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List of ambassadors nominated by Donald Trump (2025–present)

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This is a list of United States ambassadors appointed by the 47th president of the United States, Donald Trump, during his second term in office.

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  •   Announced appointees not yet sent to the Senate.
  •   Denotes nomination pending before a Senate committee.
  •   Denotes nomination reported favorably by a Senate committee, pending confirmation by the full Senate
  •   Confirmed appointees who are political appointees (rather than career foreign service officers)
  •   Confirmed appointees who are Career Members of the Senior Executive Service or Senior Foreign Service.

CD, or career diplomats, denotes ambassadors who were appointed from the U.S. Foreign Service.

PA, or political appointees, denotes ambassadors who were not appointed from the Foreign Service.

Nominees for ambassadors to foreign states

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Office Ambassador Background Assumed office Left office

Ambassador to Argentina
Peter Lamelas[1] PA Awaiting Senate Confirmation

Ambassador to Austria
Arthur Fisher[2]

Ambassador to the Bahamas

Herschel Walker[3]

Ambassador to Belgium
Bill White[4]

Ambassador to Canada

Pete Hoekstra[5]
April 29, 2025
(Confirmed April 9, 2025, 60–37)[RC 1]

Ambassador to Chile
Brandon Judd[6]

Ambassador to China

David Perdue[7]
TBD
(Confirmed April 29, 2025, 67–29)[RC 2]

Ambassador to Colombia
Dan Newlin[1]

Ambassador to Costa Rica
Melinda Hildebrand[8]

Ambassador to Croatia
Nicole McGraw[9]

Ambassador to the Czech Republic
Nicholas Merrick

Ambassador to Denmark

Ken Howery[10]

Ambassador to the Dominican Republic
Leah Campos[2]

Ambassador to Estonia
Roman Pipko[11]

Ambassador to Finland
Howard Brodie

Ambassador to France
Charles Kushner[12]

Ambassador to Greece

Kimberly Guilfoyle[13]

Ambassador to the Holy See
Brian Burch[14]

Ambassador to Ireland
Edward Sharp Walsh[15]

Ambassador to Israel

Mike Huckabee[16]
April 21, 2025
(Confirmed April 9, 2025, 53–46)[RC 3]

Ambassador to Italy

Tilman Fertitta[17]
TBD
(Confirmed April 29, 2025, 83–14)[RC 4]

Ambassador to Japan

George Edward Glass[2]
April 18, 2025
(Confirmed April 8, 2025, 66–32)[RC 5]

Ambassador to Kuwait
Amer Ghalib[18]

Ambassador to Latvia
Melissa Argyros

Ambassador to Lebanon
Michel Issa[19]

Ambassador to Luxembourg
Stacey Feinberg[2]

Ambassador to Malta
Somers Farkas[20]

Ambassador to Mexico

Ronald D. Johnson[21]
TBD
(Confirmed April 9, 2025, 49–46)[RC 6]

Ambassador to Morocco

Duke Buchan[22]

Ambassador to Namibia

John Giordano

Ambassador to the Netherlands
Joe Popolo[23]

Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa
Jared Novelly[24]

Ambassador to Norway
Michael E. Kavoukjian

Ambassador to Panama

Kevin Marino Cabrera[25]
TBD
(Confirmed April 9, 2025, 51–45)[RC 7]

Ambassador to Poland
Thomas Rose[26]

Ambassador to Portugal
John Arrigo[27]

Ambassador to Serbia

Mark Brnovich

Ambassador to Singapore
Anji Sinha[28]

Ambassador to South Africa

L. Brent Bozell III

Ambassador to Spain
Benjamin Leon[29]

Ambassador to Sweden

Christine Toretti[30]

Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein

Callista Gingrich[31]

Ambassador to Tunisia
Bill Bazzi

Ambassador to Turkey
Tom Barrack[32] TBD
(Confirmed April 29, 2025, 60–36)[RC 8]

Ambassador to the United Kingdom

Warren Stephens[33]
April 30, 2025
(Confirmed April 29, 2025, 59–39)[RC 9]

Ambassador to Uruguay
Lou Rinaldi[2]

Nominees for ambassadors to international organizations

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United States Mission to the United Nations

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Office Ambassador Background Assumed office Left office

Representative to the United Nations and
Representative in the Security Council of the United Nations
(with the rank of ambassador)

Mike Waltz[34]
PA Awaiting Senate Confirmation

Representative to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture
(with the rank of ambassador)

Lynda Blanchard[35]

Alternate Representative for Special Political Affairs in the United Nations
(with the rank of ambassador)
Jennifer Locetta

Other international organizations

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Office Ambassador Background Assumed office Left office

Representative to the European Union
(with the rank of ambassador)

Andrew Puzder
PA Awaiting Senate Confirmation

Permanent Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
(with the rank of ambassador)

Matthew Whitaker[36]
April 3, 2025
(Confirmed April 1, 2025, 52–45)[RC 10]

Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States
(with the rank of ambassador)
Leandro Rizzuto Jr.[37] Awaiting Senate Confirmation

