List of ambassadors of the United States to Mauritania

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
 * 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 – 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 – Career FSO
 * Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
 * Appointed: September 5, 1991
 * Terminated mission: Left post, August 18, 1994
 * Dorothy Myers Sampas – 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
 * Jo Ellen Powell – Career FSO
 * Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
 * Appointed: October 10, 2010
 * Terminated mission: Left post, December 12, 2013
 * Larry André Jr. – Career FSO
 * 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