United States Ambassador to Israel
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The United States has maintained diplomatic relations with Israel since the establishment of Israel as a state in 1948.
[edit] U.S. ambassadors to Israel
| Name | Career Status | Presentation of Credentials | Termination of Mission | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Grover McDonald | Non-career appointee | 1949-03-28 | 1950-12-13 | |
| Monnett Bain Davis | Foreign Service Officer | 1951-02-26 | 1953-12-26 | Died at post |
| Edward B. Lawson | Foreign Service Officer | 1954-11-12 | 1959-02-17 | |
| Ogden Rogers Reid | Non-career appointee | 1959-07-02 | 1961-01-19 | |
| Walworth Barbour | Foreign Service Officer | 1961-06-12 | 1973-01-19 | |
| Kenneth B. Keating | Non-career appointee | 1973-08-28 | 1975-05-05 | Left Tel Aviv on 1975-03-31 for consultations with the State Department and died in New York a month later |
| Malcolm Toon | Foreign Service Officer | 1975-06-10 | 1976-12-27 | |
| Samuel W. Lewis | Foreign Service Officer | 1977-05-25 | 1985-05-31 | |
| Thomas R. Pickering | Foreign Service Officer | 1985-08-06 | 1988-12-28 | |
| William Andreas Brown | Foreign Service Officer | 1988-12-29 | 1992-01-07 | |
| William Caldwell Harrop | Foreign Service Officer | 1991-01-21 | 1993-05-07 | |
| Edward P. Djerejian | Foreign Service Officer | 1994-01-13 | 1994-08-09 | |
| Martin S. Indyk | Non-career appointee | 1995-04-10 | 1997-09-27 | |
| Edward S. Walker, Jr | Foreign Service Officer | 1997-12-24 | 2000-01-23 | |
| Martin S. Indyk | Non-career appointee | 2000-01-25 | 2001-07-13 | |
| Daniel C. Kurtzer | Foreign Service Officer | 2001-07-18 | 2005-07-17 | |
| Richard Henry Jones | Foreign Service Officer | 2005-09-26 |
