List of ambassadors appointed by Barack Obama


This is a list of United States ambassadors appointed by the 44th president of the United States, Barack Obama.
The list includes ambassadors appointed during both his first and second terms.
At the start of his presidency, Obama's team stated that they were aware of the historical target of 70% of ambassador appointments being career diplomats and committed to meeting the target. He met this level during his first.
During his presidency, Obama appointed a total of 416 ambassadors. 291 were career diplomats and 125 were political appointees, for a total of 69.95% being career diplomats.

Key

CD, or career diplomats, denotes ambassadors who were appointed from the U.S. Foreign Service.
PA, or political appointees, denotes ambassadors who were not appointed from the Foreign Service

Ambassadors to foreign states

OfficeAmbassadorBackgroundAssumed officeLeft office
AfghanistanKarl EikenberryCD
AfghanistanRyan CrockerCD
AfghanistanJames B. CunninghamCDAugust 13, 2012December 7, 2014
AfghanistanMichael McKinleyCDJanuary 6, 2015December 18, 2016
AlbaniaAlexander ArvizuCDDecember 6, 2010January 11, 2015
AlbaniaDonald LuCDJanuary 13, 2015September 19, 2018
AlgeriaHenry EnsherCD
AlgeriaJoan A. PolaschikCDOctober 29, 2014April 21, 2017
AngolaChristopher J. McMullenCDMarch 31, 2011June 12, 2013
AngolaHelen La LimeCDJuly 18, 2014November 24, 2017
ArgentinaVilma MartinezPA
ArgentinaNoah Bryson MametPAJanuary 16, 2015January 20, 2017
ArmeniaJohn HeffernCD
ArmeniaRichard MillsCD
AustraliaJeffrey BleichPA
AustraliaJohn BerryPASeptember 25, 2013September 20, 2016
AustriaWilliam C. Eacho IIIPA
AustriaAlexa Lange WesnerPAOctober 22, 2013January 20, 2017
AzerbaijanMatthew BryzaCD
AzerbaijanRichard MorningstarPA
AzerbaijanRobert CekutaCDFebruary 19, 2015March 31, 2018
BahamasNicole AvantPA
BahrainThomas C. KrajeskiCD
BahrainWilliam V. RoebuckCDJanuary 20, 2015October 31, 2017
BangladeshDan MozenaCD
BangladeshMarcia BernicatCDFebruary 4, 2015November 2, 2018
Barbados and the Eastern CaribbeanLarry Leon PalmerCD
Barbados and the Eastern CaribbeanLinda Swartz TaglialatelaCDFebruary 12, 2016
February 1, 2016
March 2, 2016
February 3, 2016
February 1, 2016
December 27, 2023
BelgiumHoward W. GutmanPA
BelgiumDenise Campbell BauerPASeptember 26, 2013January 20, 2017
BelizeVinai ThummalapallyPA
BelizeCarlos R. MorenoPAJune 24, 2014January 20, 2017
BeninJames KnightCD
BeninMichael A. RaynorCD
BeninLucy TamlynCDNovember 8, 2015October 19, 2018
Bosnia and HerzegovinaPatrick S. MoonCD
Bosnia and HerzegovinaMaureen CormackCDJanuary 16, 2015January 16, 2019
BotswanaMichelle GavinPA
BotswanaEarl Robert MillerCDJanuary 30, 2015August 11, 2018
BrasilThomas A. Shannon, Jr.CD
BrasilP. Michael McKinleyCD
BrasilLiliana AyaldeCDOctober 31, 2013January 3, 2017
BruneiDaniel L. Shields IIICD
BruneiCraig B. AllenCDMarch 9, 2015July 20, 2018
BulgariaJames B. Warlick, Jr.CD
BulgariaMarcie B. RiesCD
BulgariaEric S. RubinCDFebruary 24, 2016July 9, 2019
Burkina FasoJ. Thomas DoughertyCD
Burkina FasoTulinabo S. MushingiCDSeptember 17, 2013November 7, 2016
Burkina FasoAndrew Robert YoungCDNovember 20, 2016March 26, 2020
BurmaDerek MitchellPA
BurmaScot MarcielCDApril 27, 2016May 15, 2020
BurundiPamela SlutzCD
BurundiAnne CasperCDAugust 28, 2016May 5, 2019
