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United States Ambassador to Lebanon

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Formation
  
1942

Website
  
U.S. Embassy - Beirut

United States Ambassador to Lebanon

Nominator
  
The President of the United States

Inaugural holder
  
George Wadsworth as Consul General

This is a list of ambassadors of the United States and other Heads of Mission to Lebanon.

  • George Wadsworth (1942–1947) – Consul General, later promoted to Envoy. Also was head of mission to Syria but resident in Beirut.
  • Lowell C. Pinkerton (1946–1951) – Envoy
  • Harold B. Minor (1951–1953) – Envoy, promoted to first ambassador.
  • Raymond A. Hare (1953–1954)
  • Donald R. Heath (1955–1958)
  • Robert McClintock (1958–1961)
  • Armin H. Meyer (1961–1965)
  • Dwight J. Porter (1965–1970)
  • William B. Buffum (1970–1974)
  • G. McMurtrie Godley (1974–1976)
  • Francis E. Meloy, Jr. (1976) – Assassinated prior to presenting credentials.
  • Richard B. Parker (1977–1978)
  • John Gunther Dean (1978–1981)
  • Robert Sherwood Dillon (1981–1983)
  • Reginald Bartholomew (1983–1986)
  • John Hubert Kelly (1986–1988)
  • On September 6, 1989, all United States personnel were withdrawn from Beirut during unrest resulting from there being no clear successor to President Amin Gemayel. Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker did not formally present his credentials until 1990 to Rene Moawad.

  • John Thomas McCarthy (1988–1990)
  • Ryan Clark Crocker (1990–1993)
  • Mark Gregory Hambley (1993–1994)
  • Vincent M. Battle (1994) – Charges d'Affaires ad interim.
  • Ronald L. Schlicher (1994–1996) – Charges d'Affaires ad interim.
  • Richard Henry Jones (1996–1998)
  • David Michael Satterfield (1998–2001)
  • Vincent M. Battle (2001–2004)
  • Jeffrey D. Feltman (2004–2008)
  • Michele J. Sison (2008–2010)
  • Maura Connelly (2010–2013)
  • David Hale (2013–2015)
  • Elizabeth Holzhall Richard (2016–)
  • References

    United States Ambassador to Lebanon Wikipedia