This is a list of women who are or have ever been ambassadors of the United States.

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Name Picture Post Term Start Term End
Eugenie Anderson United States ambassador to Denmark December 22, 1949 January 19, 1953
Margaret Joy Tibbetts United States ambassador to Norway October 6, 1964 May 23, 1969
Eileen R. Donovan[1] United States ambassador to Barbados September 5, 1969 August 3, 1974
Anne L. Armstrong United States ambassador to the United Kingdom March 17, 1976 March 3, 1977
Anne Cox Chambers[2] United States ambassador to Belgium June 17, 1977 January 17, 1981
Sally Shelton-Colby United States ambassador to Barbados June 7, 1979 February 24, 1981
Jeane Kirkpatrick United States ambassador to the United Nations February 4, 1981 April 1, 1985
Jane Abell Coon[3] United States ambassador to Bangladesh June 30, 1981 August 3, 1984
Harriet Winsar Isom (acting) United States ambassador to Laos August 1986 August 1989
Harriet Winsar Isom United States ambassador to Benin January 26, 1990 November 14, 1992
Jennifer C. Ward United States ambassador to Niger March 25, 1991 May 28, 1993
Mary Ann Casey United States ambassador to Algeria July 2, 1991 October 19, 1994
Harriet Winsar Isom[4] United States ambassador to Cameroon August 17, 1992 January 15, 1996
Ruth A. Davis[5] United States ambassador to Benin August 17, 1992 November 3, 1995
Madeleine Albright United States ambassador to the United Nations January 27, 1993 January 21, 1997
Harriet C. Babbitt United States ambassador to the Organization of American States April 12, 1993 November 30, 1997
Jeanette W. Hyde United States Ambassador to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean April 14, 1994 January 31, 1998
Mary Ann Casey United States ambassador to Tunisia July 5, 1994 July 18, 1997
Donna Hrinak United States ambassador to the Dominican Republic July 22, 1994 December 8, 1997
Elizabeth Frawley Bagley United States ambassador to Portugal September 21, 1994 October 3, 1997
Prudence Bushnell United States ambassador to Kenya September 2, 1996 May 22, 1999
Donna Hrinak United States ambassador to Bolivia January 14, 1998 July 17, 2000
Carolyn Curiel[6] United States ambassador to Belize January 19, 1998 March 1, 2001
Barbro Owens-Kirkpatrick United States ambassador to Niger September 10, 1999 July 12, 2002
Donna Hrinak United States ambassador to Venezuela August 25, 2000 January 23, 2002
Mary Ann Peters[7] United States ambassador to Bangladesh September 15, 2000 June 19, 2003
Janet A. Sanderson United States ambassador to Algeria October 30, 2000 May 13, 2003
Pamela E. Bridgewater United States ambassador to Benin November 24, 2000 December 10, 2002
Donna Hrinak United States ambassador to Brazil April 23, 2002 June 26, 2004
Gail D. Mathieu[8] United States ambassador to Niger October 3, 2002 September 30, 2005
Mary Kramer United States Ambassador to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean March 30, 2004 October 30, 2006
Cynthia Efird United States ambassador to Angola August 31, 2004 June 6, 2007
Anne W. Patterson United States ambassador to the United Nations (acting) January 20, 2005 August 2, 2005
Catherine Todd Bailey United States ambassador to Latvia January 20, 2005 February 4, 2008
Marie Yovanovitch United States ambassador to Kyrgyzstan February 4, 2005 February 4, 2008
Michele J. Sison United States ambassador to the United Arab Emirates February 7, 2005 January 19, 2008
Pamela E. Bridgewater United States ambassador to Ghana October 11, 2005 June 10, 2008
Patricia A. Butenis United States ambassador to Bangladesh April 13, 2006 June 23, 2007
Gayleatha B. Brown United States ambassador to Benin July 25, 2006 August 22, 2009
Bernadette Allen United States ambassador to Niger February 21, 2006 January 15, 2010
Jeanine Jackson United States ambassador to Burkina Faso March 24, 2006 March 7, 2009
