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. The incumbent ambassador is Michael DodmanAmbassadors
- 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 André Jr. – Career FSO
- *Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- *Nominated: January 6, 2014
- *Appointed: September 25, 2014
- *Terminated mission: Left post, November 20, 2017