lilongwe
Malaysia	Ref	James Keith	Kuala Lumpur
Maldives^[27]		Robert O. Blake, Jr.	Colombo
Mali		Gillian A. Milovanovic	Bamako
Malta	Ref	Vacant Jason L. Davis, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	Valletta
Marshall Islands		Clyde Bishop	Majuro
Mauritania		Mark Boulware	Nouakchott
Mauritius^[28]		Vacant Virginia M. Blaser, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	Port Louis
Mexico	Ref	Vacant Leslie A. Bassett, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	Mexico City
Micronesia	Ref	Miriam K. Hughes	Kolonia
Moldova		Asif J. Chaudhry	Chisinau
Monaco^[17]^[29]		Vacant Mark A. Pekala, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	Paris
Mongolia		Mark C. Minton	Ulaanbaatar
Montenegro		Roderick W. Moore	Podgorica
Morocco	Ref	Vacant Robert P. Jackson, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	Rabat
Mozambique	Ref	Vacant Elizabeth Raspolic – Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	Maputo
Myanmar (see Burma above)^[9]
Namibia	Ref	Gail D. Mathieu	Windhoek
Nauru^[16]		C. Steven McGann	Suva
Nepal		Nancy Jo Powell	Kathmandu
Netherlands	Ref	Vacant Michael Gallagher, Chargé d’Affaires a.i.	The Hague
New Zealand^[30]	Ref	Vacant David Keegan, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	Wellington
Nicaragua	Ref	Robert J. Callahan	Managua
Niger	Ref	Bernadette M. Allen	Niamey
Nigeria		Robin R. Sanders	Abuja
Norway	Ref	Benson K. Whitney	Oslo
Oman		Gary A. Grappo	Muscat
Pakistan	Ref	Anne W. Patterson	Islamabad
Palau^[31]		None Mark J. Bezner – Chargé d'Affaires	Koror
Panama	Ref	Barbara J. Stephenson	Panama
Papua New Guinea^[32]		Leslie V. Rowe	Port Moresby
Paraguay	Ref	Liliana Ayalde	Asunción
Peru	Ref	P. Michael McKinley	Lima
Philippines^[31]	Ref	Kristie A. Kenney	Manila
Poland	Ref	Victor Ashe	Warsaw
Portugal	Ref	Thomas F. Stephenson	Lisbon
Qatar	Ref	Joseph E. LeBaron	Doha
Romania	Ref	Vacant since December 3, 2008 Jeri Guthrie-Corn – Chargé d’Affaires	Bucharest
Russia	Ref	John Beyrle	Moscow	June 2008
Rwanda	Ref	W. Stuart Symington	Kigali
Saint Kitts and Nevis^[3]	Ref	Vacant Brent Hardt, Chargé d’Affaires a.i.	Bridgetown
Saint Lucia^[3]	Ref	Vacant Brent Hardt, Chargé d’Affaires a.i.	Bridgetown
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines^[3]	Ref	Vacant Brent Hardt, Chargé d’Affaires a.i.	Bridgetown
Samoa^[30]		Vacant Robin L. Yeager, Chargé d’Affaires a.i.	Apia
San Marino^[22]		Vacant Elizabeth L. Dibble, Chargé d’Affaires a.i.	Florence
São Tomé and Príncipe^[18]	Ref	Eunice Reddick	Libreville
