Tracker: Current U.S. Ambassadors

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Welcome to the American Foreign Service Association's Ambassador Tracker. Here, AFSA presents an up-to-date overview of the status of Ambassador and senior-level foreign affairs nominations and confirmations. Our data includes the numbers on nominated and confirmed U.S. Ambassadors abroad, as well as other senior positions in the Foreign Service and related agencies. We also house historical data for previous administrations and important resources for understanding the process of nominating and confirming key positions in American diplomacy.

Whether you're an aspiring diplomat, a curious academic, or a journalist keen on understanding the current landscape of American ambassadors, our tracker offers valuable data and insights into the diplomats shaping U.S. foreign policy. Dive into the numbers and trends to gain a deeper understanding of the state of American diplomacy today.

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Updated May 2, 2025

Total Positions: 195

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.

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Post Current Ambassador Nominee Type Nominated Confirmed
Afghanistan VACANT        
African Union Stephanie S. Sullivan   Career 6/15/22 6/24/24
Albania VACANT        
Algeria Elizabeth Aubin   Career 4/19/21 12/20/21
Angola and São Tomé & Príncipe VACANT        
APEC Matthew D. Murray   Career 1/3/23 7/27/23
Argentina VACANT Peter Lamelas Other 3/24/25 pending
Armenia Kristina A. Kvien   Career 7/11/22 12/13/22
ASEAN VACANT        
Australia VACANT        
Austria VACANT Arthur Fisher Other 3/24/25 pending
Azerbaijan VACANT        
Bahamas VACANT Herschel Walker Other 3/24/25 pending
Bahrain Steven Bondy   Career 4/19/21 12/20/21
Bangladesh VACANT        
Barbados VACANT        
Belarus VACANT        
Belgium VACANT William White Other 3/24/25 pending
Belize VACANT        
Benin Brian Wesley Shukan   Career 8/11/21 12/20/21
Bolivia VACANT        
Bosnia and Herzegovina Michael J. Murphy   Career 7/20/21 12/20/21
Botswana Howard A. Van Vranken   Career 7/20/21 12/21/22
Brazil VACANT        
Brunei Darussalam Caryn McClelland   Career 7/20/21 12/20/21
Bulgaria VACANT        
Burkina Faso Joann M. Lockard   Career 7/25/23 5/2/24
Burma VACANT*        
Burundi Lisa Peterson   Career 4/17/23 5/2/24
Cabo Verde Jennifer M. Adams   Career 9/12/22 5/2/24
Cambodia VACANT        
Cameroon Christopher J. Lamora   Career 4/19/21 12/20/21
Canada Peter Hoekstra   Other 2/11/25 4/9/25
Central African Republic Patricia Mahoney   Career 7/28/21 12/20/21
Chad Alexander Mark Laskaris   Career 1/20/22 7/14/22
Chile VACANT Brandon Judd Other 3/11/25 pending
China David Perdue   Other 3/24/25 4/29/25
Colombia VACANT Daniel Newlin Other 3/24/25 pending
Congo (DR) Lucy Tamlyn   Career 6/22/22 12/20/22
Congo (Republic of) Eugene S. Young   Career 4/22/21 12/17/21
Costa Rica VACANT Melinda Hildebrand Other 3/24/25 pending
Côte d'Ivoire Jessica Davis Ba   Career 6/8/22 12/15/22
Croatia VACANT Nicole McGraw Other 3/11/25 pending
Cuba VACANT        
Cyprus Julie D. Fisher   Career 6/15/22 12/13/22
Czech Republic VACANT Nicholas Merrick Other 3/24/25 pending
Denmark VACANT Kenneth Howery Other 3/24/25 pending
Djibouti Cynthia Kierscht   Career 1/23/23 5/2/24
Dominican Republic VACANT Leah Campos Other 3/11/25 pending
Ecuador Arthur W. Brown   Career 9/6/22 5/2/24
Egypt Herro Mustafa Garg   Career 3/30/23 11/1/23
