List of ambassadors to the United States

The following table lists ambassadors to the United States sorted by the representative country or organization.

Nation	Ambassador	Credentials[1]	Embassy	Embassy website
Afghanistan	Hakimi, EkhilEkhil Hakimi	2011
African Union	Ali, Amina SalumAmina Salum Ali	April 13, 2007
Albania	Galanxhi, GilbertGilbert Galanxhi	February 23, 2011	Ref
Algeria	Baali, AbdallahAbdallah Baali	November 5, 2008
Andorra	de Fonsdeviela, Narcís CasalNarcís Casal de Fonsdeviela	November 2, 2009
Angola	DeberoAlberto De	June 20, 2001
Antigua and Barbuda	Lovell, Deborah MaeDeborah Mae Lovell	March 8, 2005
Argentina	Nahón, CeciliaCecilia Nahón	January 1, 2013
Armenia	Markarian, TatoulTatoul Markarian	May 26, 2005	Ref
Australia	Beazley, KimKim Beazley	July 11, 2005	Ref
Austria	Manz, Hans PeterHans Peter Manz	December 2, 2011
Azerbaijan	Suleymanov, ElinElin Suleymanov	November 16, 2006
Bahamas	Smith, CorneliusCornelius Smith	November 21, 2007
Bahrain	Nonoo, Houda EzraHouda Ezra Nonoo	July 24, 2008
Bangladesh	Qader, AkramulAkramul Qader	September 1, 2009
Barbados	Beale, JohnJohn Beale	January 29, 2009
Belarus	Vacant Oleg Kravechenko, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	June 5, 2009
Belgium	Matthysen, JanJan Matthysen	February 5, 2009	Ref
Belize	Mendez, Nestor E.Nestor E. Mendez[2]	July 10, 2008
Benin	Oguin, SegbeSegbe Oguin	March 13, 2001
Bhutan[3]
Bolivia	Vacant since September 11, 2008[4] Erika Dueñas Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	September 25, 2008
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Kujundzic, Mitar Mitar Kujundzic	February 27, 2009
Botswana	Newman, DavidDavid Newman	December 9, 2002
Brazil	Vieira, MauroMauro Vieira	January 11, 2010	Ref
Brunei	Abd Hamid, Dato YusofDato Yusof Abd Hamid	October 2, 2009
Bulgaria	Poptodorova, ElenaElena Poptodorova	August 10, 2010
Burkina Faso	Yonli, Paramanga ErnestParamanga Ernest Yonli	January 14, 2008
Burma	Vacant[2] Han Thu, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	September 29, 2005
Burundi	Niyuhire, AngeleAngele Niyuhire[2]	September 18, 2009
Cambodia	Hem, HengHeng Hem	January 29, 2009
Cameroon	Foe-Atangana, JosephJoseph Foe-Atangana[2]	September 12, 2008	Ref
Canada	Doer, GaryGary Doer	October 19, 2009	Ref
Cape Verde	da Veiga, Maria de FátimaMaria de Fátima da Veiga[2]	August 16, 2007
Central African Republic	Kembe, Stanislas MoussaStanislas Moussa Kembe[2]	August 24, 2009
Chad	Adam, Bechir MahamoudBechir Mahamoud Adam[2]	December 9, 2004
Chile	Vacant Roberto Matus, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	March 12, 2010
China	Tiankai, CuiCui Tiankai	April 15, 2013
Colombia	Valenzuela, Carlos Alfredo UrrutiaCarlos Alfredo Urrutia Valenzuela	September 19, 2011	Ref
Comoros	Toihiri, MohamedMohamed Toihiri[2]	September 6, 2007
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Mitifu, FaidaFaida Mitifu[2]	February 3, 2000
Republic of the Congo	Mombouli, SergeSerge Mombouli[2]	July 31, 2001
Costa Rica	Escalante, LuisLuis Escalante	May 14, 2009
Cote d'Ivoire	Koffi, Yao CharlesYao Charles Koffi[2]	November 21, 2007
Croatia	Paro, JosipJosip Paro	May 2, 2012	Ref
Cuba[5]
Cyprus	Kakouris, AndreasAndreas Kakouris	December 6, 2006
Czech Republic	Gandalovič, PetrPetr Gandalovič	July 7, 2011
