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47th Vice President of the United States

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Appointments

This is a list of United States ambassadors appointed by the 46th president of the United States, Joe Biden.

Biden intends to appoint more ambassadors who are career members of the foreign service, about 70 percent compared to Trump's 56 percent.^[1] He intends to make appointments who will restore America's diplomatic standing after the Trump administration, which included several major campaign donors who were not well received in their host countries.^[2] Among the political appointees, more are expected to be policy experts and politicians rather than campaign bundlers.^[1]

Below is a list of nominations and appointments to the Department of State by Joe Biden, the 46th President of the United States. As of April 16, 2021^[update], according to tracking by The Washington Post and Partnership for Public Service, 1 nominee has been confirmed, 1 nominee is being considered by the senate, 9 nominees have been announced, and 61 positions currently do not have nominees.^[3]

Personal

U.S. Senator from Delaware

47th Vice President of the United States

Vice presidential campaigns

2008
2012
- convention
- election

46th President of the United States
Incumbent

Tenure

Appointments

Color key

Announced appointees who are serving in an acting capacity
Confirmed appointees to nations who are political appointees (rather than career foreign service officers)
Confirmed appointees who are Career Members of the Senior Executive Service

Ambassadors to foreign states

Americas

Office	Nominee	Assumed office	Left office
Ambassador to Argentina	Vacant since January 20, 2021
Ambassador to the Bahamas	Vacant since January 20, 2021
Ambassador to Belize	Vacant since January 20, 2021
Ambassador to Canada	Vacant since August 23, 2019
Ambassador to Chile	Vacant since January 31, 2019
Ambassador to Costa Rica	Vacant since January 20, 2021
Ambassador to the Dominican Republic	Vacant since January 20, 2021
Ambassador to El Salvador	Vacant since January 20, 2021
Ambassador to Honduras	Vacant since August 30, 2019
Ambassador to Jamaica	Vacant since January 20, 2021
Ambassador to Mexico	Vacant since January 20, 2021
Ambassador to Panama	Vacant since March 9, 2018
Ambassador to Paraguay	Vacant since January 20, 2021
Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago	Vacant since January 13, 2021
Ambassador to Uruguay	Vacant since January 20, 2021

Africa

Office	Nominee	Assumed office
Ambassador to Algeria	Elizabeth Moore Aubin^[4]	Announced April 15, 2021
Ambassador to Angola Ambassador to São Tomé and Príncipe	Tulinabo S. Mushingi^[4]	Announced April 15, 2021
Ambassador to Cameroon	Christopher J. Lamora^[4]	Announced April 15, 2021
Ambassador to Chad	Vacant since January 20, 2021
Ambassador to the Republic of the Congo	Eugene Young^[4]	Announced April 15, 2021
Ambassador to Guinea	Vacant since January 20, 2021
Ambassador to Kenya	Vacant since January 20, 2021
Ambassador to Lesotho	Maria Brewer^[4]	Announced April 15, 2021
Ambassador to Mauritius	Vacant since January 20, 2021
Ambassador to Seychelles	Vacant since January 20, 2021
Ambassador to Morocco	Vacant since January 20, 2021
Ambassador to Senegal Ambassador to Guinea-Bissau	Michael A. Raynor^[4]	Announced April 15, 2021
Ambassador to Somalia	Larry André Jr.^[4]	Announced April 15, 2021
Ambassador to South Africa	Vacant since January 20, 2021
Ambassador to Zambia	Vacant since January 20, 2021

Asia

Office	Nominee	Assumed office
Ambassador to Afghanistan	Vacant since January 6, 2020
Ambassador to China	R. Nicholas Burns^[5]	Reported May 27, 2021
Ambassador to India	Eric Garcetti^[6]	Reported May 26, 2021
Ambassador to Japan	Rahm Emanuel^[7]	Reported May 11, 2021
Ambassador to Pakistan	Vacant since August 29, 2018
Ambassador to Philippines	Vacant since October 4, 2020
Ambassador to Singapore	Vacant since January 20, 2017
Ambassador to South Korea	Vacant since January 20, 2021
Ambassador to Thailand	Vacant since January 20, 2021
Ambassador to Vietnam	Marc Knapper^[4]	Announced April 15, 2021

