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.
Updated April 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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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 |
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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 | VACANT | Peter Hoekstra | Other | 2/11/25 | pending | |
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 | VACANT | David Perdue | Other | 3/24/25 | pending | |
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 | VACANT | Mike Huckabee | Other | 2/11/25 | pending | |
Italy & San Marino | VACANT | Tilman Fertitta | Other | 3/11/25 | pending | |
Jamaica | VACANT | |||||
Japan | VACANT | George Glass | Other | 2/11/25 | pending | |
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 | VACANT | Ronald Johnson | Other | 2/11/25 | pending | |
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 | |||||
NATO | Matthew Whitaker | Other | 2/11/25 | 4/1/2/25 | ||
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 | VACANT | Kevin Cabrera | Other | 2/11/25 | pending | |
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 | Stephanie Syptak-Ramnath | Career | 1/3/23 | 5/2/24 | ||
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 | |||||
Seychelles | VACANT | |||||
Sierra Leone | Bryan David Hunt | Career | 3/6/23 | 7/27/23 | ||
Singapore | VACANT | |||||
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 | VACANT | Thomas Barrack | Other | 3/11/25 | pending | |
Turkmenistan | Elizabeth Rood | Career | 8/4/22 | 5/2/24 | ||
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 | VACANT | Warren Stephens | Other | 2/11/25 | pending | |
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.