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 officeAfghanistanKarl EikenberryCDRyan CrockerCDJames B. CunninghamCDAugust 13, 2012December 7, 2014Michael McKinleyCDJanuary 6, 2015Peter Michael McKinley (1954–), Office of the Historian, United States Department of State.December 18, 2016AlbaniaAlexander ArvizuCDDecember 6, 2010January 11, 2015Donald LuCDJanuary 13, 2015September 19, 2018AlgeriaHenry EnsherCDJoan A. PolaschikCDOctober 29, 2014April 21, 2017AngolaChristopher J. McMullenCDMarch 31, 2011June 12, 2013Helen La LimeCDJuly 18, 2014November 24, 2017ArgentinaVilma MartinezPANoah Bryson MametPAJanuary 16, 2015January 20, 2017ArmeniaJohn HeffernCDRichard MillsCDAustraliaJeffrey BleichPAJohn BerryPASeptember 25, 2013September 20, 2016AustriaWilliam C. Eacho IIIPAAlexa Lange WesnerPAOctober 22, 2013January 20, 2017AzerbaijanMatthew BryzaCDRichard MorningstarPARobert CekutaCDFebruary 19, 2015March 31, 2018BahamasNicole AvantPABahrainThomas C. KrajeskiCDWilliam V. RoebuckCDJanuary 20, 2015October 31, 2017BangladeshDan MozenaCDMarcia BernicatCDFebruary 4, 2015November 2, 2018Barbados and the Eastern CaribbeanLarry Leon PalmerCDLinda Swartz TaglialatelaCDFebruary 12, 2016 (Antigua and Barbuda) February 1, 2016 (Barbados) March 2, 2016 (Domenica) February 3, 2016 (Grenada) February 1, 2016 (Saint Kitts and Nevis)December 27, 2023BelgiumHoward W. GutmanPADenise Campbell BauerPASeptember 26, 2013January 20, 2017BelizeVinai ThummalapallyPACarlos R. MorenoPAJune 24, 2014January 20, 2017BeninJames KnightCDMichael A. RaynorCDLucy TamlynCDNovember 8, 2015October 19, 2018Bosnia and HerzegovinaPatrick S. MoonCDMaureen CormackCDJanuary 16, 2015January 16, 2019BotswanaMichelle GavinPAEarl Robert MillerCDJanuary 30, 2015August 11, 2018BrasilThomas A. Shannon Jr.CDP. Michael McKinleyCDLiliana AyaldeCDOctober 31, 2013January 3, 2017BruneiDaniel L. Shields IIICDCraig B. AllenCDMarch 9, 2015July 20, 2018BulgariaJames B. Warlick Jr.CDMarcie B. RiesCDEric S. RubinCDFebruary 24, 2016July 9, 2019Burkina FasoJ. Thomas DoughertyCDTulinabo S. MushingiCDSeptember 17, 2013November 7, 2016Andrew Robert YoungCDNovember 20, 2016March 26, 2020BurmaDerek MitchellPAScot MarcielCDApril 27, 2016May 15, 2020BurundiPamela SlutzCDAnne CasperCDAugust 28, 2016May 5, 2019CambodiaWilliam E. ToddPAWilliam A. HeidtCDDecember 2, 2015November 29, 2018CameroonRobert P. JacksonCDMichael S. HozaCDSeptember 19, 2014September 11, 2017CanadaDavid C. JacobsonPABruce A. HeymanPAApril 8, 2014January 18, 2017Cape VerdeAdrienne S. O'NealCDDonald HeflinCDJanuary 31, 2015September 11, 2018Central African RepublicLawrence D. WohlersCDJeffrey J. HawkinsCDOctober 30, 2015August 25, 2017ChadMark BoulwareCDJames