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 September 25, 2023

Total Positions: 194

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 VACANT Stephanie S. Sullivan Career 6/15/22 pending
Albania VACANT David J. Kostelancik Career 1/23/23 pending
Algeria Elizabeth Aubin   Career 4/19/21 12/17/21
Angola and São Tomé & Príncipe Tulinabo Mushingi   Career 4/19/21 12/17/21
APEC Matthew D. Murray   Career 1/3/23 7/27/23
Argentina Marc Stanley   Other 8/10/21 12/17/21
Armenia Kristina A. Kvien   Career 7/11/22 12/13/22
ASEAN Yohannes Abraham   Other 5/17/22 8/4/22
Australia Caroline Kennedy   Other 1/7/22 5/5/22
Austria Victoria Reggie Kennedy   Other 8/10/21 10/26/21
Azerbaijan VACANT Mark W. Libby Career 5/26/22 pending
Bahamas VACANT Calvin Smyre Other 5/17/22 pending
Bahrain Steven Bondy   Career 4/19/21 12/17/21
Bangladesh Peter D. Haas   Career 7/13/21 12/17/21
Barbados Linda Taglialatela Roger Nyhus Other 11/15/22 pending
Belarus VACANT        
Belgium Michael Adler   Other 10/4/21 12/17/21
Belize Michelle Kwan   Other 1/7/22 9/29/22
Benin Brian Wesley Shukan   Career 8/9/21 12/17/21
Bolivia VACANT        
Bosnia and Herzegovina Michael J. Murphy   Career 7/20/21 12/17/21
Botswana Howard A. Van Vranken   Career 7/20/21 12/21/22
Brazil Elizabeth Frawley Bagley   Other 1/20/22 12/14/22
Brunei Darussalam Caryn McClelland   Career 7/20/21 12/17/21
Bulgaria Kenneth Merten   Career 6/8/22 12/13/22
Burkina Faso Sandra E. Clark Joann M. Lockard Career 7/25/23 pending
Burma VACANT        
Burundi VACANT Lisa Peterson Career 4/17/23 pending
Cabo Verde John Jefferson Daigle Jennifer M. Adams Career 9/12/22 pending
Cambodia W. Patrick Murphy Robert W. Forden Career 6/22/22 pending
Cameroon Christopher J. Lamora   Career 4/19/21 12/17/21
Canada David Cohen   Other 7/26/21 11/2/21
Central African Republic Patricia Mahoney   Career 7/28/21 12/17/21
Chad Alexander Mark Laskaris   Career 1/20/22 7/14/22
Chile Bernadette Meehan   Other 7/13/21 7/20/22
China R. Nicholas Burns   Other+ 9/13/21 12/16/21
Colombia VACANT Jean Elizabeth Manes Career 1/3/23 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 Cynthia Ann Telles   Other 6/23/21 12/17/21
Côte d'Ivoire Jessica Davis Ba   Career 6/8/22 12/15/22
Croatia VACANT Nathalie Reyes Other 5/15/23 pending
Cuba VACANT        
Cyprus Julie D. Fisher   Career 6/15/22 12/13/22
Czech Republic Bijan Sabet   Other 8/4/22 12/13/22
Denmark Alan M. Leventhal   Other 1/20/22 6/15/22
Djibouti VACANT Cynthia Kierscht Career 1/23/23 pending
Dominican Republic VACANT        
Ecuador Michael J. Fitzpatrick Arthur W. Brown Career 9/6/22 pending
Egypt VACANT Herro Mustafa Garg Career 3/30/23 pending
El Salvador William H. Duncan   Career 3/7/22 12/13/22
Equatorial Guinea David R. Gilmour   Career 8/20/21 12/18/21
Eritrea VACANT*        
Estonia George P. Kent   Career 9/8/22 12/13/22
Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) VACANT        
Ethiopia Ervin Jose Massinga   Career 1/3/22 7/27/23
European Union Mark Gitenstein   Other 7/28/21 12/17/21
Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru & Tuvalu Marie C. Damour   Career 5/26/22 8/4/22
Finland Douglas T. Hickey   Other 10/19/21 3/24/22
France & Monaco Denise Campbell Bauer   Other 7/13/21 12/17/21
Gabon VACANT Vernelle Trim FitzPatrick Career 2/27/23 pending
The Gambia Sharon Cromer   Career 6/23/21 12/17/21
Georgia Robin Dunnigan   Career 2/13/23 7/27/23
