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Appointments - Joseph R. Biden
Updated: January 10, 2022
Total Appointments: 83
Career Appointments: 32/38.6%
Other Appointments: 51/61.4%
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 italics are still awaiting confirmation. Note that AFSA counts nominees from the Civil Service as well as recalled Foreign Service members as political appointments, as they are not from the active career Foreign Service.
a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | i | j | k | l | m | n | o | p | q | r | s | t | u | v | y | z
| Post | Ambassador | Career/Other |
|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | ||
| African Union | ||
| Albania | ||
| Algeria | Elizabeth Aubin | Career |
| Angola and São Tomé & Principe | Tulinabo Mushingi | Career |
| Argentina | Marc Stanley | Other (Political) |
| Armenia | ||
| ASEAN | ||
| Australia | Caroline Kennedy | Other (Political) |
| Austria | Victoria Reggie Kennedy | Other (Political) |
| Azerbaijan | ||
| Bahamas | ||
| Bahrain | Steven Bondy | Career |
| Bangladesh | Peter D. Haas | Career |
| Barbados (Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines) | ||
| Belarus | ||
| Belgium | Michael Adler | Other (Political) |
| Belize | Michelle Kwan | Other (Political) |
| Benin | Brian Wesley Shukan | Career |
| Bolivia | ||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Michael J. Murphy | Career |
| Botswana | Howard A. Van Vranken | Career |
| Brazil | ||
| Brunei Darussalam | Caryn McClelland | Career |
| Bulgaria | ||
| Burkina Faso | ||
| Burma | ||
| Burundi | ||
| Cabo Verde | ||
| Cambodia | ||
| Cameroon | Christopher Lamora | Career |
| Canada | David Cohen | Other (Political) |
| Central African Republic | Patricia Mahoney | Career |
| Chad | ||
| Chile | Bernadette Meehan | Other (Former FS) |
| China | R. Nicholas Burns | Other (retired FS) |
| Colombia | ||
| Congo (DR) | ||
| Congo (Republic of) | Eugene S. Young | Career |
| Costa Rica | Cynthia Ann Telles | Other (Political) |
| Côte d'Ivoire | ||
| Croatia | ||
| Cuba | ||
| Cyprus | ||
| Czech Republic | ||
| Denmark | ||
| Djibouti | ||
| Dominican Republic | Calvin Smyre | Other (Political) |
| Ecuador | ||
| Egypt | ||
| El Salvador | ||
| Equatorial Guinea | David R. Gilmour | Career |
| Eritrea | ||
| Estonia | ||
| Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) | ||
| Ethiopia | ||
| European Union | Mark Gitenstein | Other (Political) |
| Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga, & Tuvalu | ||
| Finland | Douglas T. Hickey | Other (Political) |
| France & Monaco | Denise Bauer | Other (Political) |
| Gabon | ||
| The Gambia | Sharon Cromer | Career |
| Georgia | ||
| Germany | Amy Gutmann | Other (Political) |
| Ghana | Virginia Palmer | Career |
| Greece | George Tsunis | Other (Political) |
| Guatemala | ||
| Guinea | Troy Fitrell | Career |
| Guyana | ||
| Haiti | ||
| Holy See | Joseph Donnelly | Other (Political) |
| Honduras | Laura Farnsworth Dogu | Career |
| Hungary | ||
| IAEA | Laura S.H. Holgate | Other (Political) |
| ICAO | C.B. 'Sully' Sullenberger | Other (Political) |
| Iceland | ||
| India | Eric Garcetti | Other (Political) |
| Indonesia | ||
| Iraq | Alina Romanowski | Other (Civil Service) |
| Ireland | Claire Cronin | Other (Political) |
| Israel | Thomas Nides | Other (Political) |
| Italy & San Marino | ||
| Jamaica | N. Nickolas Perry | Other (Political) |
