United States Ambassador to Kuwait

This is a list of United States ambassadors, or lower-ranking diplomatic heads, to Kuwait.

• Dayton S. Mak (1961–1962) – Chargé d'Affaires
• Parker T. Hart (1962–1963) – First ambassador
• Howard Rex Cottam (1963–1969)
• John Patrick Walsh (1969–1971)
• William A. Stoltzfus, Jr. (1972–1976)
• Frank E. Maestrone (1976–1979)
• Francois M. Dickman (1979–1983)
• Philip J. Griffin (1983–1984) – Chargé d'Affaires
• Anthony Cecil Eden Quainton (1984–1987)
• W. Nathaniel Howell (1987–1991) – left occupied Kuwait in December during DESERT SHIELD before the start of the First Gulf War
• Edward William Gnehm, Jr. (1991–1994) – reopened the embassy with following the liberation of Kuwait, February 1991
• Ryan Clark Crocker (1994–1997)
• James A. Larocco (1997–2001)
• Richard Jones (2001–2004)
• Richard LeBaron (2004–2007)
• Deborah K. Jones (2008–2011)

See also

• Kuwait – United States relations
• Foreign relations of Kuwait
• Ambassadors of the United States

References

• United States Department of State: Background notes on Kuwait
•  This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Department of State (Background Notes).

External links

• United States Department of State: Chiefs of Mission for Kuwait
• United States Department of State: Kuwait
• United States Embassy in Kuwait City