# List of ambassadors of the United States to Egypt

This is a list of ambassadors (or other diplomatic representatives) of the United States to Egypt.
The United States first established diplomatic relations with Egypt in 1848, when President James K. Polk appointed Daniel Smith McCauley as the first envoy to Egypt with the title Consul General. McCauley and his family were transported to Egypt aboard the USS Constitution in 1849.
Relations between Egypt and the United States have been continuous since 1848, except for the period between 1967 and 1974. The then United Arab Republic severed relations with the U.S. following the Six-Day War; Egypt restored relations following the Yom Kippur War.
The United States Embassy in Egypt is located in Cairo.

## Ambassadors

| Name | Appointed | Presented credentials | Terminated mission | Notes |
| Daniel Smith McCauley | August 14, 1848 | March 17, 1849 | Died at post October 24, 1852 | Envoys held the title of Agent/Consul General until 1922 |
| Richard B. Jones | December 28, 1852 | May 7, 1853 | December 14, 1853 | |
| Edwin De Leon | May 24, 1853 | December 14, 1853 | March 4, 1861 | |
| William Sydney Thayer | March 20, 1861 | Unknown. Assumed charge July 1, 1861 | Died at post April 10, 1864 | |
| Charles Hale | May 18, 1864 | About October 15, 1864 | Presented recall, May 23, 1870 | |
| George Harris Butler | March 15, 1870 | June 2, 1870 | July 16, 1872 | |
| Richard Beardsley | July 23, 1872 | September 24, 1872 | Died at post January 23, 1876 | |
| Elbert E. Farman | March 27, 1876 | July 17, 1876 | May 17, 1881 | |
| Simon Wolf | June 30, 1881 | October 22, 1881 | March 27, 1882 | |
| George P. Pomeroy | December 16, 1881 | July 1, 1882 | July 20, 1884 | |
| John Cardwell | October 2, 1885 | April 19, 1886 | October 7, 1889 | |
| Eugene Schuyler | June 26, 1889 | November 23, 1889 | July 2, 1890 | |
| John A. Anderson | February 27, 1891 | July 13, 1891 | April 21, 1892 | |
| Edward C. Little | November 15, 1892 | April 22, 1893 | August 22, 1893 | |
| Frederic Courtland Penfield | May 13, 1893 | December 11, 1893 | June 17, 1897 | |
| Thomas Harrison | April 22, 1897 | December 23, 1897 | March 22, 1899 | |
| John G. Long | October 30, 1899 | April 2, 1900 | July 15, 1903 | |
| John W. Riddle | September 8, 1903 | March 28, 1904 | June 9, 1905 | |
| Lewis M. Iddings | March 23, 1905 | December 23, 1905 | April 14, 1910 | |
| Peter Augus Jay | December 21, 1909 | November 28, 1910 | October 8, 1913 | |
| Olney Arnold | September 2, 1913 | March 23, 1914 | January 8, 1916 | |
| Hampson Gary | October 2, 1917 | February 7, 1918 | December 7, 1919 | |
| Carroll Sprigg | May 11, 1920 | August 2, 1920 | October 31, 1921 | |
| J. Morton Howell | October 7, 1921 | Unknown | July 6, 1927 | The title of the envoy was changed to Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary on June 21, 1922. |
| Franklin Mott Gunther | April 5, 1928 | July 19, 1928 | July 30, 1930 | |
| William M. Jardine | July 21, 1930 | October 13, 1930 | September 5, 1933 |
| Bert Fish | September 6, 1933 | December 2, 1933 | February 28, 1941 | |
| Alexander C. Kirk | February 11, 1941 | March 29, 1941 | April 29, 1944 | |
| S. Pinkney Tuck | May 4, 1944 | June 14, 1944 | May 30, 1948 | The title of the envoy was changed to Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary on September 19. 1946 |
| Stanton Griffis | July 7, 1948 | September 2, 1948 | March 18, 1949 |
| Jefferson Caffery | July 9, 1949 | September 29, 1949 | January 11, 1955 | |
| Henry A. Byroade | January 24, 1955 | March 7, 1955 | September 10, 1956 | |
| Raymond A. Hare | August 14, 1956 | September 25, 1956 | March 10, 1958 | Recommissioned and reaccredited to the United Arab Republic. Egypt and Syria incorporated themselves into United Arab Republic on February 22, 1958. Subsequent ambassadors were commissioned to the UAR until 1967. Syria seceded from the UAR in September 1961 but Egypt continued to use the UAR name until 1971. |
| Raymond A. Hare | March 10, 1958 | March 19, 1958 | December 18, 1959 | |
| G. Frederick Reinhardt | January 27, 1960 | March 22, 1960 | May 6, 1961 | |
| John S. Badeau | May 29, 1961 | July 19, 1961 | June 9, 1964 | |
| Lucius D. Battle | July 31, 1964 | September 22, 1964 | March 5, 1967 | |
| Richard H. Nolte | April 5, 1967 | Did not present credentials | June 10, 1967 | The United Arab Republic (Egypt) severed diplomatic relations with the United States on June 6, 1967 during the Six-Day War with Israel. |
| Hermann F. Eilts | March 19, 1974 | April 20, 1974 | May 20, 1979 | Diplomatic relations between the United States and Egypt were resumed in 1974. The U.S. embassy was reestablished on February 28, 1974. |
| Alfred L. Atherton, Jr. | May 17, 1979 | July 2, 1979 | November 12, 1983 | |
| Nicholas A. Veliotes | October 7, 1983 | November 24, 1983 | April 1, 1986 | |
| Frank G. Wisner | August 18, 1986 | August 28, 1986 | June 6, 1991 | |
| Robert H. Pelletreau | July 2, 1992 | September 12, 1991 | December 11, 1993 | |
| Edward S. Walker, Jr. | May 9, 1994 | July 20, 1994 | December 7, 1997 | |
| Daniel Charles Kurtzer | November 10, 1997 | January 13, 1998 | June 22, 2001 | |
| C. David Welch | July 12, 2001 | September 22, 2001 | March 15, 2005 | |
| Francis J. Ricciardone, Jr. | August 2, 2005 | November 13, 2005 | April 18, 2008 | |
| Margaret Scobey | March 14, 2008 | June 16, 2008 | June 30, 2011 | |
| Anne W. Patterson | July 2011 | August 18, 2011 | August 31, 2013 | |
| Robert Stephen Beecroft | June 26, 2014 | February 14, 2015 | June 30, 2017 | |
| Thomas H. Goldberger | June 30, 2017 | | October 16, 2019 | Chargé d'Affaires ad interim |
| Jonathan Cohen | August 1, 2019 | November 17, 2019 | March 31, 2022 | |
| Nicole Shampaine | March 31, 2022 | | August 23, 2022 | Chargé d'Affaires ad interim |
| Daniel Rubinstein | August 23, 2022 | | April 26, 2023 | Chargé d'Affaires ad interim |
| John Desrocher | April 26, 2023 | | August 12, 2023 | Chargé d'Affaires ad interim |
| Evyenia Sidereas | August 12, 2023 | | October 9, 2023 | Chargé d'Affaires ad interim |
| A. Elizabeth Jones | October 9, 2023 | | November 15, 2023 | Chargé d'Affaires ad interim |
| Herro Mustafa | November 1, 2023 | November 15, 2023 | present | |