Ambassadors at-large

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Office Ambassador Background Assumed office Left office

Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom

Mark Walker[38]
PA Awaiting Senate Confirmation

Trade Representatives

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Office Ambassador Background Assumed office Left office

United States Trade Representative
(with the rank of ambassador)

Jamieson Greer[citation needed]
PA February 27, 2025
(Confirmed February 26, 2025, 56–43)[RC 11]

Deputy United States Trade Representative for the Office of Geneva
(with the rank of ambassador)

Joseph Barloon[39]
PA Awaiting Senate Confirmation

Other positions with rank of ambassador

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Office Ambassador Background Assumed office Left office

Chief of Protocol
(with the rank of ambassador)

Monica Crowley[40]
PA Awaiting Senate Confirmation

Special envoys, representatives, and coordinators

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Office Appointee Background Assumed office Left office

Special Presidential Envoy for Special Missions

Richard Grenell[15]
PA January 20, 2025

Special Envoy for Latin America

Mauricio Claver-Carone[41]

Special Envoy for Middle East

Steve Witkoff[42]

Deputy Special Envoy for Middle East

Morgan Ortagus[43]

Special Envoy for Ukraine and Russia

Keith Kellogg[44]

Special Envoy to the United Kingdom

Mark Burnett[45]

Withdrawn candidates

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Office Nominee Announced Withdrawn

Special Envoy for Hostage Affairs

Adam Boehler
December 4, 2024 March 14, 2025

Ambassador to the United Nations

Elise Stefanik[46]
November 10, 2024 March 27, 2025

See also

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Notes

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Confirmation votes

Confirmations by roll call vote
  1. ^ "PN25-18 – Peter Hoekstra, of Michigan, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Canada, 119th Congress (2023–2025)". www.senate.gov. April 9, 2025. Retrieved April 10, 2025.
  2. ^ "PN54-5 – David Perdue, of Georgia, to be Ambassador of the United States of America to the People's Republic of China, 119th Congress (2023–2025)". www.senate.gov. April 29, 2025. Retrieved April 30, 2025.
  3. ^ "PN25-20 – Mike Huckabee, of Arkansas, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Israel, 119th Congress (2023–2025)". www.senate.gov. April 9, 2025. Retrieved April 10, 2025.
  4. ^ "PN26-18 – Tilman Fertitta, of Texas, to be Ambassador of the United States of America to the Italian Republic and the Republic of San Marino, 119th Congress (2023–2025)". www.senate.gov. April 29, 2025. Retrieved April 30, 2025.
  5. ^ "PN25-14 - George Glass, of Oregon, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Japan, 119th Congress (2023–2025)". www.congress.gov. April 8, 2025. Retrieved April 8, 2025.
  6. ^ "PN25-22 – Ronald Johnson, of Florida, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the United Mexican States, 119th Congress (2023–2025)". www.senate.gov. April 9, 2025. Retrieved April 10, 2025.
  7. ^ "PN25-6 – Kevin Cabrera, of Florida, to be Ambassador Extrodinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Panama, 119th Congress (2023–2025)". www.senate.gov. April 9, 2025. Retrieved April 10, 2025.
  8. ^ "PN26-3 – Thomas Barrack, of Colorado, to be Ambassador of the United States of America to the Republic of Turkey, 119th Congress (2023–2025)". www.senate.gov. April 29, 2025. Retrieved April 30, 2025.
  9. ^ "PN24-5 – Warren Stephens, of Arkansas, to be Ambassador of the United States of America to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 119th Congress (2023–2025)". www.senate.gov. April 29, 2025. Retrieved April 30, 2025.
  10. ^ "PN25-56 - Matthew Whitaker, of Iowa, to be United States Permanent Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, 119th Congress (2023–2025)". www.congress.gov. April 1, 2025. Retrieved April 2, 2025.
  11. ^ "PN11-17 - Jamieson Greer, of Maryland, to be U.S. Trade Representative, 119th Congress (2023–2025)". www.congress.gov. February 26, 2025. Retrieved February 26, 2025.
Confirmations by voice vote


References

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  4. ^ "Trump picks Bill White as ambassador to Belgium". Yahoo News. December 14, 2024. Retrieved December 14, 2024.
  5. ^ "Trump picks former congressman Pete Hoekstra to be ambassador to Canada". CTVNews. November 20, 2024. Retrieved November 21, 2024.
  6. ^ Timotija, Filip (December 5, 2024). "Trump nominates Brandon Judd as ambassador to Chile". The Hill. Retrieved December 7, 2024.
  7. ^ Ventura, Juliann. "Trumps picks former Sen. David Perdue as ambassador to China". The Hill. Retrieved December 5, 2024.
  8. ^ Grunau, Sarah (February 7, 2025). "Trump taps Houston philanthropist Melinda Hildebrand to be U.S. ambassador to Costa Rica". Houston Public Media. Retrieved February 12, 2025.
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  38. ^ Smith, Rebecca (April 13, 2025). "Former US Rep. Mark Walker from NC appointed by President Trump as Ambassador of International Religious Freedom". WXII-TV. Retrieved April 30, 2025.
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