Chiefs of Mission for Mauritania

Chiefs of Mission

• Henry Serrano Villard (1900–1996)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 28, 1960–April 30, 1961
• Philip Mayer Kaiser (1913–2007)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 1, 1961–May 18, 1964
• Geoffrey Whitney Lewis (1910–1992)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 31, 1965–June 7, 1967
• Lewis closed the Embassy on June 8, 1967, and left post on June 9, 1967.
• Robert Andrew Stein (1919–)
  • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, March 4, 1970–
• Richard William Murphy (1929–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 17, 1971–June 5, 1974
• Holsey Gates Handyside (1927–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 15, 1975–December 5, 1977
• Elmer Gregory Kryza (1922–1998)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 16, 1977–June 29, 1980
• Stanley N. Schrager (1941–)
  • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, September 1980–July 1982
• Edward Lionel Peck (1929–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, February 19, 1983–July 7, 1985
• Robert Lee Pugh (1931–2013)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 5, 1985–July 5, 1988
• William H. Twaddell (1941–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 6, 1988–July 20, 1991
• Gordon S. Brown (1936–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 5, 1991–August 18, 1994
• Dorothy Myers Sampas (1933–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 3, 1994–July 4, 1997
• Timberlake Foster (1946–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 11, 1997–October 3, 2000
• John W. Limbert (1943–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 21, 2000–August 8, 2003
• Joseph Evan LeBaron (1947–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 1, 2003–August 18, 2006
• Mark M. Boulware (1948–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 22, 2007–May 6, 2010
• Jo Ellen Powell (1953–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 22, 2010–December 12, 2013
• Larry Edward Andre Jr. (1961–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 3, 2014–November 17, 2017
• Michael J. Dodman (?–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 13, 2018–

Other Nominees

• Henry Precht (1932–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary: Not commissioned; nomination of July 7, 1980, not acted upon by the Senate.
• Dawn M. Liberi (1954–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary: Nomination of May 1, 2006, not acted upon by the Senate.