This is a list of United States ambassadors appointed by the 45th and 47th president of the United States, Donald Trump, during his first term in office (2017–2021).
Ambassadorships are often used as a form of political patronage to reward high-profile or important supporters of the president. The most visible ambassadorships are often distributed either in this way or to the president's ideological or partisan confreres. Most ambassadorships, however, are assigned to foreign service officers who have spent their career in the State Department. Regardless, all ambassadors must be formally appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate. While all ambassadors serve at the president's pleasure and may be dismissed at any time, career diplomats usually serve tours of roughly three years before receiving a new assignment; political appointees customarily tender their resignations upon the inauguration of a new president.
44% of Trump's appointees were political, a substantially higher percentage than typical. As of October 2018, 92% of Trump's appointees were white and 74% were male, with zero black women.
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 Office Ambassador Background Assumed office Left office Ambassador to Afghanistan John R. Bass CD Ambassador to Albania Yuri Kim June 25, 2023 Ambassador to Algeria John Desrocher Ambassador to Andorra Duke Buchan PA Ambassador to Angola Nina Maria Fite CD Ambassador to Argentina Edward C. Prado PA Ambassador to Armenia Lynne M. Tracy CD December 22, 2022 Ambassador to Australia Arthur B. Culvahouse Jr. PA Ambassador to Austria Trevor Traina Ambassador to Azerbaijan Earle D. Litzenberger CD July 26, 2022 Ambassador to Bahrain Justin Siberell Ambassador to Bangladesh Earl R. Miller Ambassador to Belarus Julie D. Fisher Ambassador to Belgium Ronald Gidwitz PA Ambassador to Benin Patricia A. Mahoney CD Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina Eric G. Nelson Ambassador to Botswana Craig L. Cloud Ambassador to Brazil Todd C. Chapman Ambassador to Brunei Matthew J. Matthews (died in office) Ambassador to Bulgaria Herro Mustafa March 1, 2023 Ambassador to Burkina Faso Sandra E. Clark December 18, 2023 Ambassador to Burma Thomas Vajda December 17, 2022 Ambassador to Burundi Melanie Harris Higgins July 13, 2023 Ambassador to Cabo Verde Jeff Daigle July 3, 2024 Ambassador to Cambodia W. Patrick Murphy May 18, 2024 Ambassador to Cameroon Peter Barlerin Ambassador to Canada Kelly Craft PA Ambassador to the Central African Republic Lucy Tamlyn CD Ambassador to China Terry Branstad PA Ambassador to Colombia Philip S. Goldberg CD Ambassador to Comoros Michael P. Pelletier Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo Michael A. Hammer Ambassador to the Republic of the Congo Todd P. Haskell Ambassador to Costa Rica Sharon Day PA Ambassador to Cote d'Ivoire Richard K. Bell CD January 31, 2023 Ambassador to Croatia W. Robert Kohorst PA Ambassador to Cyprus Judith G. Garber CD December 22, 2022 Ambassador to the Czech Republic Stephen B. King PA Ambassador to Denmark Carla Sands Ambassador to Djibouti Larry André Jr. CD Jonathan Pratt May 18, 2023 Ambassador to the Dominican Republic Robin Bernstein PA Ambassador to Ecuador Michael J. Fitzpatrick CD Ambassador to Egypt Jonathan R. Cohen Ambassador to El Salvador Ronald D. Johnson PA Ambassador to Equatorial Guinea Susan N. Stevenson CD Ambassador to Estonia William E. Grayson PA — — Ambassador to Eswatini Jeanne M. Maloney CD December 20, 2022Ambassador to Ethiopia Michael A. Raynor Geeta Pasi Ambassador to Fiji Joseph Cella PA Ambassador to Finland Robert Pence Ambassador to France Jamie McCourt Ambassador to Gabon Joel Danies CD Ambassador to The Gambia Richard Carlton Paschall III Ambassador to Georgia Kelly