List of ambassadors of the United States to Jordan

List of chiefs of mission from the United States to Jordan

Ambassador of the United States to Jordan

سفارة الولايات المتحدة الأميركية في المملكة الأردنية الهاشمية

Seal of the United States Department of State

Incumbent
Yael Lempert
since September 3, 2023[1]

Nominator| The President of the United States
Appointer| The President
with Senate advice and consent
Inaugural holder| Gerald A. Drew
as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Formation| February 2, 1950
Website| Ambassador to Jordan

The following is a list of chiefs of mission from the United States to Jordan.

The first chief of mission, Gerald A. Drew held the title of Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary. The second chief of mission, Joseph C. Green, was appointed as an envoy but promoted to as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, as the Legation Amman was raised to embassy status on August 27, 1952. Every chief of mission since has held the title of United States Ambassador.

Representative  | Training  | Title  | Appointment  | Presentation
of credentials  | Termination
of mission  | Reason

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Gerald A. Drew | Foreign Service Officer | Envoy  | February 2, 1950  | February 24, 1950  | February 25, 1952  | Relinquished charge
Joseph C. Green | Non-career appointee  | Envoy  | May 14, 1952  | July 31, 1952  | 1952  | Promoted
Joseph C. Green | Non-career appointee  | Ambassador  | September 8, 1952[2] | September 23, 1952  | July 31, 1953  | Appointment terminated
Lester D. Mallory | Foreign Service Officer  | Ambassador  | August 3, 1953  | December 1, 1953  | January 11, 1958  | Relinquished charge
Parker T. Hart | Foreign Service Officer  | Ambassador  | February 5, 1958[3] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown
Sheldon T. Mills | Foreign Service Officer  | Ambassador  | February 16, 1959  | March 12, 1959  | March 18, 1961  | Left post
William B. Macomber Jr. | Non-career appointee  | Ambassador  | March 2, 1961  | April 5, 1961  | December 25, 1963  | Left post
Robert G. Barnes | Foreign Service Officer  | Ambassador  | March 4, 1964  | March 15, 1964  | April 23, 1966  | Relinquished charge
Findley Burns Jr. | Foreign Service Officer  | Ambassador  | May 10, 1966  | July 23, 1966  | November 5, 1967  | Left post
Harrison M. Symmes | Foreign Service Officer  | Ambassador  | October 18, 1967  | November 21, 1967  | May 7, 1970  | Left post
L. Dean Brown | Foreign Service Officer  | Ambassador  | September 8, 1970  | September 29, 1970  | November 29, 1973  | Left post
Thomas R. Pickering | Foreign Service Officer  | Ambassador  | February 27, 1974  | March 2, 1974  | July 13, 1978  | Left post
Nicholas A. Veliotes | Foreign Service Officer  | Ambassador  | August 18, 1978  | September 17, 1978  | February 10, 1981  | Left post
Richard Noyes Viets | Foreign Service Officer  | Ambassador  | July 27, 1981  | August 10, 1981  | August 5, 1984  | Left post
Paul H. Boeker | Foreign Service Officer  | Ambassador  | August 13, 1984  | September 1, 1984  | August 13, 1987  | Left post
Roscoe S. Suddarth | Foreign Service Officer  | Ambassador  | July 31, 1987  | September 16, 1987  | July 27, 1990  | Left post
Roger Gran Harrison | Foreign Service Officer  | Ambassador  | June 27, 1990  | August 7, 1990  | July 9, 1993  | Left post
Wesley Egan | Foreign Service Officer  | Ambassador  | February 11, 1994  | March 19, 1994  | July 13, 1998  | Left post
William J. Burns | Foreign Service Officer  | Ambassador  | June 29, 1998  | August 9, 1998  | June 7, 2001  | Relinquished charge
Edward Gnehm | Foreign Service Officer  | Ambassador  | August 7, 2001  | September 20, 2001  | July 12, 2004  | Left post
David M. Satterfield | Foreign Service Officer  | Ambassador  | May 12, 2004[4] | N/A | N/A | N/A
David Hale | Foreign Service Officer  | Ambassador  | November 2, 2005[5] | November 7, 2005  | July 9, 2008  | Left post
Robert S. Beecroft | Foreign Service Officer  | Ambassador  | June 6, 2008  | August 14, 2008  | June 4, 2011  | Left post
Stuart E. Jones | Foreign Service Officer  | Ambassador  | June 1, 2011  | September 5, 2011  | August 14, 2014  | Left post
Alice Wells | Foreign Service Officer  | Ambassador  | June 19, 2014  | August 31, 2014  | March 24, 2017  | Left post
Henry T. Wooster | Foreign Service Officer  | Chargé d'affaires  | March 24, 2017  | N/A  | July 30, 2018  |
Paul Malick[6] | Foreign Service Officer  | Chargé d'affaires  | July 30, 2018  | N/A  | March 14, 2019  |
Karen Sasahara[7] | Foreign Service Officer  | Chargée d'affaires  | March 14, 2019[8] |  | August 30, 2020  |
Mike Hankey  | Foreign Service Officer  | Chargé d'affaires  | August 30, 2020  |  | October 18, 2020  |
Henry T. Wooster[9] | Foreign Service Officer  | Ambassador  | August 6, 2020  | October 18, 2020  | July 16, 2023  | Left post
Rohit Nepal  | Foreign Service Officer  | Chargé d'affaires  | July 17, 2023  |  | September 3, 2023  |
Yael Lempert | Foreign Service Officer  | Ambassador  | July 27, 2023[10] | September 3, 2023  | Incumbent |

## See also[edit]

* Jordan – United States relations
* Foreign relations of Jordan
* Ambassadors of the United States
* Embassy of Jordan, Washington, D.C.
* List of Jordanian ambassadors to the United States

## References[edit]

1. ^ https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=702114391956666&set=pcb.702127398622032
2. ^ Recess appointment. Legation Amman was raised to Embassy status August 27, 1952.
3. ^ Took oath of office, but did not proceed to post, Jordan having united briefly with Iraq in the Arab Federation.
4. ^ The United States Senate confirmed Satterfield to succeed Gnehm as Ambassador to Jordan, but shortly thereafter the administration designated him Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (having served for the previous three years as Deputy Assistant Secretary) and later that year he was sent to Iraq as Deputy Chief of Mission. As a result, he never assumed his post in Jordan.
5. ^ Served as Charge d'Affaires ad interim, July 2004–October 2005
6. ^ "Chargé d'Affaires Paul Malik | U.S. Embassy in Jordan". 2018-12-15. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
7. ^ "Chargé d'affaires Karen Sasahara". U.S. Embassy in Jordan. Archived from the original on June 17, 2020. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
8. ^ "Karen H. Sasahara - People - Department History - Office of the Historian".
9. ^ "Ambassador Henry T. Wooster". U.S. Embassy in Jordan. Archived from the original on 7 November 2021. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
10. ^ National, The (2023-08-10). "New US ambassador to Jordan Yael Lempert sworn in". The National. Retrieved 2023-08-11.

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

## External links[edit]

* United States Department of State: Chiefs of Mission for Jordan
* United States Department of State: Jordan
* United States Embassy in Amman

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