This is a list of ambassadors of the United States and other Heads of Mission to

Lebanon Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south, while Cyprus li ...

. * George Wadsworth (1942–1947) – Consul General, later promoted to Envoy. Also was head of mission to

Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

but resident in

Beirut Beirut, french: Beyrouth is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. , Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, which makes it the third-largest city in the Levant region. The city is situated on a peninsula at the midpoint o ...

. * Lowell C. Pinkerton (1946–1951) – Envoy * Harold B. Minor (1951–1953) – Envoy, promoted to first ambassador. *

Raymond A. Hare Raymond Arthur Hare (April 3, 1901 – February 9, 1994) was a United States diplomat who was Director General of the United States Foreign Service from 1954 to 1956 and Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs from 19 ...

(1953–1954) *

Donald R. Heath Donald Read Heath (August 12, 1894 – October 15, 1981) was a member of the United States Foreign Service for more than four decades including service as the Minister to Laos (1950–1954), and Ambassador to Cambodia (1950–1954), Vietnam (1952 ...

(1955–1958) * Robert McClintock (1958–1961) *

Armin H. Meyer Armin Henry Meyer (19 January 1914, in Fort Wayne, Indiana – 13 August 2006) was an American diplomat who served as United States Ambassador to Lebanon (1961 to 1965), United States Ambassador to Iran (1965–1969), and United States Ambassado ...

(1961–1965) * Dwight J. Porter (1965–1970) *

William B. Buffum William Burnside Buffum (September 10, 1921 – April 13, 2012) was an official in the United States Department of State. Biography Buffum was born in Binghamton, New York on September 10, 1921. He served in the United States Army during World W ...

(1970–1974) * G. McMurtrie Godley (1974–1976) * Francis E. Meloy, Jr. (1976) – Assassinated prior to presenting credentials. * Richard B. Parker (1977–1978) * John Gunther Dean (1978–1981) *

Robert Sherwood Dillon Robert Sherwood Dillon (born January 7, 1929) was the United States Ambassador to Lebanon from 1981 to 1983. He was born in 1929 in Chicago and attended Duke University, graduating in 1951. Dillon served in the US army for eighteen months befor ...

(1981–1983) * Reginald Bartholomew (1983–1986) *

John Hubert Kelly John Hubert Kelly (July 20, 1939 – September 15, 2011) was a United States diplomat. Biography John Hubert Kelly was born in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, on July 20, 1939. He attended Emory University, receiving a B.A. in 1961. He spent 1962 throu ...

(1986–1988) On September 6, 1989, all United States personnel were withdrawn from

during unrest resulting from there being no clear successor to President

Amin Gemayel Amine Pierre Gemayel ( ar, أمين بيار الجميٌل ; (born 22 January 1942) is a Lebanese Maronite politician who served as President of Lebanon from 1982 to 1988. Born in Bikfaya, his father was Pierre Gemayel, the founder of the K ...

. Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker did not formally present his credentials until 1990 to Rene Moawad. *

John Thomas McCarthy John Thomas McCarthy (born December 27, 1939) was the United States Ambassador to Lebanon and Tunisia. McCarthy holds degrees from Manhattan College and Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in ...

(1988–1990) * Ryan Clark Crocker (1990–1993) * Mark Gregory Hambley (1993–1994) *

Vincent M. Battle Vincent Martin Battle (born 1940) was the United States ambassador to Lebanon from August 13, 2001 to August 16, 2004. The Teaneck, New Jersey, native received his bachelor's degree from Georgetown University and his master's degree (1967) and Doct ...

(1994) – Charges d'Affaires ad interim. *

Ronald L. Schlicher Ronald Lewis Schlicher (September 16, 1956 – September 26, 2019) joined the State Department in 1982 as a diplomat and career foreign service officer with the rank of Minister-Counselor in the Department of State. He served as the Deputy Chief ...

(1994–1996) – Charges d'Affaires ad interim. *

Richard Henry Jones Richard Henry Jones (born August 26, 1950) is an American diplomat and the former Deputy Executive Director of the International Energy Agency. Jones is a career Foreign Service Officer and member of the Senior Foreign Service. He has served as U ...

(1996–1998) * David Michael Satterfield (1998–2001) *

(2001–2004) *

Jeffrey D. Feltman Jeffrey David Feltman (born 1959) is an American diplomat and former U.S. Special Envoy for Horn of Africa, serving from April 23, 2021 to January 10, 2022. He previously served as United Nations Under- Secretary-General for Political Affairs. As ...

(2004–2008) *

Michele J. Sison Michele Jeanne Sison (born May 27, 1959, in Arlington, Virginia) is an American diplomat and career member of the Senior Foreign Service serving as the assistant secretary of state for international organization affairs. She has previously serve ...

(2008–2010) * Maura Connelly (2010–2013) * David Hale (2013–2015) * Elizabeth Holzhall Richard (2016–2020) * Dorothy Shea (2020–present)

References

United States Department of State: Background notes on Lebanon
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External links

United States Department of State: Chiefs of Mission for Lebanon

United States Department of State: Lebanon

United States Embassy in Beirut
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