Laura Farnsworth Dogu

Laura Farnsworth Dogu
U.S. Chargé d'Affaires to Venezuela
Assumed office
January 22, 2026
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byJohn McNamara
United States Ambassador to Honduras
In office
April 12, 2022 – April 18, 2025
PresidentJoe Biden
Donald Trump
Preceded byJames D. Nealon (2017)
Succeeded byColleen A. Hoey (Chargé d'Affaires)
United States Ambassador to Nicaragua
In office
October 6, 2015 – October 30, 2018
PresidentBarack Obama
Donald Trump
Preceded byPhyllis M. Powers
Succeeded byKevin K. Sullivan
Personal details
Born1964 (age 61–62)
SpouseAydin Dogu
Children2
Alma materSouthern Methodist University
Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy

Laura Farnsworth Dogu (born 1964) is an American diplomat serving as the U.S. Chargé d'Affaires to Venezuela. She previously served as the United States Ambassador to Honduras in the Biden and second Trump administrations as well as the United States Ambassador to Nicaragua in the Obama and first Trump administrations.