Denmark	Petersen, Friis ArneFriis Arne Petersen	October 3, 2005
Djibouti
Dominica	Vacant[2] Judith Anne Rolle, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	April 5, 2007
Dominican Republic	de Castro, AníbalAníbal de Castro[2]	May 1, 2011
East Timor (Timor-Leste)	Vacant[2] Jorge Camões, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	May 23, 2008
Ecuador	Chiriboga, Luis Benigno GallegosLuis Benigno Gallegos Chiriboga	September 26, 2005
Egypt	Shoukry, SamehSameh Shoukry	September 24, 2008
El Salvador	Vacant Francisco R. Altschul, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	August 20, 2009
Equatorial Guinea	Ondo, Purificación AnguePurificación Angue Ondo[2]	November 30, 2005
Eritrea	Ghebremariam, GhirmaiGhirmai Ghebremariam	July 31, 2006
Estonia	Marmei, EerikEerik Marmei	September 18, 2014	Ref
Ethiopia	Assefa, SamuelSamuel Assefa	May 11, 2006	Ref
European Union	Bruton, JohnJohn Bruton	December 9, 2004
Fiji	Vacant[2] Penijamini R. T. Lomaloma, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	June 20, 2007
Finland	Koukku-Ronde, RitvaRitva Koukku-Ronde	September 1, 2011	Ref
France	Araud, GérardGérard Araud	September 2014	Ref
Gabon	Boungou, Carlos VictorCarlos Victor Boungou[2]	January 14, 2008
The Gambia	Vacant[2] Abdul Rahman Cole, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	June 29, 2008
Georgia	Sikharulidze, VasilVasil Sikharulidze	March 9, 2006
Germany	Wittig, PeterPeter Wittig	April 30, 2014	Ref
Ghana	Bawuah-Edusei, KwameKwame Bawuah-Edusei[6]	September 5, 2006
Greece	Mallias, AlexandrosAlexandros Mallias	September 29, 2005
Grenada	Antoine, Denis G.Denis G. Antoine	July 29, 1996
Guatemala	Martini Herrera, Julio ArmandoJulio Armando Martini Herrera[2]	April 27, 2012
Guinea	Kaba, Mory KaramokoMory Karamoko Kaba[2]	June 1, 2007
Guinea-Bissau	None[2]	—
Guyana	Karran, BayneyBayney Karran[2]	December 4, 2003
Haiti	Joseph, Raymond AlcideRaymond Alcide Joseph[2]	August 2, 2005
Holy See	Viganò, Carlo MariaCarlo Maria Viganò	October 19, 2011
Honduras	Bermúdez, Roberto FloresRoberto Flores Bermúdez	April 27, 2006
Hungary	Szapáry, GyörgyGyörgy Szapáry	February 23, 2011
Iceland	Stefansson, GudmundurGudmundur Stefansson[7]	October 1, 2011
India	Arun Kumar Singh	May 6, 2015	Ref
Indonesia	Patti Djalal, Dr. DinoDr. Dino Patti Djalal	September 16, 2010		Ref]
Iran[8]	–	—		[9]
Iraq	Faily, LukmanLukman Faily	July 18, 2013
Ireland	Collins, MichaelMichael Collins	August 14, 2007
Israel	Dermer, RonRon Dermer	July 9, 2013
Italy	Bisogniero, ClaudioClaudio Bisogniero	2012	Ref
Jamaica	Marks, AudreyAudrey Marks	May 2010
Japan	Sasae, KenichiroKenichiro Sasae	September 2012
Jordan	Hatoug-Bouran, AliaAlia Hatoug-Bouran	September 14, 2010	Ref
Kazakhstan	Idrissov, Erlan A.Erlan A. Idrissov	July 11, 2007
Kenya	Odembo, ElkanahElkanah Odembo	September 5, 2006
North Korea[10]
South Korea	Duck-soo, HanHan Duck-soo	February 16, 2009
Kosovo	Spahiu, AvniAvni Spahiu	October 27, 2008
Kuwait	Al-Sabah, Salem Abdullah Al JaberSalem Abdullah Al Jaber Al-Sabah[2]	October 10, 2001
Kyrgyzstan	Sydykova, ZamiraZamira Sydykova	July 11, 2005
Laos	Soukhathivong, SengSeng Soukhathivong[11]	April 10, 2010
Latvia	Razāns, AndrisAndris Razāns	July 30, 2012	Ref
Lebanon	Chedid, AntoineAntoine Chedid	June 4, 2008
Lesotho	Rantekoa, David MohlomiDavid Mohlomi Rantekoa	June 2, 2008