Saudi Arabia	Ref	Ford M. Fraker	Riyadh
Senegal^[20]		Marcia S. Bernicat	Dakar
Serbia		Cameron Munter	Belgrade
Seychelles^[28]		Vacant Virginia M. Blaser, Chargé d’Affaires a.i.	Port Louis
Sierra Leone		June Carter Perry	Freetown
Singapore	Ref	Vacant	Singapore
Slovakia	Ref	Vacant Keith A. Eddins, Chargé d’Affaires a.i.	Bratislava
Slovenia	Ref	Thomas B. Robertson	Ljubljana
Solomon Islands^[32]		Leslie V. Rowe	Honiara
Somalia^[33]^[34]	Ref	Virtual Presence Post Michael Ranneberger, U.S. Ambassador to Kenya	Somalia
South Africa	Ref	Vacant Helen La Lime, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	Pretoria
South Ossetia^[1]
Spain^[35]	Ref	Vacant Arnold A. Chacón, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	Madrid
Sri Lanka^[27]		Robert O. Blake, Jr.	Colombo
Sudan^[36]	Ref	Vacant Alberto M. Fernandez – Chargé d'Affaires	Khartoum
Suriname	Ref	Lisa Bobbie Schreiber Hughes	Paramaribo
Swaziland	Ref	Maurice S. Parker	Mbabane
Sweden	Ref	Vacant Robert J. Silverman, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	Stockholm
Switzerland^[26]	Ref	Vacant Leigh Carter, Chargé d’Affaires a.i.	Bern
Syria^[37]		Vacant Maura Connelly – Chargé d'Affaires	Damascus
Taiwan^[38]
Tajikistan		Tracey Ann Jacobson	Dushanbe
Tanzania	Ref	Vacant Larry André, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	Dar es Salaam
Thailand	Ref	Eric G. John	Bangkok
Togo	Ref	Patricia McMahon Hawkins	Lomé
Tonga^[16]		C. Steven McGann	Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago	Ref	Vacant Len Kusnitz, Chargé d’Affaires a.i.	Port of Spain
Tunisia		Robert F. Godec	Tunis
Turkey		James F. Jeffrey	Ankara
Turkmenistan^[39]	Ref	Vacant Richard M. Miles – Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	Ashgabat
Tuvalu^[16]		C. Steven McGann	Suva
Uganda		Steven A. Browning	Kampala
Ukraine	Ref	William B. Taylor, Jr.	Kiev
United Arab Emirates	Ref	Richard G. Olson, Jr.	Abu Dhabi
United Kingdom^[40]	Ref	Vacant Richard B. LeBaron, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	London
Uruguay	Ref	Vacant Robin Matthewman, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	Montevideo
Uzbekistan		Richard Norland	Tashkent
Vanuatu^[32]		Leslie V. Rowe	Port Vila
Venezuela	Ref	Vacant^[41] John Caulfield, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	Caracas
Vietnam	Ref	Michael W. Michalak	Hanoi
Western Sahara^[42]
Yemen	Ref	Stephen A. Seche	Sana’a
Zambia	Ref	Donald E. Booth	Lusaka
Zimbabwe	Ref	James D. McGee	Harare	November 2007

