| Post: | Ambassador of the United States to Brunei |
| Flag: | Flag of a United States ambassador.svg |
| Flagsize: | 200 |
| Flagcaption: | Flag of the United States Ambassador |
| Insignia: | U.S. Department of State official seal.svg |
| Insigniasize: | 120 |
| Insigniacaption: | Seal of the United States Department of State |
| Incumbent: | Caryn McClelland |
| Incumbentsince: | May 24, 2022 |
| Style: | His or Her Excellency (formal) Mr. or Madam Ambassador (informal) |
| Residence: | Bandar Seri Begawan |
| Appointer: | President of the United States |
| Reports To: | United States Secretary of State |
| Termlength: | At the pleasure of the President |
| Inaugural: | Barrington King as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary |
| Formation: | April 12, 1984 |
| Website: | U.S. Embassy - Bandar Seri Begawan |
The United States ambassador to Brunei is the official representative of the president of the United States and the American government to the monarch and government of Brunei.[1] The position is held by Caryn McClelland, who presented her credentials to Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah on May 24, 2022.[2]
Until 1984, Brunei was a self-governing protectorate of the United Kingdom. In 1979 Brunei and the United Kingdom signed a new treaty of friendship and cooperation, and on January 1, 1984, Brunei became a fully independent state.
The United States recognized Brunei immediately. On January 1, 1984, the same day Brunei became independent, the former U.S. Consulate in Bandar Seri Begawan was upgraded to embassy status with Douglas Ellice as Principal Officer and Chargé d’Affaires ad interim. The first ranking U.S. ambassador to Brunei was commissioned on April 12 of the same year.
The United States Embassy in Brunei is located in Bandar Seri Begawan.
| April 12, 1984 | May 28, 1984 | April 30, 1987 | Ronald Reagan | ||||
| July 15, 1987 | July 2, 1987 | April 9, 1989 | |||||
| October 10, 1989 | November 28, 1989 | October 31, 1991 | George H. W. Bush | ||||
| August 11, 1992 | September 26, 1992 | June 13, 1993 | |||||
| Theresa Anne Tull | October 8, 1993 | January 5, 1994 | April 30, 1996 | Bill Clinton | |||
| Glen Robert Rase | July 2, 1996 | September 16, 1996 | June 6, 1999 | ||||
| Sylvia Gaye Stanfield | August 9, 1999 | November 3, 1999 | August 28, 2002 | ||||
| Gene Burl Christy | November 15, 2002 | January 24, 2003 | July 18, 2005 | George W. Bush | |||
| Emil Mark Skodon | June 27, 2005 | November 1, 2005 | August 1, 2008 | ||||
| William Edward Todd | July 14, 2008 | September 15, 2008 | June 6, 2010 | ||||
| John William McIntyre | June 6, 2010 | March 28, 2011 | Barack Obama | Chargé d'Affaires | |||
| Daniel Luke Shields | March 28, 2011 | April 5, 2011 | November 22, 2014[3] | ||||
| December 19, 2014 | March 9, 2015 | July 20, 2018 | |||||
| January 7, 2019 | April 15, 2019 | May 20, 2020 | Donald Trump | † | |||
| Scott E. Woodard | May 20, 2020[4] | - | August 2020 | Chargé d'Affaires | |||
| Emily M. Fleckner | August 2020[5] | - | May 24, 2022 | ||||
| December 18, 2021 | May 24, 2022 | Incumbent | Joe Biden |