CambodiaWilliam E. ToddPA
CambodiaWilliam A. HeidtCDDecember 2, 2015November 29, 2018
CameroonRobert P. JacksonCD
CameroonMichael S. HozaCDSeptember 19, 2014September 11, 2017
CanadaDavid C. JacobsonPA
CanadaBruce A. HeymanPAApril 8, 2014January 18, 2017
Cape VerdeAdrienne S. O'NealCD
Cape VerdeDonald HeflinCDJanuary 31, 2015September 11, 2018
Central African RepublicLawrence D. WohlersCD
Central African RepublicJeffrey J. HawkinsCDOctober 30, 2015August 25, 2017
ChadMark BoulwareCD
ChadJames KnightCDSeptember 6, 2013August 11, 2016
ChadGeeta PasiCDOctober 6, 2016September 20, 2018
ChileAlejandro Daniel WolffCD
ChileMichael A. HammerCDApril 8, 2014September 20, 2016
ChileCarol Z. PerezCDOctober 13, 2016January 25, 2019
ChinaGary LockePA
ChinaMax BaucusPAMarch 20, 2014January 16, 2017
ColombiaP. Michael McKinleyCD
ColombiaKevin WhitakerCDMay 20, 2014August 17, 2019
DR CongoJames C. SwanCDNovember 1, 2013December 31, 2016
CongoChristopher W. MurrayCD
CongoStephanie S. SullivanCDNovember 26, 2013January 20, 2017
Costa RicaAnne Slaughter AndrewPA
Costa RicaStafford Fitzgerald HaneyPAMay 28, 2015July 15, 2017
CroatiaJames B. FoleyCD
CroatiaKenneth H. MertenCD
CroatiaJulieta Valls NoyesCDOctober 5, 2015November 21, 2017
CyprusJohn M. KoenigCD
CyprusKathleen A. DohertyCDOctober 7, 2015January 31, 2019
Czech RepublicNorman L. EisenPA
Czech RepublicAndrew H. SchapiroPASeptember 30, 2014January 20, 2017
DenmarkLaurie S. FultonPA
DenmarkRufus GiffordPASeptember 13, 2013January 20, 2017
DjiboutiGeeta PasiCD
DjiboutiThomas P. Kelly IIICDOctober 13, 2014January 15, 2017
Dominican RepublicRaul YzaguirrePA
Dominican RepublicWally BrewsterPADecember 9, 2013January 20, 2017
East TimorJudith FerginCD
East TimorKaren Clark StantonCDJanuary 16, 2015December 22, 2017
EcuadorAdam E. NammCD
EcuadorTodd C. ChapmanCDApril 14, 2016June 8, 2019
EgyptAnne W. PattersonCD
EgyptR. Stephen BeecroftCDFebruary 14, 2015June 30, 2017
El SalvadorMari Del Carmen ApontePA
El SalvadorJean Elizabeth ManesCDMarch 30, 2016July 31, 2019
Equatorial GuineaAlberto M. FernandezCD
Equatorial GuineaMark L. AsquinoCD
Equatorial GuineaJulie Furuta-ToyCDFebruary 11, 2016February 25, 2019
EstoniaMichael C. PoltCD
EstoniaJeffrey D. LevineCD
EstoniaJames D. Melville Jr.CDDecember 8, 2015July 29, 2018
EthiopiaDonald E. BoothCD
EthiopiaPatricia M. HaslachCDSeptember 25, 2013August 31, 2016
Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga, and TuvaluC. Steven McGannCD
Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga, and TuvaluFrankie Annette ReedCD
Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga, and TuvaluJudith Beth CefkinCDFebruary 3, 2015
February 23, 2015
August 12, 2015
April 22, 2015
May 12, 2015
February 25, 2018
FinlandBruce J. OreckPA
FinlandCharles C. Adams, Jr.PADecember 8, 2015January 20, 2017
France and MonacoCharles H. RivkinPA
France and MonacoJane D. HartleyPAOctober 31, 2014
November 5, 2014
January 29, 2017
January 19, 2017
Gabon and São Tomé and PríncipeEric D. BenjaminsonCD
Gabon and São Tomé and PríncipeCynthia AkuettehCDDecember 26, 2014
April 10, 2015
February 26, 2018
GambiaPamela Ann WhiteCD
GambiaEdward M. AlfordCD
GambiaPatricia AlsupCDJanuary 13, 2016September 22, 2018
GeorgiaJohn R. BassCD
GeorgiaRichard B. NorlandCD