Liberia	Barnes, NathanielNathaniel Barnes	September 9, 2008
Libya	Vacant[2] Ali Suleiman Aujali, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	May 31, 2006
Liechtenstein	Fritsche, ClaudiaClaudia Fritsche	December 7, 2000
Lithuania	Pavilionis, ZygimantasZygimantas Pavilionis	February 26, 2007
Luxembourg	Senninger, Jean-PaulJean-Paul Senninger[12]	August 18, 2008	Ref
Macedonia	Jolevski, ZoranZoran Jolevski	March 22, 2007	Ref
Madagascar	Vacant[13] Velotiana Rakotoanosy Raobelina, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	—
Malawi	Ndilowe, Hawa OlgaHawa Olga Ndilowe	November 17, 2006
Malaysia	bin Jarjis, JamaluddinJamaluddin bin Jarjis	July 30, 2009	Ref
Maldives	Maniku, Mohamed HussainMohamed Hussain Maniku	April 2, 2008
Mali	Keita, Al-MaamounAl-Maamoun Keita	January 18, 2012	Ref
Malta	Miceli-Farrugia, MarkMark Miceli-Farrugia[14]	May 21, 2007
Marshall Islands	Banny de Brum
Mauritania	Dia, IbrahimaIbrahima Dia[2]	September 17, 2007
Mauritius	Soborun, SomduthSomduth Soborun	January 28, 2011
Mexico	Basañez Ebergenyi, MiguelMiguel Basañez Ebergenyi	2015	Ref
Micronesia, Federated States of	George, Yosiwo P.Yosiwo P. George	May 2, 2008
Moldova	Chirtoaca, NicolaeNicolae Chirtoaca	September 8, 2006
Monaco	Noghès, Gilles A.Gilles A. Noghès	November 14, 2006
Mongolia	Bekhbat, KhasbazarynKhasbazaryn Bekhbat	April 2, 2008	Ref
Montenegro	Vlahović, MiodragMiodrag Vlahović[15]	December 6, 2006
Morocco	Bouhlal, RachadRachad Bouhlal	January 18, 2012
Mozambique	Sumbana, Amelia Narciso MatosAmelia Narciso Matos Sumbana[16]	November 2, 2009
Myanmar (see Burma)
Namibia	Nandago, PatrickPatrick Nandago	August 17, 2006
Nauru	Moses, Marlene InemwinMarlene Inemwin Moses[2]	February 10, 2006
Nepal	Sharma, Shankar PrasadShankar Prasad Sharma	November 18, 2009
Netherlands	Bekink, RudolfRudolf Bekink	July 30, 2012
New Zealand	Ferguson, RoyRoy Ferguson	February 27, 2006	Ref
Nicaragua	Campbell, FranciscoFrancisco Campbell	February 21, 2010
Niger	Maiga, Toure Aminata DjibrillaToure Aminata Djibrilla Maiga	March 9, 2006
Nigeria	Rotimi, OluwoleOluwole Rotimi	April 4, 2008	Ref
Norway	Aas, Kåre R.Kåre R. Aas	September 17, 2013
Oman	Al Mughairy, Hunaina Sultan AhmedHunaina Sultan Ahmed Al Mughairy[2]	November 9, 2005
Pakistan	Jilani, Jalil AbbasJalil Abbas Jilani	December 31, 2013
Palau	Kyota, HerseyHersey Kyota	November 12, 1997
Panama	Jaramillo, MarioMario Jaramillo	February 15, 2011
Papua New Guinea	Paki, Evan JeremyEvan Jeremy Paki	September 8, 2003
Paraguay	Spalding, JamesJames Spalding	March 31, 2004
Peru	de Zevallos, Felipe OrtizFelipe Ortiz de Zevallos	September 11, 2006
Philippines	Cuisia, Jr., Jose L.Jose L. Cuisia, Jr.	July 7, 2011
Poland	Schnepf, RyszardRyszard Schnepf	September 28, 2012
Portugal	de Vallera, JoãoJoão de Vallera[2]	January 19, 2007	Ref
Qatar	Al-Hajri, Ali Bin FahadAli Bin Fahad Al-Hajri	April 7, 2008	Ref
Romania	Vierita, Adrian CosminAdrian Cosmin Vierita	January 2, 2008	Ref
Russia	Kislyak, Sergey IvanovichSergey Ivanovich Kislyak	September 16, 2008[17]	Ref
Rwanda	Kimonyo, Eng. JamesEng. James Kimonyo	May 18, 2007
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Williams, Izben C.Izben C. Williams	July 31, 2001
Saint Lucia	Louis, MichaelMichael Louis[2]	June 12, 2008
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Prince, La CeliaLa Celia Prince[2]	May 30, 2008
