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Principal Officers and Chiefs of Mission, by Year: 2020
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- *Luis E. Arreaga-Rodas (1952–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Iceland (2009–2013)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Guatemala (2017–2020)
- *Peter H. Barlerin (?–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Cameroon (2017–2020)
- *John R. Bass (1964–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Georgia (2009–2012)
- Executive Secretary (2012–2014)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Turkey (2014)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Turkey (2014–2017)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Afghanistan (2017–2020)
- *Rena Bitter (?–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Laos (2016–2020)
- Terry E. Branstad (?–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, China (2017–2020)
- *Natalie E. Brown (?–)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Eritrea (2019)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Uganda (2020)
- *Roxanne J. Cabral (?–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Panama (2018–2020)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Marshall Islands (2019)
- Carmen G. Cantor (?–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Micronesia, Federated States of (2019)
- Thomas L. Carter (?–)
- Representative of the U.S.A. on the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (Montreal) (2017–2020)
- *Todd C. Chapman (1962–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Mozambique (2010)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Ecuador (2015–2019)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Brazil (2020)
- *Sandra E. Clark (?–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Burkina Faso (2020)
- David B. Cornstein (?–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Hungary (2018–2020)
- *Kelly C. Degnan (?–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Georgia (2019)
- Michael G. DeSombre (?–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Thailand (2020)
- *John P. Desrocher (?–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Algeria (2017–2020)
- *Joseph R. Donovan Jr. (?–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Indonesia (2016–2020)
- Sean E. Doocey (?–)
- Representative of the U.S.A. on the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (Montreal) (2020)
- *Christine Elder (?–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Liberia (2016–2020)
- David T. Fischer (?–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Morocco (2019)
- *Daniel L. Foote (?–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Zambia (2017–2020)
- *Robert S. Gilchrist (?–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Lithuania (2019)
- Callista L. Gingrich (1966–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Holy See (2017–2021)
- *William Grant (?–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Qatar (2018–2020)
- *Andrew B. Haviland (?–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Côte d’Ivoire (2017)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim (2017–2020)
- *Peter M. Haymond (?–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Laos (2019)
- *John Hennessey-Niland (?–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Palau (2020)
- *Simon Henshaw (?–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Guinea (2019–2020)
- *J. Baxter Hunt III (?–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Chile (2019–2020)
- *Thomas J. Hushek (?–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, South Sudan (2018–2020)
- *Amy Jane Hyatt (1955–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Palau (2015–2020)
- *Paul Wayne Jones (1960–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Malaysia (2010–2013)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Poland (2015–2018)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Pakistan (2018–2020)
- *Sung Y. Kim (1960–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Korea (2011–2014)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Philippines (2016–2020)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Indonesia (2020)
- *Yuri Kim (?–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Albania (2019)
- *Deborah Ruth Malac (1955–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Liberia (2012–2015)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Uganda (2015–2020)
- *Scot Alan Marciel (1958–)
- Representative of the U.S.A. to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Jakarta) (2008–2010)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Indonesia (2010–2013)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Burma (2016–2020)
- *Matthew J. Matthews (?–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Brunei (2019–2020)
- *Lee McClenny (1961–)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Venezuela (2017)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Paraguay (2018–2020)
- *Erin E. McKee (?–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Solomon Islands (2019)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Papua New Guinea (2019)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Vanuatu (2019)
- *Jenifer H. Moore (?–)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Belarus (2018–2020)
- *Richard B. Norland (1955–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Uzbekistan (2007–2010)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Georgia (2012–2015)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Libya (2019)
- *Inmi K. Patterson (?–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Tanzania (2020)
- *Charisse Phillips (?–)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Bolivia ()
- Michael R. Pompeo (1963–)
- Secretary of State (2018–2021)
- *William W. Popp (?–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Brazil (2018)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Guatemala (2020)
- *Elizabeth H. Richard (?–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Lebanon (2016–2020)
- *Robert Annan Riley III (1955–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Micronesia, Federated States of (2016–2020)
- Aaron Ellis Ringel (?–)
- Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs (2020)
- Alina L. Romanowski (?–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Kuwait (2019)
- *Karen H. Sasahara (?–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Jordan (2019–2020)
- *Mark A. Schapiro (?–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Malta (2018–2020)
- *Dorothy Shea (?–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Lebanon (2020)
- *Justin H. Siberell (1966–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Bahrain (2017–2020)
- Director of the Bureau of Counterterrorism (Nomination of September 19, 2016, not acted upon by the Senate.)
- *Karen Brevard Stewart (1952–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Belarus (2006–2008)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Laos (2010–2013)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Marshall Islands (2016–2020)
- John J. Sullivan (1959–)
- Deputy Secretary of State (2017)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Russia (2019)
- *Mara R. Tekach (?–)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Cuba (2018–2020)
- *Leslie M. Tsou (?–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Oman (2019)
- *Krishna R. Urs (?–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Peru (2017–2020)
- *Samuel Robert Watson III (?–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Iceland (2010)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Gabon (2020)
- *Robert E. Whitehead (1950–)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Sudan (2011)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Togo (2012–2015)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Gabon (2019–2020)
- *Bruce M. Williamson (?–)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Bolivia (2020)
- *Henry T. Wooster (?–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Jordan (2017–2018)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Jordan (2020)
- Donald J. Wright (?–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Tanzania (2020)
- *Andrew R. Young (?–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Burkina Faso (2016–2020)