Appointments - Barack Obama

Total Appointments: 416
Career Appointments: 291/69.95%
Political Appointments: 125/30.05%

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Post Ambassador Career/Political
Afghanistan P. Michael McKinley Career
James B. Cunningham Career
Ryan Crocker Career
Karl Eikenberry Career
African Union Mary Beth Leonard Career
Reuben Brigety Political
Michael Battle Political
Albania Donald Lu Career
Alexander Arvizu Career
Algeria Joan Polaschik Career
Henry Ensher Career
Angola Helen M. La Lime Career
Christopher J. McMullen Career
Argentina Noah Mamet Political
Vilma Martinez Political
Armenia Richard Mills Career
John Heffern Career
ASEAN Nina Hachigian Political
David L. Carden Political
Australia John M. Berry Political
Jeffrey Bleich Political
Austria Alexa Wesner Political
William C. Eacho III Political
Azerbaijan Robert F. Cekuta Career
Richard Morningstar Political
Matthew Bryza Career
Bahamas Nicole Avant Political
Bahrain William V. Roebuck Career
Thomas C. Krajeski Career
Bangladesh Marcia Bernicat Career
Dan Mozena Career
Barbados (Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines) Linda Taglialatela Political
Larry Leon Palmer Career
Belarus NO APPOINTMENTS
Belgium Denise Bauer Political
Howard W. Gutman Political
Belize Carlos Moreno Political
Vinai Thummalapally Political
Benin Lucy Tamlyn Career
Michael A. Raynor Career
James Knight Career
Bolivia NO APPOINTMENTS
Bosnia and Herzegovina Maureen Cormack Career
Patrick S. Moon Career
Botswana Earl Robert Miller Career
Michelle Gavin Political
Brazil P. Michael McKinley Career
Liliana Ayalde Career
Thomas A. Shannon, Jr. Career
Brunei Darussalam Craig B. Allen Career
Daniel L. Shields III Career
Bulgaria Eric Seth Rubin Career
Marcie B. Ries Career
James B. Warlick, Jr. Career
Burkina Faso Andrew R. Young Career
Tulinabo Mushingi Career
J. Thomas Dougherty Career
Burma Scot Marciel Career
Derek Mitchell Political
Burundi Anne S. Casper Career
Pamela Slutz Career
Cabo Verde Donald Heflin Career
Adrienne S. O'Neal Career
Cambodia William Heidt Career
William E. Todd Political
Cameroon Michael Hoza Career
Robert P. Jackson Career
Canada Bruce Heyman Political
David C. Jacobson Political
Central African Republic Jeffrey J. Hawkins, Jr. Career
Lawrence D. Wohlers Career
Chad Geeta Pasi Career
James Knight Career
Mark Boulware Career
Chile Carol Z. Perez Career
Michael Hammer Career
Alejandro Daniel Wolff Career
China Max Sieben Baucus Political
Gary Locke Political
Colombia Kevin Whitaker Career
P. Michael McKinley Career
Congo (DR) James Swan Career
Congo (Republic of) Stephanie S. Sullivan Career
Christopher W. Murray Career
Costa Rica S. Fitzgerald Haney Political
Anne Slaughter Andrew Political
Cote d'Ivoire Terence McCulley Career
Philip Carter III Career
Croatia Julieta Valls Noyes Career
Kenneth H. Merten Career
James B. Foley Career
Cuba NO APPOINTMENTS
Cyprus Kathleen Ann Doherty Career
John M. Koenig Career
Czech Republic Andrew Schapiro Political
Norman L. Eisen Political
Denmark Rufus Gifford Political
Laurie S. Fulton Political
Djibouti Thomas P. Kelly Career
Geeta Pasi Career
Dominican Republic James 'Wally' Brewster, Jr. Political
Raul Yzaguirre Political
Ecuador Todd C. Chapman Career
Adam E. Namm Career
Egypt Robert S. Beecroft Career
Anne W. Patterson Career
El Salvador Jean Elizabeth Manes Career
Mari Del Carmen Aponte Political
Equatorial Guinea Julie Furuta-Toy Career
Mark L. Asquino Career
Alberto M. Fernandez Career
Eritrea NO APPOINTMENTS
Estonia James Desmond Melville, Jr. Career
Jeffrey D., Levine Career
Michael C. Polt Career
Ethiopia Patricia M. Haslach Career
Donald E. Booth Career
European Union Anthony L. Gardner Political
William Kennard Political
Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga, & Tuvalu Judith Beth Cefkin Career
Frankie Annette Reed Career
C. Steven McGann Career
Finland Charles C. Adams, Jr. Political
Bruce J. Oreck Political
France & Monaco Jane Hartley Political
Charles H. Rivkin Political
Gabon and São Tomé & Principe Cynthia Akuetteh Career
Eric D. Benjaminson Career
The Gambia C. Patricia Alsup Career
Edward M. Alford Career
Pamela Ann White Career
Georgia Ian C. Kelly Career
Richard B. Norland Career
John R. Bass Career
Germany John Emerson Political