Europe

Office	Nominee	Assumed office	Left office
Ambassador to Austria	Vacant since January 20, 2021
Ambassador to Belgium	Vacant since January 20, 2021
Ambassador to Croatia	Vacant since January 13, 2021
Ambassador to the Czech Republic	Vacant since January 20, 2021
Ambassador to Denmark	Vacant since January 20, 2021
Ambassador to Estonia	Vacant since January 20, 2021
Ambassador to Finland	Vacant since January 20, 2021
Ambassador to France	Vacant since January 20, 2021
Ambassador to Monaco	Vacant since January 20, 2021
Ambassador to Germany	Vacant since June 1, 2020
Ambassador to the Holy See	Vacant since January 20, 2021
Ambassador to Hungary	Vacant since October 30, 2020
Ambassador to Iceland	Vacant since January 20, 2021
Ambassador to Ireland	Vacant since January 19, 2021
Ambassador to Italy	Vacant since January 4, 2021
Ambassador to San Marino	Vacant since January 4, 2021
Ambassador to Luxembourg	Vacant since January 20, 2021
Ambassador to the Netherlands	Vacant since January 17, 2021
Ambassador to Norway	Vacant since May 29, 2020
Ambassador to Poland	Vacant since January 20, 2021
Ambassador to Portugal	Vacant since January 13, 2021
Ambassador to Slovenia	Vacant since January 20, 2021
Ambassador to Spain	Vacant since January 20, 2021
Ambassador to Andorra	Vacant since January 20, 2021
Ambassador to Sweden	Vacant since January 20, 2021
Ambassador to Switzerland	Vacant since January 20, 2021
Ambassador to Liechtenstein	Vacant since January 20, 2021
Ambassador to the United Kingdom	Vacant since January 20, 2021

Middle East

Office	Nominee	Assumed office
Ambassador to Bahrain	Steven C. Bondy^[4]	Announced April 15, 2021
Ambassador to Israel	Thomas R. Nides^[8]	Reported May 25, 2021
Ambassador to Saudi Arabia	Vacant since January 20, 2021
Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates	Vacant since January 19, 2021

Oceania

Office	Nominee	Assumed office	Left office
Ambassador to Australia	Vacant since January 19, 2021
Ambassador to Fiji	Vacant since January 20, 2021
Ambassador to Kiribati
Ambassador to Nauru
Ambassador to Tonga
Ambassador to Tuvalu
Ambassador to New Zealand	Vacant since December 20, 2020
Ambassador to Samoa	Vacant since December 20, 2020

Ambassadors to international organizations

Ambassador and representatives to the United Nations and related organizations

Office	Nominee	Assumed office
Ambassador to the United Nations	Linda Thomas-Greenfield	February 25, 2021 (Confirmed February 23, 2021, 78–20)^[9]
Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations	Jeffrey Prescott	Announced January 16, 2021^[10]
Ambassador to the United Nations for U.N. Management and Reform	Chris Lu	Announced April 27, 2021^[11]
Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization	Vacant since January 20, 2021
Ambassador to the European Union	Vacant since January 20, 2021

Ambassadors-at-large

Office	Nominee	Assumed office	Left office
Ambassador-at-Large for Counterterrorism	Vacant since January 20, 2021
Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice
Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues
Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom
Special Representative of the President for Nuclear Nonproliferation

References

^ ^a ^b Nichols, Hans. "Biden tempers expectations for high-dollar donors who hoped to get plum diplomatic posts". Axios. Retrieved February 13, 2021.
^ Bixby, Scott (February 12, 2021). "Donors Fume: 'It's Bullshit' Biden Hasn't Called About Ambassadorships". The Daily Beast. Retrieved February 13, 2021.
^ Service, Partnership for Public. "Political Appointee Tracker". Partnership for Public Service. Retrieved February 14, 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "President Biden Announces His Intent to Nominate Nine Career Members of the Senior Foreign Service as Ambassadors" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. April 15, 2021.
^ Karni, Annie (May 27, 2021). "Biden Is Said to Be Planning to Nominate Burns and Garcetti for Ambassadorships" – via NYTimes.com.
^ Nichols, Hans. "Biden ready to name Eric Garcetti ambassador to India". Axios. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
^ "Biden picks ex-Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel as US ambassador to Japan". the Guardian. May 11, 2021. Retrieved May 17, 2021.
^ "Biden picks Thomas Nides of Morgan Stanley to be U.S. ambassador to Israel". CNBC. May 25, 2021.
^ Jennifer Hansler and Richard Roth. "Linda Thomas-Greenfield confirmed as US Ambassador to the UN". CNN. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
^ "Biden fills out State Department team with Obama veterans". Associated Press. January 17, 2021. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
^ "President Biden Announces Key Administration Nominations in National Security" (Press release). The White House. April 27, 2021. Retrieved May 1, 2021.

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