United States Ambassadors appointed by Donald Trump
Office Nominee Assumed office
United States Representative to the African Union Jessye Lapenn October 14 , 2019 ( Confirmed 08/01/2019 , voice vote )
Ambassador to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Melissa A . Brown August 2019
Ambassador to the European Union Ronald Gidwitz May 4 , 2020
Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Kay Bailey Hutchison August 28 , 2017 ( Confirmed 08/03/2017 , voice vote )
Ambassador to the Organization of American States Carlos Trujillo April 5 , 2018 ( Confirmed 03/22/2018 , voice vote )
Ambassador to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Manisha Singh Upon Senate confirmation
Representative to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Joseph Manso Upon Senate confirmation
Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Jim Gilmore July 2 , 2019 ( Confirmed 05/23/2019 , voice vote )
Ambassadors to international organizations -- Ambassadors and representatives to other international organizations
This is a list of United States ambassadors appointed by the 45th president of the United States, Donald Trump. Ambassadorships are often used as a form of political patronage to reward high-profile or important supporters of the president. The most visible ambassadorships are often distributed either in this way or to the president's ideological or partisan confreres. Most ambassadorships, however, are assigned to foreign service officers who have spent their career in the State Department. Regardless, all ambassadors must be formally appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate. While all ambassadors serve at the president's pleasure and may be dismissed at any time, career diplomats usually serve tours of roughly three years before receiving a new assignment, and political appointees customarily tender their resignations upon the inauguration of a new president. The rules of the Senate require that when the term of a Senate expires (in the case of the 115th Congress, on January 2, 2019), nominations then pending lapse and are returned to the president, who can resubmit them to the new Congress.