Philip D. Murphy Political
Ghana Robert P. Jackson Career
Gene Cretz Career
Greece Geoffrey R. Pyatt Career
Daniel Bennett Smith Career
Guatemala Todd D. Robinson Career
Arnold Chacon Career
Guinea Dennis B. Hankins Career
Alexander M. Laskaris Career
Patricia N. Moller Career
Guyana Perry Holloway Career
D. Brent Hardt Career
Haiti Peter F. Mulrean Career
Pamela Ann White Career
Kenneth H. Merten Career
Holy See Kenneth Hackett Political
Miguel Humberto Diaz Political
Honduras James Nealon Career
Lisa Kubiske Career
Hungary Colleen Bradley Bell Political
Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis Political
ICAO Michael A. Lawson Political
Duane Woerth Political
Iceland Robert C. Barber Political
Luis E. Arreaga-Rodas Career
India Richard Rahul Verma Political
Nancy Jo Powell Career
Timothy Roemer Political
Indonesia Joseph R. Donovan, Jr. Career
Robert O. Blake Career
Scot A. Marciel Career
Iraq Douglas Silliman Career
Stuart E. Jones Career
Robert S. Beecroft Career
James Franklin Jeffrey Career
Christopher R. Hill Career
Ireland Kevin F. O’Malley Political
Daniel M. Rooney Political
Israel Daniel B. Shapiro Political
Italy & San Marino John Phillips Political
David H. Thorne Political
Jamaica Luis Moreno Career
Pamela Bridgewater Awkward Career
Japan Caroline Kennedy Political
John V. Roos Political
Jordan Alice Wells Career
Stuart E. Jones Career
Kazakhstan George Krol Career
Kenneth J. Fairfax Career
Kenya Robert Godec Career
J. Scott Gration Political
Kosovo Gregory Delawie Career
Tracey Ann Jacobson Career
Christopher William Dell Career
Kuwait Lawrence R. Silverman Career
Matthew H. Tueller Career
Kyrgyz Republic Sheila Gwaltney Career
Pamela Spratlen Career
Laos Rena Bitter Career
Daniel A. Clune Career
Karen B. Stewart Career
Latvia Nancy Bikoff Pettit Career
Mark A. Pekala Career
Judith G. Garber Career
Lebanon Elizabeth Holzhall Richar Career
David Hale Career
Maura Connelly Career
Lesotho Matthew T. Harrington Career
Michele Thoren Bond Career
Liberia Christine Ann Elder Career
Deborah R. Malac Career
Libya Peter W. Bodde Career
Deboray Kay Jones Career
John Christopher Stevens Career
Gene A. Cretz Career
Lithuania Anne Hall Career
Deborah A. McCarthy Career
Anne E. Derse Career
Luxembourg David McKean Political
Robert A. Mandell Political
Cynthia Stroum Political
Macedonia Jess L. Baily Career
Paul D. Wohlers Career
Madagascar & Comoros Robert T. Yamate Career
Malawi Virginia E. Palmer Career
Jeanine E. Jackson Career
Malaysia Kamala Shirin Lakhdhir Career
Joseph Y. Yun Career
Paul W. Jones Career
Mali Paul A. Folmsbee Career
Mary Beth Leonard Career
Malta G. Kathleen Hill Career
Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley Career
Douglas Kmiec Political
Marshall Islands Karen B. Stewart Career
Thomas H. Armbruster Career
Martha L. Campbell Career
Mauritania Larry E. Andre Career
Jo Ellen Powell Career
Mauritius & Seychelles Sharon Villarosa Career
Mary Jo Wills Career
Mexico Roberta Jacobson Political
Earl Anthony Wayne Career
Carlos Pascual Political
Micronesia Robert A. Riley III Career
Dorothea-Maria Rosen Career
Peter A. Prahar Career
Moldova James D. Pettit Career
William H. Moser Career
Mongolia Jennifer Zimdahl Galt Career
Piper Anne Wind Campbell Career
Jonathan S. Addleton Career
Montenegro Margaret Ann Uyehara Career
Sue K. Brown Career
Morocco Dwight L. Bush, Sr. Political
Samuel L. Kaplan Political
Mozambique H. Dean Pittman Career
Douglas M. Griffiths Career
Leslie V. Rowe Career
Namibia Thomas Daughton Career
Wanda Nesbitt Career
NATO Douglas Lute Political
Ivo Daalder Political
Nepal Alaina Teplitz Career
Peter W. Bodde Career
Scott H. DeLisi Career
Netherlands Timothy Broas Political
Fay Hartog Levin Political
New Zealand & Samoa Mark Gilbert Political
David Huebner Political
Nicaragua Laura Farnsworth Dogu Career
Phyllis M. Powers Career
Niger Eunice Reddick Career
Bisa Williams Career
Nigeria W. Stuart Symington Career
James F. Entwistle Career
Terence P. McCulley Career
Norway Samuel D. Heins Political
Barry B. White Political
OAS Carmen Lomellin Political
OECD Daniel W. Yohannes Political
Karen Kornblum Political
Oman Marc Sievers Career
Greta C. Holtz Career
Richard J. Schmierer Career
OSCE Daniel Brooks Baer Political
Ian C. Kelly Career
Pakistan David Hale Career
