List of ambassadors of the United States to Tunisia
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The following is a list of United States ambassadors to Tunisia.
NominatorThe president of the United States
InauguralholderMorris N. Hughes
as Chargé d'Affaires
as Chargé d'Affaires
FormationJune 6, 1956
WebsiteU.S. Embassy – Tunis
| Ambassador of the United States to Tunisia | |
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| سفارة الولايات المتحدة في تونس | |
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| Nominator | The president of the United States |
| Inaugural holder | Morris N. Hughes as Chargé d'Affaires |
| Formation | June 6, 1956 |
| Website | U.S. Embassy – Tunis |
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
| Name | Title | Appointed | Presented credentials | Terminated mission | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morris N. Hughes[1] – career FSO | Chargé d'affaires | June 6, 1956 | June 6, 1956 | October 4, 1956 | |
| G. Lewis Jones – career FSO | 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 | October 23, 2025[2] | ||
| Bill Bazzi – political appointee | October 7, 2025 | November 21, 2025 | Present |
