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 |
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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 |