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President Kennedy with a group of ambassadors in March 1961

Ambassadors of the United States are persons nominated as ambassadors by the President to serve as United States diplomats to individual nations of the world, to international organizations, and as ambassadors-at-large. Their appointment needs to be confirmed by the United States Senate.[1] An ambassador can be appointed during a recess, but he or she can only serve as ambassador until the end of the next session of Congress unless subsequently confirmed.[2] Ambassadors serve "at the pleasure of the President", meaning they can be dismissed at any time. Appointments change regularly for various reasons, such as reassignment or retirement.

An ambassador may be a career Foreign Service Officer (career diplomat – CD) or a political appointee (PA). In most cases, career foreign service officers serve a tour of approximately three years per ambassadorship whereas political appointees customarily tender their resignations upon the inauguration of a new president. As embassies fall under the State Department's jurisdiction, ambassadors answer directly to the Secretary of State.

The United States Department of State provides lists of ambassadors which are updated periodically.[3] (A recent list was issued on December 4, 2018.[4] A further 24 nominees were confirmed on January 2, 2019, and a number of ambassadorships remain vacant.) A listing by country of past chiefs of mission is maintained by the Office of the Historian of the U.S. Department of State.[5] That same office maintains a list of the names and appointment dates of past and present ambassadors-at-large,[6] as well as chiefs of mission to international organizations.[7] This information may also be available in the final pages of the aforementioned periodically updated lists of overseas ambassadors.[3]

Current U.S. ambassadors

Note that the information in this list is subject to change due to regular personnel changes resulting from retirements, reassignments, etc. The State Department posts updated lists of ambassadors approximately monthly, accessible via an interactive menu-based website.[3] As of early June 2018 there remained 28 vacant ambassadorships.[8]