El Salvador William H. Duncan   Career 3/7/22 12/13/22
Equatorial Guinea David R. Gilmour   Career 8/11/21 12/20/21
Eritrea VACANT*        
Estonia VACANT Roman Pipko Other 3/24/25 pending
Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) VACANT        
Ethiopia Ervin Jose Massinga   Career 1/3/22 7/27/23
European Union VACANT Andrew Puzder Other 3/11/25 pending
Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru & Tuvalu Marie C. Damour   Career 5/26/22 8/4/22
Finland VACANT Howard Brodie Other 3/24/25 pending
France & Monaco VACANT Charles Kushner Other 2/11/25 pending
Gabon Vernelle Trim FitzPatrick   Career 2/27/23 11/29/23
The Gambia Sharon Cromer   Career 6/22/21 12/20/21
Georgia Robin Dunnigan   Career 2/13/23 7/27/23
Germany VACANT        
Ghana Virginia Palmer   Career 7/13/21 3/2/22
Greece VACANT Kimberly Guilfoyle Other 3/24/25 pending
Guatemala Tobin John Bradley   Career 4/26/23 12/20/23
Guinea Troy Damian Fitrell   Career 6/23/21 12/20/21
Guyana Nicole D. Theriot   Career 9/12/22 7/27/23
Haiti Dennis B. Hankins   Career 5/30/23 3/14/24
Holy See VACANT Brian Burch Other 3/11/25 pending
Honduras Laura Farnsworth Dogu   Career 11/17/21 3/10/22
Hungary VACANT        
IAEA VACANT        
ICAO VACANT        
Iceland VACANT        
India VACANT        
Indonesia Kamala Shirin Lakhdhir   Career 10/24/23 5/2/24
Iraq Alina Romanowski   Other 12/13/21 3/24/22
Ireland VACANT Edward Walsh Other 3/24/25 pending
Israel Mike Huckabee   Other 2/11/25 4/9/25
Italy & San Marino Tilman Fertitta   Other 3/11/25 4/29/25
Jamaica VACANT        
Japan George Glass   Other 2/11/25 4/8/25
Jordan VACANT        
Kazakhstan Daniel Rosenblum   Other 6/7/22 8/4/22
Kenya VACANT        
Kosovo Jeffrey Hovenier   Career 7/13/21 11/18/21
Kuwait Karen Sasahara Amer Ghalib Other 3/24/25 pending
Kyrgyz Republic Lesslie Viguerie   Career 3/7/22 9/29/22
Laos Heather Roach Variava   Career 2/13/23 11/29/23
Latvia Christopher T. Robinson Melissa Argyros Other 3/24/25 pending
Lebanon Lisa A. Johnson Michel Issa Other 3/24/25 pending
Lesotho VACANT        
Liberia Mark Toner   Career 3/30/23 5/2/24
Libya VACANT        
Lithuania Kara C. McDonald   Career 3/21/23 11/29/23
Luxembourg VACANT Stacey Feinberg Other 3/24/25 pending
Madagascar & Comoros Claire Pierangelo   Career 7/13/21 3/2/22
Malawi VACANT        
Malaysia Edgard D. Kagan   Career 5/2/23 11/8/23
Maldives Hugo Yue-Ho Yon   Career 7/28/22 7/27/23
Mali Rachna Sachdeva Korhonen   Career 4/25/22 12/13/22
Malta VACANT Somers Farkas Other 3/11/25 pending
Marshall Islands Laura Stone   Career 7/12/23 5/2/24
Mauritania VACANT        
Mauritius Henry V. Jardine   Career 7/11/22 12/13/22
Mexico Ronald Johnson   Other 2/11/25 4/9/25
Micronesia Jennifer L. Johnson   Career 1/23/23 7/27/23
Moldova VACANT        
Mongolia Richard Lee Buangan   Career 4/25/22 8/4/22
Montenegro Judy Rising Reinke   Career 7/30/18 9/6/18
Morocco VACANT Richard 'Duke' Buchan III Other 3/24/25 pending
Mozambique Peter H. Vrooman   Career 7/28/21 12/20/21
Namibia VACANT John Giordano Other 4/29/25 pending
NATO Matthew Whitaker   Other 2/11/25 4/1/25
Nepal Dean R. Thompson   Career 4/4/22 8/4/22
Netherlands VACANT Joseph Popolo Other 3/24/25 pending
New Zealand, Cook Islands and Niue VACANT Jared Novelly Other 3/24/25 pending
Nicaragua Hugo F. Rodriguez, Jr.*   Career 5/9/22 9/29/22
Niger Kathleen FitzGibbon   Career 8/4/22 7/27/23
Nigeria Richard Mills, Jr.   Career 7/28/22 5/2/24
