List of ambassadors of the United States to Lebanon

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

• Consul General, later promoted to Envoy. Also was head of mission to Syria but resident in Beirut
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• Lowell C. Pinkerton (1946–1951) – Envoy
• Harold B. Minor (1951–1953) – Envoy, promoted to first ambassador.
• Raymond A. Hare (1953–1954)
• Donald R. Heath (1955–1958)
• Robert McClintock
  (1958–1961)
• Armin H. Meyer (1961–1965)
• Dwight J. Porter (1965–1970)
• William B. Buffum (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 (1981–1983)
• Reginald Bartholomew (1983–1986)
• John Hubert Kelly (1986–1988)

On September 6, 1989, all United States personnel were withdrawn from

• John Thomas McCarthy (1988–1990)
• Ryan Clark Crocker (1990–1993)
• Mark Gregory Hambley (1993–1994)
• Vincent M. Battle (1994) – Charges d'Affaires ad interim.
• Ronald L. Schlicher (1994–1996) – Charges d'Affaires ad interim.
• Richard Henry Jones
  (1996–1998)
• David Michael Satterfield (1998–2001)
• Vincent M. Battle (2001–2004)
• Jeffrey D. Feltman (2004–2008)
• Michele J. Sison (2008–2010)
• Maura Connelly (2010–2013)
• David Hale (2013–2015)
• Richard Henry Jones
  (2015-2016) – Charges d'Affaires ad interim.
• Elizabeth Holzhall Richard
  (2016–2020)
• Dorothy Shea (2020–2023)
• Lisa A. Johnson (2024-)

See also

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

References

• United States Department of State: Background notes on Lebanon
•  This article incorporates public domain material from U.S. Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets. United States Department of State.

External links

• United States Department of State: Chiefs of Mission for Lebanon
• United States Department of State: Lebanon
• United States Embassy in Beirut