KnightCDSeptember 6, 2013August 11, 2016Geeta PasiCDOctober 6, 2016September 20, 2018ChileAlejandro Daniel WolffCDMichael A. HammerCDApril 8, 2014September 20, 2016Carol Z. PerezCDOctober 13, 2016January 25, 2019ChinaGary LockePAMax BaucusPAMarch 20, 2014January 16, 2017ColombiaP. Michael McKinleyCDKevin WhitakerCDMay 20, 2014August 17, 2019DR CongoJames C. SwanCDNovember 1, 2013December 31, 2016CongoChristopher W. MurrayCDStephanie S. SullivanCDNovember 26, 2013January 20, 2017Costa RicaAnne Slaughter AndrewPAStafford Fitzgerald HaneyPAMay 28, 2015July 15, 2017CroatiaJames B. FoleyCDKenneth H. MertenCDJulieta Valls NoyesCDOctober 5, 2015November 21, 2017 CyprusJohn M. KoenigCDKathleen A. DohertyCDOctober 7, 2015January 31, 2019Czech RepublicNorman L. EisenPAAndrew H. SchapiroPASeptember 30, 2014January 20, 2017DenmarkLaurie S. FultonPARufus GiffordPASeptember 13, 2013January 20, 2017DjiboutiGeeta PasiCDThomas P. Kelly IIICDOctober 13, 2014January 15, 2017Dominican RepublicRaul YzaguirrePAWally BrewsterPADecember 9, 2013January 20, 2017East TimorJudith FerginCDKaren Clark StantonCDJanuary 16, 2015December 22, 2017EcuadorAdam E. NammCDTodd C. ChapmanCDApril 14, 2016June 8, 2019EgyptAnne W. PattersonCDR. Stephen BeecroftCDFebruary 14, 2015June 30, 2017El SalvadorMari Del Carmen ApontePAJean Elizabeth ManesCDMarch 30, 2016July 31, 2019Equatorial GuineaAlberto M. FernandezCDMark L. AsquinoCDJulie Furuta-ToyCDFebruary 11, 2016February 25, 2019EstoniaMichael C. PoltCDJeffrey D. LevineCDJames D. Melville Jr.CDDecember 8, 2015July 29, 2018EthiopiaDonald E. BoothCDPatricia M. HaslachCDSeptember 25, 2013August 31, 2016Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga, and TuvaluC. Steven McGannCDFrankie Annette ReedCDJudith Beth CefkinCDFebruary 3, 2015 (Fiji) February 23, 2015 (Kiribati) August 12, 2015 (Nauru) April 22, 2015 (Tonga) May 12, 2015 (Tuvalu)February 25, 2018FinlandBruce J. OreckPACharles C. Adams Jr.PADecember 8, 2015January 20, 2017France and MonacoCharles H. RivkinPAJane D. HartleyPAOctober 31, 2014 (France) November 5, 2014 (Monaco)January 29, 2017 (France) January 19, 2017 (Monaco)Gabon and São Tomé and PríncipeEric D. BenjaminsonCDCynthia AkuettehCDDecember 26, 2014 (Gabon) April 10, 2015 (São Tomé and Príncipe)February 26, 2018GambiaPamela Ann WhiteCDEdward M. AlfordCDPatricia AlsupCDJanuary 13, 2016September 22, 2018GeorgiaJohn R. BassCDRichard B. NorlandCDIan C. KellyCDSeptember 17, 2015March 24, 2018GermanyPhilip D. MurphyPAJohn B. EmersonPAAugust 26, 2013January 20, 2017GhanaGene CretzCDRobert P. JacksonCDFebruary 4, 2016July 28, 2018GreeceDaniel Bennett SmithCDSeptember 28, 2010August 5, 2013David D. Pearce CDOctober 17, 2013September 