Diplomatic presence of the
United States of America in
Oman started in 1880 when the U.S. set up its consulate in Muscat. The consulate operated in Oman through 1915. U.S. interests in Oman, thereafter, were handled by U.S. diplomats resident in neighboring countries. In 1972, the U.S. ambassador to
Kuwait,
William Stoltzfus
William Alfred Stoltzfus Jr. (November 3, 1924 – September 6, 2015) was an American Foreign Service Officer and diplomat.
Early life
Stoltzfus was born in Beirut in 1924. His father was a Mennonite from Ohio and his mother a Presbyterian ...
was accredited as the first U.S. ambassador to Oman, and the U.S. embassy, headed by a resident chargé d'affaires, was opened on July 4, 1972.
The first resident U.S. ambassador, William D. Wolle, took up his post in July 1974. U.S. Ambassador
Wiley has played important roles in the development of
Oman – United States relations, the staging of the
Iran Hostage Rescue Attempt from Oman, and making it one of the most reliable Middle Eastern allies of the United States.
The United States Embassy in the Sultanate of Oman is located in
Muscat.
Ambassadors
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William A. Stoltzfus, Jr. – Career
FSO[
**Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary. ''Resident in Kuwait''
**Appointed: April 17, 1972
**Terminated mission: Left post, July 16, 1974
* William D. Wolle – Career FSO
**Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
**Appointed: July 17, 1974
**Terminated mission: Left post, April 25, 1978
* Marshall W. Wiley – Career FSO
**Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
**Appointed: November 7, 1978
**Terminated mission: Left post, May 19, 1981
*]John R. Countryman
John Russell Countryman (born January 25, 1933), stage name Johnnie Russell, is an American former child actor and retired career officer for the United States Foreign Service.
Before the age of ten, Countryman appeared in more than a dozen Hol ...
– Career FSO
**Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
**Appointed: October 14, 1981
**Terminated mission: Left post, July 29, 1985
* George Cranwell Montgomery – Political appointee
**Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
**Appointed: September 11, 1985
**Terminated mission: Left post, January 18, 1989
*Richard Wood Boehm
Richard Wood Boehm (1926 Queens, New York City - November 28, 2011 Bethesda, Maryland) was a Career Foreign Service Officer who served as the American ambassador to Cyprus (1984 to 1987) and Oman (1989-1992). When he was nominated to be Ambassador ...
– Career FSO
**Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
**Appointed: November 12, 1989
**Terminated mission: Left post, October 12, 1992
* David J. Dunford – Career FSO
**Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
**Appointed: November 1, 1992
**Terminated mission: Left post, June 21, 1995
* Frances D. Cook – Career FSO
**Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
**Appointed: January 2, 1996
**Terminated mission: Left post, January 10, 1999
* John B. Craig – Career FSO
**Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
**Appointed: February 15, 1999
**Terminated mission: Left post, September 22, 2001
* Robert W. Dry – Career FSO
**Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary. ''Ad Interim''
**Appointed: September 22, 2001
**Terminated mission: Left post, October 2002
* Richard L. Baltimore III – Career FSO
**Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
**Appointed: November 5, 2002
**Terminated mission: Left post, March 5, 2006
* Gary A. Grappo – Career FSO
**Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
**Appointed: March 6, 2006
**Terminated mission: Left post, August 20, 2009
* Richard J. Schmierer – Career FSO
**Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
**Appointed: July 13, 2009
**Terminated mission: Left post, August 3, 2012
* Greta C. Holtz - Career FSO
**Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
**Appointed: August 3, 2012
**Terminated mission: Left post, December 7, 2015
* Marc J. Sievers - Career FSOLeslie Tsou
Leslie Meredith Tsou is an American diplomat who served as the US Ambassador to Oman from January 10, 2020 to March 30, 2023.
Immediately prior to this assignment, Tsou served as the first Deputy Chief of Mission of the U.S. Embassy in Jerusale ...
- Career FSO
**Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
**Appointed: December 31, 2019
**Arrives at Embassy: January 10, 2020
**Terminated mission: Incumbent
Notes
See also
* Oman – United States relations
*Foreign relations of Oman
When Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al Said assumed power in 1970, Oman had limited contacts with the outside world, including neighbouring Arab states. A special treaty relationship permitted the United Kingdom close involvement in Oman's civil and m ...
* Ambassadors of the United States
References
United States Department of State: Background notes on Oman
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External links
United States Department of State: Chiefs of Mission for Oman
United States Department of State: Oman
United States Embassy in Muscat
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