Karen B. Stewart United States ambassador to Belarus October 24, 2006 March 12, 2008
Mary M. Ourisman[9] United States Ambassador to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean November 7, 2006 January 16, 2009
Cindy Courville United States ambassador to the African Union December 22, 2006 June 1, 2008
Gail D. Mathieu[8] United States ambassador to Namibia November 15, 2007 September 4, 2010
Eunice Reddick[10] United States ambassador to Gabon December 6, 2007 July 18, 2010
Michele J. Sison United States ambassador to Lebanon January 25, 2008 August 9, 2010
Eunice Reddick[10] United States ambassador to São Tomé and Príncipe April 15, 2008 July 18, 2010
Liliana Ayalde United States ambassador to Paraguay August 11, 2008 August 5, 2011
Marie Yovanovitch United States ambassador to Armenia September 22, 2008 June 9, 2011
Susan Rice[11] United States ambassador to the United Nations January 26, 2009 June 30, 2013
Laurie S. Fulton United States Ambassador to Denmark July 15, 2009 February 15, 2013
Gayleatha B. Brown United States ambassador to Burkina Faso (acting) August 4, 2009 August 5, 2010
Patricia A. Butenis[12] United States ambassador to Sri Lanka and the Maldives August 19, 2009 June 29, 2012
Vilma Socorro Martínez United States ambassador to Argentina September 18, 2009 July 4, 2013
Nicole Avant United States ambassador to The Bahamas October 22, 2009 November 21, 2011
Anne S. Andrew United States ambassador to Costa Rica January 12, 2010 June 13, 2013
Mari Carmen Aponte United States ambassador to El Salvador September 27, 2010 January 2, 2011
August 21, 2012 February 7, 2016
Bisa Williams[13] United States ambassador to Niger October 29, 2010 September 13, 2013
Pamela E. Bridgewater United States ambassador to Jamaica November 3, 2010 November 25, 2013
Karen B. Stewart United States ambassador to Laos November 16, 2010 August 8, 2013
Jeanine Jackson United States ambassador to Malawi May 5, 2011 September 25, 2014
Mary Beth Leonard United States ambassador to Mali November 22, 2011 September 22, 2014
Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley[14] United States ambassador to Malta May 2, 2012 January 26, 2016
Michele J. Sison United States ambassador to Sri Lanka and the Maldives September 9, 2012 December 6, 2014
Rosemary DiCarlo United States ambassador to the United Nations (acting) June 30, 2013 August 5, 2013
Samantha Power United States ambassador to the United Nations August 5, 2013 January 20, 2017
Denise Bauer United States ambassador to Belgium September 26, 2013 January 20, 2017
Liliana Ayalde United States ambassador to Brazil October 31, 2013 January 3, 2017
Helen La Lime United States ambassador to Angola May 15, 2014 November 24, 2017
Eunice Reddick[10] United States ambassador to Niger September 12, 2014 January 25, 2018
Joan A. Polaschik United States ambassador to Algeria October 29, 2014 April 27, 2017
Nina Hachigian[15] United States Ambassador to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations November 3, 2014 January 20, 2017
Cynthia Akuetteh[16] United States ambassador to Gabon December 26, 2014 February 26, 2018
Maureen Cormack[17] United States Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina January 16, 2015 January 16, 2019
Cynthia Akuetteh[16] United States ambassador to São Tomé and Príncipe April 10, 2015 February 26, 2018
Virginia E. Palmer United States ambassador to Malawi February 27, 2015 June 7, 2019
Jennifer Zimdahl Galt United States Ambassador to Mongolia October 5, 2015 March 29, 2018
Laura Farnsworth Dogu United States Ambassador to Nicaragua October 6, 2015 October 30, 2018
Lucy Tamlyn[18] United States ambassador to Benin October 23, 2015 October 17, 2018
Patricia Alsup United States Ambassador to the Gambia January 13, 2016 September 22, 2018
Linda Swartz Taglialatela[19] United States Ambassador to Barbados, the Eastern Caribbean and the OECS February 1, 2016 December 27, 2023
