| Post: | Ambassador |
| Body: | the United States to Djibouti |
| Native Name: | السفارة الأميركية فى جيبوتى |
| Insignia: | US Department of State official seal.svg |
| Insigniasize: | 120 |
| Insigniacaption: | Seal of the United States Department of State |
| Incumbent: | Christopher Snipes |
| Incumbentsince: | October 2, 2023[1] |
| Nominator: | The President of the United States |
| Appointer: | The President |
| Appointer Qualified: | with Senate advice and consent |
| Inaugural: | Jerrold M. North as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary |
| Formation: | September 26, 1980 |
| Website: | U.S. Emabssy - Djibouti |
This is a list of ambassadors from the United States to the Republic of Djibouti.
The area on the Horn of Africa on which Djibouti is situated had been under French control since 1885 as part of the protectorate of French Somaliland. The area was ruled by the Vichy (French) government from the fall of France in 1940 until December 1942, but Free French and the Allied forces recaptured Djibouti at the end of 1942. In 1957 the colony was given a large measure of self-government and became the French Territory of the Afars and the Issas. In a May 1977 referendum the populace chose independence from France. The Republic of Djibouti was established on June 27, 1977.
The United States immediately recognized the nation of Djibouti and moved to establish diplomatic relations. The embassy in Djibouti was established June 27, 1977, with Walter S. Clarke as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim pending the appointment of an ambassador. The first ambassador, Jerrold M. North, was appointed on September 26, 1980.
| Jerrold M. North – Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | September 26, 1980 | October 27, 1980 | August 27, 1982 | |
| Alvin P. Adams Jr. – Career FSO | April 28, 1983 | July 16, 1983 | August 20, 1985 | ||
| John Pierce Ferriter – Career FSO | August 1, 1985 | September 30, 1985 | August 27, 1987 | The post was vacant August 1987–September 1988. John E. McAteer served as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim during that period. | |
| Robert South Barrett IV – Career FSO | July 11, 1988 | September 5, 1988 | April 18, 1991 | ||
| Charles R. Baquet III – Career FSO | March 25, 1991 | October 10, 1991 | December 9, 1993 | ||
| Martin L. Cheshes – Career FSO | November 22, 1993 | January 19, 1994 | July 30, 1996 | President Clinton’s nomination of Stanley Schrager of May 6, 1996, was withdrawn and he was not appointed. The post was vacant July 1996–January 1998. During that period the following officers served as Chargés d’Affaires ad interim: Joseph Philippe Gregoire (July–September 1996) and Terri Robl (September 1996–January 1998). | |
| Lange Schermerhorn – Career FSO | November 10, 1997 | January 26, 1998 | November 17, 2000 | ||
| Donald Y. Yamamoto – Career FSO | September 15, 2000 | December 9, 2000 | June 16, 2003 | ||
| Marguerita Dianne Ragsdale – Career FSO | December 12, 2003 | February 23, 2004 | July 6, 2006[2] | ||
| W. Stuart Symington – Career FSO | August 18, 2006 | September 18, 2006 | May 31, 2008 | ||
| James C. Swan | August 6, 2008 | November 10, 2008 | June 30, 2011 | ||
| Geeta Pasi | July 5, 2011 | September 12, 2011 | August 30, 2014 | ||
| Thomas P. Kelly III | August 18, 2014 | October 13, 2014 | January 15, 2017 | ||
| Larry André Jr. | November 20, 2017 | February 19, 2018 | January 20, 2021 | ||
| Jonathan Pratt | December 15, 2020 | February 22, 2021 | May 18, 2023[3] | ||
| Andrea Tomaszewicz | Chargé d’Affaires | May 19, 2023[4] | June 9, 2023 | ||
| Mario Fernandez | June 9, 2023 | October 2, 2023 | |||
| Christopher Snipes | October 2, 2023 | Incumbent |