List of ambassadors of the United States to Tunisia
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| post = Ambassador
| body = the United States to Tunisia
| native_name = سفارة الولايات المتحدة في تونس
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| incumbent = Joey R. Hood
| incumbentsince = February 2, 2023{{cite web | url=https://tn.usembassy.gov/our-relationship/u-s-ambassador-to-the-republic-of-tunisia-joey-r-hood/ | title=U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Tunisia Joey R. Hood, U.S. Embassy Tunisia }}
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| nominator = The President of the United States
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| inaugural = Morris N. Hughes
as Chargé d'Affaires
| formation = June 6, 1956
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| website = [https://tn.usembassy.gov/ U.S. Embassy – Tunis]
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The following is a list of United States ambassadors to Tunisia.
History: US Consul in Tunis
- 1795–1796: Joseph Donaldson Jr. (Consul in Algiers)
- 1795–1797: Samuel D. Heap (acting consul)
- 1796–1797: Joseph Étienne Famin (French, Special Diplomatic Agent)
- 1797–1797: William Eaton (Treaty Negotiator)
- 1797–1797: Samuel D. Heap (Treaty Negotiator)
- 1797–1803: William Eaton (Consul)
- 1798–1798: James Leander Cathcart (Treaty Negotiator)
- 1798–1798: Richard O'brien (Special Negotiator)
- 1803–1803: James Leander Cathcart (Consul)
- 1813–1815: Mordecai Manuel Noah
- 1815–1819: Thomas D. Anderson
- 1819–1824: Townsend Stith
- 1824–1825: Charles D. (b) Coxe
- 1825–1841: Samuel D. Heap
- 1842–1845: John Howard Payne
- 1851–1852: John Howard Payne
- 1862 – ?: Amos Perry
Ambassadors
| class="wikitable"
|+ !Name !Title !Appointed !Terminated mission !Notes |
| Morris N. HughesNeither commissioned nor accredited; designated effective June 5, 1956, on which date the Embassy in Tunis was established. Officially recognized on June 6, 1956. – Career FSO
|Chargé d'Affaires |June 6, 1956 |June 6, 1956 |October 4, 1956 | |
| G. Lewis Jones – Career FSO
| rowspan="21" |Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary |July 27, 1956 |October 4, 1956 |June 11, 1959 |Presented new credentials on December 9, 1957, when Tunisia became a republic |
| Walter N. Walmsley – Career FSO
|July 28, 1959 |October 4, 1959 |July 25, 1962 | |
| Francis H. Russell – Career FSO
|September 10, 1962 |October 16, 1962 |July 18, 1969 | |
| John A. Calhoun – Career FSO
|July 8, 1969 |July 24, 1969 |May 31, 1972 | |
| Talcott W. Seelye – Career FSO
|September 11, 1972 |October 20, 1972 |March 22, 1976 | |
| Edward W. Mulcahy – Career FSO
|March 4, 1976 |May 31, 1976 |January 5, 1979 | |
| Stephen Warren Bosworth – Career FSO
|February 9, 1979 |March 27, 1979 |June 22, 1981 | |
| Walter Leon Cutler – Career FSO
|December 11, 1981 |March 2, 1982 |January 2, 1984 | |
| Peter Sebastian – Career FSO
|June 11, 1984 |July 3, 1984 |February 19, 1987 | |
| Robert H. Pelletreau – Career FSO
|June 15, 1987 |July 1, 1987 |May 11, 1991 | |
| John T. McCarthy – Career FSO
|July 2, 1991 |August 2, 1991 |July 16, 1994 | |
| Mary Ann Casey – Career FSO
|July 5, 1994 |September 23, 1994 |July 18, 1997 | |
| Robin Lynn Raphel – Career FSO
|November 7, 1997 |December 18, 1997 |August 6, 2000 | |
| Rust Macpherson Deming – Career FSO
|December 28, 2000 |November 30, 2001 |May 17, 2003 | |
| William J. Hudson – Career FSO
|December 12, 2003 |January 12, 2004 |April 14, 2006 | |
| Robert F. Godec – Career FSO
|May 30, 2006 |January 17, 2007 |July 29, 2009 | |
| Gordon Gray – Career FSO
|August 20, 2009 |November 19, 2009 |July 5, 2012 | |
| Jacob Walles – Career FSO
|June 21, 2012 |July 24, 2012 |September 2, 2015 | |
| Daniel Rubinstein – Career FSO
|October 15, 2015 |October 26, 2015 |January 15, 2019 | |
| Donald Blome – Career FSO
|January 9, 2019 |February 21, 2019 |April 5, 2022 | |
| Joey R. Hood – Career FSO
|December 26, 2022 |February 2, 2023 |Incumbent | |
Notes
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See also
References
- [https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/5439.htm United States Department of State: Background notes on Tunisia]
- {{StateDept}}
External links
- [https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/chiefsofmission/tunisia United States Department of State: Chiefs of Mission for Tunisia]
- [https://2009-2017.state.gov/p/nea/ci/ts/ United States Department of State: Tunisia]
- [https://tn.usembassy.gov/ United States Embassy in Tunis]
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{{Foreign relations of Tunisia}}