Host country List Ambassador Background Website Confirmed
 Afghanistan List John Bass CD Kabul [1] September 28, 2017
 Albania List Vacant since July 2018
Leyla Moses-Ones, Chargé d'Affaires a.i[9] 		(N/A) Tirana [2]
 Algeria List John Desrocher CD Algiers August 3, 2017
 Andorra[10] List Richard Duke Buchan III PA Madrid November 2, 2017
 Angola List Nina Maria Fite CD Luanda November 2, 2017
 Antigua and Barbuda[11] List Linda Swartz Taglialatela[12] CD Bridgetown December 9, 2015
 Argentina List Edward C. Prado PA Buenos Aires March 22, 2018
 Armenia List Lynne M. Tracy CD Yerevan [3] January 2, 2019
 Australia List Arthur B. Culvahouse Jr. PA Canberra [4] January 2, 2019
 Austria List Trevor Traina PA Vienna [5] March 22, 2018
 Azerbaijan List Earle D. Litzenberger CD Baku January 2, 2019
The Bahamas Bahamas List Vacant since November 21, 2011
Stephanie Bowers, Chargé d'Affaires a.i. [13] 		(N/A) Nassau
 Bahrain List Justin Siberell CD Manama [6] September 28, 2017
 Bangladesh List Earl R. Miller CD Dhaka [7] November 13, 2018
 Barbados[11] List Linda Swartz Taglialatela[12] CD Bridgetown December 9, 2015
 Belarus List Vacant since March 12, 2008[14]
Jenifer H. Moore, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.[15] 		(N/A) Minsk
 Belgium List Ronald Gidwitz PA Brussels June 28, 2018
 Belize List Vacant since January 20, 2017
Keith R. Gilges, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.[16] 		(N/A) Belmopan
 Benin List Patricia Mahoney CD Cotonou January 2, 2019
 Bhutan The United States does not maintain formal diplomatic relations with Bhutan. Informal contact through the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi.
 Bolivia List Vacant since September 10, 2008[17]
Bruce Williamson, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.[18] 		(N/A) La Paz
 Bosnia and Herzegovina List Eric George Nelson CD Sarajevo [8] January 2, 2019
 Botswana List Craig Lewis Cloud CD Gaborone January 2, 2019
 Brazil List Vacant since November 2018[19]
William Popp, Chargé d'Affaires a.i[20] 		(N/A) Brasilia
 Brunei List Matthew John Matthews CD Bandar Seri Begawan January 2, 2019
 Bulgaria List Herro Mustafa CD Sofia September 26, 2019
 Burkina Faso List Andrew Robert Young CD Ouagadougou September 28, 2016
 Burma (Myanmar)[21] List Scot Marciel CD Rangoon [9] February 9, 2016
 Burundi List Vacant since May 5, 2019
Eunice Reddick, Chargé d'Affaires a.i. 		CD Bujumbura
 Cabo Verde (Cape Verde) List John Jefferson Daigle (N/A) Praia May 24, 2019
 Cambodia List W. Patrick Murphy (N/A) Phnom Penh August 1, 2019
 Cameroon List Peter Barlerin CD Yaoundé November 2, 2017
 Canada List Vacant since August 23, 2019
Richard M. Mills Jr., as Chargé d’Affaires 		PA Ottawa [10]
 Central African Republic[22][23][24] List Lucy Tamlyn CD Bangui January 2, 2019
 Chad List Vacant since September 2018[25]
Richard K. Bell, Chargé d'Affaires a.i[26] 		(N/A) N'Djamena
 Chile List Vacant since January 31, 2019
Baxter Hunt, Chargé d'Affaires a.i [27] 		(N/A) Santiago
 China List Terry Branstad PA Beijing [11] May 22, 2017
 Colombia List Philip Goldberg N/A Bogotá August 1, 2019
 Comoros[28] List Michael Peter Pelletier CD Antananarivo January 2, 2019
Republic of the Congo Congo-Brazzaville List Todd Haskell CD Brazzaville May 18, 2017
Democratic Republic of the Congo Congo-Kinshasa (DRC) List Mike Hammer CD Kinshasa September 6, 2018
 Costa Rica List Sharon Day PA San José August 3, 2017
 Croatia List Robert Kohorst PA Zagreb November 2, 2017
 Cuba List Vacant since October 28, 1960
Mara Tekach, Chargé d'Affaires a.i [29] 		(N/A) Havana [12]
 Cyprus List Judith G. Garber CD Nicosia January 2, 2019
 Czech Republic List Steve King PA Prague [13] October 5, 2017
 Denmark List Carla Sands PA Copenhagen [14] November 2, 2017
 Djibouti List Larry André Jr. CD Djibouti November 2, 2017
 Dominica[11] List Linda Swartz Taglialatela[12] CD Bridgetown December 9, 2015
 Dominican Republic List Robin Bernstein PA Santo Domingo June 28, 2018
 East Timor List Kathleen M. Fitzpatrick CD Dili November 2, 2017
 Ecuador List Michael J. Fitzpatrick CD Quito May 23, 2019
 Egypt List Jonathan Cohen CD Cairo August 1, 2019
 El Salvador List Vacant since July 29, 2019
Brendan O’Brien, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.[30] 		(N/A) San Salvador
 Equatorial Guinea List Susan N. Stevenson CD Malabo [15] January 2, 2019
 Eritrea List Vacant since July 19, 2010
Natalie E. Brown, Chargé d'Affaires a.i. [31] 		(N/A) Asmara
 Estonia List Vacant since July 2018[32]
Elizabeth Horst, Chargé d'Affaires a.i[33] 		(N/A) Tallinn [16]
 Eswatini (Swaziland)[34] List Lisa J. Peterson CD Mbabane November 19, 2015
 Ethiopia List Michael A. Raynor CD Addis Ababa August 3, 2017
 Fiji[35] List Joseph Cella PA Suva September 24, 2019
 Finland List Robert Pence PA Helsinki March 22, 2018
 France[36] List Jamie D. McCourt PA Paris [17] November 2, 2017
 Gabon[37] List Vacant since March 2019
Robert E. Whitehead, Chargé d'Affaires a.i[38] 		CD Libreville
