Updated: October 23, 2025
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Total Appointments: 69
Career Appointments: 6/8.7%
Political/Other Appointments: 63/91.3%
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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Ambassador |
Career/Political |
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| Afghanistan |
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| African Union |
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| Albania |
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| Algeria |
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| Angola |
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| Argentina |
Peter Lamelas |
Other |
| Armenia |
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| ASEAN |
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| Australia |
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| Austria |
Arthur Fisher |
Other |
| Azerbaijan |
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| 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) |
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| Belarus |
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| Belgium |
William White |
Other |
| Belize |
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| Benin |
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| Bolivia |
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| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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| Botswana |
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| Brazil |
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| Brunei Darussalam |
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| Bulgaria |
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| Burkina Faso |
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| Burma |
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| Burundi |
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| Cabo Verde |
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| Cambodia |
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| Cameroon |
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| Canada |
Peter Hoekstra |
Other |
| Central African Republic |
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| Chad |
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| Chile |
Brandon Judd |
Other |
| China |
David Perdue |
Other |
| Colombia |
Daniel Newlin |
Other |
| Congo (DR) |
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| Congo (Republic of) |
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| Costa Rica |
Melinda Hildebrand |
Other |
| Côte d'Ivoire |
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| Croatia |
Nicole McGraw |
Other |
| Cuba |
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| Cyprus |
John Breslow |
Other |
| Czech Republic |
Nicholas Merrick |
Other |
| Denmark |
Kenneth Howery |
Other |
| Djibouti |
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| Dominican Republic |
Leah Francis Campos |
Other |
| Ecuador |
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| Egypt |
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| El Salvador |
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| Equatorial Guinea |
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| Eritrea |
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| Estonia |
Roman Pipko |
Other |
| Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) |
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| Ethiopia |
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| European Union |
Andrew Puzder |
Other |
| Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga, & Tuvalu |
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| Finland |
Howard Brodie |
Other |
| France & Monaco |
Charles Kushner |
Other |
| Gabon and São Tomé & Principe |
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| The Gambia |
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| Georgia |
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| Germany |
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| Ghana |
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| Greece |
Kimberly Guilfoyle |
Other |
| Guatemala |
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| Guinea |
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| Guyana |
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| Haiti |
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| Holy See |
Brian Burch |
Other |
| Honduras |
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| Hungary |
Benjamin Landa |
Other |
| ICAO |
Jeffrey Anderson |
Other |
| Iceland |
William Long |
Other |
| India |
Sergio Gor |
Other |
| Indonesia |
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| Iraq |
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| Ireland |
Edward Walsh |
Other |
| Israel |
Mike Huckabee |
Other |
| Italy & San Marino |
Tilman Fertitta |
Other |
| Jamaica |
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| Japan |
George Glass |
Other |
| Jordan |
James Holtsnider |
Career |
| Kazakhstan |
Julie Stufft |
Career |
| Kenya |
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| Kosovo |
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| Kuwait |
Amer Ghalib |
Other |
| Kyrgyz Republic |
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| Laos |
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| Latvia |
Melissa Argyros |
Other |
| Lebanon |
Michel Issa |
Other |
| Lesotho |
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| Liberia |
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| Libya |
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| Lithuania |
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| Luxembourg |
Stacey Feinberg |
Other |
| Madagascar & Comoros |
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| Malawi |
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| Malaysia |
Nicholas Adams |
Other |
| Maldives |
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| Mali |
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| Malta |
Somers Farkas |
Other |
| Marshall Islands |
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| Mauritania |
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| Mauritius & Seychelles |
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| Mexico |
Ronald D. Johnson |
Other |
| Micronesia |
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| Moldova |
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| Mongolia |
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| Montenegro |
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| Morocco |
Richard 'Duke' Buchan III |
Other |
| Mozambique |
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| Namibia |
Joseph Giordano |
Other |
| NATO |
Matthew Whitaker |
Other |
| Nepal |
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| Netherlands |
Joseph Popolo |
Other |
| New Zealand & Samoa |
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| Nicaragua |
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| Niger |
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| Nigeria |
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| North Macedonia |
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| Norway |
Michael Kavoukjian |
Other |
| OAS |
Leandro Rizzuto |
Other |
| OECD |
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| Oman |
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| OPCW |
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| OSCE |
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| Pakistan |
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| Palau |
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| Panama |
Kevin Cabrera |
Other |
| Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands & Vanuatu |
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| Paraguay |
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| Peru |
Bernardo Navarro |
Other |
| Philippines |
Lee Lipton |
Other |
| Poland |
Thomas Rose |
Other |
| Portugal |
John Arrigo |
Other |
| Qatar |
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| Romania |
Darryl Nirenberg |
Other |
| Russia |
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| Rwanda |
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| Saudi Arabia |
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| Senegal & Guinea-Bissau |
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| Serbia |
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| Sierra Leone |
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| Singapore |
Anjani Sinha |
Other |
| Slovakia |
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| Slovenia |
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| Somalia |
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| South Africa |
Leo Brent Bozell III |
Other |
| South Korea |
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| South Sudan |
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| Spain & Andorra |
Benjamin Leon, Jr. |
Other |
| Sri Lanka |
Eric Meyer |
Career |
| Sudan |
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| Suriname |
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| Sweden |
Christine Toretti |
Other |
| Switzerland & Liechtenstein |
Callista Gingrich |
Other |
| Syria |
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| Tajikistan |
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| Tanzania |
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| Thailand |
Sean O'Neill |
Career |
| Timor-Leste |
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| Togo |
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| Trinidad and Tobago |
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| Tunisia |
Bill Bazzi |
Other |
| Türkiye |
Thomas Barrack |
Other |
| Turkmenistan |
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| Uganda |
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| Ukraine |
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| United Arab Emirates |
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| United Kingdom |
Warren Stephens |
Other |
| United Nations |
Michael G. Waltz |
Other |
| UN / Conf. on Disarmament |
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| UN / Deputy Representative |
Tammy Bruce |
Other |
| UN / Economic & Social Council |
Dan Negrea |
Other |
| UN / Geneva |
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| UN / Human Rights Council |
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| UN / Management & Reform |
Jeffrey Bartos |
Other |
| UN / Political Affairs |
Jennifer Locetta |
Other |
| UN / Rome |
Lynda Blanchard |
Other |
| UN / Vienna (IAEA) |
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| UNESCO |
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| Uruguay |
Luigi Rinaldi |
Other |
| Uzbekistan |
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| Venezuela |
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| Vietnam |
Jennifer Wicks McNamara |
Other |
| Yemen |
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| Zambia |
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| Zimbabwe |
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