# List of ambassadors of the United States to Algeria

The ambassador of the United States to Algeria is the official representative of the president of the United States to the head of state of Algeria.
Until 1962, Algeria had been under the dominion of France. Independence from France was formally declared on July 3, 1962. The United States and France both formally recognized Algeria on that same day. The Ottoman government had recognized the United States in 1795, but formal diplomatic relations had not been established.
The U.S. has had consular representation in Algeria intermittently since 1796. On September 29, 1962, diplomatic relations between Algeria and the United States were formally established when the U.S. Consulate General in Algiers was raised to embassy status. William J. Porter was appointed as the first chargé d'affaires ad interim pending appointment of an ambassador to Algiers. He was promoted to ambassador on November 29, 1962.
Algeria severed diplomatic relations with the United States on June 6, 1967, in the wake of the June 1967 Arab-Israeli War. A U.S. Interests Section was established in the Swiss Embassy. The United States and Algeria reestablished diplomatic relations, and their respective embassies in Algiers and Washington reopened on November 12, 1974.

## Ambassadors and chiefs of mission

| # | Name | Appointed | Presented credentials | Terminated mission |
| - | William J. Porter – Career FSO | Chargé d’Affaires ad interim | July 3, 1962 | Promoted to ambassador, November 29, 1962 |
| 1 | William J. Porter – Career FSO | November 29, 1962 | December 17, 1962 | July 29, 1965 |
| 2 | John D. Jernegan – Career FSO | July 22, 1965 | October 13, 1965 | June 10, 1967 |
| - | Richard Bordeaux Parker – Career FSO | Chargé d'Affaires | November 12, 1974 | Promoted to ambassador, December 18, 1974 |
| 3 | Richard Bordeaux Parker – Career FSO | December 18, 1974 | January 17, 1975 | February 12, 1977 |
| 4 | Ulric St. Clair Haynes, Jr. – Political appointee | May 11, 1977 | July 13, 1977 | January 28, 1981 |
| - | Christopher W. S. Ross – Career FSO | Chargé d’Affaires ad interim | January 28, 1981 | September 1981 |
| 5 | Michael H. Newlin – Career FSO | September 28, 1981 | October 28, 1981 | July 21, 1985 |
| 6 | L. Craig Johnstone – Career FSO | July 12, 1985 | September 9, 1985 | July 10, 1988 |
| 7 | Christopher W.S. Ross – Career FSO | August 12, 1988 | September 20, 1988 | August 14, 1991 |
| 8 | Mary Ann Casey – Career FSO | July 2, 1991 | September 8, 1991 | October 19, 1994 |
| 9 | Ronald E. Neumann – Career FSO | July 5, 1994 | September 18, 1994 | September 19, 1997 |
| 10 | Cameron R. Hume – Career FSO | November 10, 1997 | December 28, 1997 | September 13, 2000 |
| 11 | Janet A. Sanderson – Career FSO | September 15, 2000 | October 30, 2000 | May 13, 2003 |
| 12 | Richard W. Erdman – Career FSO | May 23, 2003 | July 26, 2003 | January 9, 2006 |
| 13 | Robert Stephen Ford – Career FSO | May 30, 2006 | September 4, 2006 | June 26, 2008 |
| 14 | David D. Pearce – Career FSO | August 4, 2008 | September 2, 2008 | April 11, 2011 |
| 15 | Henry S. Ensher – Career FSO | June 1, 2011 | August 10, 2011 | September 3, 2014 |
| 16 | Joan A. Polaschik – Career FSO | July 29, 2014 | October 29, 2014 | April 27, 2017 |
| 17 | John Desrocher – Career FSO | August 3, 2017 | September 5, 2017 | January 20, 2021 |
| - | Gautam Rana – Career FSO | Chargé d’Affaires ad interim | January 20, 2021 | February 9, 2022 |
| 18 | Elizabeth Moore Aubin – Career FSO | December 21, 2021 | February 9, 2022 | Incumbent |