16, 2016Geoffrey R. PyattCDSeptember 30, 2016May 10, 2022GuatemalaArnold ChaconCDTodd D. RobinsonCDOctober 27, 2014September 20, 2017GuineaPatricia N. MollerCDAlexander M. LaskarisCDDennis B. HankinsCDNovember 25, 2015January 29, 2019GuyanaD. Brent HardtCDPerry L. HollowayCDOctober 2, 2015December 9, 2018HaitiKenneth H. MertenCDPamela Ann WhiteCDPeter F. MulreanCDOctober 6, 2015February 27, 2017Holy SeeMiguel Humberto DiazPAKen HackettPAOctober 21, 2013January 20, 2017HondurasLisa KubiskeCDJames NealonCDSeptember 25, 2014September 30, 2017HungaryEleni Tsakopoulos KounalakisPAColleen Bradley BellPAJanuary 21, 2015January 20, 2017IcelandLuis E. Arreaga-RodasCDRobert C. BarberPAJanuary 28, 2015January 20, 2017IndiaTimothy RoemerPANancy Jo PowellCDRichard R. VermaPAJanuary 20, 2017IndonesiaJoseph R. Donovan Jr.CDRobert O. BlakeCDScot A. MarcielCDIraqChristopher R. HillCDJames Franklin JeffreyCDRobert S. BeecroftCDStuart E. JonesCDDouglas SillimanCDIrelandDaniel M. RooneyPAKevin F. O’MalleyPAIsraelDaniel B. ShapiroPAAugust 3, 2011 (holdover)January 20, 2017Italy and San MarinoDavid H. ThornePAJohn R. PhillipsPAOctober 2, 2013 (Italy) February 19, 2014 (San Marino)January 18, 2017JamaicaPamela Bridgewater AwkwardCDLuis MorenoCDJapanJohn V. RoosPACaroline KennedyPAJordanStuart E. JonesCDAlice WellsCDKazakhstanKenneth J. FairfaxCDGeorge KrolCDKenyaJ. Scott GrationPARobert GodecCDSouth KoreaSung Y. KimCDMark LippertPAKosovoChristopher William DellCDTracey Ann JacobsonCDGregory DelawieCDKuwaitLawrence R. SilvermanCDMatthew H. TuellerCDKyrgyzstanPamela SpratlenCDSheila GwaltneyCDLaosKaren B. StewartCDDaniel A. CluneCDRena BitterCDLatviaJudith G. GarberCDMark A. PekalaCDNancy Bikoff PettitCDLebanonMaura ConnellyCDDavid HaleCDElizabeth Holzhall RicharCDLesothoMichele Thoren BondCDMatthew T. HarringtonCDLiberiaDeborah R. MalacCDChristine Ann ElderCDLibyaGene A. CretzCDJohn Christopher StevensCDDeboray Kay JonesCDPeter W. BoddeCDLithuaniaAnne E. DerseCDDeborah A. McCarthyCDAnne HallCDLuxembourgCynthia StroumPARobert A. MandellPADavid McKeanPAApril 14, 2016January 20, 2017MacedoniaPaul D. WohlersCDJess L. BailyCDMadagascar (and Comoros)Robert T. YamateCDJanuary 14, 2015 (Madagascar) February 3, 2015 (Comoros)April 1, 2018MalawiJeanine E. JacksonCDVirginia E. PalmerCDMalaysiaPaul W. JonesCDJoseph Y. YunCDKamala Shirin LakhdhirCDMaliMary Beth LeonardCDPaul A. FolmsbeeCDMaltaDouglas KmiecPAGina Abercrombie-WinstanleyCDG. Kathleen HillCDMarshall IslandsMartha L. CampbellCDThomas H. ArmbrusterCDKaren B. StewartCDMauritaniaJo Ellen PowellCDLarry E. AndreCDMauritius & SeychellesSharon VillarosaCDMary Jo WillsCDMexicoCarlos PascualPAEarl Anthony WayneCDRoberta JacobsonPAMicronesiaPeter