C. Degnan August 29, 2023 Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell PA Ambassador to Ghana Stephanie S. Sullivan CD Ambassador to Guatemala Luis E. Arreaga William W. Popp August 24, 2023 Ambassador to Guinea Simon Henshaw (died in office) Ambassador to Guinea-Bissau Tulinabo S. Mushingi Ambassador to Guyana Sarah-Ann Lynch September 12, 2023 Ambassador to Haiti Michele J. Sison Ambassador to the Holy See Callista Gingrich PA Ambassador to Hungary David B. Cornstein Ambassador to Iceland Jeffrey Ross Gunter Ambassador to India Kenneth I. Juster Ambassador to Indonesia Sung Y. Kim CD November 21, 2023 Ambassador to Iraq Matthew Tueller Ambassador to Ireland Edward F. Crawford PA Ambassador to Israel David M. Friedman Ambassador to Italy Lewis Eisenberg Ambassador to Jamaica Donald Tapia Ambassador to Japan Bill Hagerty Ambassador to Jordan Henry T. Wooster CD July 16, 2023 Ambassador to Kazakhstan William H. Moser Ambassador to Kenya Kyle McCarter PA Ambassador to Kiribati Joseph Cella Ambassador to Kosovo Philip S. Kosnett CD Ambassador to Kuwait Alina Romanowski Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan Donald Lu Ambassador to Laos Peter Haymond September 1, 2023 Ambassador to Latvia John Carwile January 27, 2023 Ambassador to Lebanon Dorothy Shea December 28, 2023 Ambassador to Lesotho Rebecca E. Gonzales Ambassador to Liberia Michael A. McCarthy July 12, 2023 Ambassador to Libya Richard B. Norland September 8, 2022 Ambassador to Liechtenstein Ed McMullen PA Ambassador to Lithuania Robert S. Gilchrist CD August 12, 2023 Ambassador to Luxembourg Randy Evans PA Ambassador to Madagascar Michael P. Pelletier CD Ambassador to Malawi Robert K. Scott Ambassador to Malaysia Brian D. McFeeters August 24, 2023 Ambassador to the Maldives Alaina B. Teplitz Ambassador to Mali Dennis B. Hankins September 26, 2022 Ambassador to the Marshall Islands Roxanne Cabral March 3, 2023 Ambassador to Mauritania Michael Dodman Cynthia Kierscht July 9, 2024 Ambassador to Mauritius David Dale Reimer Ambassador to Mexico Christopher Landau PA Ambassador to the Federated States of Micronesia Carmen G. Cantor CD Ambassador to Moldova Dereck J. Hogan Ambassador to Monaco Jamie McCourt PA Ambassador to Mongolia Michael S. Klecheski CD September 24, 2022 Ambassador to Montenegro Judy Rising Reinke January 16, 2026 Ambassador to Morocco David T. Fischer PA Ambassador to Mozambique Dennis Walter Hearne CD Ambassador to Namibia Lisa A. Johnson Ambassador to Nauru Joseph Cella PA Ambassador to Nepal Randy W. Berry CD October 2, 2022 Ambassador to the Netherlands Pete Hoekstra PA Ambassador to New Zealand Scott Brown Ambassador to Nicaragua Kevin K. Sullivan CD May 19, 2023 Ambassador to Niger Eric P. Whitaker Ambassador to Nigeria Mary Beth Leonard March 31, 2023 Ambassador to North Macedonia Kate Marie Byrnes September 26, 2022 Ambassador to Norway Kenneth Braithwaite PA Ambassador to Oman Leslie Tsou CD March 30, 2023 Ambassador to Palau John Hennessey-Niland September 9, 2022 Ambassador to Papua New Guinea Erin Elizabeth McKee Ambassador to Paraguay M. Lee McClenny Ambassador to Peru Krishna R. Urs Lisa D. Kenna September 8, 2023 Ambassador to Poland Georgette Mosbacher PA Ambassador to Portugal George Edward Glass Ambassador to Romania Adrian Zuckerman Ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman Jr. John J. Sullivan September 4, 2022 Ambassador to Rwanda Peter H. Vrooman CD Ambassador to Samoa Scott Brown PA Ambassador to San Marino Lewis Eisenberg Ambassador to São Tomé and Príncipe Joel Danies CD Ambassador to Saudi Arabia John Abizaid PA Ambassador to Senegal Tulinabo S. Mushingi CD Ambassador to Serbia Anthony F. Godfrey Ambassador to Seychelles David Dale Reimer Ambassador to Sierra Leone Maria E. Brewer David