List of ambassadors of the United States to Mauritania explained

Post:	Ambassador
Body:	the United States to Mauritania
Insignia:	US Department of State official seal.svg
Insigniasize:	120
Insigniacaption:	Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent:	David Dale Reimer^[1] Chargé d'affaires
Incumbentsince:	July 22, 2024
Nominator:	The President of the United States
Appointer:	The President
Appointer Qualified:	with Senate advice and consent
Inaugural:	Henry S. Villard
Formation:	November 28, 1960
Website:	U.S. Embassy - Nouakchott

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

Ambassadors

• Henry S. Villard – Career FSO^[2]
  • 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^[3] – 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^[4] – Career FSO
  • Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
  • Appointed: September 5, 1991
  • Terminated mission: Left post, August 18, 1994
• Dorothy Myers Sampas^[5] – 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^[6]
• Jo Ellen Powell – Career FSO^[7]
  • Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
  • Appointed: October 10, 2010
  • Terminated mission: Left post, December 12, 2013^[8]
• Larry André Jr. – Career FSO^[9]
  • 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

• Mauritania – United States relations
• Foreign relations of Mauritania
• Ambassadors of the United States

References

• United States Department of State: Background notes on Mauritania

External links

• United States Department of State: Chiefs of Mission for Mauritania
• United States Department of State: Mauritania
• United States Embassy in Nouakchott

Notes and References

1. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/E1eCoj4qadgZ52a9/?mibextid=oFDknk
2. Web site: US Ambassador to Mauritania. US GOVERNMENT OFFICE . 2011-02-07.
3. Web site: 14 June 1988 . The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR E. GREGORY KRYZA . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240711180637/https://adst.org/OH%20TOCs/Kryza,%20E.%20Gregory%20.toc.pdf . 11 July 2024 . 11 July 2024 . Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training.
4. Web site: 11 December 1996 . The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR GORDON S. BROWN . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240621162452/https://adst.org/OH%20TOCs/Brown-Gordon-S.toc_.pdf . 21 June 2024 . 22 July 2024 . Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training.
5. Web site: 27 October 1998 . The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR DOROTHY M. SAMPAS . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240703175320/https://adst.org/OH%20TOCs/Sampas,%20Dorothy%20M.toc.pdf . 3 July 2024 . 2 August 2024 . Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training.
6. Web site: Mark M. Boulware - People - Department History - Office of the Historian .
7. Web site: US Embassy in Mauritania. PRESS STATEMENT AMBASSADOR JO ELLEN POWELL U.S. EMBASSY NOUAKCHOTT, MAURITANIA . 2011-02-07.
8. Web site: Jo Ellen Powell (1953-) . Department of the Historian . U.S. Department of State . 2015-01-17.
9. Web site: Larry Edward Andre (1961-). Department of the Historian . U.S. Department of State . 2015-01-17.