A. PraharCDDorothea-Maria RosenCDRobert A. Riley IIICDMoldovaWilliam H. MoserCDJames D. PettitCDMongoliaJonathan S. AddletonCDPiper Anne Wind CampbellCDJennifer Zimdahl GaltCDMontenegroSue K. BrownCDMargaret Ann UyeharaCDMoroccoSamuel L. KaplanPADwight L. Bush Sr.PAMarch 31, 2014January 20, 2017MozambiqueLeslie V. RoweCDDouglas M. GriffithsCDH. Dean PittmanCDNamibiaWanda NesbittCDThomas DaughtonCDNepalScott H. DeLisiCDPeter W. BoddeCDAlaina TeplitzCDNetherlandsFay Hartog LevinPATimothy M. BroasPAMarch 19, 2014February 13, 2016New Zealand & SamoaDavid HuebnerPAMark D. GilbertPAFebruary 9, 2015January 20, 2017NicaraguaPhyllis M. PowersCDLaura Farnsworth DoguCDNigerBisa WilliamsCDEunice ReddickCDNigeriaTerence P. McCulleyCDJames F. EntwistleCDW. Stuart SymingtonCDNorwayBarry B. WhitePASamuel D. HeinsPAMarch 10, 2016January 12, 2017OmanRichard J. SchmiererCDGreta C. HoltzCDMarc SieversCDPakistanCameron P. MunterCDRichard G. Olson Jr.CDDavid HaleCDPalauHelen Reed-RoweCDAmy Jane HyattCDPanamaPhyllis M. PowersCDJonathan D. FarrarCDJohn D. FeeleyCDPapua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and VanuatuTeddy B. TaylorCDWalter E. NorthCDCatherine Ebert-GrayCDParaguayJames ThessinCDLeslie A. BassettCDPeruRose M. LikinsCDBrian A. NicholsCDPhilippinesHarry K. Thomas Jr.CDPhilip S. GoldbergCDSung Y. KimCDPolandLee A. FeinsteinPAStephen D. MullCDPaul W. JonesCDPortugalAllan J. KatzPARobert A. ShermanPAMay 3, 2014January 20, 2017QatarSusan L. ZiadehCDDana Shell SmithCDRomaniaMark H. GitensteinPAHans G. KlemmCDRussiaMichael A. McFaulPAJohn F. TefftCDRwandaDonald W. KoranCDErica J. Barks-RugglesCDSaudi ArabiaJoseph W. WestphalPAJames B. SmithPASenegal and Guinea‑BissauJames P. ZumwaltCDFebruary 3, 2015 (Senegal) March 10, 2015 (Guinea‑Bissau)January 28, 2017Lewis A. LukensCDSerbiaKyle R. ScottCDMichael D. KirbyCDMary Burce WarlickCDSierra LeoneJohn HooverCDMichael S. OwenCDSingaporeKirk W.B. WagarPASeptember 25, 2013January 20, 2017David AdelmanPASlovakiaAdam SterlingCDTheodore SedgwickPASloveniaBrent Robert HartleyCDJoseph A. MussomeliCDSomaliaStephen Michael SchwartzCDSouth AfricaPatrick GaspardPADonald H. GipsPASouth SudanMary Catherine PheeCDSusan PagePASpain and AndorraAlan D. SolomontPAJames CostosPASeptember 24, 2013 (Spain) April 4, 2014 (Andorra)January 18, 2017Sri Lanka and MaldivesPatricia A. ButenisCDMichele J. SisonCDAtul KeshapCDSurinameEdwin Richard Nolan Jr.CDJay N. AnaniaCDJohn R. NayCDSwazilandEarl M. IrvingCDMakila JamesCDLisa J. PetersonCDNovember 25, 2015February 5, 2016SwedenAzita RajiPAMarch 15, 2016January 20, 2017Mark F. BrzezinskiPAMatthew W. BarzunPASwitzerland and LiechtensteinSuzan G. LeVinePAJuly 1, 2014 (Switzerland)