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List of ambassadors of the United States to Mauritania

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Ambassador of the United States to Mauritania
Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent
John T. Ice
Chargé d'affaires
since September 2024
NominatorThe President of the United States
AppointerThe President
with Senate advice and consent
Inaugural holderHenry S. Villard
FormationNovember 28, 1960
WebsiteU.S. Embassy - Nouakchott

The United States embassy in Mauritania is located in Nouakchott. Mauritania – United States relations have been developing since 1960.

Ambassadors

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  • Henry S. Villard – Career FSO[1]
    • Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
    • Resident in, and concurrent US Ambassador to, neighbouring Senegal
    • Appointed: November 28, 1960
    • Terminated mission: Left post, April 30, 1961
  • Philip M. Kaiser – Career FSO
    • Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
    • Resident in, and concurrent US Ambassador to, neighbouring Senegal
    • Appointed: August 1, 1961
    • Terminated mission: Left post, May 18, 1964
  • William L. Eagleton, Jr – Career FSO
    • Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary. Ad Interim
    • Appointed: 1962
    • Terminated mission: 1964
  • Geoffrey W. Lewis – Career FSO
    • Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
    • Appointed: March 31, 1965
    • Terminated mission: Left post, June 9, 1967
  • Robert A. Stein – Career FSO
    • Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
    • Appointed: March 1970
    • Terminated mission: Left post, November 1971
  • Richard W. Murphy – Career FSO
    • Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
    • Appointed: December 17, 1971
    • Terminated mission: Left post, June 5, 1974
  • Holsey G. Handyside – Career FSO
    • Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
    • Appointed: April 15, 1975
    • Terminated mission: Left post, December 5, 1977
  • E. Gregory Kryza[2] – Career FSO
    • Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
    • Appointed: December 16, 1977
    • Terminated mission: Left post, June 29, 1980
  • Stanley N. Schrager – Career FSO
    • Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary. Ad Interim
    • Appointed: September 1980
    • Terminated mission: Left post, July 1982
  • Edward Brynn – Career FSO
    • Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary. Ad Interim
    • Appointed: July 1982
    • Terminated mission: Left post, February 1983
  • Edward Lionel Peck – Career FSO
    • Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
    • Appointed: February 19, 1983
    • Terminated mission: Left post, July 7, 1985
  • Robert L. Pugh – Career FSO
    • Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
    • Appointed: September 5, 1985
    • Terminated mission: Left post, July 5, 1988
  • William H. Twaddell – Career FSO
    • Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
    • Appointed: October 6, 1988
    • Terminated mission: Left post, July 20, 1991
  • Gordon S. Brown[3] – Career FSO
    • Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
    • Appointed: September 5, 1991
    • Terminated mission: Left post, August 18, 1994
  • Dorothy Myers Sampas[4] – Career FSO
    • Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
    • Appointed: November 3, 1994
    • Terminated mission: Left post, July 4, 1997
  • Timberlake Foster – Career FSO
    • Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
    • Appointed: November 11, 1997
    • Terminated mission: Left post, October 3, 2000
  • John W. Limbert – Career FSO
    • Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
    • Appointed: November 21, 2000
    • Terminated mission: Left post, August 8, 2003
  • Joseph LeBaron – Career FSO
    • Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
    • Appointed: September 1, 2003
    • Terminated mission: November 22, 2007
  • Mark Boulware – Career FSO
    • Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
    • Appointed: November 22, 2007
    • Terminated mission: Left post, May 6, 2010[5]
  • Jo Ellen Powell – Career FSO[6]
    • Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
    • Appointed: October 10, 2010
    • Terminated mission: Left post, December 12, 2013[7]
  • Larry André Jr. – Career FSO[8]
    • Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
    • Nominated: January 6, 2014
    • Appointed: September 25, 2014
    • Presentation of credentials: November 3, 2014
    • Terminated mission: Left post, November 17, 2017
  • Michael Dodman – Career FSO
    • Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
    • Nominated: July 27, 2017
    • Appointed: November 20, 2017
    • Presentation of credentials: March 13, 2018
    • Terminated mission: February 2021
  • Cynthia Kierscht – Career FSO
    • Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
    • Nominated: June 18, 2020
    • Appointed: January 27, 2021
    • Presentation of credentials: June 22, 2021
    • Terminated mission: July 9, 2024

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "US Ambassador to Mauritania. US GOVERNMENT OFFICE". Retrieved 7 February 2011.
  2. ^ "The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR E. GREGORY KRYZA" (PDF). Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training. 14 June 1988. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 July 2024. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  3. ^ "The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR GORDON S. BROWN" (PDF). Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training. 11 December 1996. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 June 2024. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  4. ^ "The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR DOROTHY M. SAMPAS" (PDF). Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training. 27 October 1998. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 July 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  5. ^ "Mark M. Boulware - People - Department History - Office of the Historian".
  6. ^ "US Embassy in Mauritania. PRESS STATEMENT AMBASSADOR JO ELLEN POWELL U.S. EMBASSY NOUAKCHOTT, MAURITANIA". Retrieved 7 February 2011.
  7. ^ Department of the Historian. "Jo Ellen Powell (1953-)". U.S. Department of State. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  8. ^ Department of the Historian. "Larry Edward Andre (1961-)". U.S. Department of State. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
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