GeorgiaIan C. KellyCDSeptember 17, 2015March 24, 2018
GermanyPhilip D. MurphyPA
GermanyJohn B. EmersonPAAugust 26, 2013January 20, 2017
GhanaGene CretzCD
GhanaRobert P. JacksonCDFebruary 4, 2016July 28, 2018
GreeceDaniel Bennett SmithCDSeptember 28, 2010August 5, 2013
GreeceDavid D. PearceCDOctober 17, 2013September 16, 2016
GreeceGeoffrey R. PyattCDSeptember 30, 2016May 10, 2022
GuatemalaArnold ChaconCD
GuatemalaTodd D. RobinsonCDOctober 27, 2014September 20, 2017
GuineaPatricia N. MollerCD
GuineaAlexander M. LaskarisCD
GuineaDennis B. HankinsCDNovember 25, 2015January 29, 2019
GuyanaD. Brent HardtCD
GuyanaPerry L. HollowayCDOctober 2, 2015December 9, 2018
HaitiKenneth H. MertenCD
HaitiPamela Ann WhiteCD
HaitiPeter F. MulreanCDOctober 6, 2015February 27, 2017
Holy SeeMiguel Humberto DiazPA
Holy SeeKen HackettPAOctober 21, 2013January 20, 2017
HondurasLisa KubiskeCD
HondurasJames NealonCDSeptember 25, 2014September 30, 2017
HungaryEleni Tsakopoulos KounalakisPA
HungaryColleen Bradley BellPAJanuary 21, 2015January 20, 2017
IcelandLuis E. Arreaga-RodasCD
IcelandRobert C. BarberPAJanuary 28, 2015January 20, 2017
IndiaTimothy RoemerPA
IndiaNancy Jo PowellCD
IndiaRichard R. VermaPAJanuary 20, 2017
IndonesiaJoseph R. Donovan, Jr.CD
IndonesiaRobert O. BlakeCD
IndonesiaScot A. MarcielCD
IraqChristopher R. HillCD
IraqJames Franklin JeffreyCD
IraqRobert S. BeecroftCD
IraqStuart E. JonesCD
IraqDouglas SillimanCD
IrelandDaniel M. RooneyPA
IrelandKevin F. O’MalleyPA
IsraelDaniel B. ShapiroPAAugust 3, 2011
January 20, 2017
Italy and San MarinoDavid H. ThornePA
Italy and San MarinoJohn R. PhillipsPAOctober 2, 2013
February 19, 2014
January 18, 2017
JamaicaPamela Bridgewater AwkwardCD
JamaicaLuis MorenoCD
JapanJohn V. RoosPA
JapanCaroline KennedyPA
JordanStuart E. JonesCD
JordanAlice WellsCD
KazakhstanKenneth J. FairfaxCD
KazakhstanGeorge KrolCD
KenyaJ. Scott GrationPA
KenyaRobert GodecCD
South KoreaSung Y. KimCD
South KoreaMark LippertPA
KosovoChristopher William DellCD
KosovoTracey Ann JacobsonCD
KosovoGregory DelawieCD
KuwaitLawrence R. SilvermanCD
KuwaitMatthew H. TuellerCD
KyrgyzstanPamela SpratlenCD
KyrgyzstanSheila GwaltneyCD
LaosKaren B. StewartCD
LaosDaniel A. CluneCD
LaosRena BitterCD
LatviaJudith G. GarberCD
LatviaMark A. PekalaCD
LatviaNancy Bikoff PettitCD
LebanonMaura ConnellyCD
LebanonDavid HaleCD
LebanonElizabeth Holzhall RicharCD
LesothoMichele Thoren BondCD
LesothoMatthew T. HarringtonCD
LiberiaDeborah R. MalacCD
LiberiaChristine Ann ElderCD
LibyaGene A. CretzCD
LibyaJohn Christopher StevensCD
LibyaDeboray Kay JonesCD
LibyaPeter W. BoddeCD
LithuaniaAnne E. DerseCD
LithuaniaDeborah A. McCarthyCD
LithuaniaAnne HallCD
LuxembourgCynthia StroumPA
LuxembourgRobert A. MandellPA
LuxembourgDavid McKeanPAApril 14, 2016January 20, 2017
MacedoniaPaul D. WohlersCD
MacedoniaJess L. BailyCD
Madagascar (and Comoros)Robert T. YamateCDJanuary 14, 2015
February 3, 2015
April 1, 2018
MalawiJeanine E. JacksonCD
MalawiVirginia E. PalmerCD
MalaysiaPaul W. JonesCD
MalaysiaJoseph Y. YunCD
MalaysiaKamala Shirin LakhdhirCD
MaliMary Beth LeonardCD
MaliPaul A. FolmsbeeCD
MaltaDouglas KmiecPA
MaltaGina Abercrombie-WinstanleyCD
MaltaG. Kathleen HillCD
Marshall IslandsMartha L. CampbellCD
Marshall IslandsThomas H. ArmbrusterCD
Marshall IslandsKaren B. StewartCD