Jean Elizabeth Manes[20] United States ambassador to El Salvador March 30, 2016 July 31, 2019
Karen B. Stewart United States Ambassador to the Marshall Islands July 25, 2016 January 27, 2020
Marie Yovanovitch[21] United States Ambassador to Ukraine August 29, 2016 May 20, 2019
Mary Beth Leonard United States ambassador to the African Union September 13, 2016 September 14, 2019
Adrienne Galanek U.S. Chargé d'Affaires for Belize January 20, 2017 July 21, 2018
Michele J. Sison United States ambassador to the United Nations (acting) January 20, 2017 January 27, 2017
Herro Mustafa United States chargé d'affaires to Portugal January 20, 2017 August 25, 2017
Nikki Haley[22] United States ambassador to the United Nations January 27, 2017 December 31, 2018
Kay Bailey Hutchison[23] United States Ambassador to NATO August 28, 2017 January 20, 2021
Maria E. Brewer United States Ambassador to Sierra Leone October 5, 2017 February 22, 2021
Carla Sands United States Ambassador to Denmark November 2, 2017 January 20, 2021
Nina Maria Fite[24] United States ambassador to Angola February 14, 2018 November 8, 2021
Michele J. Sison United States Ambassador to Haiti February 21, 2018 October 9, 2021
Mara Tekach[25] United States Ambassador to Cuba (acting) July 20, 2018 July 21, 2020
Jenifer H. Moore United States ambassador to Belarus (acting) August 17, 2018 July 27, 2020
Lucy Tamlyn United States Ambassador to the Central African Republic February 6, 2019 January 28, 2022
Lynne M. Tracy[26] United States ambassador to Armenia March 1, 2019 December 22, 2022
Eunice Reddick[10] United States Chargé d’Affaires to Burundi May 5, 2019 March 2, 2021
Patricia Mahoney[27] United States ambassador to Benin July 4, 2019 February 1, 2022
Melissa A. Brown[28] Ambassador of the United States to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (acting) August 2019 March 31, 2022
Bridget A. Brink United States Ambassador to Slovakia August 20, 2019 May 18, 2022
Kelly Craft[29] United States ambassador to the United Nations September 12, 2019 January 20, 2021
Jessica Lapenn[30] United States ambassador to the African Union October 14, 2019 February 1, 2023
Herro Mustafa United States ambassador to Bulgaria October 18, 2019 March 1, 2023
Mary Beth Leonard[31] United States ambassador to Nigeria December 24, 2019 March 31, 2023
Kelley Eckels Currie[32] United States Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues January 14, 2020 January 20, 2021
Yuri Kim[33] United States Ambassador to Albania January 27, 2020 June 25, 2023
Roxanne Cabral[34] United States Ambassador to the Marshall Islands February 6, 2020 March 3, 2023
Alina Romanowski United States Ambassador to Kuwait February 11, 2020 April 15, 2022
Jessica Davis Ba United States Ambassador to Chad (acting) May 1, 2020 November 8, 2021
Charisse Phillips[35] United States Chargé d'affaires to Bolivia August 26, 2020 October 7, 2022
Sandra E. Clark United States ambassador to Burkina Faso September 25, 2020 December 18, 2023
Julie D. Fisher[36] United States ambassador to Belarus December 23, 2020 June 9, 2022
MaryKay Carlson[37] United States ambassador to Argentina (acting) January 20, 2021 January 24, 2022
Yael Lempert[38] U.S. Chargé d’Affaires to the United Kingdom January 20, 2021 August 1, 2021
Martina A. Strong U.S. Chargé d’Affaires to Saudi Arabia January 20, 2021 April 16, 2023
Linda Thomas-Greenfield[39] United States ambassador to the United Nations February 25, 2021 Incumbent
Melanie Harris Higgins United States Ambassador to Burundi March 2, 2021 July 13, 2023
Leyla Moses-Ones U.S. Chargé d'Affaires for Belize August 2021 December 5, 2022
Victoria Reggie Kennedy United States Ambassador to Austria January 12, 2022 Incumbent
Denise Bauer[40] United States Ambassador to France &

United States Ambassador to Monaco

February 5, 2022 Incumbent
Elizabeth Moore Aubin United States ambassador to Algeria February 9, 2022 Incumbent
