Updated: June 4, 2026
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Total Appointments: 101
Career Appointments: 9/8.9%
Political/Other Appointments: 92/91.1%
The list below is alphabetized by country name. Click on a letter to jump down to the first country on the list whose name begins with that letter.
Names in italic are still awaiting confirmation. Note that AFSA counts nominees from the Civil Service as political appointments, as they are not from the career Foreign Service.
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| Post | Ambassador | Career/Political |
|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | ||
| African Union | ||
| Albania | Eric Wendt | Other |
| Algeria | ||
| Angola | ||
| Argentina | Peter Lamelas | Other |
| Armenia | ||
| ASEAN | Yeouk Kevin Kim | Other |
| Australia | David Brat | Other |
| Austria | Arthur Fisher | Other |
| Azerbaijan | Alexander Alden | Other |
| Bahamas | Herschel Walker | Other |
| Bahrain | Stephanie Hallett | Career |
| Bangladesh | Brent Christensen | Career |
| Barbados (Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines) | ||
| Belarus | ||
| Belgium | William White | Other |
| Belize | Rudolph Bauer | Other |
| Benin | ||
| Bolivia | ||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Ronald Johnson | Other |
| Botswana | ||
| Brazil | Daniel Perez | Other |
| Brunei Darussalam | ||
| Bulgaria | Douglas Holder | Other |
| Burkina Faso | ||
| Burma | ||
| Burundi | ||
| Cabo Verde | ||
| Cambodia | Christopher Anderson | Other |
| Cameroon | ||
| Canada | Peter Hoekstra | Other |
| Central African Republic | ||
| Chad | ||
| Chile | Brandon Judd | Other |
| China | David Perdue | Other |
| Colombia | Nathaniel Morris | Other |
| Congo (DR) | ||
| Congo (Republic of) | ||
| Costa Rica | Melinda Hildebrand | Other |
| Côte d'Ivoire | ||
| Croatia | Nicole McGraw | Other |
| Cuba | ||
| Cyprus | John Breslow | Other |
| Czech Republic | Nicholas Merrick | Other |
| Denmark | Kenneth Howery | Other |
| Djibouti | ||
| Dominican Republic | Leah Francis Campos | Other |
| Ecuador | Peter Snyder | Other |
| Egypt | Nick Oberheiden | Other |
| El Salvador | Mark Abreu | Other |
| Equatorial Guinea | Stanley Brown | Other |
| Eritrea | ||
| Estonia | Roman Pipko | Other |
| Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) | ||
| Ethiopia | ||
| European Union | Andrew Puzder | Other |
| Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga, & Tuvalu | ||
| Finland | Howard Brodie | Other |
| France & Monaco | Charles Kushner | Other |
| Gabon and São Tomé & Principe | ||
| The Gambia | Laurence Socha | Career |
| Georgia | ||
| Germany | ||
| Ghana | ||
| Greece | Kimberly Guilfoyle | Other |
| Guatemala | Juan Rodriguez | Other |
| Guinea | ||
| Guyana | ||
| Haiti | ||
| Holy See | Brian Burch | Other |
| Honduras | ||
| Hungary | Benjamin Landa | Other |
| ICAO | Jeffrey Anderson | Other |
| Iceland | William Long | Other |
| India | Sergio Gor | Other |
| Indonesia | William Grayson | Other |
| Iraq | ||
| Ireland | Edward Walsh | Other |
| Israel | Mike Huckabee | Other |
| Italy & San Marino | Tilman Fertitta | Other |
| Jamaica | Kari Lake | Other |
| Japan | George Glass | Other |