 Gambia List Richard Carlton Paschall III CD Banjul January 2, 2019
 Georgia List Vacant since March 2018 [39]
Ross Wilson, Chargé d'Affaires a.i [40] 		(N/A) Tbilisi [18]
 Germany List Richard Grenell PA Berlin [19] May 3, 2018
 Ghana List Stephanie Sullivan CD Ghana September 6, 2018
 Greece List Geoffrey Pyatt CD Athens [20] July 14, 2016
 Grenada[11] List Linda Swartz Taglialatela[12] CD Bridgetown December 9, 2015
 Guatemala List Luis Arreaga CD Guatemala October 4, 2017
 Guinea-Bissau[41] List Tulinabo S. Mushingi CD Bissau VPP May 18, 2017
Guinea Guinea-Conakry List Simon Henshaw CD Conakry January 2, 2019
 Guyana List Sarah-Ann Lynch CD Georgetown January 2, 2019
 Haiti List Michele J. Sison CD Port-au-Prince November 2, 2017
 Holy See (Vatican City) List Callista Gingrich PA Vatican [21] October 16, 2017
 Honduras List Vacant since June 2017
Heide B. Fulton, Chargé d'Affaires a.i. [42] 		(N/A) Tegucigalpa
 Hungary List David B. Cornstein PA Budapest May 24, 2018
 Iceland List Jeffrey Gunter PA Reykjavik May 23, 2019
 India List Kenneth Juster PA New Delhi [22] November 2, 2017
 Indonesia List Joseph R. Donovan Jr. CD Jakarta [23] September 28, 2016
 Iran List No diplomatic relations since April 7, 1980. Informal contact via the U.S. Interests Section in the Swiss embassy.
Virtual Embassy Tehran open since December 2011.
 Iraq List Matthew H. Tueller CD Baghdad [24] May 16, 2019
Republic of Ireland Ireland List Edward F. Crawford[43]
 PA Dublin [25] June 13, 2019
 Israel List David M. Friedman PA Jerusalem [26] March 23, 2017
 Italy[44] List Lewis Eisenberg PA Rome [27] August 3, 2017
 Ivory Coast List Richard K. Bell (N/A) Abidjan August 1, 2019
 Jamaica List Donald R. Tapia PA Kingston July 18, 2019
 Japan List Vacant since July 22, 2019
Joseph M. Young, Chargé d’Affaires ad interim[45] 		(N/A) Tokyo [28]
 Jordan List Vacant since January 20, 2017
Karen Sasahara, Chargé d'Affaires a.i [46] 		(N/A) Amman
 Kazakhstan List William H. Moser CD Nur-Sultan January 2, 2019
 Kenya List Kyle McCarter PA Nairobi [29] January 2, 2019
 Kiribati[35] List Joseph Cella PA Suva September 24, 2019
 Kuwait List Lawrence Robert Silverman CD Kuwait City July 14, 2016
 Kyrgyzstan List Donald Lu CD Bishkek September 18, 2018
 Laos List Rena Bitter CD Vientiane September 28, 2016
 Latvia List John Carwile CD Riga September 26, 2019
 Lebanon List Elizabeth Holzhall Richard CD Beirut May 17, 2016
 Lesotho List Rebecca Gonzales CD Maseru November 16, 2017
 Liberia List Christine A. Elder CD Monrovia May 17, 2016
 Libya List Richard B. Norland CD Tripoli August 1, 2019
 Liechtenstein[47] List Ed McMullen PA Bern November 2, 2017
 Lithuania List Vacant since July 2019
Marcus Micheli, Chargé d'Affaires a.i 		(N/A) Vilnius
 Luxembourg List J. Randolph Evans PA Luxembourg May 24, 2018
North Macedonia Macedonia List Kate Marie Byrnes CD Skopje May 23, 2019
 Madagascar[28] List Michael Peter Pelletier CD Antananarivo January 2, 2019
 Malawi List Robert K. Scott CD Lilongwe December 12, 2014
 Malaysia List Kamala Shirin Lakhdhir CD Kuala Lumpur December 9, 2016
 Maldives[48] List Alaina Teplitz CD Colombo September 6, 2018
 Mali List Dennis B. Hankins CD Bamako January 2, 2019
 Malta List Vacant since late Sept./early Oct. 2018 [49]
Mark A. Schapiro, Chargé d'Affaires a.i [50] 		(N/A) Attard [30]
 Marshall Islands List Karen B. Stewart CD Majuro May 17, 2016
 Mauritania List Michael Dodman CD Nouakchott November 2, 2017
 Mauritius[51] List David Dale Reimer CD Port Louis November 2, 2017
 Mexico List Christopher Landau PA Mexico City [31] August 1, 2019
Federated States of Micronesia Micronesia List Robert Riley CD Kolonia May 17, 2016
 Moldova List Dereck J. Hogan CD Chişinău [32] September 6, 2018
 Monaco[36][52] List Jamie D. McCourt PA Paris [33] November 2, 2017
 Mongolia List Michael S. Klecheski CD Ulaanbaatar [34] January 2, 2019
 Montenegro List Judy Rising Reinke CD Podgorica September 6, 2018
 Morocco List Vacant since January 20, 2017 [53]
Stephanie Miley, Chargé d'Affaires a.i [54] 		(N/A) Rabat
 Mozambique List Dennis Walter Hearne CD Maputo January 2, 2019
 Namibia List Lisa A. Johnson CD Windhoek November 16, 2017
 Nauru[35] List Joseph Cella PA Suva September 24, 2019
   Nepal List Randy W. Berry CD Kathmandu September 6, 2018
 Netherlands List Pete Hoekstra PA The Hague [35] November 9, 2017
 New Zealand[55] List Scott Brown PA Wellington [36] June 8, 2017
 Nicaragua List Kevin K. Sullivan CD Managua October 11, 2018
 Niger List Eric P. Whitaker CD Niamey November 2, 2017
 Nigeria List Mary Beth Leonard CD Abuja August 1, 2019
 North Korea The United States does not maintain diplomatic relations with North Korea. Limited consular matters handled by the Swedish embassy.[56]
 Norway List Kenneth Braithwaite PA Oslo [37] December 21, 2017
 Oman List Marc Jonathan Sievers CD Muscat November 19, 2015
 Pakistan List Vacant since July 2018
Paul W. Jones, Chargé d'Affaires a.i,[57] 		(N/A) Islamabad [38]
 Palau[58] List Amy J. Hyatt CD Koror December 12, 2014
