The United States embassy in
Mauritania
Mauritania, officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, is a sovereign country in Maghreb, Northwest Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Western Sahara to Mauritania–Western Sahara border, the north and northwest, ...
is located in
Nouakchott
Nouakchott ( ) is the capital and largest city of Mauritania. Located in the southwestern part of the country, it is one of the largest cities in the Sahara. The city also serves as the administrative and economic center of Mauritania.
Once a ...
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Mauritania – United States relations have been developing since 1960.
Ambassadors
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Henry S. Villard – Career
FSO
**Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
**''Resident in, and concurrent US Ambassador to, neighbouring
Senegal
Senegal, officially the Republic of Senegal, is the westernmost country in West Africa, situated on the Atlantic Ocean coastline. It borders Mauritania to Mauritania–Senegal border, the north, Mali to Mali–Senegal border, the east, Guinea t ...
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**Appointed: November 28, 1960
**Terminated mission: Left post, April 30, 1961
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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
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William L. Eagleton, Jr – Career FSO
**Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary. ''Ad Interim''
**Appointed: 1962
**Terminated mission: 1964
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Geoffrey W. Lewis – Career FSO
**Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
**Appointed: March 31, 1965
**Terminated mission: Left post, June 9, 1967
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Robert A. Stein – Career FSO
**Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
**Appointed: March 1970
**Terminated mission: Left post, November 1971
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Richard W. Murphy – Career FSO
**Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
**Appointed: December 17, 1971
**Terminated mission: Left post, June 5, 1974
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Holsey G. Handyside – Career FSO
**Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
**Appointed: April 15, 1975
**Terminated mission: Left post, December 5, 1977
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E. Gregory Kryza – Career FSO
**Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
**Appointed: December 16, 1977
**Terminated mission: Left post, June 29, 1980
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Stanley N. Schrager – Career FSO
**Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary. ''Ad Interim''
**Appointed: September 1980
**Terminated mission: Left post, July 1982
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Edward Brynn – Career FSO
**Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary. ''Ad Interim''
**Appointed: July 1982
**Terminated mission: Left post, February 1983
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Edward Lionel Peck – Career FSO
**Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
**Appointed: February 19, 1983
**Terminated mission: Left post, July 7, 1985
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Robert L. Pugh – Career FSO
**Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
**Appointed: September 5, 1985
**Terminated mission: Left post, July 5, 1988
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William H. Twaddell – Career FSO
**Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
**Appointed: October 6, 1988
**Terminated mission: Left post, July 20, 1991
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Gordon S. Brown
Gordon Stanley Brown (August 30, 1907 in Australia – August 23, 1996 in Tucson, Arizona) was a professor of electrical engineering at MIT. He originated many of the concepts behind automatic-feedback control systems and the numerical control of ...
– Career FSO
**Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
**Appointed: September 5, 1991
**Terminated mission: Left post, August 18, 1994
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Dorothy Myers Sampas – Career FSO
**Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
**Appointed: November 3, 1994
**Terminated mission: Left post, July 4, 1997
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Timberlake Foster – Career FSO
**Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
**Appointed: November 11, 1997
**Terminated mission: Left post, October 3, 2000
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John W. Limbert
John W. Limbert (born 1943) is an American diplomat. He is the former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Iran in the US State Department's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs. He is a veteran U.S. diplomat and a former official at the U.S. Embass ...
– Career FSO
**Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
**Appointed: November 21, 2000
**Terminated mission: Left post, August 8, 2003
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Joseph LeBaron
Joseph Evan LeBaron (born September 3, 1947) is the former United States ambassador to the State of Qatar (July 18, 2008 – July 29, 2011) and to the Islamic Republic of Mauritania (September 1, 2003 – November 22, 2007).
In September 2011, L ...
– Career FSO
**Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
**Appointed: September 1, 2003
**Terminated mission: November 22, 2007
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Mark Boulware
Mark Boulware (born 1948) is an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Chad from 2010 to 2013. He also served as the United States Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Mauritania from 2007 until 2010.
Mr. Boulware was b ...
– Career FSO
**Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
**Appointed: November 22, 2007
**Terminated mission: Left post, May 6, 2010
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Jo Ellen Powell – Career FSO
**Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
**Appointed: October 10, 2010
**Terminated mission: Left post, December 12, 2013
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Larry André Jr. – Career FSO
**Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
**Nominated: January 6, 2014
**Appointed: September 25, 2014
**Presentation of credentials: November 3, 2014
**Terminated mission: Left post, November 17, 2017
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Michael Dodman
Michael James Dodman (born 1961) is an American diplomat and career member of the Senior Foreign Service who served as the United States Ambassador to Mauritania from 2018 to 2021. Prior to assuming that role, he served as an Executive Assista ...
– Career FSO
**Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
**Nominated: July 27, 2017
**Appointed: November 20, 2017
**Presentation of credentials: March 13, 2018
**Terminated mission: February 2021
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Cynthia Kierscht
Cynthia Kierscht is an official at the United States Department of State serving as the United States ambassador to Djibouti since 2024. She previously served as the United States ambassador to Mauritania from 2021 to 2024.
Education
Kierscht ...
– Career FSO
**Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
**Nominated: June 18, 2020
**Appointed: January 27, 2021
**Presentation of credentials: June 22, 2021
**Terminated mission: July 9, 2024
See also
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Mauritania – United States relations
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Foreign relations of Mauritania
The foreign relations of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania have, since 1960, been dominated by the issues of the Spanish Sahara (now Western Sahara or Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic) and the recognition of its independence by its neighbours, ...
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Ambassadors of the United States
Ambassadors of the United States are persons nominated by the president to serve as the United States' diplomatic representatives to foreign nations, international organizations, and as ambassadors-at-large. Under Article II, Section 2 of t ...
References
United States Department of State: Background notes on Mauritania*
External links
United States Department of State: Chiefs of Mission for MauritaniaUnited States Department of State: MauritaniaUnited States Embassy in Nouakchott
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Mauritania
Mauritania, officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, is a sovereign country in Maghreb, Northwest Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Western Sahara to Mauritania–Western Sahara border, the north and northwest, ...
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Lists of ambassadors to Mauritania