| Jordan | James Holtsnider | Career |
| Kazakhstan | Julie Stufft | Career |
| Kenya | Henry Wooster | Career |
| Kosovo | ||
| Kuwait | ||
| Kyrgyz Republic | ||
| Laos | ||
| Latvia | Melissa Argyros | Other |
| Lebanon | Michel Issa | Other |
| Lesotho | ||
| Liberia | ||
| Libya | ||
| Lithuania | Keith Noreika | Other |
| Luxembourg | Stacey Feinberg | Other |
| Madagascar & Comoros | ||
| Malawi | ||
| Malaysia | ||
| Maldives | ||
| Mali | ||
| Malta | Somers Farkas | Other |
| Marshall Islands | ||
| Mauritania | ||
| Mauritius & Seychelles | ||
| Mexico | Ronald D. Johnson | Other |
| Micronesia | ||
| Moldova | Joseph Burkhalter | Other |
| Mongolia | ||
| Montenegro | Peter McCoy | Other |
| Morocco | Richard 'Duke' Buchan III | Other |
| Mozambique | ||
| Namibia | Joseph Giordano | Other |
| NATO | Matthew Whitaker | Other |
| Nepal | ||
| Netherlands | Joseph Popolo | Other |
| New Zealand & Samoa | Jared Novelly | Other |
| Nicaragua | ||
| Niger | ||
| Nigeria | ||
| North Macedonia | ||
| Norway | Michael Kavoukjian | Other |
| OAS | Leandro Rizzuto | Other |
| OECD | John Hurley | Other |
| Oman | ||
| OPCW | ||
| OSCE | Darrell Owens | Other |
| Pakistan | ||
| Palau | ||
| Panama | Kevin Cabrera | Other |
| Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands & Vanuatu | ||
| Paraguay | Paul Kalmbach | Other |
| Peru | Bernardo Navarro | Other |
| Philippines | Lee Lipton | Other |
| Poland | Thomas Rose | Other |
| Portugal | John Arrigo | Other |
| Qatar | ||
| Romania | Darryl Nirenberg | Other |
| Russia | ||
| Rwanda | ||
| Saudi Arabia | ||
| Senegal & Guinea-Bissau | ||
| Serbia | Michael Young | Other |
| Sierra Leone | Daniel Travis | Career |
| Singapore | Anjani Sinha | Other |
| Slovakia | Douglas Mastriano | Other |
| Slovenia | Asel Roberts | Other |
| Somalia | ||
| South Africa | Leo Brent Bozell III | Other |
| South Korea | Michelle Steel | Other |
| South Sudan | ||
| Spain & Andorra | Benjamin Leon, Jr. | Other |
| Sri Lanka | Eric Meyer | Career |
| Sudan | ||
| Suriname | ||
| Sweden | Christine Toretti | Other |
| Switzerland & Liechtenstein | Callista Gingrich | Other |
| Syria | ||
| Tajikistan | ||
| Tanzania | William Trachman | Other |
| Thailand | Sean O'Neill | Career |
| Timor-Leste | ||
| Togo | ||
| Trinidad and Tobago | Jennifer Johnson-Carroll | Other |
| Tunisia | Bill Bazzi | Other |
| Türkiye | Thomas Barrack | Other |
| Turkmenistan | ||
| Uganda | ||
| Ukraine | ||
| United Arab Emirates | ||
| United Kingdom | Warren Stephens | Other |
| United Nations | Michael G. Waltz | Other |
| UN / Conf. on Disarmament | ||
| UN / Deputy Representative | Tammy Bruce | Other |
| UN / Economic & Social Council | Dan Negrea | Other |
| UN / Geneva | Todd Steggerda | Other |
| UN / Human Rights Council | ||
| UN / Management & Reform | Jeffrey Bartos | Other |
| UN / Political Affairs | Jennifer Locetta | Other |
| UN / Rome | Lynda Blanchard | Other |
| UN / Vienna (+IAEA) | Preston Wells Griffith III | Other |
| UNESCO | ||
| Uruguay | Luigi Rinaldi | Other |
| Uzbekistan | ||
| Venezuela | ||
| Vietnam | Jennifer Wicks McNamara | Other |
| Yemen | ||
| Zambia | ||
| Zimbabwe |
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