[edit] Notes

^ ^a ^b Abkhazia and South Ossetia are not recognized by the United Nations, the United States, nor any other countries aside from Russia and Nicaragua.
^ The U.S. Ambassador to Spain—resident in Madrid—is also accredited to Andorra.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g One ambassador, accredited to Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, is resident at Bridgetown, Barbados.
^ Belarus requested the U.S. to recall its ambassador “temporarily” on March 8, 2008. Belarus also recalled its ambassador to the U.S. Sources: The New York Times, The Moscow Times, China Daily. The previous ambassador, Karen B. Stewart, has since been assigned another post within the State Department. Source: United States Dept. of State.
^ U.S. Department of State: Biography of Sam Fox
^ U.S. Department of State: Countries and other areas: Belgium
^ The United States does not currently maintain diplomatic relations with Bhutan.
^ Bolivia expelled the ambassador, Philip S. Goldberg and declared him persona non grata on September 10, 2008. Source: U.S. Dep’t of State, The Telegraph.
^ ^a ^b In 1989 the military government of Burma changed the name of the nation to Myanmar, but the United States government—and other Western governments—do not accept the name and still refer to the country as Burma in official usage. See Myanmar.
^ The US has not had an ambassador to Burma since 1990. A chargé d’affaires has been the head of mission since then.
^ President George H. W. Bush nominated Frederick Vreeland as ambassador, and President Clinton nominated Parker W. Borg, but the Senate declined to act on either nomination. Source: U.S. Dep’t of State: Ambassadors to Burma.
^ ^a ^b One ambassador—resident in Antananarivo—is accredited to Madagascar and Comoros.
^ Embassy Website
^ The United States does not currently maintain diplomatic relations with Cuba. U.S. interests in Cuba are handled by the U.S. Interests section of the Embassy of Switzerland in Havana.
^ The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus is not recognized by the United Nations, the United States, nor any other country aside from Turkey.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e One ambassador—resident at Suva—is accredited to Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga, and Tuvalu. Source U.S. Embassy Suva.
^ ^a ^b As of December 2006, the U.S. ambassador to France is also accredited to Monaco.
^ ^a ^b One ambassador—resident in Libreville—is accredited to Gabon and São Tomé and Príncipe. Source: U.S. State Department
^ Ambassador William R. Timken concluded his mission and departed Germany on December 5, 2008. Sources: U.S. Embassy, Berlin, Cleveland Plain Dealer, December 13, 2008
^ ^a ^b One ambassador—resident at Dakar—is accredited to Guinea-Bissau and Senegal.
^ The United States does not currently maintain diplomatic relations Iran. U.S. interests in Iran are handled by the U.S. Interests section of the Embassy of Switzerland in Tehran.
^ ^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.
^ The United States does not currently maintain diplomatic relations with North Korea. 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.
^ The United States recognized Kosovo on 18 February 2008; it is among 61 other nations to do so. Kosovo is not recognized by the United Nations or other nations.
^ Cretz was sworn in as Ambassador to Libya on December 17, 2008. Source: U.S. Embassy in Tripoli: Ambassador’s page
^ ^a ^b One ambassador, resident in Berne, is accredited to Switzerland and Liechtenstein.
^ ^a ^b One ambassador—resident at Colombo—is accredited to Maldives and Sri Lanka.
^ ^a ^b One ambassador is accredited to Mauritius and Seychelles—resident in Port Louis, Mauritius.
^ 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, U.S. Embassy in France: U.S. Diplomatic Mission to Monaco.
^ ^a ^b One ambassador—resident in Wellington— is accredited to New Zealand and Samoa.
^ ^a ^b Until 2005 one ambassador, resident in Manila, was accredited to the Philippines and Palau. Source: CIA World Factbook. When ambassador Kristie A. Kenney was appointed as ambassador to the Philippines in 2005, she was commissioned only to that nation. Source: U.S. Dep’t of State: Ambassadors to Palau
^ ^a ^b ^c One ambassador—resident in Port Moresby—is accredited to Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu.
^ The United States has no diplomatic relations with Somalia. The last ambassador to Somalia was James Keough Bishop when the embassy in Mogadishu was closed on January 5, 1991. Source: U.S State Department.
^ "Virtual Presence Post Somalia". http://somalia.usvpp.gov/welcome.html.
^ The U.S. Ambassador to Spain—resident in Madrid—is also accredited to Andorra.
^ 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.
^ Ambassador Margaret Scobey was recalled February 2005 in protest of Rafik Hariri assassination. Ref: U.S. Department of State press release, Background notes on Syria, BBC News. Ambassador Scobey has since been reassigned as the ambassador to Egypt.
^ The United States established relations with the People's Republic of China in 1979. Since then, relations between the US and Taiwan are carried out by the American Institute in Taiwan in Taipei.
^ The previous ambassador to Turkmenistan, Tracey Ann Jacobson is now commissioned to Tajikistan. A new ambassador to Turkmenistan has not yet been appointed. Source: United States Embassy in Ashgabat.
^ The ambassador to the U.K. is known as the “Ambassador to the Court of St. James’s.”
^ President Chavez ordered the expulsion of the U.S. Ambassador, John Duddy, on September 11, 2008 in solidarity with the Bolivian government's decision to expel the U.S. Ambassador in La Paz. The U.S. Government ordered the reciprocal expulsion of the Venezuelan Ambassador in Washington. Source: U.S. Department of State Background Notes on Venezuela
^ The United States does not recognize Western Sahara, nor does the US recognize Moroccan claims to sovereignty over Western Sahara. Sources: Western Sahara, Foreign relations of Western Sahara, Foreign relations of Morocco.

