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	Embassy	Embassy website
Afghanistan	Ekhil Hakimi	2011		[1]
African Union	Amina Salum Ali	April 13, 2007
Albania	Gilbert Galanxhi	February 23, 2011	Ref	[2][3]
Algeria	Abdallah Baali	November 5, 2008		[4]
Andorra	Narcís Casal de Fonsdeviela	November 2, 2009
Angola	Josefina Pitra Diakité	June 20, 2001		[5]
Antigua and Barbuda	Deborah Mae Lovell	March 8, 2005
Argentina	Cecilia Nahón	January 1, 2013		[6]
Armenia	Tatoul Markarian	May 26, 2005	Ref	[7]
Australia	Kim Beazley	July 11, 2005	Ref	[8]
Austria	Hans Peter Manz	December 2, 2011		[9]
Azerbaijan	Elin Suleymanov	November 16, 2006		[10]
Bahamas	Cornelius Smith	November 21, 2007
Bahrain	Houda Ezra Nonoo	July 24, 2008		[11]
Bangladesh	Akramul Qader	September 1, 2009		[12]
Barbados	John Beale	January 29, 2009
Belarus	Vacant Oleg Kravechenko, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	June 5, 2009		[13]
Belgium	Jan Matthysen	February 5, 2009	Ref	[14]
Belize	Nestor E. Mendez	July 10, 2008		[15]
Benin	Segbe Oguin	March 13, 2001		[16]
Bhutan
Bolivia	Vacant since September 11, 2008 Erika Dueñas Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	September 25, 2008		[17]
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Mitar Kujundzic	February 27, 2009		[18]
Botswana	David Newman	December 9, 2002		[19]
Brazil	Mauro Vieira	January 11, 2010	Ref	[20]
Brunei	Dato Yusof Abd Hamid	October 2, 2009		[21]
Bulgaria	Elena Poptodorova	August 10, 2010		[22]
Burkina Faso	Paramanga Ernest Yonli	January 14, 2008		[23]
Burma	Vacant Han Thu, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	September 29, 2005		[24]
Burundi	Angele Niyuhire	September 18, 2009		[25]
Cambodia	Heng Hem	January 29, 2009		[26]
Cameroon	Joseph Foe-Atangana	September 12, 2008	Ref	[27]
Canada	Gary Doer	October 19, 2009	Ref	[28]
Cape Verde	Maria de Fátima da Veiga	August 16, 2007
Central African Republic	Stanislas Moussa Kembe	August 24, 2009
Chad	Bechir Mahamoud Adam	December 9, 2004
Chile	Vacant Roberto Matus, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	March 12, 2010		[29]
China	Cui Tiankai	April 15, 2013		[30]
Colombia	Carlos Alfredo Urrutia Valenzuela	September 19, 2011	Ref	[31]
Comoros	Mohamed Toihiri	September 6, 2007
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Faida Mitifu	February 3, 2000
Republic of the Congo	Serge Mombouli	July 31, 2001
Costa Rica	Luis Escalante	May 14, 2009		[32]
Cote d'Ivoire	Yao Charles Koffi	November 21, 2007
Croatia	Josip Paro	May 2, 2012	Ref	[33]
Cuba
Cyprus	Andreas Kakouris	December 6, 2006		[34]
Czech Republic	Petr Gandalovič	July 7, 2011		[35]
Denmark	Friis Arne Petersen	October 3, 2005		[36]
Djibouti
Dominica	Vacant Judith Anne Rolle, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	April 5, 2007
Dominican Republic	Aníbal de Castro	May 1, 2011
East Timor (Timor-Leste)	Vacant Jorge Camões, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	May 23, 2008		[37]
Ecuador	Luis Benigno Gallegos Chiriboga	September 26, 2005		[38]
Egypt	Sameh Shoukry	September 24, 2008		[39]
El Salvador	Vacant Francisco R. Altschul, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	August 20, 2009		[40]