MauritaniaJo Ellen PowellCD
MauritaniaLarry E. AndreCD
Mauritius & SeychellesSharon VillarosaCD
Mauritius & SeychellesMary Jo WillsCD
MexicoCarlos PascualPA
MexicoEarl Anthony WayneCD
MexicoRoberta JacobsonPA
MicronesiaPeter A. PraharCD
MicronesiaDorothea-Maria RosenCD
MicronesiaRobert A. Riley IIICD
MoldovaWilliam H. MoserCD
MoldovaJames D. PettitCD
MongoliaJonathan S. AddletonCD
MongoliaPiper Anne Wind CampbellCD
MongoliaJennifer Zimdahl GaltCD
MontenegroSue K. BrownCD
MontenegroMargaret Ann UyeharaCD
MoroccoSamuel L. KaplanPA
MoroccoDwight L. Bush, Sr.PAMarch 31, 2014January 20, 2017
MozambiqueLeslie V. RoweCD
MozambiqueDouglas M. GriffithsCD
MozambiqueH. Dean PittmanCD
NamibiaWanda NesbittCD
NamibiaThomas DaughtonCD
NepalScott H. DeLisiCD
NepalPeter W. BoddeCD
NepalAlaina TeplitzCD
NetherlandsFay Hartog LevinPA
NetherlandsTimothy M. BroasPAMarch 19, 2014February 13, 2016
New Zealand & SamoaDavid HuebnerPA
New Zealand & SamoaMark D. GilbertPAFebruary 9, 2015January 20, 2017
NicaraguaPhyllis M. PowersCD
NicaraguaLaura Farnsworth DoguCD
NigerBisa WilliamsCD
NigerEunice ReddickCD
NigeriaTerence P. McCulleyCD
NigeriaJames F. EntwistleCD
NigeriaW. Stuart SymingtonCD
NorwayBarry B. WhitePA
NorwaySamuel D. HeinsPAMarch 10, 2016January 12, 2017
OmanRichard J. SchmiererCD
OmanGreta C. HoltzCD
OmanMarc SieversCD
PakistanCameron P. MunterCD
PakistanRichard G. Olson, Jr.CD
PakistanDavid HaleCD
PalauHelen Reed-RoweCD
PalauAmy Jane HyattCD
PanamaPhyllis M. PowersCD
PanamaJonathan D. FarrarCD
PanamaJohn D. FeeleyCD
Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and VanuatuTeddy B. TaylorCD
Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and VanuatuWalter E. NorthCD
Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and VanuatuCatherine Ebert-GrayCD
ParaguayJames ThessinCD
ParaguayLeslie A. BassettCD
PeruRose M. LikinsCD
PeruBrian A. NicholsCD
PhilippinesHarry K. Thomas, Jr.CD
PhilippinesPhilip S. GoldbergCD
PhilippinesSung Y. KimCD
PolandLee A. FeinsteinPA
PolandStephen D. MullCD
PolandPaul W. JonesCD
PortugalAllan J. KatzPA
PortugalRobert A. ShermanPAMay 3, 2014January 20, 2017
QatarSusan L. ZiadehCD
QatarDana Shell SmithCD
RomaniaMark H. GitensteinPA
RomaniaHans G. KlemmCD
RussiaMichael A. McFaulPA
RussiaJohn F. TefftCD
RwandaDonald W. KoranCD
RwandaErica J. Barks-RugglesCD
Saudi ArabiaJoseph W. WestphalPA
Saudi ArabiaJames B. SmithPA
Senegal and Guinea‑BissauJames P. ZumwaltCDFebruary 3, 2015
March 10, 2015
January 28, 2017
Senegal and Guinea‑BissauLewis A. LukensCD
SerbiaKyle R. ScottCD
SerbiaMichael D. KirbyCD
SerbiaMary Burce WarlickCD
Sierra LeoneJohn HooverCD
Sierra LeoneMichael S. OwenCD
SingaporeKirk W.B. WagarPASeptember 25, 2013January 20, 2017
SingaporeDavid AdelmanPA
SlovakiaAdam SterlingCD
SlovakiaTheodore SedgwickPA
SloveniaBrent Robert HartleyCD
SloveniaJoseph A. MussomeliCD
SomaliaStephen Michael SchwartzCD
South AfricaPatrick GaspardPA
South AfricaDonald H. GipsPA
South SudanMary Catherine PheeCD
South SudanSusan PagePA
Spain and AndorraAlan D. SolomontPA
Spain and AndorraJames CostosPASeptember 24, 2013 April 4, 2014 January 18, 2017
Sri Lanka and MaldivesPatricia A. ButenisCD
Sri Lanka and MaldivesMichele J. SisonCD
Sri Lanka and MaldivesAtul KeshapCD
SurinameEdwin Richard Nolan, Jr.CD