North Macedonia Angela Price Aggeler   Career 5/26/22 8/4/22
Norway VACANT Michael Kavoukjian Other 3/24/25 pending
OAS VACANT Leandro Rizzuto Other 3/11/25 pending
OECD VACANT        
Oman Ana Escrogima   Career 1/3/23 10/17/23
OPCW Nicole Shampaine   Career 2/13/23 2/6/24
OSCE VACANT        
Pakistan Donald A. Blome   Career 10/21/21 3/1/22
Palau Joel Ehrendreich   Career 3/21/23 7/27/23
Panama Kevin Cabrera   Other 2/11/25 4/9/25
Papua New Guinea & Vanuatu Ann Marie Yastishock   Career 7/11/22 11/29/23
Paraguay Marc Ostfield   Other 6/22/21 12/20/21
Peru VACANT        
Philippines MaryKay Loss Carlson   Career 2/10/22 5/5/22
Poland VACANT Thomas Rose Other 3/24/25 pending
Portugal VACANT John Arrigo Other 3/11/25 pending
Qatar Timmy T. Davis   Career 3/30/22 8/4/22
Romania Kathleen Ann Kavalec   Career 6/7/22 12/15/22
Russia Lynne M. Tracy   Career 9/22/22 12/21/22
Rwanda Eric W. Kneedler   Career 8/4/22 7/27/23
Samoa VACANT        
Saudi Arabia VACANT        
Senegal & Guinea-Bissau Michael Raynor   Career 4/19/21 12/20/21
Serbia VACANT Mark Brnovich Other 4/29/25 pending
Seychelles VACANT        
Sierra Leone Bryan David Hunt   Career 3/6/23 7/27/23
Singapore VACANT Anjani Sinha Other 4/29/25 pending
Slovakia Gautam Rana   Career 5/26/22 8/4/22
Slovenia VACANT        
Solomon Islands VACANT        
Somalia Richard H. Riley, IV   Career 3/30/23 5/2/24
South Africa VACANT Leo Brent Bozell III Other 3/24/25 pending
South Korea VACANT        
South Sudan Michael J. Adler   Career 2/3/22 7/14/22
Spain & Andorra VACANT Benjamin Leon, Jr. Other 3/24/25 pending
Sri Lanka Julie Chung   Career 7/19/21 12/20/21
Sudan VACANT        
Suriname Robert Faucher   Career 6/8/22 12/13/22
Sweden VACANT Christine Toretti Other 3/24/25 pending
Switzerland & Liechtenstein VACANT Callista Gingrich Other 3/24/25 pending
Syria VACANT*        
Tajikistan Manuel P. Micaller, Jr.   Career 7/11/22 12/13/22
Tanzania VACANT        
Thailand Robert Godec   Career 4/5/22 8/4/22
Timor-Leste Donna Ann Welton   Career 9/8/22 5/7/24
Togo VACANT        
Tonga VACANT        
Trinidad and Tobago VACANT        
Tunisia Joey R. Hood Bill Bazzi Other 3/24/25 pending
Türkiye Thomas Barrack   Other 3/11/25 4/29/25
Turkmenistan Elizabeth Rood   Career 8/4/22 5/2/24
Uganda William W. Popp   Career 2/27/23 7/27/23
Ukraine VACANT        
United Arab Emirates Martina Strong   Career 9/19/22 7/27/23
United Kingdom Warren Stephens   Other 2/11/25 4/29/25
United Nations VACANT        
UN / Conf. on Disarmament VACANT        
UN / Deputy Representative Dorothy C. Shea   Career 1/3/23 8/1/24
UN / Economic & Social Council VACANT        
UN / Geneva VACANT        
UN / Human Rights Council VACANT        
UN / Management & Reform VACANT        
UN / Political Affairs VACANT Jennifer Locetta Other 3/24/25 pending
UN / Rome VACANT Lynda Blanchard Other 3/24/25 pending
UN / Vienna VACANT        
UNESCO VACANT        
Uruguay Heide B. Fulton Luigi Rinaldi Other 3/24/25 pending
Uzbekistan Jonathan Henick   Career 5/24/22 8/4/22
Venezuela VACANT        
Vietnam Marc Evans Knapper   Career 4/19/21 12/20/21
Yemen Steven H. Fagin   Career 12/2/21 4/7/22
Zambia Michael C. Gonzales   Career 4/26/22 8/4/22
Zimbabwe Pamela Tremont   Career 6/22/22 5/2/24

* denotes that the U.S. does not currently exchange Ambassadors with that country

+ denotes that the nominee is a retired member of the Foreign Service

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Information taken from www.whitehouse.gov and foreign.senate.gov.