Equatorial Guinea	Purificación Angue Ondo	November 30, 2005
Eritrea	Ghirmai Ghebremariam	July 31, 2006		[41]
Estonia	Eerik Marmei	September 18, 2014	Ref	[42]
Ethiopia	Samuel Assefa	May 11, 2006	Ref	[43]
European Union	John Bruton	December 9, 2004		[44]
Fiji	Vacant Penijamini R. T. Lomaloma, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	June 20, 2007		[45]
Finland	Ritva Koukku-Ronde	September 1, 2011	Ref	[46]
France	Gérard Araud	September 2014	Ref	[47]
Gabon	Carlos Victor Boungou	January 14, 2008
The Gambia	Vacant Abdul Rahman Cole, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	June 29, 2008		[48]
Georgia	Vasil Sikharulidze	March 9, 2006		[49]
Germany	Peter Wittig	April 30, 2014	Ref	[50]
Ghana	Kwame Bawuah-Edusei	September 5, 2006		[51]
Greece	Alexandros Mallias	September 29, 2005		[52]
Grenada	Denis G. Antoine	July 29, 1996		[53]
Guatemala	Julio Armando Martini Herrera	April 27, 2012		[54]
Guinea	Mory Karamoko Kaba	June 1, 2007
Guinea-Bissau	None	—
Guyana	Bayney Karran	December 4, 2003
Haiti	Raymond Alcide Joseph	August 2, 2005		[55]
Holy See	Carlo Maria Viganò	October 19, 2011
Honduras	Roberto Flores Bermúdez	April 27, 2006		[56]
Hungary	György Szapáry	February 23, 2011		[57]
Iceland	Gudmundur Stefansson	October 1, 2011		[58]
India	Arun Kumar Singh	May 6, 2015	Ref	[59]
Indonesia	Dr. Dino Patti Djalal	September 16, 2010		Ref]
Iran	–	—		[60]
Iraq	Lukman Faily	July 18, 2013		[61]
Ireland	Michael Collins	August 14, 2007		[62]
Israel	Ron Dermer	July 9, 2013		[63]
Italy	Claudio Bisogniero	2012	Ref	[64]
Jamaica	Audrey Marks	May 2010		[65]
Japan	Kenichiro Sasae	September 2012		[66]
Jordan	Alia Hatoug-Bouran	September 14, 2010	Ref	[67]
Kazakhstan	Erlan A. Idrissov	July 11, 2007		[68]
Kenya	Elkanah Odembo	September 5, 2006		[69]
North Korea
South Korea	Han Duck-soo	February 16, 2009		[70]
Kosovo	Avni Spahiu	October 27, 2008		[71]
Kuwait	Salem Abdullah Al Jaber Al-Sabah	October 10, 2001
Kyrgyzstan	Zamira Sydykova	July 11, 2005		[72]
Laos	Seng Soukhathivong	April 10, 2010		[73]
Latvia	Andris Razāns	July 30, 2012	Ref	[74]
Lebanon	Antoine Chedid	June 4, 2008		[75]
Lesotho	David Mohlomi Rantekoa	June 2, 2008		[76]
Liberia	Nathaniel Barnes	September 9, 2008		[77]
Libya	Vacant Ali Suleiman Aujali, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	May 31, 2006
Liechtenstein	Claudia Fritsche	December 7, 2000		[78]
Lithuania	Zygimantas Pavilionis	February 26, 2007		[79]
Luxembourg	Jean-Paul Senninger	August 18, 2008	Ref	[80]
Macedonia	Zoran Jolevski	March 22, 2007	Ref	[81]
Madagascar	Vacant Velotiana Rakotoanosy Raobelina, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	—		[82]
Malawi	Hawa Olga Ndilowe	November 17, 2006		[83]
Malaysia	Jamaluddin bin Jarjis	July 30, 2009	Ref	[84]
Maldives	Mohamed Hussain Maniku	April 2, 2008		[85]
Mali	Al-Maamoun Keita	January 18, 2012	Ref	[86]
Malta	Mark Miceli-Farrugia	May 21, 2007
Marshall Islands	Banny de Brum		[87]
Mauritania	Ibrahima Dia	September 17, 2007
Mauritius	Somduth Soborun	January 28, 2011		[88]
Mexico	Miguel Basañez Ebergenyi	2015	Ref	[89]
Micronesia, Federated States of	Yosiwo P. George	May 2, 2008		[90]
