Mauritania

Note: During Kaiser's tenure as non-resident Ambassador, Embassy Nouakchott was established Jul 14, 1962, with William L. Eagleton, Jr., as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim.

Name: Henry S. Villard
State of Residency: New York
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 28, 1960
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 28, 1960
Termination of Mission: Left Dakar, Apr 30, 1961
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Feb 6, 1961. Also accredited to Senegal; resident at Dakar.

Name: Philip M. Kaiser
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 22, 1961
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 1, 1961
Termination of Mission: Left Dakar, May 18, 1964
Note: Also accredited to Senegal; resident at Dakar.

Name: Geoffrey W. Lewis
State of Residency: Virginia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 11, 1965
Presentation of Credentials: Mar 31, 1965
Termination of Mission: Mauritania severed diplomatic relations with U.S.,
Jun 7, 1967. Lewis closed the Embassy, Jun 8, 1967, and left post, Jun 9, 1967.

Note: Embassy Nouakchott was reopened Mar 4, 1970, with Robert A. Stein as Chargé
d'Affaires ad interim.

Name: Richard W. Murphy
State of Residency: Virginia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 5, 1971
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 17, 1971
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jun 5, 1974

Name: Holsey G. Handyside
State of Residency: Ohio
Foreign Service officer
Title: Non-career appointee
Appointment: Feb 20, 1975
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 15, 1975
Termination of Mission: Left post, Dec 5, 1977

Name: E. Gregory Kryza
State of Residency: Virginia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 27, 1977
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 16, 1977
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jun 29, 1980

Name: Henry Precht
State of Residency: Georgia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: [see note below]
Note: Not commissioned; nomination of Jul 7, 1980 not acted upon by the Senate.

Note: The following officeers served as served as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim: Stanley N. Schrager (Sep 1980- Jul 1982) and Edward Brynn (Jul 1982-Feb 1983).

Name: Edward Lionel Peck
State of Residency: California
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Dec 10, 1982
Presentation of Credentials: Feb 19, 1983
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 7, 1985

Name: Robert L. Pugh
State of Residency: Virginia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 12, 1985
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 5 1985
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 5, 1988

Name: William H. Twaddell
State of Residency: Rhode Island
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 12, 1988
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 6, 1988
Termination of Mission: Left post, July 20, 1991

Name: Gordon S. Brown
State of Residency: California
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 2, 1991
Presentation of Credentials: Sept 5, 1991
Termination of Mission: Left post, Aug 18, 1994

Name: Dorothy Myers Sampas
State of Residency: Maryland
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 26, 1994
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 3, 1994
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 4, 1997

Name: Timberlake Foster
State of Residency: California
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 24, 1997
Presentation of Credentials: Nov. 11, 1997
Termination of Mission: Left post Oct 3, 2000

Name: John W. Limbert
State of Residency: Vermont
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sept 15, 2000
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 21, 2000
Termination of Mission: Left post Aug 8, 2003

Name: Joseph LeBaron
State of Residency: Oregon
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 16, 2003
Presentation of Credentials: Sept 1, 2003
Termination of Mission: Left post, August 18, 2006.

Name: Dawn M. Liberi
State of Residency: New York
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: *
Presentation of Credentials:
Termination of Mission: 
*Nomination of May 1, 2006 not acted upon by the Senate.