The following is a list of United States ambassadors to Tunisia.
History: US consul in Tunis 1795–1796: Joseph Donaldson Jr. (consul in Algiers) 1795–1797: Samuel D. Heap (acting consul) 1796–1797: Joseph Étienne Famin (French, special diplomatic agent) 1797–1797: William Eaton (treaty negotiator) 1797–1797: Samuel D. Heap (treaty negotiator) 1797–1803: William Eaton (consul) 1798–1798: James Leander Cathcart (treaty negotiator) 1798–1798: Richard O'brien (special negotiator) 1803–1803: James Leander Cathcart (consul) 1813–1815: Mordecai Manuel Noah 1815–1819: Thomas D. Anderson 1819–1824: Townsend Stith 1824–1825: Charles D. (b) Coxe 1825–1841: Samuel D. Heap 1842–1845: John Howard Payne 1851–1852: John Howard Payne 1862 – ?: Amos Perry
Ambassadors
+NameTitleAppointedPresented credentialsTerminated missionNotesMorris N. HughesNeither commissioned nor accredited; designated effective June 5, 1956, on which date the Embassy in Tunis was established. Officially recognized on June 6, 1956. – career FSOChargé d'affairesJune 6, 1956June 6, 1956October 4, 1956G. Lewis Jones – career FSOAmbassador extraordinary and plenipotentiaryJuly 27, 1956October 4, 1956June 11, 1959Presented new credentials on December 9, 1957, when Tunisia became a republicWalter N. Walmsley – career FSOJuly 28, 1959October 4, 1959July 25, 1962Francis H. Russell – career FSOSeptember 10, 1962October 16, 1962July 18, 1969John A. Calhoun – career FSOJuly 8, 1969July 24, 1969May 31, 1972Talcott W. Seelye – career FSOSeptember 11, 1972October 20, 1972March 22, 1976Edward W. Mulcahy – career FSOMarch 4, 1976May 31, 1976January 5, 1979Stephen Warren Bosworth – career FSOFebruary 9, 1979March 27, 1979June 22, 1981Walter Leon Cutler – career FSODecember 11, 1981March 2, 1982January 2, 1984Peter Sebastian – career FSOJune 11, 1984July 3, 1984February 19, 1987Robert H. Pelletreau – career FSOJune 15, 1987July 1, 1987May 11, 1991John T. McCarthy – career FSOJuly 2, 1991August 2, 1991July 16, 1994Mary Ann Casey – career FSOJuly 5, 1994September 23, 1994July 18, 1997Robin Lynn Raphel – career FSONovember 7, 1997December 18, 1997August 6, 2000Rust Macpherson Deming – career FSODecember 28, 2000November 30, 2001May 17, 2003William J. Hudson – career FSODecember 12, 2003January 12, 2004April 14, 2006Robert F. Godec – career FSOMay 30, 2006January 17, 2007July 29, 2009Gordon Gray – career FSOAugust 20, 2009November 19, 2009July 5, 2012Jacob Walles – career FSOJune 21, 2012July 24, 2012September 2, 2015Daniel Rubinstein – career FSOOctober 15, 2015October 26, 2015January 15, 2019Donald Blome – career FSOJanuary 9, 2019February 21, 2019April 5, 2022Joey R. Hood – career FSODecember 26, 2022February 2, 2023October 23, 2025Bill Bazzi – political appointeeOctober 7, 2025November 21, 2025Present
Notes
See also Tunisia – United States relations Foreign relations of Tunisia Ambassadors of the United States
References United States Department of State: Background notes on Tunisia
External links United States Department of State: Chiefs of Mission for Tunisia United States Department of State: Tunisia United States Embassy in Tunis