Claire D. Cronin United States Ambassador to Ireland February 10, 2022 Incumbent
Jamie Harpootlian United States Ambassador to Slovenia February 17, 2022 Incumbent
Amy Gutmann United States Ambassador to Germany February 17, 2022 Incumbent
Julie J. Chung United States ambassador to Sri Lanka February 25, 2022 Incumbent
Maria E. Brewer United States Ambassador to Lesotho March 10, 2022 Incumbent
Sharon L. Cromer United States Ambassador to the Gambia March 18, 2022 Incumbent
Patricia Mahoney United States Ambassador to the Central African Republic April 8, 2022 Incumbent
Laura Farnsworth Dogu United States Ambassador to Honduras April 12, 2022 Incumbent
Randi Levine United States ambassador to Portugal April 22, 2022 Incumbent
Elizabeth Fitzsimmons United States Ambassador to Togo April 26, 2022 Incumbent
Virginia E. Palmer United States ambassador to Ghana May 10, 2022 Incumbent
Caryn McClelland United States Ambassador to Brunei May 24, 2022 Incumbent
Bridget A. Brink United States Ambassador to Ukraine May 30, 2022 Incumbent
Alina Romanowski United States Ambassador to Iraq June 2, 2022 Incumbent
Claire A. Pierangelo United States Ambassador to Madagascar June 29, 2022 Incumbent
Jane D. Hartley United States ambassador to the United Kingdom July 19, 2022 Incumbent
MaryKay Carlson United States Ambassador to the Philippines July 22, 2022 Incumbent
Caroline Kennedy[41] United States Ambassador to Australia July 25, 2022 Incumbent
Karen B. Decker[42] U.S. Chargé d'affaires for Afghanistan August 1, 2022 Incumbent
Meg Whitman United States ambassador to Kenya August 5, 2022 Incumbent
Bernadette Meehan[43] United States Ambassador to Chile September 30, 2022 Incumbent
Carrin Patman United States Ambassador to Iceland October 6, 2022 Incumbent
Shefali Razdan Duggal United States Ambassador to the Netherlands October 19, 2022 Incumbent
Constance J. Milstein United States ambassador to Malta October 27, 2022 Incumbent
Angela Aggeler United States Ambassador to North Macedonia November 8, 2022 Incumbent
Mari Carmen Aponte United States Ambassador to Panama November 21, 2022 Incumbent
Marie C. Damour United States Ambassador to Fiji November 24, 2022 Incumbent
Michelle Kwan[41] United States ambassador to Belize December 5, 2022 Incumbent
Candace Bond United States Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago December 8, 2022 Incumbent
Lynne M. Tracy United States Ambassador to Russia January 30, 2023 Incumbent
Elizabeth Frawley Bagley United States ambassador to Brazil February 3, 2023 Incumbent
Lucy Tamlyn United States Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo February 6, 2023 Incumbent
Kathleen A. Kavalec United States Ambassador to Romania February 14, 2023 Incumbent
Julie D. Fisher United States Ambassador to Cyprus February 21, 2023 Incumbent
Kristina Kvien United States ambassador to Armenia February 21, 2023 Incumbent
Jessica Davis Ba United States Ambassador to Ivory Coast March 2, 2023 Incumbent
Rachna Korhonen United States ambassador to Mali March 16, 2023 Incumbent
Heide B. Fulton United States Ambassador to Uruguay March 22, 2023 Incumbent
Kathleen A. FitzGibbon United States ambassador to Niger August 19, 2023 Incumbent
Yael Lempert United States Ambassador to Jordan September 3, 2023 Incumbent
Adrienne Galanek U.S. Chargé d'Affaires for Guyana September 13, 2023 October 23, 2023
Jennifer L. Johnson United States Ambassador to the Federated States of Micronesia September 13, 2023 Incumbent
Martina A. Strong United States Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates October 4, 2023 Incumbent
Robin Dunnigan United States Ambassador to Georgia October 12, 2023 Incumbent
Nicole D. Theriot United States Ambassador to Guyana October 23, 2023 Incumbent
Herro Mustafa United States Ambassador to Egypt November 15, 2023 Incumbent

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