List of ambassadors of the United States to Turkmenistan
The following is a list of Ambassadors of the United States to Turkmenistan as well as permanent chargés d'affaires posted from Washington for extended periods of time. This list excludes deputy chiefs of mission designated chargés d'affaires by the incumbent chief of mission during the chief of mission's temporary absence from Turkmenistan or during brief hiatuses between chiefs of mission. Note: The United States recognized Turkmenistan on December 25, 1991, and established diplomatic relations on February 19, 1992. Embassy Ashkhabad was established March 17, 1992, with Jeffrey White as Chargé d'affaires ad interim.
Chiefs of Mission
| Name | Title | Appointment | Presentation of Credentials | Termination of Mission |
| Jeffrey White - Career FSO | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | March 17, 1992 | ||
| Joseph S. Hulings, III - Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | August 11, 1992 | September 25, 1992 | September 5, 1995 |
| Michael W. Cotter - Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | October 3, 1995 | November 7, 1995 | August 27, 1998 |
| Steven Robert Mann - Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | October 1, 1998 | November 10, 1998 | May 28, 2001 |
| Laura E. Kennedy - Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | September 21, 2001 | October 5, 2001 | July 7, 2003 |
| Tracey Ann Jacobson - Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | July 1, 2003 | August 25, 2003 | 2006 |
| Jennifer Leigh Brush - Career FSO | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | July 2006 | July 2007 | |
| Richard E. Hoagland - Career FSO | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 2007 | 2007 | 2008 |
| Richard Miles - Career FSO | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 2008 | September 2, 2009 | |
| Sylvia Reed Curran - Career FSO | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | September 2, 2009 | July 9, 2010 | |
| Eileen Malloy - Career FSO | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 2010 | April 26, 2011 | |
| Robert E. Patterson, Jr. - Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | April 26, 2011 | May 16, 2011 | June 1, 2014 |
| Laura E. Kennedy - Career FSO | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | June 4, 2014 | September 12, 2014 | |
| Allan Phillip Mustard - Career FSO | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | November 19, 2014 | January 19, 2015 | June 22, 2019 |
| Matthew S. Klimow - Retired Military/ Career SES | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | May 23, 2019 | June 26, 2019 | Incumbent |