 Panama List Vacant since January 12, 2018
Roxanne Cabral, Chargé d'Affaires a.i. [59] 		(N/A) Panama City
 Papua New Guinea[60] List Erin Elizabeth McKee CD Port Moresby September 26, 2019
 Paraguay List M. Lee McClenny CD Asunción December 21, 2017
 Peru List Krishna Urs CD Lima August 3, 2017
 Philippines[58] List Sung Y. Kim CD Manila [39] September 28, 2016
 Poland List Georgette Mosbacher PA Warsaw [40] September 6, 2018
 Portugal List George Edward Glass PA Lisbon [41] August 3, 2017
 Qatar List Vacant since June 20, 2017
William Grant, Chargé d'Affaires a.i[61] 		(N/A) Doha
 Romania List Hans G. Klemm[62] CD Bucharest August 5, 2015
 Russia List Vacant since October 2019
Julie Fisher, Chargé d'Affaires a.i[63] 		N/A Moscow [42]
 Rwanda List Peter H. Vrooman CD Kigali February 15, 2018
 Saint Kitts and Nevis[11] List Linda Swartz Taglialatela[12] CD Bridgetown December 9, 2015
 Saint Lucia[11] List Linda Swartz Taglialatela[12] CD Bridgetown December 9, 2015
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines[11] List Linda Swartz Taglialatela[12] CD Bridgetown December 9, 2015
 Samoa[55] List Scott Brown PA Matafele Apia June 8, 2017
 San Marino[44] List Lewis Eisenberg PA Florence [43]
San Marino VPP 		August 3, 2017
 São Tomé and Príncipe[37] List Vacant since March 2019
Robert E. Whitehead, Chargé d'Affaires a.i[38] 		CD Libreville
 Saudi Arabia List John P. Abizaid[64] PA Riyadh June 16, 2019
 Senegal[41] List Tulinabo S. Mushingi CD Dakar May 18, 2017
 Serbia List Anthony Godfrey CD Belgrade September 26, 2019
 Seychelles[51] List David Dale Reimer CD Port Louis November 2, 2017
 Sierra Leone List Maria Brewer CD Freetown August 3, 2017
 Singapore List Vacant since January 20, 2017 [65]
Rafik Mansour, Chargé d'Affaires a.i[66] 		(N/A) Singapore
 Slovakia List Bridget A. Brink CD Bratislava May 23, 2019
 Slovenia List Lynda Blanchard PA Ljubljana July 18, 2019
 Solomon Islands[60] List Erin Elizabeth McKee CD Port Moresby September 26, 2019
 Somalia[67][68] List Donald Y. Yamamoto CD Somalia VPP October 11, 2018
 South Africa List Lana Marks[69] PA Pretoria [44] September 26, 2019
 South Korea List Harry B. Harris Jr. PA Seoul [45] June 28, 2018
 South Sudan List Thomas Hushek CD Juba [46] April 26, 2018
 Spain[10] List Duke Buchan PA Madrid November 2, 2017
 Sri Lanka[48] List Alaina Teplitz CD Colombo September 6, 2018
 Sudan[70] List Vacant since February 7, 1996
Steven Koutsis, Chargé d'Affaires a.i [71] 		(N/A) Khartoum
 Suriname List Karen L. Williams CD Paramaribo August 22, 2018
 Sweden List Ken Howery[72] PA Stockholm September 17, 2019
  Switzerland[47] List Ed McMullen PA Bern November 2, 2017
 Syria[73] List Vacant since February 28, 2014
Joel Rayburn, Special Envoy 		(N/A) Damascus
 Taiwan Since January 19, 1979, diplomatic relations have been carried out by the American Institute in Taiwan
Taipei Office
 Tajikistan List John Mark Pommersheim CD Dushanbe January 2, 2019
 Tanzania List Vacant since October 2016
Inmi Patterson, Chargé d'Affaires a.i [74] 		(N/A) Dar es Salaam [47]
 Thailand List Vacant since September 2018[75]
Peter Haymond, Chargé d'Affaires a.i [76] 		(N/A) Bangkok [48]
 Togo List Eric Williams Stromayer CD Lomé January 2, 2019
 Tonga[35] List Joseph Cella PA Tonga September 24, 2019
 Trinidad and Tobago List Joseph N. Mondello PA Port of Spain June 28, 2018
 Tunisia List Donald Armin Blome CD Tunis January 2, 2019
 Turkey List Vacant since October 15, 2017[77]
Jeffrey M. Hovenier, Chargé d'Affaires a.i [78] 		(N/A) Ankara
 Turkmenistan List Matthew Klimow CD Ashgabat May 24, 2019
 Tuvalu[35] List Joseph Cella PA Suva September 24, 2019
 Uganda List Deborah R. Malac CD Kampala November 19, 2015
 Ukraine List Vacant since May 20, 2019
William B. Taylor Jr., Chargé d'Affaires a.i 		CD Kiev [49]
 United Arab Emirates List John Rakolta PA Abu Dhabi [50] September 17, 2019
 United Kingdom[79] List Woody Johnson PA London [51] August 3, 2017
 Uruguay List Kenneth S. George CD Montevideo August 1, 2019
 Uzbekistan List Daniel N. Rosenblum CD Tashkent April 11, 2019
 Vanuatu[60] List Erin Elizabeth McKee CD Port Moresby September 26, 2019
 Venezuela List Vacant since July 16, 2010 [80]
James Story, Chargé d'Affaires a.i. [81] 		(N/A) Caracas [52]
 Vietnam List Daniel J. Kritenbrink CD Hanoi October 26, 2017
 Yemen List Christopher P. Henzel CD Sana’a January 2, 2019
 Zambia List Daniel Lewis Foote CD Lusaka November 2, 2017
 Zimbabwe List Brian A. Nichols CD Harare June 28, 2018
 Abkhazia The Republic of Abkhazia is not recognized by the United Nations or by the United States.
 Northern Cyprus The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus is not recognized by the United Nations or by the United States.
 Palestine The Palestinian State is not recognized by the United States.
 Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic is not recognized by the United Nations or by the United States[82]
 South Ossetia The Republic of South Ossetia is not recognized by the United Nations or by the United States.

