This is a list of ambassadors from the United States.
The incumbent's names change from time to time, sometimes a post starts or stops being temporarily headed by a lower ranking diplomat. Occasionally a post is created or abolished.
Current US Embassy Ambassadors
Currently ambassadors from the United States are accredited to the host governments of :
Notes
- The United States of America has not had an ambassador to the United Kingdom since the resignation of William Farish on July 10, 2004. The Chargé d'Affaires ad interim is David T. Johnson. [1] (http://www.usembassy.org.uk/ukamb/farishbio.html). Rumours in late January 2005 identified Mercer Reynolds as a likely appointee.
- The United States of America has not had an ambassador to Jordan since the departure of Edward Gnehm on July 12, 2004. The Chargé d'Affaires ad interim is David Hale. [3] (http://usembassy-amman.org.jo/user/SectionView.aspx?PNodeId=1036)
- Due to security concerns the United States Embassy to Tajikistan operates from Almaty, Kazakhstan
- The United States of America does not currently have nor do they maintain diplomatic relations with the Republic of Cuba. U.S. Interests in the Republic of Cuba are handled by the U.S. Interests section of the Embassy of Switzerland in Havana.
Ambassadors to International Organizations
Current ambassadors from the United States to international organizations
| Host organization | Location | Name
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| Conference on Disarmament | Geneva, Switzerland | Jackie Wolcott Sanders
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| European Union | Brussels, Belgium | Rockwell Anthony Schnabel
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| International Civil Aviation Organization | Montreal, Canada | Edward W. Stimpson
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| North Atlantic Treaty Organisation | Brussels, Belgium | R. Nicholas Burns
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| Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development | Paris, France | Constance A. Morella
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| Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe | Vienna, Austria | Stephan M. Minikes
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| Organization of American States | Washington, DC, United States | John Maisto
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| United Nations | New York City | Anne W. Patterson (acting)
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| United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture | Rome, Italy | Tony P. Hall
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| United Nations Environment Programme | Nairobi, Kenya | Johnnie Carson
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| United Nations International Organizations in Vienna | Vienna, Austria | Kenneth C. Brill
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non-resident category
See Ambassador at large
other Senior Diplomatic Representatives
Past Ambassadors
Well-known past ambassadors from the United States
| Name | Host country or organization
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| Charles Francis Adams | United Kingdom
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| John Adams | United Kingdom, Netherlands
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| John Quincy Adams | United Kingdom, Russia, Netherlands, Germany
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| Madeleine K. Albright | UN
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| Walter H. Annenberg | United Kingdom
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| William Waldorf Astor | Italy
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| Alfred Atherton | Egypt
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| Warren R. Austin | UN
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| Shirley Temple Black | Czechoslovakia, Ghana, United Nations
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| Barbara Bodine | Yemen
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| Corrinne Claiborne "Lindy" Boggs | Vatican City
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| L. Paul Bremer | Netherlands
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| James Buchanan | Russia, United Kingdom
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| Ellsworth Bunker | South Vietnam
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| George H. W. Bush | UN and China
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| Lewis Cass Sr. | France
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| Lewis Cass Jr. | Vatican City
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| Richard F. Celeste | India
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| Daniel R. Coats | Germany
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| George M. Dallas | United Kingdom, Russia
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| John W. Davis | United Kingdom
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| Charles G. Dawes | United Kingdom
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| Adolph Dubs | Afghanistan
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| Lawrence Eagleburger | Yugoslavia
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| John Eisenhower | Belgium
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| Millicent Fenwick | United Nations
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| Thomas S. Foley | Japan
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| Benjamin Franklin | France, Sweden
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| Frederick T. Frelinghuysen | United Kingdom
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| John Kenneth Galbraith | India
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| April Glaspie | Iraq
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| Michael E. Guest | Romania
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| Hannibal Hamlin | Spain
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| W. Averell Harriman | Soviet Union,United Kingdom
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| Patricia Roberts Harris | Luxembourg
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| John Hay | United Kingdom
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| Richard Holbrooke | UN, Germany
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| John Jay | Spain
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| Thomas Jefferson | France
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| Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. | United Kingdom
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| Alan Keyes | United Nations Social and Economic Council
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| Rufus King | United Kingdom
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| Jeane Kirkpatrick | UN
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| Robert Todd Lincoln | United Kingdom
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| Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. | UN, Germany
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| Winston Lord | China
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| Clare Boothe Luce | Italy
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| Douglas MacArthur II | Japan, Iran, Austria and Belgium
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| Michael J. Mansfield | Japan
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| Graham Martin | South Vietnam
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| George S. McGovern | United Nations agencies in Rome
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| Andrew W. Mellon | United Kingdom
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| Walter F. Mondale | Japan
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| James Monroe | France, United Kingdom
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| Gouverneur Morris | France
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| Dwight W. Morrow | Mexico
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| Daniel Patrick Moynihan | UN
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| John Negroponte | Honduras, Iraq, Mexico, Philippines, UN
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| Walter Page | United Kingdom
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| Pete Peterson | Vietnam
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| Charles C. Pinckney | France, Spain
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| Thomas Pinckney | United Kingdom
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| William Pinkney | United Kingdom, Russia
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| John Randolph | Russia
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| Whitelaw Reid | United Kingdom
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| Elliot L. Richardson | United Kingdom
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| Donald Rumsfeld | NATO
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| Richard Rush | United Kingdom
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| James R. Sasser | China
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| William B. Saxbe | India
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| Talcott Seelye | Tunisia, Syria
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| R. Sargent Shriver | France
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| Jean Kennedy Smith | Ireland
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| Raymond A. Spruance | Philippines
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| Adlai E. Stevenson II | UN
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| William Sullivan | Laos, Philippines, Iran
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| Alphonso Taft | Austria, Russia
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| William Howard Taft III | Ireland
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| Martin Van Buren | United Kingdom
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| Andrew Young | UN
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