| Japan | Rahm Emanuel | Other (Political) |
| Jordan | ||
| Kazakhstan | ||
| Kenya | Margaret 'Meg' Whitman | Other (Political) |
| Kosovo | Jeffrey Hovenier | Career |
| Kuwait | ||
| Kyrgyz Republic | ||
| Laos | ||
| Latvia | ||
| Lebanon | ||
| Lesotho | Maria Brewer | Career |
| Liberia | ||
| Libya | ||
| Lithuania | ||
| Luxembourg | Thomas Barrett | Other (Political) |
| Madagascar & Comoros | Claire Pierangelo | Career |
| Malawi | David John Young | Career |
| Malaysia | ||
| Maldives | ||
| Mali | ||
| Malta | Constance Milstein | Other (Political) |
| Marshall Islands | ||
| Mauritania | ||
| Mauritius & Seychelles | ||
| Mexico | Kenneth Lee Salazar | Other (Political) |
| Micronesia | ||
| Moldova | Kent Doyle Logsdon | Career |
| Mongolia | ||
| Montenegro | ||
| Morocco | ||
| Mozambique | Peter Hendrick Vrooman | Career |
| Namibia | ||
| NATO | Julianne Smith | Other (Political) |
| Nepal | ||
| Netherlands | ||
| New Zealand & Samoa | Tom Udall | Other (Political) |
| Nicaragua | ||
| Niger | ||
| Nigeria | ||
| North Macedonia | ||
| Norway | Marc Nathanson | Other (Political) |
| OAS | Francisco O. Mora | Other (Political) |
| OECD | Jack Markell | Other (Political) |
| Oman | ||
| OPCW | ||
| OSCE | Michael Carpenter | Other (Former FS) |
| Pakistan | Donald Armin Blome | Career |
| Palau | ||
| Panama | Mari Carmen Aponte | Other (Political) |
| Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands & Vanuatu | ||
| Paraguay | Marc Ostfield | Other (Civil Service) |
| Peru | ||
| Philippines | ||
| Poland | Mark Brzezinski | Other (Political) |
| Portugal | Randi Charno Levine | Other (Political) |
| Qatar | ||
| Romania | ||
| Russia | ||
| Rwanda | ||
| Saudi Arabia | ||
| Senegal & Guinea-Bissau | Michael Raynor | Career |
| Serbia | Christopher R. Hill | Other (Retired FS) |
| Sierra Leone | ||
| Singapore | Jonathan Eric Kaplan | Other (Political) |
| Slovakia | ||
| Slovenia | Jamie L. Harpootlian | Other (Political) |
| Somalia | Larry Andre | Career |
| South Africa | ||
| South Korea | ||
| South Sudan | ||
| Spain & Andorra | Julissa Reynoso Pantaleon | Other (Political) |
| Sri Lanka | Julie Chung | Career |
| Sudan | ||
| Suriname | ||
| Sweden | Erik Ramanathan | Other (Political) |
| Switzerland & Liechtenstein | Scott Miller | Other (Political) |
| Syria | ||
| Tajikistan | ||
| Tanzania | Michael Battle | Other (Political) |
| Thailand | ||
| Timor-Leste | ||
| Togo | Elizabeth Anne Noseworthy Fitzsimmons | Career |
| Trinidad and Tobago | ||
| Tunisia | ||
| Turkey | Jeffry Lane Flake | Other (Political) |
| Turkmenistan | ||
| Uganda | ||
| Ukraine | ||
| United Arab Emirates | ||
| United Kingdom | ||
| United Nations | Linda Thomas-Greenfield | Other (Recalled FS) |
| UN / Conf. on Disarmament | Bruce I. Turner | Career |
| UN / Deputy Representative | ||
| UN / Economic & Social Council | Lisa A. Carty | Other (Retired FS) |
| UN / Geneva | Bathsheba Nell Crocker | Other (Political) |
| UN / Human Rights Council | Michèle Taylor | Other (Political) |
| UN / Management & Reform | Christopher Lu | Other (Political) |
| UN / Political Affairs | Robert A. Wood | Career |
| UN / Rome | Cindy Hensley McCain | Other (Political) |
| UN / Vienna | Laura S.H. Holgate | Other (Political) |
| UNESCO | ||
| Uruguay | ||
| Uzbekistan | ||
| Venezuela | ||
| Vietnam | Marc Knapper | Career |
| Yemen | Steven H. Fagin | Career |
| Zambia | ||
| Zimbabwe |
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