Samoa	Elisaia, Ali'ioaiga FeturiAli'ioaiga Feturi Elisaia[2]	December 4, 2003
San Marino	Rondelli, PaoloPaolo Rondelli[2]	July 16, 2007
São Tomé and Príncipe	Pequeno, OvídioOvídio Pequeno[2]	March 10, 2006
Saudi Arabia	Al-Jubeir, Adel A.Adel A. Al-Jubeir	February 21, 2007
Senegal	Ba, Amadou LamineAmadou Lamine Ba[2]	December 9, 2002	Ref
Serbia	Petrović (ambassador), VladimirVladimir Petrović (ambassador)	May 20, 2009	Ref
Seychelles	Jumeau, Ronald JeanRonald Jean Jumeau[2]	September 6, 2007
Sierra Leone	Stevens, Bockari KortuBockari Kortu Stevens	March 28, 2008
Singapore	Mirpuri, Ashok KumarAshok Kumar Mirpuri	July 24, 2012	Ref
Slovakia	Burian, PeterPeter Burian	December 2, 2008	Ref
Slovenia	Vacant[18] Miriam Teresa Možgan, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	August 22, 2008
Solomon Islands	Beck, Colin DavidColin David Beck	March 31, 2004
Somalia[19]
South Africa	Rasool, EbrahimEbrahim Rasool[2]	August 4, 2010	Ref
Spain	Gil-Casares, RamónRamón Gil-Casares	April 2012	Ref
Sri Lanka	Wickramasuriya, JaliyaJaliya Wickramasuriya	July 18, 2008
Sudan	Vacant[2] Akec Khoc Aciew Khoc, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	September 9, 2008
Suriname	Kross, Jacques R. C.Jacques R. C. Kross	February 22, 2007
Swaziland	Hlophe, Ephraim Mandlenkosi M.Ephraim Mandlenkosi M. Hlophe[2]	September 26, 2005
Sweden	Hafström, JonasJonas Hafström	August 29, 2007	Ref
Switzerland	Sager, ManuelManuel Sager	December 7, 2010
Syria	Moustapha, ImadImad Moustapha	March 31, 2004	Ref
Tajikistan	Shirinov, AbdujabborAbdujabbor Shirinov	February 21, 2007
Tanzania	Sefue, OmbeniOmbeni Sefue	June 15, 2007
Thailand	Chaiyong Satjipanon	April 26, 2012
Timor-Leste (see East Timor)
Togo	Vacant[2] Lorempo Tchabre Landjergue, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	September 10, 2007
Tonga	Tupou, Sonatane Tu'a TaumoepeauSonatane Tu'a Taumoepeau Tupou	February 22, 2010
Trinidad and Tobago	Morean-Phillip, GlendaGlenda Morean-Phillip	May 23, 2008
Tunisia	Vacant[2] Tarek Ben Youssef, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	August 31, 2008
Turkey	Tan, NamıkNamık Tan	February 9, 2010	Ref
Turkmenistan	Orazov, Meret B.Meret B. Orazov	February 14, 2001
Tuvalu[20]	None	—
Uganda	Kamunanwire, Perezi K.Perezi K. Kamunanwire	April 24, 2006
Ukraine	, Olexander MotsykOlexander Motsyk	June 11, 2010	Ref
United Arab Emirates	Al Otaiba, YousefYousef Al Otaiba	July 25, 2008
United Kingdom	Westmacott, PeterPeter Westmacott	January 2012	Ref
Uruguay	Derois, Carlos GianelliCarlos Gianelli Derois	July 11, 2005	Ref
Uzbekistan	Kamilov, AbdulazizAbdulaziz Kamilov	December 4, 2003	Ref
Vanuatu[21]	None	—
Venezuela	Vacant[22][23] Angelo Rivero Santos, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	September 17, 2008
Vietnam	Phạm, Quang VinhQuang Vinh Phạm	July 7, 2011
Yemen	Al-Hajjri, Abdulwahab AbdullaAbdulwahab Abdulla Al-Hajjri	September 8, 1997
Zambia	Mulonda, PalanPalan Mulonda[24]	January 14, 2013
Zimbabwe	Mapuranga, MachivenyikaMachivenyika Mapuranga	November 30, 2005

Notes

1. The date the ambassador presented his credentials to the U.S. government. Order of precedence within the diplomatic corps is determined by the date of presentation of credentials. Source: U.S. Department of State: Diplomatic List, dated December 17, 2008