Ambassadors to international organizations

Current ambassadors from the United States to international organizations:

Host organization List Location Ambassador Background Website Confirmed
African Union List Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Mary Beth Leonard CD Addis Ababa June 29, 2016
Association of Southeast Asian Nations List Jakarta, Indonesia Vacant since January 20, 2017
Jane Bocklage, Chargé d'Affaires a.i [83] 		(N/A) Jakarta
Conference on Disarmament List Geneva, Switzerland Robert Wood CD Geneva July 15, 2014
European Union List Brussels, Belgium Gordon Sondland PA Brussels [53] June 29, 2018
International Civil Aviation Organization List Montreal, Quebec, Canada Thomas L. Carter PA Montreal November 2, 2017
North Atlantic Treaty Organization List Brussels, Belgium Kay Bailey Hutchison PA Brussels August 3, 2017
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development List Paris, France Vacant since January 20, 2017[84]
Andrew Haviland, Chargé d'Affaires a.i [85] 		(N/A) Paris
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons[86] List The Hague, Netherlands Kenneth Ward [87] CD The Hague December 7, 2015
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe List Vienna, Austria Vacant since January 20, 2017[88]
Harry Kamian, Chargé d'Affaires a.i [89] 		(N/A) Vienna [54]
Organization of American States List Washington, D.C., United States Carlos Trujillo PA Washington, D.C. March 22, 2018
United Nations List New York, United States Kelly Craft New York City July 31, 2019
United Nations (Deputy) List Washington, D.C., United States Jonathan R. Cohen[90] CD New York City May 24, 2018
United Nations (Management and Reform) List New York, United States Cherith Norman Chalet PA New York City September 12, 2018
United Nations (Special Political Affairs) List New York, United States Vacant since January 20, 2017 (N/A) New York City
United Nations Economic and Social Council List New York, United States Kelley Eckels Currie PA New York City August 3, 2017
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
-- U.S. withdrew from UNESCO effective December 31, 2018 [91][92] 		List Paris, France Vacant since January 20, 2017 (N/A) Paris
United Nations Human Rights Council
-- On June 19, 2018 the U.S. announced it was withdrawing from the UN-HRC [93] 		List Geneva, Switzerland Vacant since January 20, 2017
Mark Cassayre, Chargé d'Affaires a.i [94] 		(N/A) Geneva
United Nations International Organizations in Geneva List Geneva, Switzerland Vacant since January 20, 2017[95]
Mark Cassayre, Chargé d'Affaires a.i [94] 		(N/A) Geneva
United Nations International Organizations in Nairobi List Nairobi, Kenya Robert F. Godec CD Nairobi January 2, 2013
United Nations International Organizations in Rome (U.N. Agencies for Food & Agriculture) List Rome, Italy Kip Tom PA Rome April 11, 2019
United Nations International Organizations in Vienna List Vienna, Austria Jackie Wolcott CD Vienna September 24, 2018

