List of female ambassadors of the United States

This is a list of women who are or have ever been ambassadors of the United States.

List

+NamePicturePostTerm startTerm endRuth Bryan OwenUnited States Ambassador to DenmarkMay 29, 1933June 27, 1936Eugenie AndersonUnited States ambassador to DenmarkDecember 22, 1949January 19, 1953Clare Boothe LuceUnited States ambassador to ItalyMay 4, 1953December 27, 1956Frances E. WillisUnited States Ambassador to SwitzerlandJuly 20, 1953May 5, 1957United States Ambassador to NorwayMay 20, 1957May 15, 1961United States Ambassador to Sri LankaMarch 15, 1961September 20, 1964Margaret Joy TibbettsUnited States ambassador to NorwayOctober 6, 1964May 23, 1969Patricia Roberts HarrisUnited States Ambassador to LuxembourgJune 4, 1965September 22, 1967Carol C. LaiseUnited States Ambassador to NepalSeptember 19, 1966June 5, 1973Eileen R. DonovanUnited States ambassador to BarbadosSeptember 5, 1969August 3, 1974Shirley TempleUnited States Ambassador to GhanaDecember 6, 1974July 13, 1976Anne L. ArmstrongUnited States ambassador to the United KingdomMarch 17, 1976March 3, 1977Anne Cox ChambersUnited States ambassador to BelgiumJune 17, 1977January 17, 1981Sally Shelton-ColbyUnited States ambassador to BarbadosJune 7, 1979February 24, 1981Jeane KirkpatrickUnited States ambassador to the United NationsFebruary 4, 1981April 1, 1985Jane Abell CoonUnited States ambassador to BangladeshJune 30, 1981August 3, 1984Harriet Winsar Isom (acting)United States ambassador to LaosAugust 1986August 1989Shirley TempleUnited States Ambassador to CzechoslovakiaAugust 23, 1989July 12, 1992Julia Chang BlochUnited States ambassador to NepalSeptember 22, 1989May 20, 1993Harriet Winsar IsomUnited States ambassador to BeninJanuary 26, 1990November 14, 1992Jennifer C. WardUnited States ambassador to NigerMarch 25, 1991May 28, 1993Mary Ann CaseyUnited States ambassador to AlgeriaJuly 2, 1991October 19, 1994Harriet Winsar IsomUnited States ambassador to CameroonAugust 17, 1992January 15, 1996Ruth A. DavisUnited States ambassador to BeninAugust 17, 1992November 3, 1995Madeleine AlbrightUnited States ambassador to the United NationsJanuary 27, 1993January 21, 1997Geraldine FerraroUnited States ambassador to the United Nations Human Rights CouncilMarch 4, 1993October 11, 1996Harriet C. BabbittUnited States ambassador to the Organization of American StatesApril 12, 1993November 30, 1997Jean Kennedy SmithUnited States Ambassador to IrelandJune 24, 1993September 17, 1998Pamela HarrimanUnited States Ambassador to FranceJune 30, 1993February 5, 1997Jeanette W. HydeUnited States Ambassador to Barbados and the Eastern CaribbeanApril 14, 1994January 31, 1998Mary Ann CaseyUnited States ambassador to TunisiaJuly 5, 1994July 18, 1997Donna HrinakUnited States ambassador to the Dominican RepublicJuly 22, 1994December 8, 1997Elizabeth Frawley BagleyUnited States ambassador to PortugalSeptember 21, 1994October 3, 1997Prudence BushnellUnited States ambassador to KenyaSeptember 2, 1996May 22, 1999Lindy BoggsUnited States Ambassador to the Holy SeeDecember 16, 1997March 1, 2001Donna HrinakUnited States ambassador to BoliviaJanuary 14, 1998July 17, 2000Carolyn CurielUnited States ambassador to BelizeJanuary 19, 1998March 1, 2001Barbro Owens-KirkpatrickUnited States ambassador to NigerSeptember 10, 1999July 12, 2002Carol Moseley BraunUnited States Ambassador to New ZealandDecember 15, 1999March 1, 2001United States Ambassador to SamoaFebruary 8, 2000Donna HrinakUnited States ambassador to VenezuelaAugust 25, 2000January 23, 2002Mary Ann PetersUnited States ambassador to BangladeshSeptember 15, 2000June 19, 2003Janet A. SandersonUnited States ambassador to AlgeriaOctober 30, 2000May 13, 2003Pamela E. BridgewaterUnited States ambassador to BeninNovember 24, 2000December 10, 2002Donna HrinakUnited States ambassador to BrazilApril 23, 2002June 26, 2004Gail D. MathieuUnited States ambassador to NigerOctober 3, 2002 September 30, 2005Mary KramerUnited States Ambassador to Barbados