Germany Amy Gutmann   Other 7/13/21 2/8/22
Ghana Virginia Palmer   Career 7/13/21 3/2/22
Greece George J. Tsunis   Other 10/19/21 3/10/22
Guatemala VACANT Tobin John Bradley Career 4/26/23 pending
Guinea Troy Damian Fitrell   Career 6/23/21 12/17/21
Guyana Nicole D. Theriot   Career 9/12/22 7/27/23
Haiti VACANT Dennis B. Hankins Career 5/30/23 pending
Holy See Joseph Donnelly   Other 10/19/21 1/20/22
Honduras Laura Farnsworth Dogu   Career 11/17/21 3/10/22
Hungary David Pressman   Other 5/17/22 7/28/22
IAEA Laura S.H. Holgate   Other 7/28/21 3/29/22
ICAO VACANT Charlie Crist Other 6/22/23 pending
Iceland Carrin F. Patman   Other 2/14/22 8/7/22
India Eric Garcetti   Other 7/13/21 3/15/23
Indonesia Sung Kim   Career 7/17/19 8/6/20
Iraq Alina Romanowski   Other/CS 12/13/21 3/24/22
Ireland Claire Cronin   Other 7/13/21 12/17/21
Israel Thomas Nides   Other 7/22/21 11/3/21
Italy & San Marino Jack Markell   Other 5/15/23 7/27/23
Jamaica N. Nickolas Perry   Other 11/17/21 3/10/22
Japan Rahm Emanuel   Other 9/13/21 12/17/21
Jordan Yael Lempert   Career 1/3/23 7/27/23
Kazakhstan Daniel Rosenblum   Other 6/7/22 8/4/22
Kenya Margaret 'Meg' Whitman   Other 12/13/21 7/14/22
Kosovo Jeffrey Hovenier   Career 7/13/21 11/18/21
Kuwait VACANT Karen Sasahara Career 9/6/22 pending
Kyrgyz Republic Lesslie Viguerie   Career 3/7/22 9/29/22
Laos Peter M. Haymond Heather R. Variava Career 2/13/23 pending
Latvia Christopher T. Robinson   Career 6/15/22 12/13/22
Lebanon Dorothy Shea Lisa A. Johnson Career 2/13/23 pending
Lesotho Maria Brewer   Career 4/19/21 12/17/21
Liberia Michael A. McCarthy Mark Toner Career 3/30/23 pending
Libya VACANT        
Lithuania VACANT Kara C. McDonald Career 3/21/23 pending
Luxembourg Thomas Barrett   Other 9/13/21 12/16/21
Madagascar & Comoros Claire Pierangelo   Career 7/13/21 3/2/22
Malawi David John Young   Career 8/9/21 3/2/22
Malaysia VACANT Edgard D. Kagan Career 5/2/23 pending
Maldives Hugo Yue-Ho Yon   Career 7/28/22 7/27/23
Mali Rachna Sachdeva Korhonen   Career 4/25/22 12/13/22
Malta Constance Milstein   Other 12/13/21 8/7/22
Marshall Islands Roxanne Cabral Laura Stone Career 7/12/23 pending
Mauritania Cynthia Kierscht   Career 6/18/20 12/21/20
Mauritius & Seychelles Henry V. Jardine   Career 7/11/22 12/13/22
Mexico Kenneth Lee Salazar   Other 6/23/21 8/11/21
Micronesia Jennifer L. Johnson   Career 1/23/23 7/27/23
Moldova Kent Doyle Logsdon   Career 7/15/21 12/17/21
Mongolia Richard Lee Buangan   Career 4/25/22 8/4/22
Montenegro Judy Rising Reinke B. Bix Aliu Career 9/19/22 pending
Morocco Puneet Talwar   Other 3/30/22 9/8/22
Mozambique Peter H. Vrooman   Career 7/28/21 12/17/21
Namibia Randy W. Berry   Career 6/22/22 9/20/22
NATO Julianne Smith   Other 6/23/21 11/18/21
Nepal Dean R. Thompson   Career 4/4/22 8/4/22
Netherlands Shefali Razdan Duggal   Other 3/15/22 9/14/22
New Zealand, Cook Islands and Niue Tom Udall   Other 7/22/21 10/26/21
Nicaragua Hugo F. Rodriguez, Jr.*   Career 5/9/22 9/29/22
Niger Kathleen FitzGibbon   Career 8/4/22 7/27/23
Nigeria VACANT Richard Mills, Jr. Career 7/28/22 pending
North Macedonia Angela Price Aggeler   Career 5/26/22 8/4/22
Norway Marc Nathanson   Other 11/4/21 5/5/22
OAS Francisco O. Mora   Other 8/2/21 12/14/22
OECD VACANT Sean Patrick Maloney Other 6/1/23 pending
Oman VACANT Ana Escrogima Career 1/3/23 pending
OPCW Joseph Manso Nicole Shampaine Career 2/13/23 pending
OSCE Michael Carpenter   Other 7/13/21 11/3/21
