The United States ambassador to Senegal is the official representative of the president of the United States to the head of state of Senegal. The ambassador is concurrently the ambassador to Guinea-Bissau, while residing in Dakar, Senegal.

Ambassadors and chiefs of mission

NameCareer statusAppointedPresentation of credentialsTermination of mission Henry Serrano Villard Career FSO October 8, 1960 October 31, 1960 Left post, April 30, 1961 Philip Mayer Kaiser Political appointee June 22, 1961 July 20, 1961 Left post, May 18, 1964 Mercer Cook Political appointee July 9, 1964 August 29, 1964 Left post, July 1, 1966 William Robert Rivkin Political appointee October 13, 1966 December 16, 1966 Died at post, March 19, 1967 Lewis Dean Brown Career FSO October 18, 1967 December 22, 1967 Left post, August 15, 1970 G. Edward Clark Political appointee October 12, 1970 November 18, 1970 Left post, October 16, 1973Orison Rudolph Aggrey Career FSO November 23, 1973 January 17, 1974 Left post, July 10, 1977 Herman Jay Cohen Career FSO June 24, 1977 July 22, 1977 Left post, July 21, 1980 Walter C. Carrington Political appointee August 27, 1980 October 16, 1980 Left post, March 3, 1981 Charles William Bray Career FSO June 30, 1981 July 18, 1981 Left post, May 17, 1985 Lannon Walker Career FSO July 12, 1985 August 7, 1985 Left post, August 18, 1988 George Edward Moose Career FSO April 28, 1988 October 13, 1988 Left post, May 21, 1991 Katherine Shirley Career FSO March 25, 1991 June 5, 1991 Left post, September 1, 1992 Mark Johnson Career FSO May 25, 1993 June 22, 1993 Left post, June 15, 1996 Dane Farnsworth Smith Career FSO June 11, 1996 September 16, 1996 Left post, July 16, 1999 Harriet L. Elam-Thomas Career FSO November 16, 1999 January 14, 2000 Left post, December 6, 2002 Richard Allen Roth Career FSO November 15, 2002 February 13, 2004 Left post, August 4, 2005 Janice L. Jacobs Career FSO February 21, 2006 April 14, 2006 Left post, July 15, 2007 Marcia Bernicat Career FSO June 6, 2008 August 6, 2008 July 15, 2011 Lewis A. Lukens Career FSO July 11, 2011 August 11, 2011 Left post, June 4, 2014 James P. Zumwalt Career FSO November 19, 2014 February 3, 2015 Left post, January 20, 2017 Tulinabo S. Mushingi Career FSO February 28, 2017 August 4, 2017 February 1, 2022 Michael A. Raynor Career FSO December 18, 2021 March 10, 2022 January 15, 2026

See also Senegal – United States relations Foreign relations of Senegal Ambassadors of the United States

References United States Department of State: Background notes on Senegal

Specific

External links United States Department of State: Chiefs of Mission for Senegal United States Department of State: Senegal United States Embassy in Dakar