United States Ambassador to Mauritania
Encyclopedia
The United States embassy in Mauritania
is located in Nouakchott
. Mauritania – United States relations have been developing since 1960. The incumbent ambassador is Jo Ellen Powell
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Mauritania
Mauritania is a country in the Maghreb and West Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean in the west, by Western Sahara in the north, by Algeria in the northeast, by Mali in the east and southeast, and by Senegal in the southwest...
is located in Nouakchott
Nouakchott
-Government:The town was first divided into districts in 1973. First it was divided into four. From 1986, the city has been split into nine districts.* Arafat* Dar Naim* El Mina* Ksar* Riad* Sebkha* Tevragh-Zeina* Teyarett* Toujounine...
. Mauritania – United States relations have been developing since 1960. The incumbent ambassador is Jo Ellen Powell
Jo Ellen Powell
Jo Ellen Powell is a career member of the United States Foreign Service who served as Consul General in Frankfurt, Germany and was nominated as the US ambassador to Mauritania by Barack Obama on July 15, 2010. She has been known in Frankfurt for her active engagement with Germany's Muslim...
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Ambassadors
- Henry S. Villard – Career FSOForeign Service OfficerA Foreign Service Officer is a commissioned member of the United States Foreign Service. As diplomats, Foreign Service Officers formulate and implement the foreign policy of the United States. FSOs spend most of their careers overseas as members of U.S. embassies, consulates, and other diplomatic...
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary. Resident in SenegalSenegalSenegal , officially the Republic of Senegal , is a country in western Africa. It owes its name to the Sénégal River that borders it to the east and north...
- Appointed: November 28, 1960
- Terminated mission: Left post, April 30, 1961
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary. Resident in Senegal
- Philip M. KaiserPhilip Mayer Kaiser-Education:Born in New York City, Kaiser graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1935. He was also a Rhodes Scholar in 1936 at Balliol College. During this time, he studied labor history.-Family:...
– Career FSO- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary. Resident in Senegal
- Appointed: August 1, 1961
- Terminated mission: Left post, May 18, 1964
- William L. Eagleton, JrWilliam L. EagletonWilliam Lester Eagleton, Jr. was a United States Foreign Service Officer and diplomat.-Early life:Born in Peoria, Illinois, Eagleton served in the United States Navy from 1944–46, and graduated from Yale University in 1948. He joined the U.S...
– 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. MurphyRichard W. MurphyRichard William Murphy is an American diplomat.After graduating from The Roxbury Latin School in 1947, he received BAs from Harvard University in 1951 and from Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge in 1953. From 1953 to 1955, he served in the U.S...
– 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 PeckEdward PeckEdward L. Peck is a retired career United States diplomat who served thirty-two-years in the U.S. Foreign Service .-Early life and career:...
– 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 LeBaronJoseph LeBaronJoseph Evan LeBaron is the previous United States Ambassador to Qatar and former United States Ambassador to Mauritania . He was sworn in as Ambassador to Qatar on July 18, 2008, in a ceremony at the Simon Benson House of Portland State University in Portland, Oregon. PSU Interim President...
– Career FSO- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
- Appointed: September 1, 2003
- Terminated mission: November 22, 2007
- Mark BoulwareMark BoulwareMark Boulware is the current United States Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Mauritania. He began his appointment on 22 November 2007....
– Career FSO- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
- Appointed: November 22, 2007
- Terminated mission: October 1, 2007
- Jo Ellen PowellJo Ellen PowellJo Ellen Powell is a career member of the United States Foreign Service who served as Consul General in Frankfurt, Germany and was nominated as the US ambassador to Mauritania by Barack Obama on July 15, 2010. She has been known in Frankfurt for her active engagement with Germany's Muslim...
– Career FSO- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
- Appointed: October 10, 2010
- Terminated mission: Incumbent
See also
- Mauritania – United States relations
- Foreign relations of MauritaniaForeign relations of MauritaniaThe foreign relations of The Islamic Republic of Mauritania have been dominated since independence by the issues of the Spanish Sahara as well as recognition of its independence by its neighbours, particularly Morocco...
- Ambassadors of the United States