and the Eastern CaribbeanMarch 30, 2004October 30, 2006Cynthia EfirdUnited States ambassador to AngolaAugust 31, 2004June 6, 2007Anne W. PattersonUnited States ambassador to the United Nations (acting)January 20, 2005August 2, 2005Catherine Todd BaileyUnited States ambassador to LatviaJanuary 20, 2005February 4, 2008Marie YovanovitchUnited States ambassador to KyrgyzstanFebruary 4, 2005February 4, 2008Michele J. SisonUnited States ambassador to the United Arab EmiratesFebruary 7, 2005January 19, 2008Victoria NulandUnited States permanent representative to NATOJune 20, 2005May 2, 2008Pamela E. BridgewaterUnited States ambassador to GhanaOctober 11, 2005June 10, 2008Patricia A. ButenisUnited States ambassador to BangladeshApril 13, 2006June 23, 2007Gayleatha B. BrownUnited States ambassador to BeninJuly 25, 2006August 22, 2009Bernadette AllenUnited States ambassador to NigerFebruary 21, 2006January 15, 2010Jeanine JacksonUnited States ambassador to Burkina FasoMarch 24, 2006March 7, 2009Karen B. StewartUnited States ambassador to BelarusOctober 24, 2006March 12, 2008Mary M. OurismanUnited States Ambassador to Barbados and the Eastern CaribbeanNovember 7, 2006January 16, 2009Cindy CourvilleUnited States ambassador to the African UnionDecember 22, 2006June 1, 2008Gail D. MathieuUnited States ambassador to NamibiaNovember 15, 2007September 4, 2010Eunice ReddickUnited States ambassador to GabonDecember 6, 2007July 18, 2010Michele J. SisonUnited States ambassador to LebanonJanuary 25, 2008August 9, 2010Eunice ReddickUnited States ambassador to São Tomé and PríncipeApril 15, 2008July 18, 2010Liliana AyaldeUnited States ambassador to ParaguayAugust 11, 2008August 5, 2011Marie YovanovitchUnited States ambassador to ArmeniaSeptember 22, 2008June 9, 2011Susan RiceUnited States ambassador to the United NationsJanuary 26, 2009June 30, 2013Laurie S. FultonUnited States Ambassador to DenmarkJuly 15, 2009February 15, 2013Gayleatha B. BrownUnited States ambassador to Burkina Faso (acting)August 4, 2009August 5, 2010Patricia A. ButenisUnited States ambassador to Sri Lanka and the MaldivesAugust 19, 2009June 29, 2012Vilma Socorro MartínezUnited States ambassador to ArgentinaSeptember 18, 2009July 4, 2013Nicole AvantUnited States ambassador to The BahamasOctober 22, 2009November 21, 2011Anne S. AndrewUnited States ambassador to Costa RicaJanuary 12, 2010June 13, 2013Mari Carmen AponteUnited States ambassador to El SalvadorSeptember 27, 2010January 2, 2011August 21, 2012February 7, 2016Bisa WilliamsUnited States ambassador to NigerOctober 29, 2010September 13, 2013Pamela E. BridgewaterUnited States ambassador to JamaicaNovember 3, 2010November 25, 2013Karen B. StewartUnited States ambassador to LaosNovember 16, 2010August 8, 2013Jeanine JacksonUnited States ambassador to MalawiMay 5, 2011September 25, 2014Mary Beth LeonardUnited States ambassador to MaliNovember 22, 2011September 22, 2014Gina Abercrombie-WinstanleyUnited States ambassador to MaltaMay 2, 2012January 26, 2016Michele J. SisonUnited States ambassador to Sri Lanka and the MaldivesSeptember 9, 2012December 6, 2014Rosemary DiCarloUnited States ambassador to the United Nations (acting)June 30, 2013August 5, 2013Samantha PowerUnited States ambassador to the United NationsAugust 5, 2013January 20, 2017Denise BauerUnited States ambassador to BelgiumSeptember 26, 2013January 20, 2017Liliana AyaldeUnited States ambassador to BrazilOctober 31, 2013January 3, 2017Caroline KennedyUnited States ambassador to JapanNovember 19, 2013January 18, 2017Helen La LimeUnited States ambassador to AngolaMay 15, 2014November 24, 2017Eunice ReddickUnited States ambassador to NigerSeptember 12, 2014January 25, 2018Joan A. PolaschikUnited States ambassador to AlgeriaOctober 29, 2014April 27, 2017Nina HachigianUnited States Ambassador to the Association of Southeast Asian NationsNovember 3, 2014January 20, 2017Cynthia AkuettehUnited States ambassador to GabonDecember 26, 2014February 26, 2018Maureen CormackUnited States Ambassador to Bosnia