This is a list of ambassadors of the United States to Morocco. Morocco was the first country to recognize the United States of America in 1777. James Simpson was appointed the first U.S. consul, and arrived on December 7, 1797, at Tangier to assume his duties and establish the U.S. consulate. Simpson served for over twenty years, until his death on March 8, 1820. In 1821, as a gift to the United States, Sultan Moulay Suleiman gave a building for the consulate’s use, which was the first property abroad owned by the United States. The building is now the Tangier American Legation Institute for Moroccan Studies (TALIM). In 1912 Morocco came under France and Spain as protectorates. The United States did not initially recognize the French and Spanish protectorates over Morocco. However, in 1917 upon U.S. entry into the First World War, the U.S. government recognized the protectorates. The U.S. Minister at Tangier was downgraded to the status of Diplomatic Agent. In 1956 the U.S. recognized Morocco’s independence, established an embassy in Rabat, and appointed a ranking ambassador, Cavendish W. Cannon.
Heads of the U.S. Legation at Tangier (1906–1917) Name Title Start End Samuel R. Gummere Envoy 1906 1909 Henry Percival Dodge Envoy 1909 1910 Fred W. Carpenter Envoy 1910 1912 Maxwell Blake Chargé d'Affaires 1912 1917
Heads of the U.S. Consulate General at Tangier (1917–1933)
Name Title Start End Maxwell Blake Consul General 1917 1922 Joseph M. Denning Consul General 1922 1924 Maxwell Blake Consul General 1925 1933
Heads of the U.S. Legation at Tangier (1933–1956)
Name Title Start End Maxwell Blake Consul General 1933 1940 John Campbell White Consul General 1940 1941 J. Rives Childs Chargé d'Affaires 1941 1945 Paul H. Alling Consul General 1945 1947 Edwin A. Plitt Consul General 1947 1951 John Carter Vincent Consul General 1951 1953 Joseph C. Satterthwaite Consul General 1953 1955 Julius C. Holmes Consul General 1955 1956
Heads of the U.S. Embassy at Rabat (1956–present)
Name Title Start End William J. Porter Chargé d'Affaires 1956 1956 Cavendish W. Cannon Ambassador 1956 1958 Charles Yost Ambassador 1958 1961 Philip W. Bonsal Ambassador 1961 1962 John H. Ferguson Ambassador 1962 1964 Henry J. Tasca Ambassador 1965 1969 Stuart W. Rockwell Ambassador 1970 1973 Robert G. Neumann Ambassador 1973 1976 Robert Anderson Ambassador 1976 1978 Richard B. Parker Ambassador 1978 1979 Angier Biddle Duke Ambassador 1979 1981 Joseph Verner Reed Jr. Ambassador 1981 1985 Thomas Anthony Nassif Ambassador 1985 1988 Michael Ussery Ambassador 1988 1992 Frederick Vreeland Ambassador 1992 1993 Marc Charles Ginsberg Ambassador 1994 1997 Gary S. Usrey Chargé d'Affaires 1997 1998 Edward M. Gabriel Ambassador 1998 2001 Margaret D. Tutwiler Ambassador 2001 2003 Thomas Riley Ambassador 2004 2009 Samuel L. Kaplan Ambassador 2009 2013 Matthew Lussenhop Chargé d'Affaires 2013 2014 Dwight L. Bush Sr. Ambassador 2014Filling seats: Netherlands and Morocco get U.S. ambassadors 2017 Stephanie Miley Chargé d'Affaires 2017 2019 David Greene Chargé d'Affaires 2019 2020 David T. Fischer Ambassador 2020 2021 David Greene Chargé d'Affaires 2021 2022 Aimee Cutrona Chargé d'Affaires 2022 2022Puneet Talwar Ambassador 2022 2025 Aimee Cutrona Chargé d'Affaires 2025 2025 Ben Ziff Chargé d'Affaires 2025 2025 Duke Buchan Ambassador 2025 Incumbent
See also Morocco – United States relations Foreign relations of Morocco Ambassadors of the United States
References
United States Department of State: Background notes on Morocco
External links United States Department of State: Chiefs of Mission for Morocco United States Department of State: Morocco United States Embassy in Rabat