Ambassadors-at-Large

Current Ambassadors-at-Large from the United States with worldwide responsibility:[96][97]

Portfolio List Ambassador Background Website Confirmed
Counterterrorism (Coordinator) List Nathan Alexander Sales PA [55] August 3, 2017
Global AIDS Combat[98] (Coordinator) List Deborah L. Birx PA [56] April 4, 2014
Global Criminal Justice List Todd F. Buchwald CD [57] December 30, 2015
Global Women's Issues List Vacant since Jan. 2017 (N/A) [58]
International Religious Freedom List Sam Brownback PA [59] January 24, 2018
Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (Director) List John C. Richmond PA [60] October 11, 2018

Other Chiefs of Mission

Senior diplomatic representatives of the United States hosted in posts other than embassies. Unlike other consulates, these persons report directly to the Secretary of State.

Host country List Ambassador Title Website Appointed
 Curaçao[99] List Margaret Hawthorne Consul General and Chief of Mission Curaçao April 2016
 Hong Kong[100] List Kurt Tong Consul General and Chief of Mission Hong Kong [61] August 27, 2016
Template:Country data Jerusalem[101] List Karen Sasahara Consul General and Chief of Mission Jerusalem [62] August 2018
 Macau[100] List Kurt Tong Consul General and Chief of Mission Hong Kong [63] August 27, 2016
 Taiwan List William Brent Christensen Director Taipei [64] August 11, 2018

Special Envoys, Representatives and Coordinators

These diplomatic officials report directly to the Secretary of State. Many oversee a portfolio not restricted to one nation, often an overall goal, and are not usually subject to Senate confirmation.[102][97][103] Unlike the State Department offices and diplomats listed in other sections of this Article, the offices and special envoys/representatives/coordinators listed in this Section are created and staffed by direction of top Federal Executive administrators - primarily U.S. Presidents and Secretaries of State - whose political or organizational management philosophies may not be shared by their successors.[104][105][106] As such, many of these positions may go unfilled upon assumption of office by successor Presidential Administrations, with their offices sometimes merged with or subsumed into other offices, or abolished altogether.

