List of ambassadors of the United States to Morocco
| Ambassador of the United States to Morocco | |
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| Nominator | The president of the United States |
| Appointer | The president with Senate advice and consent |
| Inaugural holder | James Simpson as Consul |
| Formation | 1797[1] |
| Website | U.S. Embassy - Rabat |
This is a list of ambassadors of the United States to Morocco. Morocco was the first country to recognize the United States of America in 1777. James Simpson was appointed the first U.S. consul, and arrived on December 7, 1797, at Tangier to assume his duties and establish the U.S. consulate. Simpson served for over twenty years, until his death on March 8, 1820. In 1821, as a gift to the United States, Sultan Moulay Suleiman gave a building for the consulate’s use, which was the first property abroad owned by the United States. The building is now the Tangier American Legation Institute for Moroccan Studies (TALIM).[1] In 1912 Morocco came under France and Spain as protectorates. The United States did not initially recognize the French and Spanish protectorates over Morocco. However, in 1917 upon U.S. entry into the First World War, the U.S. government recognized the protectorates. The U.S. Minister at Tangier was downgraded to the status of Diplomatic Agent. In 1956 the U.S. recognized Morocco’s independence, established an embassy in Rabat, and appointed a ranking ambassador, Cavendish W. Cannon.[2]
Heads of the U.S. Legation at Tangier (1906–1917)
| Name | Title | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel R. Gummere | Envoy | 1906 | 1909 |
| Henry Percival Dodge | Envoy | 1909 | 1910 |
| Fred W. Carpenter | Envoy | 1910 | 1912 |
| Maxwell Blake | Chargé d'Affaires | 1912 | 1917 |
Heads of the U.S. Consulate General at Tangier (1917–1933)
| Name | Title | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maxwell Blake | Consul General | 1917 | 1922 |
| Joseph M. Denning | Consul General | 1922 | 1924 |
| Maxwell Blake | Consul General | 1925 | 1933 |
Heads of the U.S. Legation at Tangier (1933–1956)
| Name | Title | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maxwell Blake | Consul General | 1933 | 1940 |
| John Campbell White | Consul General | 1940 | 1941 |
| J. Rives Childs | Chargé d'Affaires | 1941 | 1945 |
| Paul H. Alling | Consul General | 1945 | 1947 |
| Edwin A. Plitt | Consul General | 1947 | 1951 |
| John Carter Vincent | Consul General | 1951 | 1953 |
| Joseph C. Satterthwaite | Consul General | 1953 | 1955 |
| Julius C. Holmes | Consul General | 1955 | 1956 |
Heads of the U.S. Embassy at Rabat (1956–present)
| Name | Title | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|
| William J. Porter | Chargé d'Affaires | 1956 | 1956 |
| Cavendish W. Cannon | Ambassador | 1956 | 1958 |
| Charles Yost | Ambassador | 1958 | 1961 |
| Philip W. Bonsal | Ambassador | 1961 | 1962 |
| John H. Ferguson | Ambassador | 1962 | 1964 |
| Henry J. Tasca | Ambassador | 1965 | 1969 |
| Stuart W. Rockwell | Ambassador | 1970 | 1973 |
| Robert G. Neumann | Ambassador | 1973 | 1976 |
| Robert Anderson | Ambassador | 1976 | 1978 |
| Richard B. Parker | Ambassador | 1978 | 1979 |
| Angier Biddle Duke | Ambassador | 1979 | 1981 |
| Joseph Verner Reed Jr. | Ambassador | 1981 | 1985 |
| Thomas Anthony Nassif[3] | Ambassador | 1985 | 1988 |
| Michael Ussery | Ambassador | 1988 | 1992 |
| Frederick Vreeland | Ambassador | 1992 | 1993 |
| Marc Charles Ginsberg | Ambassador | 1994 | 1997 |
| Gary S. Usrey | Chargé d'Affaires | 1997 | 1998 |
| Edward M. Gabriel | Ambassador | 1998 | 2001 |
| Margaret D. Tutwiler | Ambassador | 2001 | 2003 |
| Thomas Riley | Ambassador | 2004 | 2009 |
| Samuel L. Kaplan | Ambassador | 2009 | 2013 |
| Matthew Lussenhop | Chargé d'Affaires | 2013 | 2014[4] |
| Dwight L. Bush Sr. | Ambassador | 2014[5] | 2017 |
| Stephanie Miley | Chargé d'Affaires | 2017 | 2019 |
| David Greene | Chargé d'Affaires | 2019 | 2020 |
| David T. Fischer | Ambassador | 2020 | 2021 |
| David Greene | Chargé d'Affaires | 2021 | 2022 |
| Aimee Cutrona | Chargé d'Affaires | 2022 | 2022 |
| Puneet Talwar | Ambassador | 2022 | 2025 |
| Aimee Cutrona | Chargé d'Affaires | 2025 | 2025 |
| Ben Ziff | Chargé d'Affaires | 2025 | 2025 |
| Duke Buchan[6] | Ambassador | 2025 | Incumbent |
See also
References
- ^ a b "Morocco - Countries - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov. Retrieved February 24, 2026.
- ^ "Morocco". United States Department of State. Retrieved July 2, 2011.
- ^ "The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR THOMAS A. NASSIF" (PDF). Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training. November 19, 1998. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 11, 2024. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
- ^ "Deputy Chief of Mission Matthew Lussenhop | U.S. Embassy in Belgium". Archived from the original on January 13, 2017.
- ^ Filling seats: Netherlands and Morocco get U.S. ambassadors
- ^ "U.S. Senate confirms nomination of Duke Buchan as ambassador to Morocco – The North Africa Post". Retrieved October 9, 2025.
- United States Department of State: Background notes on Morocco
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