2. Source: U.S. Department of State: Diplomatic List Fall 2008
3. The United States does not maintain diplomatic relations with Bhutan.
4. On September 11, 2008, the U.S. State Department declared the Bolivian ambassador, Gustavo Guzman, persona non grata and expelled him from the U.S. This measure was taken in retaliation for Bolivia's expulsion of the U.S. Ambassador, Philip Goldberg. Source: U.S. State Dep’t: “U.S. Declares Bolivian Ambassador Persona Non Grata (PNG)”, Bloomberg.com: “U.S. Ousts Bolivian Ambassador in Tit-for-Tat With Morales”
5. The United States does not maintain diplomatic relations with Cuba.
6. The Ghanian ambassador to the U.S. has concurrent accreditation to Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Haiti and Bahamas. Source: Embassy of Ghana in Washington
7. The Icelandic ambassador to the U.S. is also accredited to Argentina, Brazil, Chile, El Salvador, Guatemal and Mexico. Source: Embassy of Iceland in Washington: About the Embassy
8. The United States does not maintain diplomatic relations with Iran. The Iran interests section of the Embassy of Pakistan represents Iran's interests.
9. The Iran interests section of the website of the Embassy of Pakistan.
10. The United States does not maintain diplomatic relations with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
11. The ambassador of Laos is also accredited to Canada and Mexico. Source: Embassy of Laos: Ambassador
12. The ambassador of Luxembourg to the U.S. is also accredited to Canada and Mexico. Source: Embassy of Luxembourg in Washington
13. Source: U.S. Department of State: Diplomatic List
14. Source: Malta Ministry of Foreign Affairs
15. The ambassador of Montenegro to the U.S. is also accredited to Canada and Iceland. Source: Montenegro Ministry of Foreign Affairs
16. Source: U.S. Department of State: Diplomatic List
17. Source: U.S. Department of State: Diplomatic List
18. Source: Embassy of Slovenia to in Washington, Ambassador page
19. The United States has no diplomatic relations with Somalia.
20. Tuvalu has no diplomatic representation in Washington.
21. Vanuatu has no diplomatic representation in Washington.
22. On September 12, 2008, Venezuelan Ambassador Bernardo Álvarez Herrera was declared persona non grata by the U.S. government and he was recalled by the government of Venezuela. Source: U.S. Department of State: “U.S. Declares Venezuelan Ambassador Persona Non Grata”
23. Sources: U.S. Department of State: Background Notes: Venezuela, Embassy of Venezuela in Washington: Chargé d’Affaires
24. The ambassador of Laos is also accredited on non-residential basis to the Republic of Belize, Republic of Costa Rica, Republic of El Salvador, Republic of Haiti, Republic of Honduras, Republic of Guatemala, United Mexican States. Source: Embassy of Zambia - About the Embassy

See also

• Ambassadors of the United States

External links

• Current and former Ambassadors to the United States: Chronological Listing by Country
• Foreign Embassy Information & Publications - The U.S. Department of State's lists of foreign embassy officers and of foreign consular offices in the United States
• Washington Diplomat Biographies - Foreign Ambassadors to the United States
• Embassies in the United States
• Embassyworld.com: Embassies of the World