Portfolio Officeholder (Title) Website Appointed
Afghanistan and Pakistan — S/SRAP office disestablished June 2017, its duties assumed by the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs[107] Alice Wells [65] June 26, 2017
Arctic Region — In 2017 it was announced this office's functions would be subsumed into the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs[105] Vacant since January 20, 2017
(Special Representative) [108] 		[66]
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Matthew Matthews [109]
(Senior Official) 		[67] May 17, 2015
Assistance to Europe, Eurasia, and Central Asia Vacant (Coordinator) [110] [68]
Biological & Toxin Weapons Convention Issues Robert Wood[111] (Special Representative) [69] October 2, 2014
Burma — In 2017 it was announced this office's functions would be subsumed into the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs[105] Vacant since November 19, 2014
(Senior Advisor) 		[70]
Central African Republic[112] Vacant since 2015
(Special Representative) 		[71]
Civil Society and Emerging Democracies Vacant since October 31, 2014 (Coordinator) [72]
Climate Change — In 2017 it was announced this office's functions would be subsumed into the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs[105] Vacant since January 20, 2017
(Special Envoy) 		[73]
Closure of the Guantánamo Detention Facility — In 2017 it was announced this office would be disestablished, and any of its functions deemed still necessary would be assumed by the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs[106] Vacant since January 20, 2017
(Special Envoy) 		[74]
Commercial and Business Affairs Vacant (Special Representative)
Scott Ticknor, acting 		[75]
Conference on Disarmament Robert Wood (Special Representative) [76] October 2, 2014
Counterterrorism Nathan A. Sales[113] (Coordinator)[114] [77] August 10, 2017
Cyber Issues — In 2017 it was announced the coordinator position for this office would be discontinued, and its functions subsumed into the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs[106] Vacant since July 2017[115][116] (Coordinator) [78]
Environment and Water Resources — In 2017 it was announced the assistant secretary for oceans and international environmental and scientific affairs would be dual-hatted as the special representative for environment and water resources.[106] Vacant since January 2017
(Special Representative) 		[79]
Fissile Material Negotiator Michael Guhin (Senior Cutoff Coordinator) [80][117] August 10, 2009
Global Coalition to Counter ISIL Vacant since December 31, 2018 [118][119]
(Special Presidential Envoy) 		[81]
Global Criminal Justice Todd Buchwald (Special Coordinator) [82] December 30, 2015
Global Engagement Center Vacant (Coordinator)
Daniel Kimmage, acting 		[83]
Global Food Security — In 2017 it was reported that this office would be moved to USAID[105] Vacant (Special Representative)
Ted Lyng, acting 		[84]
Global Health Diplomacy[98] Deborah L. Birx
(Special Representative/Ambassador) 		[85] April 14, 2014
Global Partnerships — In 2017 it was reported this position would be cut and its duties of the office subsumed into the Office of Management Policy, Rightsizing, and Innovation.[106] Vacant (Special Representative)
Thomas Debass, acting 		[86]
Global Youth Issues — In 2017 it was reported this position would be cut and the duties of the office transferred to the Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs[106] Andy Rabens (Special Advisor) [87] October 19, 2014
Great Lakes Region of Africa J. Peter Pham (Special Envoy) [88] November 2018
Haiti Kenneth Merten (Special Coordinator) [89] August 17, 2015
Holocaust Issues Thomas K. Yazdgerdi (Special Envoy)
Stu Eizenstat (Special Advisor) 		[90] August 22, 2016
December 18, 2013
Hostage Affairs Robert C. O'Brien
(Special Presidential Envoy) 		[91] May 25, 2018
Human Rights of LGBTI Persons Vacant since November 2017[120]
(Special Envoy) 		[92]
International Communications and Information Policy (Advisory Committee) Vacant (Coordinator/Ambassador) [93]
International Disabilities Rights Vacant (Special Advisor) [94]
International Energy Affairs Vacant (Special Envoy and Coordinator)
Mary Warlick acting 		[95]
International Information Programs Vacant (Coordinator)
Jonathan Henick, acting 		[96]
International Information Technology Diplomacy Vacant (Senior Coordinator) [97]
International Labor Affairs Vacant (Special Representative) [98]
Iran Nuclear Implementation Vacant(Coordinator) [99]
Israel and the Palestinian Authority Frederick Rudesheim
(Security Coordinator) 		[100] January 2015
Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations Frank Lowenstein (Special Envoy) [101] July 1, 2014
Knowledge Management Vacant (Senior Coordinator) [102]
Libya Vacant since January 20, 2017
(Special Envoy)
Middle East Transitions Vacant (Special Coordinator) [103]
Minsk Vacant (Senior Representative) [104]
Monitor and Combat Anti-semitism Vacant (Special Envoy) [105]
Muslim Communities Vacant (Special Representative) [106]
Nonproliferation and Arms Control Vacant since June 10, 2010
(Special Advisor) 		[107]
North Korea Policy Joseph Yun (Special Representative) [108] October 17, 2016
North Korean Human Rights Issues Vacant (Special Envoy) [109]
Northern Ireland Issues Vacant (Presidential Representative) [110]
Nuclear Nonproliferation Vacant (Special Representative of the President/Ambassador) [111]
Organization of Islamic Cooperation Vacant since February 13, 2015
(Special Envoy) 		[112]
Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review Vacant since July 6, 2015
(Special Representative) 		[113]
Religion and Global Affairs [121][122][123] Vacant (Special Representative) [114]
Religious Minorities in the Near East and South/Central Asia Knox Thames[124] (Special Envoy) [115] [116] September 28, 2015
Sanctions Policy Vacant (Coordinator) [117]
Science and Technology Vacant (Advisor) [118]
Secretary Initiatives Vacant (Special Advisor)
Senior Advisor to the Secretary Vacant (Senior Advisor)
Six-Party Talks (2003-2009) on North Korea's development of weapons of mass destruction[125] Vacant since September 2015
(Special Envoy) 		[119]
Somalia Vacant since 2015 [126]
(Special Representative) 		[120]
Sudan and South Sudan Vacant since January 2017 [127][128]
(Special Envoy) 		[121]
Syria Vacant since April 2018[129]
(Special Envoy) 		[122]
Threat Reduction Programs Vacant since 2017 (Coordinator/Ambassador) [123]
Tibetan Issues[130] Vacant (Special Coordinator) [124]
Transparency (Coordinator)[131][132] - office may have been disestablished; no public record of activity after 2016 located/identified Vacant (Coordinator) Archived[131]
Ukraine Negotiations Vacant (Special Representative) [125]
Western Balkans Matthew Palmer (Special Representative) [126] August 30, 2019