[edit] Ambassadors to international organizations

Current ambassadors from the United States to international organizations

Host organization	Location	Ambassador
African Union	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	John Simon
Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation	Washington, D.C., United States	Patricia Haslach
Association of Southeast Asian Nations	Jakarta, Indonesia	Scot Marciel
Conference on Disarmament	Geneva, Switzerland	Christina Rocca
European Union	Brussels, Belgium	Kristen Silverberg
International Civil Aviation Organization	Montreal, Canada	Edward W. Stimpson
North Atlantic Treaty Organization	Brussels, Belgium	Kurt Volker
Organization of American States	Washington, D.C., United States	John Maisto
Organisation of the Islamic Conference	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia	Sada Cumber
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development	Paris, France	Christopher Egan
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe	Vienna, Austria	Julie Finley
United Nations	New York, United States	Susan Rice
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization	Paris, France	Louise V. Oliver
United Nations Environment Programme	Nairobi, Kenya	Johnnie Carson
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization	Rome, Italy	Tony P. Hall
United Nations International Organizations in Vienna	Vienna, Austria	Gregory Schulte
United Nations and other International Organizations in Geneva	Geneva, Switzerland	Warren Tichenor
World Trade Organization	Geneva, Switzerland	Peter Allgeier

[edit] Ambassadors-at-large

Current ambassadors-at-large from the United States with worldwide responsibility:

Title (competence)	Ambassador
Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues	John Clint Williamson
Ambassador-at-Large for Counterterrorism	Dailey, Dell L.

[edit] Ambassadors to past countries

Czechoslovakia
East Germany (German Democratic Republic)
Hawaii
North Yemen (Yemen Arab Republic)
South Vietnam
South Yemen (People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen)
Texas
Yugoslavia

[edit] Other senior diplomatic representatives

Other senior diplomatic representatives from the United States

Host country	Ambassador	Title
Bangladesh	Judith Ann Chammas	Chargé d'Affaires
Belgium	Brenda B. Schoonover	Chargé d'Affaires
Burkina Faso	Cynthia Akuetteh	Chargé d'Affaires
Ethiopia	Vicki Huddleston	Chargé d'Affaires
Haiti	Timothy M. Carney	Chargé d'Affaires
Hong Kong and Macau	Joseph R. Donovan Jr.	Consul General
Libya	Gregory L. Berry	Principal Officer
Mauritius	Stephen M. Schwartz	Chargé d'Affaires
Niger	John W. Davison	Chargé d'Affaires
Philippines	Paul W. Jones	Chargé d'Affaires
Senegal	Robert P. Jackson	Chargé d'Affaires
Sudan	Cameron Hume	Chargé d'Affaires
Sweden	Stephen V. Noble	Chargé d'Affaires
Taiwan	Stephen Young	Director of the Taipei office of the American Institute in Taiwan
Uganda	William E. Fitzgerald	Chargé d'Affaires
Uruguay	James D. Nealon	Chargé d'Affaires

[edit] Selected past ambassadors

Well-known past ambassadors from the United States

Ambassador	Host country or organization
Charles Francis Adams	United Kingdom
John Adams	United Kingdom, Netherlands
John Quincy Adams	United Kingdom, Russia, Netherlands, Germany
Madeleine K. Albright	United Nations
Eugenie Anderson	Denmark
Walter H. Annenberg	United Kingdom
William Waldorf Astor	Italy
Ebenezer Bassett	Haiti
Shirley Temple Black	Czechoslovakia, Ghana
L. Paul Bremer	Netherlands
Carol Moseley Braun	New Zealand
James Buchanan	Russia, United Kingdom
Ellsworth Bunker	South Vietnam
George H. W. Bush	United Nations
George M. Dallas	United Kingdom, Russia
Charles G. Dawes	United Kingdom
Frederick Douglass	Haiti
Lawrence Eagleburger	Yugoslavia
John Eisenhower	Belgium
Thomas S. Foley	Japan
Benjamin Franklin	France, Sweden
John Kenneth Galbraith	India
Arthur Goldberg	United Nations
Hannibal Hamlin	Spain
W. Averell Harriman	Soviet Union, United Kingdom
Pamela Harriman	France
Patricia Roberts Harris	Luxembourg
Richard Holbrooke	United Nations, Germany
James Hormel	Luxembourg
John Jay	Spain
Thomas Jefferson	France
Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.	United Kingdom
Alan Keyes	United Nations Social and Economic Council
Jeane Kirkpatrick	United Nations
Robert Todd Lincoln	United Kingdom
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.	United Nations, Germany
Clare Boothe Luce	Italy
Douglas MacArthur II	Japan, Iran, Austria and Belgium
Michael J. Mansfield	Japan
Graham Martin	South Vietnam
George S. McGovern	United Nations agencies in Rome
Andrew W. Mellon	United Kingdom
Walter F. Mondale	Japan
James Monroe	France, United Kingdom
Gouverneur Morris	France
Daniel Patrick Moynihan	United Nations
John Negroponte	Honduras, Iraq, Mexico, Philippines, United Nations
Charles C. Pinckney	France, Spain
Elliot L. Richardson	United Kingdom
Carl Rowan	Finland
Donald Rumsfeld	NATO
R. Sargent Shriver	France
Raymond A. Spruance	Philippines
Adlai E. Stevenson II	United Nations
Martin Van Buren	United Kingdom
Paul Wolfowitz	Indonesia
Andrew Young	United Nations

