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United States Ambassador to Mauritania

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Inaugural holder
  
Henry S. Villard

Formation
  
November 28, 1960

United States Ambassador to Mauritania

Nominator
  
The President of the United States

Website
  
U.S. Embassy - Nouakchott

The United States embassy in Mauritania is located in Nouakchott. Mauritania – United States relations have been developing since 1960. The incumbent ambassador is Larry E. André, Jr.

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, 1994
  • 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, October 1, 2010
  • Jo Ellen Powell – Career FSO
  • Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
  • Appointed: October 10, 2010
  • Terminated mission: Left post, December 12, 2013
  • Larry E. André, Jr. – Career FSO
  • Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
  • Nominated: January 6, 2014
  • Appointed: September 25, 2014
  • Terminated mission: Incumbent

    • References

    United States Ambassador to Mauritania Wikipedia
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