List of ambassadors of the United States to Kuwait explained

Post:	Ambassador
Body:	the United States to Kuwait
Native Name:	سفارة الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية في دولة الكويت
Insignia:	US Department of State official seal.svg
Insigniasize:	120px
Insigniacaption:	Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent:	Karen Sasahara
Incumbentsince:	November 26, 2023
Nominator:	The President of the United States
Appointer:	The President
Inaugural:	Dayton S. Mak as Chargé d'Affaires
Formation:	1961
Website:	U.S. Embassy - Kuwait City

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

Ambassadors

• 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)^[1]
• Philip J. Griffin (1983–1984) – Chargé d'Affaires
• Anthony Cecil Eden Quainton (1984–1987)^[2]
• W. Nathaniel Howell (1987–1991) – left occupied Kuwait in December during DESERT SHIELD before the start of the First Gulf War^[3]
• Edward William Gnehm, Jr. (1991–1994) – reopened the embassy following the liberation of Kuwait, February 1991^{[4] [5]}
• Ryan Clark Crocker (1994–1997)^[6]
• James A. Larocco (1997–2001)^{[7] [8]}
• Richard Jones (2001–2004)^{[9] [10]}
• Richard LeBaron (2004–2007)^{[11] [12]}
• Deborah K. Jones (2008–2011)^[13]
• Matthew H. Tueller (2011–2014)^[14]
• Michael J. Adler (May–August 2014) – Chargé d'Affaires, a.i.
• Douglas Silliman (August 2014–August 2016)^[15]
• Lawrence R. Silverman (September 2016–2019)^[16]
• Larry L. Memmott became Deputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy in Kuwait on September 10, 2018, and took over leadership of Embassy Kuwait as Chargé d’affaires a.i. on October 5, 2019.^[17]
• Alina Romanowski (February 2020–April 2022)
• James Holtsnider (April 2022-November 2023) – Chargé d'Affaires a.i.
• Karen Sasahara (November 2023-present)

See also

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

References

Sources

• United States Department of State: Background notes on Kuwait

External links

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: 9 February 2001 . The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR FRANÇOIS M. DICKMAN . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240716191349/https://adst.org/OH%20TOCs/Dickman,%20Francois%20M.toc.pdf . 16 July 2024 . 16 July 2024 . Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training.
2. Web site: Anthony Cecil Eden Quainton, People, Department History, Office of the Historian. history.state.gov. en. 2018-03-22.
3. Web site: W. Nathaniel Howell - People - Department History - Office of the Historian. history.state.gov. en. 2018-03-22.
4. Web site: Edward W. Gnehm, Jr. Elliott School of International Affairs The George Washington University. elliott.gwu.edu. en. 2018-03-22.
5. Web site: Gnehm, Edward W.. 2001-2009.state.gov. 2018-03-22.
6. Web site: Biography: Ryan C. Crocker, Ambassador to Syria. 1997-2001.state.gov. 2018-03-22.
7. Web site: Biography: James A. Larocco, Ambassador to Kuwait. 1997-2001.state.gov. 2018-03-22.
8. Web site: 5 January 2011 . The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR JAMES A. LAROCCO . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240627032329/https://adst.org/OH%20TOCs/Larocco-James-A.pdf . 27 June 2024 . 24 July 2024 . Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training.
9. Web site: Jones, Richard H.. 2001-2009.state.gov. 2018-03-22.
10. Web site: Jones, Richard H.. 2001-2009.state.gov. 2018-03-22.
11. Web site: LeBaron, Richard. 2001-2009.state.gov. 2018-03-22.
12. News: Richard LeBaron. Atlantic Council. 2018-03-22. en-gb.
13. News: Officially In: Deborah K. Jones, from MEI Scholar-in-Residence to Libya. 2013-03-19. Diplopundit. 2018-03-22. en-US.
14. News: Tueller, Matthew H.. U.S. Department of State. 2018-03-22. en-US.
15. Web site: Douglas A. Silliman. state.gov.
16. News: Ambassador Lawrence R. Silverman U.S. Embassy in Kuwait. U.S. Embassy in Kuwait. 2018-03-22. en-US.
17. Web site: Chargé d'affaires a.i. Larry Memmott . US Embassy in Kuwait . 8 February 2020.