and HerzegovinaJanuary 16, 2015January 16, 2019Cynthia AkuettehUnited States ambassador to São Tomé and PríncipeApril 10, 2015 February 26, 2018Virginia E. PalmerUnited States ambassador to MalawiFebruary 27, 2015June 7, 2019Jennifer Zimdahl GaltUnited States Ambassador to MongoliaOctober 5, 2015March 29, 2018Laura Farnsworth DoguUnited States Ambassador to NicaraguaOctober 6, 2015October 30, 2018Lucy TamlynUnited States ambassador to BeninOctober 23, 2015October 17, 2018Patricia AlsupUnited States Ambassador to the GambiaJanuary 13, 2016September 22, 2018Linda Swartz TaglialatelaUnited States Ambassador to Barbados, the Eastern Caribbean and the OECSFebruary 1, 2016December 27, 2023Jean Elizabeth ManesUnited States ambassador to El SalvadorMarch 30, 2016July 31, 2019Karen B. StewartUnited States Ambassador to the Marshall IslandsJuly 25, 2016January 27, 2020Marie YovanovitchUnited States Ambassador to UkraineAugust 29, 2016May 20, 2019Mary Beth LeonardUnited States ambassador to the African UnionSeptember 13, 2016September 14, 2019Adrienne GalanekU.S. Chargé d'Affaires for BelizeJanuary 20, 2017July 21, 2018Michele J. SisonUnited States ambassador to the United Nations (acting)January 20, 2017January 27, 2017Herro MustafaUnited States chargé d'affaires to PortugalJanuary 20, 2017August 25, 2017Nikki HaleyUnited States ambassador to the United NationsJanuary 27, 2017December 31, 2018Kay Bailey HutchisonUnited States Ambassador to NATOAugust 28, 2017January 20, 2021Maria E. BrewerUnited States Ambassador to Sierra LeoneOctober 5, 2017February 22, 2021Carla SandsUnited States Ambassador to DenmarkNovember 2, 2017January 20, 2021Callista GingrichUnited States Ambassador to the Holy SeeDecember 22, 2017January 20, 2021Nina Maria FiteUnited States ambassador to AngolaFebruary 14, 2018November 8, 2021Michele J. SisonUnited States Ambassador to Haiti February 21, 2018October 9, 2021Mara TekachUnited States Ambassador to Cuba (acting)July 20, 2018July 21, 2020Jenifer H. MooreUnited States ambassador to Belarus (acting)August 17, 2018July 27, 2020Judy Rising ReinkeUnited States ambassador to MontenegroDecember 20, 2018January 16, 2026Lucy TamlynUnited States Ambassador to the Central African RepublicFebruary 6, 2019January 28, 2022Lynne M. TracyUnited States ambassador to ArmeniaMarch 1, 2019December 22, 2022Eunice ReddickUnited States Chargé d’Affaires to BurundiMay 5, 2019March 2, 2021Patricia MahoneyUnited States ambassador to BeninJuly 4, 2019February 1, 2022Melissa A. BrownAmbassador of the United States to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (acting)August 2019March 31, 2022Bridget A. BrinkUnited States Ambassador to SlovakiaAugust 20, 2019May 18, 2022Kelly CraftUnited States ambassador to the United NationsSeptember 12, 2019January 20, 2021Jessica LapennUnited States ambassador to the African UnionOctober 14, 2019February 1, 2023Herro MustafaUnited States ambassador to BulgariaOctober 18, 2019March 1, 2023Mary Beth LeonardUnited States ambassador to NigeriaDecember 24, 2019March 31, 2023Kelley Eckels CurrieUnited States Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's IssuesJanuary 14, 2020January 20, 2021Yuri KimUnited States Ambassador to AlbaniaJanuary 27, 2020June 25, 2023Roxanne CabralUnited States Ambassador to the Marshall IslandsFebruary 6, 2020March 3, 2023Alina RomanowskiUnited States Ambassador to KuwaitFebruary 11, 2020April 15, 2022Jessica Davis BaUnited States Ambassador to Chad (acting)May 1, 2020November 8, 2021Charisse PhillipsUnited States Chargé d'affaires to BoliviaAugust 26, 2020October 7, 2022Sandra E. ClarkUnited States ambassador to Burkina FasoSeptember 25, 2020December 18, 2023Julie D. FisherUnited States ambassador to BelarusDecember 23, 2020June 9, 2022MaryKay CarlsonUnited States ambassador to Argentina (acting)January 20, 2021January 24, 2022Yael LempertU.S. Chargé d’Affaires to the United KingdomJanuary 20, 2021August 1, 2021Martina A. StrongU.S. Chargé d’Affaires to Saudi ArabiaJanuary 20, 2021Ap