Eric George Nelson is an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2019 to 2022.

[4] Nelson began his career in as a Peace Corps volunteer in Liberia, West Africa.

[4] On August 23, 2018, President Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Nelson as United States Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina.

He added, "There is a whole range of constitutional issues which need to be dealt with so the country can fulfill Transatlantic standards.

[11] On December 7, 2021, Nelson met with Bosnian Minister of Defence Sifet Podžić and U.S. envoy Gabriel Escobar, to discuss the political situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the prospect of modernizing the country's Armed Forces.