U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon
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The U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon is the head of the U.S. Mission to Saudi Arabia.
Michele Sisons, who arrived in February 2008 as charge d' affaires ad interim, was confirmed by the Senate in August and has been resident since then.
Incumbents
This list begins with the first diplomats accredited as full Ambassadors, rather than at a lower diplomatic rank. The Ambassadorship has been vacant at times, but charges d'affaires ad interim are not included. Career Foreign Service Officers are denoted as FSO.
Name | Dates | Notes |
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Harold Minor | 1952-1953 | |
Raymond Hare | 1953-1954 | |
Donald Heath | 1955-1958 | |
Robert McClintock | 1958-1961 | |
Armin Meyer | 1962-1965 | |
Dwight Porter | 1965-1970 | |
William Buffum | 1970-1974 | |
G. McMurtrie Godley | 1974-1976 | |
Francis Meloy | May 12, 1976 to June 16, 1976 | Assassinated |
Richard Parker | 1977-1978 | |
John Gunther Dean | 1978-1981 | |
Robert Dillon | 1981-1983 | |
Reginald Bartholomew | 1983-1986 | |
John Kelly | 1986-1988 | |
John McCarthy | 1988-1989 | |
Ryan Crocker | 1990-1993 | FSO |
Mark Hambley | 1993-1994 | |
Richard Jones | 1996-1998 | |
David Satterfield | 1998-2001 | |
Vincent Battle | 2001-2003 | |
Jeffrey Feltman | 2004-2008 | FSO |
Michele Sisons | 2008- | FSO |