Moldova	Nicolae Chirtoaca	September 8, 2006		[91]
Monaco	Gilles A. Noghès	November 14, 2006		[92]
Mongolia	Khasbazaryn Bekhbat	April 2, 2008	Ref	[93]
Montenegro	Miodrag Vlahović	December 6, 2006
Morocco	Rachad Bouhlal	January 18, 2012		[94]
Mozambique	Amelia Narciso Matos Sumbana	November 2, 2009		[95]
Myanmar (see Burma)
Namibia	Patrick Nandago	August 17, 2006
Nauru	Marlene Inemwin Moses	February 10, 2006
Nepal	Shankar Prasad Sharma	November 18, 2009		[96]
Netherlands	Rudolf Bekink	July 30, 2012		[97]
New Zealand	Roy Ferguson	February 27, 2006	Ref	[98]
Nicaragua	Francisco Campbell	February 21, 2010	[99]
Niger	Toure Aminata Djibrilla Maiga	March 9, 2006		[100]
Nigeria	Oluwole Rotimi	April 4, 2008	Ref	[101]
Norway	Kåre R. Aas	September 17, 2013		[102]
Oman	Hunaina Sultan Ahmed Al Mughairy	November 9, 2005
Pakistan	Jalil Abbas Jilani	December 31, 2013		[103]
Palau	Hersey Kyota	November 12, 1997		[104]
Panama	Mario Jaramillo	February 15, 2011		[105]
Papua New Guinea	Evan Jeremy Paki	September 8, 2003		[106]
Paraguay	James Spalding	March 31, 2004		[107]
Peru	Felipe Ortiz de Zevallos	September 11, 2006		[108]
Philippines	Jose L. Cuisia, Jr.	July 7, 2011		[109]
Poland	Ryszard Schnepf	September 28, 2012		[110]
Portugal	João de Vallera	January 19, 2007	Ref
Qatar	Ali Bin Fahad Al-Hajri	April 7, 2008	Ref	[111]
Romania	Adrian Cosmin Vierita	January 2, 2008	Ref	[112]
Russia	Sergey Ivanovich Kislyak	September 16, 2008	Ref	[113]
Rwanda	Eng. James Kimonyo	May 18, 2007		[114]
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Izben C. Williams	July 31, 2001		[115]
Saint Lucia	Michael Louis	June 12, 2008
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	La Celia Prince	May 30, 2008
Samoa	Ali'ioaiga Feturi Elisaia	December 4, 2003
San Marino	Paolo Rondelli	July 16, 2007
São Tomé and Príncipe	Ovídio Pequeno	March 10, 2006
Saudi Arabia	Adel A. Al-Jubeir	February 21, 2007		[116]
Senegal	Amadou Lamine Ba	December 9, 2002	Ref
Serbia	Vladimir Petrović (ambassador)	May 20, 2009	Ref	[117]
Seychelles	Ronald Jean Jumeau	September 6, 2007
Sierra Leone	Bockari Kortu Stevens	March 28, 2008		[118]
Singapore	Ashok Kumar Mirpuri	July 24, 2012	Ref	[119]
Slovakia	Peter Burian	December 2, 2008	Ref	[120]
Slovenia	Vacant Miriam Teresa Možgan, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	August 22, 2008		[121]
Solomon Islands	Colin David Beck	March 31, 2004
Somalia
South Africa	Ebrahim Rasool	August 4, 2010	Ref	[122]
Spain	Ramón Gil-Casares	April 2012	Ref	[123]
Sri Lanka	Jaliya Wickramasuriya	July 18, 2008		[124]
Sudan	Vacant Akec Khoc Aciew Khoc, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	September 9, 2008
Suriname	Jacques R. C. Kross	February 22, 2007		[125]
Swaziland	Ephraim Mandlenkosi M. Hlophe	September 26, 2005
Sweden	Jonas Hafström	August 29, 2007	Ref	[126]
Switzerland	Manuel Sager	December 7, 2010		[127]
Syria	Imad Moustapha	March 31, 2004	Ref	[128]
Tajikistan	Abdujabbor Shirinov	February 21, 2007		[129]
Tanzania	Ombeni Sefue	June 15, 2007		[130]
Thailand	Chaiyong Satjipanon	April 26, 2012		[131]
Timor-Leste (see East Timor)
