# List of ambassadors of the United States to Morocco

This is a list of ambassadors of the United States to Morocco. Morocco was the first country to recognize the United States of America in 1777. Regular diplomatic relations were established in 1905. In 1912 Morocco came under the control of France and Spain as protectorates. The United States did not initially recognize the French and Spanish protectorates over Morocco. However, in 1917 upon U.S. entry into the First World War, the U.S. government recognized the protectorates. The U.S. Minister at Tangier was downgraded to the status of Diplomatic Agent. In 1956 the U.S. recognized Morocco’s independence, established an embassy in Rabat, and appointed a ranking ambassador, Cavendish W. Cannon.

## Heads of the U.S. Legation at Tangier (1906–1917)

| Name | Title | Start | End |
| Samuel R. Gummere | Envoy | 1906 | 1909 |
| Henry Percival Dodge | Envoy | 1909 | 1910 |
| Fred W. Carpenter | Envoy | 1910 | 1912 |
| Maxwell Blake | Chargé d'Affaires | 1912 | 1917 |

## Heads of the U.S. Consulate General at Tangier (1917–1933)

| Name | Title | Start | End |
| Maxwell Blake | Consul General | 1917 | 1922 |
| Joseph M. Denning | Consul General | 1922 | 1924 |
| Maxwell Blake | Consul General | 1925 | 1933 |

## Heads of the U.S. Legation at Tangier (1933–1956)

| Name | Title | Start | End |
| Maxwell Blake | Consul General | 1933 | 1940 |
| John Campbell White | Consul General | 1940 | 1941 |
| J. Rives Childs | Chargé d'Affaires | 1941 | 1945 |
| Paul H. Alling | Consul General | 1945 | 1947 |
| Edwin A. Plitt | Consul General | 1947 | 1951 |
| John Carter Vincent | Consul General | 1951 | 1953 |
| Joseph C. Satterthwaite | Consul General | 1953 | 1955 |
| Julius C. Holmes | Consul General | 1955 | 1956 |

## Heads of the U.S. Embassy at Rabat (1956–present)

| Name | Title | Start | End |
| William J. Porter | Chargé d'Affaires | 1956 | 1956 |
| Cavendish W. Cannon | Ambassador | 1956 | 1958 |
| Charles Yost | Ambassador | 1958 | 1961 |
| Philip W. Bonsal | Ambassador | 1961 | 1962 |
| John H. Ferguson | Ambassador | 1962 | 1964 |
| Henry J. Tasca | Ambassador | 1965 | 1969 |
| Stuart W. Rockwell | Ambassador | 1970 | 1973 |
| Robert G. Neumann | Ambassador | 1973 | 1976 |
| Robert Anderson | Ambassador | 1976 | 1978 |
| Richard B. Parker | Ambassador | 1978 | 1979 |
| Angier Biddle Duke | Ambassador | 1979 | 1981 |
| Joseph Verner Reed Jr. | Ambassador | 1981 | 1985 |
| Thomas Anthony Nassif | Ambassador | 1985 | 1988 |
| Michael Ussery | Ambassador | 1988 | 1992 |
| Frederick Vreeland | Ambassador | 1992 | 1993 |
| Marc Charles Ginsberg | Ambassador | 1994 | 1997 |
| Gary S. Usrey | Chargé d'Affaires | 1997 | 1998 |
| Edward M. Gabriel | Ambassador | 1998 | 2001 |
| Margaret D. Tutwiler | Ambassador | 2001 | 2003 |
| Thomas Riley | Ambassador | 2004 | 2009 |
| Samuel L. Kaplan | Ambassador | 2009 | 2013 |
| Matthew Lussenhop | Chargé d'Affaires | 2013 | 2014 |
| Dwight L. Bush Sr. | Ambassador | 2014 | 2017 |
| Stephanie Miley | Chargé d'Affaires | 2017 | 2019 |
| David Greene | Chargé d'Affaires | 2019 | 2020 |
| David T. Fischer | Ambassador | 2020 | 2021 |
| David Greene | Chargé d'Affaires | 2021 | 2022 |
| Aimee Cutrona | Chargé d'Affaires | 2022 | 2022 |
| Puneet Talwar | Ambassador | 2022 | 2025 |
| Aimee Cutrona | Chargé d'Affaires | 2025 | present |