[edit] Nations Without Exchange of Ambassadors

Bhutan According to the United States Department of State, "The United States and the Kingdom of Bhutan have not established formal diplomatic relations; however, the two governments have informal and cordial relations." However, informal contact is maintained through the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi to the mountainous country of Bhutan.

Cuba Although the island country of Cuba is a close neighbor to the United States, the U.S. only interacts with Cuba via a U.S. Interests office at the Swiss Embassy in Havana and Washington D.C. The U.S. broke diplomatic relations with Cuba on January 3, 1961

Iran On April 7, 1980, the United States broke diplomatic relations with theocratic Iran, and on April 24, 1981, the Swiss Government assumed representation of U.S. interests in Tehran. Iranian interests in the United States are represented by the Government of Pakistan.

North Korea The communist dictatorship of North Korea is not on friendly terms with the U.S. and while talks between the two countries are ongoing, there is no exchange of ambassadors.

Republic of China (Taiwan) With the normalization of relations with the People's Republic of China in 1979, the U.S. does not maintain 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 12 other U.S. cities. The Taipei Office of the American Institute in Taiwan functions as a de facto embassy, performing most consular functions and staffed by U.S. Foreign Service Officers formally "on leave".

[edit] See also

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[edit] External links

[Abkhazia-0] Abkhazia and South Ossetia are not recognized by the United Nations, the United States, nor any other countries aside from Russia and Nicaragua.

[Jacob_Black-1] The U.S. Ambassador to Spain—resident in Madrid—is also accredited to Andorra.

[Barbados-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g One ambassador, accredited to Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, is resident at Bridgetown, Barbados.

[Belarus1-3] Belarus requested the U.S. to recall its ambassador “temporarily” on March 8, 2008. Belarus also recalled its ambassador to the U.S. Sources: The New York Times, The Moscow Times, China Daily. The previous ambassador, Karen B. Stewart, has since been assigned another post within the State Department. Source: United States Dept. of State.

[foxbiostate-4] U.S. Department of State: Biography of Sam Fox

[statecountries-5] U.S. Department of State: Countries and other areas: Belgium

[Bhutan-6] The United States does not currently maintain diplomatic relations with Bhutan.

[Bolivia1-7] Bolivia expelled the ambassador, Philip S. Goldberg and declared him persona non grata on September 10, 2008. Source: U.S. Dep’t of State, The Telegraph.

[Myanmar-8] In 1989 the military government of Burma changed the name of the nation to Myanmar, but the United States government—and other Western governments—do not accept the name and still refer to the country as Burma in official usage. See Myanmar.

[Burma-9] The US has not had an ambassador to Burma since 1990. A chargé d’affaires has been the head of mission since then.

[BurmaNoms-10] President George H. W. Bush nominated Frederick Vreeland as ambassador, and President Clinton nominated Parker W. Borg, but the Senate declined to act on either nomination. Source: U.S. Dep’t of State: Ambassadors to Burma.

[Comoros-11] One ambassador—resident in Antananarivo—is accredited to Madagascar and Comoros.

[12] Embassy Website

[Cuba-13] The United States does not currently maintain diplomatic relations with Cuba. U.S. interests in Cuba are handled by the U.S. Interests section of the Embassy of Switzerland in Havana.

[NorthernCyprus-14] The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus is not recognized by the United Nations, the United States, nor any other country aside from Turkey.