SurinameJay N. AnaniaCD
SurinameJohn R. NayCD
SwazilandEarl M. IrvingCD
SwazilandMakila JamesCD
SwazilandLisa J. PetersonCDNovember 25, 2015February 5, 2016
SwedenAzita RajiPAMarch 15, 2016January 20, 2017
SwedenMark F. BrzezinskiPA
SwedenMatthew W. BarzunPA
Switzerland and LiechtensteinSuzan G. LeVinePAJuly 1, 2014
June 26, 2014
January 20, 2017
Switzerland and LiechtensteinDonald S. BeyerPA
TajikistanElisabeth I. MillardCD
TajikistanSusan M. ElliottCD
TajikistanKenneth E. Gross, Jr.CD
TanzaniaMark ChildressPA
TanzaniaAlfonso E. LenhardtPA
ThailandGlyn T. DaviesCD
ThailandKristie Ann KenneyCD
Timor-LesteKaren Clark StantonCD
Timor-LesteJudith FerginCD
TogoDavid R. GilmourCD
TogoRobert E. WhiteheadCD
Trinidad and TobagoJohn EstradaPA
Trinidad and TobagoBeatrice W. WeltersPA
TunisiaDaniel RubinsteinCD
TunisiaJacob WallesCD
TunisiaGordon GrayCD
TurkeyJohn R. BassCD
TurkeyFrancis J. RicciardoneCD
TurkmenistanAllan MustardCD
TurkmenistanRobert E. Patterson, Jr.CD
UgandaDeborah R. MalacCD
UgandaScott H. DeLisiCD
UgandaJerry P. LanierCD
UkraineMarie L. YovanovitchCD
UkraineGeoffrey R. PyattCD
UkraineJohn F. TefftCD
United Arab EmiratesBarbara A. LeafCD
United Arab EmiratesMichael H. CorbinCD
United KingdomLouis B. SusmanPA
United KingdomMatthew Winthrop BarzunPADecember 4, 2013January 18, 2017
UruguayKelly Keiderling‑FranzCD
UruguayJulissa ReynosoPA
UruguayDavid D. NelsonCD
UzbekistanPamela SpratlenCD
UzbekistanGeorge A. KrolCD
VietnamTheodore G. Osius IIICD
VietnamDavid B. ShearCD
YemenMatthew TuellerCD
YemenGerald FeiersteinCD
ZambiaEric T. SchultzCD
ZambiaMark C. StorellaCD
ZimbabweHarry K. Thomas, Jr.CD
ZimbabweDavid B. WhartonCD
ZimbabweCharles A. RayCD

Ambassadors to international organizations

OfficeAmbassadorBackgroundAssumed officeLeft office
ICAOMichael Anderson LawsonPA
ICAODuane E. WoerthPA
UNESCOCrystal Nix-HinesPA
UNESCODavid KillionPA
Office of the U.N. And Other International Organizations in GenevaPamela K. HamamotoPA
Office of the U.N. And Other International Organizations in GenevaBetty KingPA
UN Human Rights CouncilKeith Michael HarperPA
UN Human Rights CouncilPeter MulreanCD
UN Human Rights CouncilEileen Chamberlain DonahoePA
UN Economic and Social CouncilSarah Elizabeth MendelsonPA
UN Economic and Social CouncilElizabeth M. CousensPA
UN Management and ReformIsobel ColemanPA
UN Management and ReformJoseph TorsellaPA
UN Political AffairsDavid PressmanPA
UN Political AffairsJeffrey DeLaurentisCD
UN / Conference on DisarmamentRobert A. WoodCD
UN / Conference on DisarmamentLaura E. KennedyCD
UN / RomeDavid LanePA
UN / RomeErtharin CousinPA
UN / Vienna Laura S. H. HolgatePA
United NationsSamantha PowerPA
United NationsSusan RicePA
European UnionAnthony Luzzatto GardnerPA
European UnionWilliam KennardPA
NATODouglas LutePA
NATOIvo DaalderPA
Organization of American StatesCarmen LomellinPA
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and DevelopmentDaniel W. YohannesPA
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and DevelopmentKaren KornblumPA
OSCEDaniel Brooks BaerPA
OSCEIan C. KellyCD
African UnionMary Beth LeonardCD
African UnionReuben BrigetyPA
African UnionMichael BattlePA
U.S. Trade RepresentativeRon KirkPAMarch 18, 2009March 15, 2013
U.S. Trade RepresentativeMichael FromanPAJune 21, 2013January 20, 2017