Nations without exchange of ambassadors

  • Bhutan: According to the U.S. State Department, "The United States and the Kingdom of Bhutan have not established formal diplomatic relations; however, the two governments have informal and cordial relations".[133] Informal contact with the nation of Bhutan is maintained through the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi.[133]
  • Iran: On April 7, 1980, the United States broke diplomatic relations with Iran after the 1979 Iranian Revolution.[134] On April 24, 1981, the Swiss government assumed representation of U.S. interests in Tehran, and Algeria assumed representation of Iranian interests in the United States.[135] Currently, Iranian interests in the United States are represented by the government of Pakistan. The U.S. Department of State named Iran a "State Sponsor of Terrorism" on January 19, 1984.[136]
  • North Korea: The Democratic People's Republic of Korea is not on friendly terms with the United States, and while talks between the two countries are ongoing, there is no exchange of ambassadors. Sweden functions as Protective Power for the United States in Pyongyang and performs limited consular responsibilities for U.S. citizens in North Korea.[137]
  • Taiwan: With the normalization of relations with the People's Republic of China in 1979, the United States has not maintained 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 twelve other U.S. cities. The Taipei Office of the American Institute in Taiwan, a non-profit, public corporation, functions as a de facto embassy, performing most consular functions and staffed by Foreign Service Officers who are formally "on leave."[138]

Selected past ambassadors

Many well-known individuals have served the United States as ambassadors, or in formerly analogous positions such as envoy, including several who also became President of the United States (indicated in boldface below). Some notable ambassadors have included:

Ambassadors killed in office

Eight United States Ambassadors have been killed in office – six of them by armed attack and the other two in plane crashes.[139]

Name Ambassador to Place Country Date of death Killed by
Laurence Steinhardt Canada Ramsayville, Ontario  Canada March 28, 1950 plane crash
John Mein Guatemala Guatemala City  Guatemala August 28, 1968 attack by Rebel Armed Forces
Cleo Noel Sudan Khartoum  Sudan March 2, 1973 attack by Black September Palestinian Terrorists
Rodger Davies Cyprus Nicosia  Cyprus August 19, 1974 attack during Greek Cypriot demonstration
Francis Meloy Lebanon Beirut  Lebanon June 16, 1976 attack by Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
Adolph Dubs Afghanistan Kabul  Afghanistan February 14, 1979 attack by Settam-e-Melli
Arnold Raphel Pakistan Bahawalpur  Pakistan August 17, 1988 plane crash
Chris Stevens Libya Benghazi  Libya September 11, 2012 attack by Ansar al-Sharia on a U.S. diplomatic mission

Ambassadors to past countries

See also

Notes and references

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  48. ^ a b One ambassador, resident at Colombo, is accredited to Maldives and Sri Lanka.
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  51. ^ a b One ambassador, resident at Port Louis, is accredited to Mauritius and Seychelles.
  52. ^ 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 Archived June 4, 2019, at the Wayback Machine, U.S. Embassy in France: U.S. Diplomatic Mission to Monaco Archived July 7, 2018, at the Wayback Machine.
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  55. ^ a b One ambassador, resident at Wellington, is accredited to New Zealand and Samoa.
  56. ^ 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.
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