[Fiji-15] One ambassador—resident at Suva—is accredited to Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga, and Tuvalu. Source U.S. Embassy Suva.

[francemonaco-16] As of December 2006, the U.S. ambassador to France is also accredited to Monaco.

[Gabon-17] One ambassador—resident in Libreville—is accredited to Gabon and São Tomé and Príncipe. Source: U.S. State Department

[timken-18] Ambassador William R. Timken concluded his mission and departed Germany on December 5, 2008. Sources: U.S. Embassy, Berlin, Cleveland Plain Dealer, December 13, 2008

[GuineaBissau-19] One ambassador—resident at Dakar—is accredited to Guinea-Bissau and Senegal.

[Iran-20] The United States does not currently maintain diplomatic relations Iran. U.S. interests in Iran are handled by the U.S. Interests section of the Embassy of Switzerland in Tehran.

[SanMarino-21] The U.S. Ambassador to Rome is also accredited to San Marino. The U.S. Consulate in Florence handles matters concerned with San Marino.

[NorthKorea-22] The United States does not currently maintain diplomatic relations with North Korea. 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.

[kos-23] The United States recognized Kosovo on 18 February 2008; it is among 61 other nations to do so. Kosovo is not recognized by the United Nations or other nations.

[cretz-24] Cretz was sworn in as Ambassador to Libya on December 17, 2008. Source: U.S. Embassy in Tripoli: Ambassador’s page

[Liechtenstein-25] One ambassador, resident in Berne, is accredited to Switzerland and Liechtenstein.

[Maldives-26] One ambassador—resident at Colombo—is accredited to Maldives and Sri Lanka.

[Mauritius-27] One ambassador is accredited to Mauritius and Seychelles—resident in Port Louis, Mauritius.

[Monaco-28] 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, U.S. Embassy in France: U.S. Diplomatic Mission to Monaco.

[NewZealand-29] One ambassador—resident in Wellington— is accredited to New Zealand and Samoa.

[Palau-30] Until 2005 one ambassador, resident in Manila, was accredited to the Philippines and Palau. Source: CIA World Factbook. When ambassador Kristie A. Kenney was appointed as ambassador to the Philippines in 2005, she was commissioned only to that nation. Source: U.S. Dep’t of State: Ambassadors to Palau

[Papua-31] One ambassador—resident in Port Moresby—is accredited to Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu.

[Somalia-32] The United States has no diplomatic relations with Somalia. The last ambassador to Somalia was James Keough Bishop when the embassy in Mogadishu was closed on January 5, 1991. Source: U.S State Department.

[33] "Virtual Presence Post Somalia". http://somalia.usvpp.gov/welcome.html.

[Andorra-34] The U.S. Ambassador to Spain—resident in Madrid—is also accredited to Andorra.

[Sudan-35] 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.

[Syria-36] Ambassador Margaret Scobey was recalled February 2005 in protest of Rafik Hariri assassination. Ref: U.S. Department of State press release, Background notes on Syria, BBC News. Ambassador Scobey has since been reassigned as the ambassador to Egypt.

[ROC-37] The United States established relations with the People's Republic of China in 1979. Since then, relations between the US and Taiwan are carried out by the American Institute in Taiwan in Taipei.

[Turkmenistan-38] The previous ambassador to Turkmenistan, Tracey Ann Jacobson is now commissioned to Tajikistan. A new ambassador to Turkmenistan has not yet been appointed. Source: United States Embassy in Ashgabat.

[UK-39] The ambassador to the U.K. is known as the “Ambassador to the Court of St. James’s.”

[duddy-40] President Chavez ordered the expulsion of the U.S. Ambassador, John Duddy, on September 11, 2008 in solidarity with the Bolivian government's decision to expel the U.S. Ambassador in La Paz. The U.S. Government ordered the reciprocal expulsion of the Venezuelan Ambassador in Washington. Source: U.S. Department of State Background Notes on Venezuela

[WesternSahara-41] The United States does not recognize Western Sahara, nor does the US recognize Moroccan claims to sovereignty over Western Sahara. Sources: Western Sahara, Foreign relations of Western Sahara, Foreign relations of Morocco.

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