Togo	Vacant Lorempo Tchabre Landjergue, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	September 10, 2007
Tonga	Sonatane Tu'a Taumoepeau Tupou	February 22, 2010
Trinidad and Tobago	Glenda Morean-Phillip	May 23, 2008		[132]
Tunisia	Vacant Tarek Ben Youssef, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	August 31, 2008
Turkey	Namık Tan	February 9, 2010	Ref	[133]
Turkmenistan	Meret B. Orazov	February 14, 2001		[134]
Tuvalu	None	—
Uganda	Perezi K. Kamunanwire	April 24, 2006		[135]
Ukraine	Olexander Motsyk	June 11, 2010	Ref	[136]
United Arab Emirates	Yousef Al Otaiba	July 25, 2008		[137]
United Kingdom	Peter Westmacott	January 2012	Ref	[138]
Uruguay	Carlos Gianelli Derois	July 11, 2005	Ref	[139]
Uzbekistan	Abdulaziz Kamilov	December 4, 2003	Ref	[140]
Vanuatu	None	—
Venezuela	Vacant Angelo Rivero Santos, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	September 17, 2008		[141]
Vietnam	Quốc Cường Nguyễn	July 7, 2011		[142]
Yemen	Abdulwahab Abdulla Al-Hajjri	September 8, 1997		[143]
Zambia	Palan Mulonda	January 14, 2013		[144]
Zimbabwe	Machivenyika Mapuranga	November 30, 2005		[145]

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

• 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
• Source: U.S. Department of State: Diplomatic List Fall 2008
• The United States does not maintain diplomatic relations with Bhutan.
• 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”
• The United States does not maintain diplomatic relations with Cuba.
• The Ghanian ambassador to the U.S. has concurrent accreditation to Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Haiti and Bahamas. Source: Embassy of Ghana in Washington
• 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
• The United States does not maintain diplomatic relations with Iran. The Iran interests section of the Embassy of Pakistan represents Iran's interests.
• The Iran interests section of the website of the Embassy of Pakistan.
• The United States does not maintain diplomatic relations with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
• The ambassador of Laos is also accredited to Canada and Mexico. Source: Embassy of Laos: Ambassador
• The ambassador of Luxembourg to the U.S. is also accredited to Canada and Mexico. Source: Embassy of Luxembourg in Washington
• Source: U.S. Department of State: Diplomatic List
• Source: Malta Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• The ambassador of Montenegro to the U.S. is also accredited to Canada and Iceland. Source: Montenegro Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Source: U.S. Department of State: Diplomatic List
• Source: U.S. Department of State: Diplomatic List
• Source: Embassy of Slovenia to in Washington, Ambassador page
• The United States has no diplomatic relations with Somalia.
• Tuvalu has no diplomatic representation in Washington.
• Vanuatu has no diplomatic representation in Washington.
• 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”
• Sources: U.S. Department of State: Background Notes: Venezuela, Embassy of Venezuela in Washington: Chargé d’Affaires
• 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