Dale Reimer August 24, 2023 Ambassador to Slovakia Bridget A. Brink Ambassador to Slovenia Lynda Blanchard PA Ambassador to the Solomon Islands Erin Elizabeth McKee CD Ambassador to Somalia Donald Yamamoto Ambassador to South Africa Lana Marks PA Ambassador to South Korea Harry B. Harris Jr. Ambassador to South Sudan Thomas Hushek CD Ambassador to Spain Duke Buchan PA Ambassador to Sri Lanka Alaina B. Teplitz CD Ambassador to Suriname Karen L. Williams November 3, 2022 Ambassador to Sweden Ken Howery PA Ambassador to Switzerland Ed McMullen Ambassador to Tajikistan John M. Pommersheim CD December 2, 2022 Ambassador to Tanzania Don J. Wright January 11, 2023 Ambassador to Thailand Michael G. DeSombre PA Ambassador to Timor-Leste Kathleen M. Fitzpatrick CD C. Kevin Blackstone Ambassador to Togo Eric Stromayer Ambassador to Tonga Joseph Cella PA Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago Joseph Mondello Ambassador to Tunisia Donald Blome CD Ambassador to Turkey David M. Satterfield Ambassador to Turkmenistan Matthew Klimow CD July 6, 2024 Ambassador to Tuvalu Joseph Cella PA Ambassador to Uganda Natalie E. Brown CD August 30, 2023 Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates John Rakolta PA Ambassador to the United Kingdom Woody Johnson Ambassador to Uruguay Kenn George Ambassador to Uzbekistan Daniel N. Rosenblum CD August 30, 2022 Ambassador to Vanuatu Erin Elizabeth McKee Ambassador to Venezuela James B. Story May 19, 2023 Ambassador to Vietnam Daniel Kritenbrink Ambassador to Yemen Christopher Henzel Ambassador to Zambia Daniel Lewis Foote Ambassador to Zimbabwe Brian A. Nichols
Ambassadors to international organizations United States Mission to the United Nations Office Ambassador Background Assumed office Left officeRepresentative to the United Nations andRepresentative in the Security Council of the United Nations(with the rank of ambassador)Nikki Haley PA Kelly Craft Deputy Representative to the United Nations andDeputy Representative in the Security Council of the United Nations(with the rank of ambassador)Jonathan R. Cohen CD Richard M. Mills Jr. June 21, 2024 Representative to the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva(with the rank of ambassador)Andrew Bremberg PA Representative to the Vienna Office of the United Nations(with the rank of ambassador)Jackie Wolcott Representative to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture(with the rank of ambassador)Kip E. Tom Representative to the United Nations for U.N. Management and Reform(with the rank of ambassador)Cherith Norman Chalet Representative to the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations(with the rank of ambassador)Kelley Eckels Currie
Other international organizations Office Ambassador Background Assumed office Left office Representative to the African Union(with the rank of ambassador)Jessica Lapenn CD February 1, 2023 Director of the Asian Development Bank(with the rank of ambassador)Jason Chung PA Representative to the European Union(with the rank of ambassador)Gordon Sondland Representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency(with the rank of ambassador)Jackie Wolcott Representative on the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization(with the rank of ambassador)Thomas L. Carter Permanent Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization(with the rank of ambassador)Kay Bailey Hutchison Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States(with the rank of ambassador)Carlos Trujillo Representative to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons(with the rank of ambassador)Joseph Manso CD December 29, 2023 Representative to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe(with the rank of ambassador)Jim Gilmore PA
Ambassadors-at-large