List of ambassadors of the United States to Senegal
# List of ambassadors of the United States to Senegal

The United States ambassador to Senegal is the official representative of the president of the United States to the head of state of Senegal. The ambassador is concurrently the ambassador to Guinea-Bissau, while residing in Dakar, Senegal.

## Ambassadors and chiefs of mission

| Name | Career status | Appointed | Presentation of credentials | Termination of mission |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Henry Serrano Villard | Career FSO | October 8, 1960 | October 31, 1960 | Left post, April 30, 1961 |
| Philip Mayer Kaiser | Political appointee | June 22, 1961 | July 20, 1961 | Left post, May 18, 1964 |
| Mercer Cook | Political appointee | July 9, 1964 | August 29, 1964 | Left post, July 1, 1966 |
| William Robert Rivkin | Political appointee | October 13, 1966 | December 16, 1966 | Died at post, March 19, 1967 |
| Lewis Dean Brown | Career FSO | October 18, 1967 | December 22, 1967 | Left post, August 15, 1970 |
| G. Edward Clark | Political appointee | October 12, 1970 | November 18, 1970 | Left post, October 16, 1973 |
| Orison Rudolph Aggrey | Career FSO | November 23, 1973 | January 17, 1974 | Left post, July 10, 1977 |
| Herman Jay Cohen | Career FSO | June 24, 1977 | July 22, 1977 | Left post, July 21, 1980 |
| Walter C. Carrington | Political appointee | August 27, 1980 | October 16, 1980 | Left post, March 3, 1981 |
| Charles William Bray | Career FSO | June 30, 1981 | July 18, 1981 | Left post, May 17, 1985 |
| Lannon Walker | Career FSO | July 12, 1985 | August 7, 1985 | Left post, August 18, 1988 |
| George Edward Moose | Career FSO | April 28, 1988 | October 13, 1988 | Left post, May 21, 1991 |
| Katherine Shirley | Career FSO | March 25, 1991 | June 5, 1991 | Left post, September 1, 1992 |
| Mark Johnson (U.S. ambassador) | Career FSO | May 25, 1993 | June 22, 1993 | Left post, June 15, 1996 |
| Dane Farnsworth Smith | Career FSO | June 11, 1996 | September 16, 1996 | Left post, July 16, 1999 |
| Harriet L. Elam-Thomas | Career FSO | November 16, 1999 | January 14, 2000 | Left post, December 6, 2002 |
| Richard Allen Roth | Career FSO | November 15, 2002 | February 13, 2004 | Left post, August 4, 2005 |
| Janice L. Jacobs | Career FSO | February 21, 2006 | April 14, 2006 | Left post, July 15, 2007 |
| Marcia Bernicat | Career FSO | June 6, 2008 | August 6, 2008 | July 15 2011 |
| Lewis A. Lukens | Career FSO | July 11, 2011 | August 11, 2011 | Left post, June 4, 2014 |
| James P. Zumwalt | Career FSO | November 19, 2014 | February 3, 2015 | Left post, January 20, 2017 |
| Tulinabo S. Mushingi | Career FSO | February 28, 2017 | August 4, 2017 | February 1, 2022 |
| Michael A. Raynor | Career FSO | December 18, 2021 | March 10, 2022 | Incumbent |
