List of United States Ambassadors in Kuwait

The list of United States Ambassadors to Kuwait provides an overview of the heads of the US diplomatic mission in Kuwait since the establishment of diplomatic relations to this day.

Term of office	Surname	annotation
1961–1962	Dayton S. Mak	Chargé d'affaires
1962-1963	Parker T. Hart	first ambassador
1963-1969	Howard Rex Cottam
1969-1971	John Patrick Walsh
1972-1976	William A. Stoltzfus Jr.
1976-1979	Frank E. Maestrone
1979-1983	Francois M. Dickman
1983-1984	Philip J. Griffin	Chargé d'affaires
1984-1987	Anthony CE Quainton
1987-1991	W. Nathaniel Howell	left occupied Kuwait shortly before the second Gulf War
1991-1994	Edward Gnehm	led the reopening of the embassy after the war
1994-1997	Ryan Crocker
1997-2001	James A. Larocco
2001-2004	Richard Jones
2004-2007	Richard LeBaron
2008-2011	Deborah K. Jones


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