Richard G. Olson, Jr. Career
Cameron P. Munter Career
Palau Amy Jane Hyatt Career
Helen Reed-Rowe Career
Panama John D. Feeley Career
Jonathan D. Farrar Career
Phyllis M. Powers Career
Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands & Vanuatu Catherine Ebert-Gray Career
Walter E. North Career
Teddy B. Taylor Career
Paraguay Leslie Ann Bassett Career
James Thessin Political
Peru Brian A. Nichols Career
Rose M. Likins Career
Philippines Sung Y. Kim Career
Philip S. Goldberg Career
Harry K. Thomas, Jr. Career
Poland Paul W. Jones Career
Stephen D. Mull Career
Lee A. Feinstein Political
Portugal Robert A. Sherman Political
Allan J. Katz Political
Qatar Dana Shell Smith Career
Susan L. Ziadeh Career
Romania Hans G. Klemm Career
Mark Gitenstein Political
Russia John Tefft Political
Michael McFaul Political
Rwanda Erica Barks-Ruggles Career
Donald W. Koran Career
Saudi Arabia Joseph W. Westphal Political
James B. Smith Political
Senegal & Guinea-Bissau James P. Zumwalt Career
Lewis A. Lukens Career
Serbia Kyle R. Scott Career
Michael D. Kirby Career
Mary Burce Warlick Career
Sierra Leone John Hoover Career
Michael S. Owen Career
Singapore Kirk Wagar Political
David Adelman Political
Slovakia Adam Sterling Career
Theodore Sedgwick Political
Slovenia Brent Robert Hartley Career
Joseph A. Mussomeli Career
Somalia Stephen Michael Schwartz Career
South Africa Patrick Gaspard Political
Donald H. Gips Political
South Korea Mark Lippert Political
Sung Y. Kim Career
South Sudan Mary Catherine Phee Career
Susan Page Political
Spain & Andorra James Costos Political
Alan D. Solomont Political
Sri Lanka & Maldives Atul Keshap Career
Michele J. Sison Career
Patricia A. Butenis Career
Sudan NO APPOINTMENTS
Suriname Edwin Richard Nolan, Jr. Career
Jay N. Anania Career
John R. Nay Career
Swaziland Lisa J. Peterson Career
Makila James Career
Earl M. Irving Career
Sweden Azita Raji Political
Mark F. Brzezinski Political
Matthew W. Barzun Political
Switzerland & Liechtenstein Suzan LeVine Political
Donald S. Beyer Political
Syria Robert S. Ford Career
Tajikistan Elisabeth I. Millard Career
Susan M. Elliott Career
Kenneth E. Gross, Jr. Career
Tanzania Mark Childress Political
Alfonso E. Lenhardt Political
Thailand Glyn T. Davies Career
Kristie Ann Kenney Career
Timor-Leste Karen Clark Stanton Career
Judith Fergin Career
Togo David R. Gilmour Career
Robert E. Whitehead Career
Trinidad and Tobago John Estrada Political
Beatrice W. Welters Political
Tunisia Daniel Rubinstein Career
Jacob Walles Career
Gordon Gray Career
Turkey John R. Bass Career
Francis J. Ricciardone Career
Turkmenistan Allan Mustard Career
Robert E. Patterson, Jr. Career
Uganda Deborah R. Malac Career
Scott H. DeLisi Career
Jerry P. Lanier Career
Ukraine Marie L. Yovanovitch Career
Geoffrey R. Pyatt Career
John F. Tefft Career
United Arab Emirates Barbara A. Leaf Career
Michael H. Corbin Career
United Kingdom Matthew W. Barzun Political
Louis B. Susman Political
United Nations Samantha Power Political
Susan Rice Political
UN / Conf. on Disarmament Robert A. Wood Career
Laura E. Kennedy Career
UN / Deputy Representative Michele Sison Career
Brooke Anderson Political
UN / Economic & Social Council Sarah Elizabeth Mendelson Political
Elizabeth M. Cousens Political
UN / Geneva Pamela K. Hamamoto Political
Betty King Political
UN / Human Rights Council Keith M. Harper Political
Peter Mulrean Career
Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe Political
UN / Management & Reform Isobel Coleman Political
Joseph Torsella Political
UN / Political Affairs David Pressman Political
Jeffrey DeLaurentis Career
UN / Rome David Lane Political
Ertharin Cousin Political
UN / Vienna (IAEA) Laura S.H. Holgate Political
Joseph Macmanus Career
Glyn Davies Career
UNESCO Crystal Nix-Hines Political
David Killion Political
Uruguay Kelly Keiderling-Franz Career
Julissa Reynoso Political
David D. Nelson Career
Uzbekista Pamela Spratlen Career
George A. Krol Career
Venezuela NO APPOINTMENTS
Vietnam Theodore G. Osius III Career
David B. Shear Career
Yemen Matthew Tueller Career
Gerald Feierstein Career
Zambia Eric T. Schultz Career
Mark C. Storella Career
Zimbabwe Harry K. Thomas, Jr. Career
David B. Wharton Career
Charles A. Ray Career

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