# List of ambassadors of the United States to Mauritania

The United States embassy in Mauritania is located in Nouakchott. Mauritania – United States relations have been developing since 1960.

## Ambassadors

* Henry S. Villard – Career FSO
** Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
** Resident in, and concurrent US Ambassador to, neighbouring Senegal
** Appointed: November 28, 1960
** Terminated mission: Left post, April 30, 1961
* Philip M. Kaiser – Career FSO
** Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
** Resident in, and concurrent US Ambassador to, neighbouring Senegal
** Appointed: August 1, 1961
** Terminated mission: Left post, May 18, 1964
* William L. Eagleton, Jr – Career FSO
** Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary. Ad Interim
** Appointed: 1962
** Terminated mission: 1964
* Geoffrey W. Lewis – Career FSO
** Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
** Appointed: March 31, 1965
** Terminated mission: Left post, June 9, 1967
* Robert A. Stein – Career FSO
** Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
** Appointed: March 1970
** Terminated mission: Left post, November 1971
* Richard W. Murphy – Career FSO
** Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
** Appointed: December 17, 1971
** Terminated mission: Left post, June 5, 1974
* Holsey G. Handyside – Career FSO
** Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
** Appointed: April 15, 1975
** Terminated mission: Left post, December 5, 1977
* E. Gregory Kryza – Career FSO
** Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
** Appointed: December 16, 1977
** Terminated mission: Left post, June 29, 1980
* Stanley N. Schrager – Career FSO
** Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary. Ad Interim
** Appointed: September 1980
** Terminated mission: Left post, July 1982
* Edward Brynn – Career FSO
** Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary. Ad Interim
** Appointed: July 1982
** Terminated mission: Left post, February 1983
* Edward Lionel Peck – Career FSO
** Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
** Appointed: February 19, 1983
** Terminated mission: Left post, July 7, 1985
* Robert L. Pugh – Career FSO
** Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
** Appointed: September 5, 1985
** Terminated mission: Left post, July 5, 1988
* William H. Twaddell – Career FSO
** Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
** Appointed: October 6, 1988
** Terminated mission: Left post, July 20, 1991
* Gordon S. Brown – Career FSO
** Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
** Appointed: September 5, 1991
** Terminated mission: Left post, August 18, 1994
* Dorothy Myers Sampas – Career FSO
** Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
** Appointed: November 3, 1994
** Terminated mission: Left post, July 4, 1997
* Timberlake Foster – Career FSO
** Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
** Appointed: November 11, 1997
** Terminated mission: Left post, October 3, 2000
* John W. Limbert – Career FSO
** Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
** Appointed: November 21, 2000
** Terminated mission: Left post, August 8, 2003
* Joseph LeBaron – Career FSO
** Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
** Appointed: September 1, 2003
** Terminated mission: November 22, 2007
* Mark Boulware – Career FSO
** Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
** Appointed: November 22, 2007
** Terminated mission: Left post, May 6, 2010
* Jo Ellen Powell – Career FSO
** Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
** Appointed: October 10, 2010
** Terminated mission: Left post, December 12, 2013
* Larry André Jr. – Career FSO
** Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
** Nominated: January 6, 2014
** Appointed: September 25, 2014
** Presentation of credentials: November 3, 2014
** Terminated mission: Left post, November 17, 2017
* Michael Dodman – Career FSO
** Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
** Nominated: July 27, 2017
** Appointed: November 20, 2017
** Presentation of credentials: March 13, 2018
** Terminated mission: February 2021
* Cynthia Kierscht – Career FSO
** Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
** Nominated: June 18, 2020
** Appointed: January 27, 2021
** Presentation of credentials: June 22, 2021
** Terminated mission: July 9, 2024