Pakistan Donald A. Blome   Career 10/21/21 3/1/22
Palau Joel Ehrendreich   Career 3/21/23 7/27/23
Panama Mari Carmen Aponte   Other 10/19/21 9/29/22
Papua New Guinea & Vanuatu VACANT Ann Marie Yastishock Career 7/11/22 pending
Paraguay Marc Ostfield   Other 6/23/21 12/17/21
Peru VACANT Stephanie Syptak-Ramnath Career 1/3/23 pending
Philippines MaryKay Loss Carlson   Career 2/10/22 5/5/22
Poland Mark Brzezinski   Other 8/9/21 12/17/21
Portugal Randi Charno Levine   Other 11/4/21 3/10/22
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 Tom Udall   Other 7/22/21 10/26/21
Saudi Arabia Michael Ratney   Career 4/25/22 3/14/23
Senegal & Guinea-Bissau Michael Raynor   Career 4/19/21 12/17/21
Serbia Christopher R. Hill   Other+ 10/28/21 3/10/22
Sierra Leone Bryan David Hunt   Career 3/6/23 7/27/23
Singapore Jonathan Eric Kaplan   Other 8/2/21 11/19/21
Slovakia Gautam Rana   Career 5/26/22 8/4/22
Slovenia Jamie L. Harpootlian   Other 8/4/21 12/17/21
Solomon Islands VACANT        
Somalia Larry André Richard H. Riley, IV Career 3/30/23 12/17/21
South Africa Reuben E. Brigety, II   Other 2/10/22 7/21/22
South Korea Philip S. Goldberg   Career 2/14/22 5/5/22
South Sudan Michael J. Adler   Career 2/3/22 7/14/22
Spain & Andorra Julissa Reynoso Pantaleon   Other 7/28/21 12/17/21
Sri Lanka Julie Chung   Career 7/19/21 12/17/21
Sudan John T. Godfrey   Career 2/3/22 7/14/22
Suriname Robert Faucher   Career 6/8/22 12/13/22
Sweden Erik Ramanathan   Other 10/4/21 12/17/21
Switzerland & Liechtenstein Scott Miller   Other 8/10/21 12/17/21
Syria VACANT*        
Tajikistan Manuel P. Micaller, Jr.   Career 7/11/22 12/13/22
Tanzania Michael Battle   Other 9/13/21 12/13/22
Thailand Robert Godec   Career 4/5/22 8/4/22
Timor-Leste VACANT Donna Ann Welton Career 9/8/22 pending
Togo Elizabeth A.N. Fitzsimmons   Career 8/9/21 12/17/21
Tonga VACANT        
Trinidad and Tobago Candace A. Bond   Other 3/30/22 9/29/22
Tunisia Joey R. Hood   Career 5/24/22 12/21/22
Türkiye Jeffry Lane Flake   Other 7/15/21 10/26/21
Turkmenistan Matthew S. Klimow Elizabeth Rood Career 8/4/22 pending
Uganda William W. Popp   Career 2/27/23 7/27/23
Ukraine Bridget A. Brink   Career 4/26/22 5/18/22
United Arab Emirates Martina Strong   Career 9/19/22 7/27/23
United Kingdom Jane Hartley   Other 1/20/22 5/25/22
United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield   Other+ 1/20/21 2/23/21
UN / Conf. on Disarmament Bruce I. Turner   Other+ 10/19/21 9/13/22
UN / Deputy Representative Richard Mills, Jr. Dorothy C. Shea Career 1/3/23 pending
UN / Economic & Social Council Lisa A. Carty   Other 7/13/21 2/8/22
UN / Geneva Bathsheba Nell Crocker   Other 7/13/21 12/17/21
UN / Human Rights Council Michèle Taylor   Other 10/27/21 2/17/22
UN / Management & Reform Christopher Lu   Other 4/29/21 12/17/21
UN / Political Affairs Robert A. Wood   Other+ 1/7/22 9/20/22
UN / Rome VACANT Jeffrey Prescott Other 6/21/23 pending
UN / Vienna Laura S.H. Holgate   Other 7/28/21 12/17/21
UNESCO VACANT Courtney Diesel O'Donnell Other 9/5/23 pending
Uruguay Heide B. Fulton   Career 5/17/22 12/13/22
Uzbekistan Jonathan Henick   Other 5/24/22 8/4/22
Venezuela James Broward Story   Career 5/19/20 11/18/20
Vietnam Marc Evans Knapper   Career 4/19/21 12/17/21
Yemen Steven H. Fagin   Career 12/2/21 4/7/22
Zambia Michael C. Gonzales   Career 4/26/22 8/4/22
Zimbabwe VACANT Pamela Tremont Career 6/22/22 pending

* 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.