List of LGBT ambassadors of the United States

This list of LGBT ambassadors of the United States includes ambassadors of the United States who publicly identified as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or otherwise part of the LGBT community at the time of their appointment. This list includes ambassadors to individual nations of the world, to international organizations (also known as permanent representatives), and ambassadors-at-large.

Ambassadors are nominated by the president of the United States and confirmed by the Senate. Ambassadors serve "at the pleasure of the president", meaning they can be dismissed at any time.

List

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Name Accreditation Credentials presented Mission end President(s) Ref
James Hormel Luxembourg September 8, 1999 January 1, 2001 Bill Clinton
Michael Guest Romania September 24, 2001 July 8, 2004 George W. Bush
Mark Dybul President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief August 11, 2006 January 20, 2009
David Huebner New Zealand December 4, 2009 January 17, 2014 Barack Obama
 Samoa February 23, 2010 January 17, 2014
Dan Baer Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe September 10, 2013 January 20, 2017
David Pressman United Nations Security Council September 14, 2014 January 20, 2017
James Costos Spain September 24, 2013 January 18, 2017
 Andorra April 4, 2014 January 18, 2017
Rufus Gifford Denmark September 13, 2013 January 20, 2017
Wally Brewster Dominican Republic December 9, 2013 January 20, 2017
John Berry Australia September 25, 2013 September 20, 2016
Howard Dean Pittman Mozambique November 23, 2014 November 4, 2019
Ted Osius Vietnam December 16, 2014 November 4, 2017
Donald Trump
Ric Grenell Germany May 8, 2018 June 1, 2020
Randy Berry Nepal October 25, 2018 October 2, 2022
Joe Biden
Eric Nelson Bosnia and Herzegovina February 19, 2019 February 1, 2022 Donald Trump
Joe Biden
Jeff Daigle Cape Verde September 10, 2019 present Donald Trump
Joe Biden
Robert Gilchrist Lithuania February 4, 2020 Donald Trump
Joe Biden
Scott Miller Switzerland January 11, 2022
Liechtenstein February 16, 2022
Erik Ramanathan Sweden January 20, 2022
Christopher Lamora Cameroon March 21, 2022
David Pressman Hungary September 14, 2022

See also

References

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