List of ambassadors of the United States to Jordan
| Ambassador of the United States to Jordan | |
|---|---|
| سفارة الولايات المتحدة الأميركية في المملكة الأردنية الهاشمية | |
 Seal of the United States Department of State | |
| Nominator | The President of the United States |
| Appointer | The President with Senate advice and consent |
| Inaugural holder | Gerald A. Drew as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary |
| Formation | February 2, 1950 |
| Website | Ambassador to Jordan  |
The following is a list of chiefs of mission from the United States to Jordan.
The first chief of mission, Gerald A. Drew held the title of Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary. The second chief of mission, Joseph C. Green, was appointed as an envoy but promoted to as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, as the Legation Amman was raised to embassy status on August 27, 1952. Every chief of mission since has held the title of United States Ambassador.
| Representative | Training | Title | Appointment | Presentation of credentials |
Termination of mission |
Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerald A. Drew | Foreign Service Officer | Envoy | February 2, 1950 | February 24, 1950 | February 25, 1952 | Relinquished charge |
| Joseph C. Green | Non-career appointee | Envoy | May 14, 1952 | July 31, 1952 | 1952 | Promoted |
| Joseph C. Green | Non-career appointee | Ambassador | September 8, 1952[2] | September 23, 1952 | July 31, 1953 | Appointment terminated |
| Lester D. Mallory | Foreign Service Officer | Ambassador | August 3, 1953 | December 1, 1953 | January 11, 1958 | Relinquished charge |
| Parker T. Hart | Foreign Service Officer | Ambassador | February 5, 1958[3] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Sheldon T. Mills | Foreign Service Officer | Ambassador | February 16, 1959 | March 12, 1959 | March 18, 1961 | Left post |
| William B. Macomber Jr. | Non-career appointee | Ambassador | March 2, 1961 | April 5, 1961 | December 25, 1963 | Left post |
| Robert G. Barnes | Foreign Service Officer | Ambassador | March 4, 1964 | March 15, 1964 | April 23, 1966 | Relinquished charge |
| Findley Burns Jr. | Foreign Service Officer | Ambassador | May 10, 1966 | July 23, 1966 | November 5, 1967 | Left post |
| Harrison M. Symmes | Foreign Service Officer | Ambassador | October 18, 1967 | November 21, 1967 | May 7, 1970 | Left post |
| L. Dean Brown[4] | Foreign Service Officer | Ambassador | September 8, 1970 | September 29, 1970 | November 29, 1973 | Left post |
| Thomas R. Pickering | Foreign Service Officer | Ambassador | February 27, 1974 | March 2, 1974 | July 13, 1978 | Left post |
| Nicholas A. Veliotes | Foreign Service Officer | Ambassador | August 18, 1978 | September 17, 1978 | February 10, 1981 | Left post |
| Richard Noyes Viets | Foreign Service Officer | Ambassador | July 27, 1981 | August 10, 1981 | August 5, 1984 | Left post |
| Paul H. Boeker | Foreign Service Officer | Ambassador | August 13, 1984 | September 1, 1984 | August 13, 1987 | Left post |
| Roscoe S. Suddarth | Foreign Service Officer | Ambassador | July 31, 1987 | September 16, 1987 | July 27, 1990 | Left post |
| Roger Gran Harrison | Foreign Service Officer | Ambassador | June 27, 1990 | August 7, 1990 | July 9, 1993 | Left post |
| Wesley Egan | Foreign Service Officer | Ambassador | February 11, 1994 | March 19, 1994 | July 13, 1998 | Left post |
| William J. Burns | Foreign Service Officer | Ambassador | June 29, 1998 | August 9, 1998 | June 7, 2001 | Relinquished charge |
| Edward Gnehm | Foreign Service Officer | Ambassador | August 7, 2001 | September 20, 2001 | July 12, 2004 | Left post |
| David M. Satterfield | Foreign Service Officer | Ambassador | May 12, 2004[5] | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| David Hale | Foreign Service Officer | Ambassador | November 2, 2005[6] | November 7, 2005 | July 9, 2008 | Left post |
| Robert S. Beecroft | Foreign Service Officer | Ambassador | June 6, 2008 | August 14, 2008 | June 4, 2011 | Left post |
| Stuart E. Jones | Foreign Service Officer | Ambassador | June 1, 2011 | September 5, 2011 | August 14, 2014 | Left post |
| Alice Wells | Foreign Service Officer | Ambassador | June 19, 2014 | August 31, 2014 | March 24, 2017 | Left post |
| Henry T. Wooster | Foreign Service Officer | Chargé d'affaires | March 24, 2017 | N/A | July 30, 2018 | |
| Paul Malick[7] | Foreign Service Officer | Chargé d'affaires | July 30, 2018 | N/A | March 14, 2019 | |
| Karen Sasahara[8] | Foreign Service Officer | Chargée d'affaires | March 14, 2019[9] | August 30, 2020 | ||
| Mike Hankey | Foreign Service Officer | Chargé d'affaires | August 30, 2020 | October 18, 2020 | ||
| Henry T. Wooster[10] | Foreign Service Officer | Ambassador | August 6, 2020 | October 18, 2020 | July 16, 2023 | Left post |
| Rohit Nepal | Foreign Service Officer | Chargé d'affaires | July 17, 2023 | September 3, 2023 | ||
| Yael Lempert | Foreign Service Officer | Ambassador | July 27, 2023[11] | September 3, 2023 | Incumbent |
See also
[edit]- Jordan – United States relations
- Foreign relations of Jordan
- Ambassadors of the United States
- Embassy of Jordan, Washington, D.C.
- List of Jordanian ambassadors to the United States
References
[edit]- ^ https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=702114391956666&set=pcb.702127398622032 [bare URL]
- ^ Recess appointment. Legation Amman was raised to Embassy status August 27, 1952.
- ^ Took oath of office, but did not proceed to post, Jordan having united briefly with Iraq in the Arab Federation.
- ^ "The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARY L. DEAN BROWN" (PDF). Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training. 17 May 1989. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 June 2024. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
- ^ The United States Senate confirmed Satterfield to succeed Gnehm as Ambassador to Jordan, but shortly thereafter the administration designated him Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (having served for the previous three years as Deputy Assistant Secretary) and later that year he was sent to Iraq as Deputy Chief of Mission. As a result, he never assumed his post in Jordan.
- ^ Served as Charge d'Affaires ad interim, July 2004–October 2005
- ^ "Chargé d'Affaires Paul Malik | U.S. Embassy in Jordan". 2018-12-15. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
- ^ "Chargé d'affaires Karen Sasahara". U.S. Embassy in Jordan. Archived from the original on June 17, 2020. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
- ^ "Karen H. Sasahara - People - Department History - Office of the Historian".
- ^ "Ambassador Henry T. Wooster". U.S. Embassy in Jordan. Archived from the original on 7 November 2021. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
- ^ National, The (2023-08-10). "New US ambassador to Jordan Yael Lempert sworn in". The National. Retrieved 2023-08-11.
- United States Department of State: Background notes on Jordan
This article incorporates public domain material from U.S. Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets. United States Department of State.
External links
[edit]- United States Department of State: Chiefs of Mission for Jordan
- United States Department of State: Jordan
- United States Embassy in Amman
