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United States Ambassadors
to Israel
| Name |
Appointment |
Presentation of Credentials |
Termination of Mission |
Notes |
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| James Grover McDonald |
March 18, 1949 |
March 28, 1949 |
Left post, December 13, 1950 |
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| Monnett B. Davis |
February 1, 1951 |
February 26, 1951 |
Died at post, December 26, 1953 |
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| Edward B. Lawson |
April 9, 1954 |
November 12, 1954 |
Left post, February 17, 1959 |
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| Ogden Rogers Reid |
June 5, 1959 |
July 2, 1959 |
Left Israel, January 19, 1961 |
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| Walworth Barbour |
May 11, 1961 |
June 12, 1961 |
Left post, January 19, 1973 |
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| Kenneth B. Keating |
June 22, 1973 |
August 28, 1973 |
Died in New York, May 5, 1975 |
Ambassador Keating had departed Tel
Aviv on Mar 31, 1975 for consultations
on the reassessment of American policy
in the Middle East. |
| Malcolm Toon |
June 9, 1975 |
July 10, 1975 |
Left post, December 27, 1976 |
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| Samuel L. Lewis |
April 26, 1977 |
May 25, 1977 |
Termination of mission, May 31, 1985 |
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| Thomas R. Pickering |
July 12, 1985 |
August 6, 1985 |
Left post, December 28, 1988 |
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| William Andreas Brown |
November 22, 1988 |
December 29, 1988 |
Left post, January 7, 1992 |
Commissioned during a recess of the
Senate; nomination of May 24, 1988 was
not acted upon by the Senate. Recommissioned
Oct 2, 1989 after confirmation. |
| William Caldwell Harrop |
November 21, 1991 |
January 21, 1992 |
Left post, May 7, 1993 |
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| Edward P. Djerejian |
November 22, 1993 |
January 13, 1994 |
Left post, August 9, 1994 |
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| Martin
S. Indyk |
March 4, 1995 |
April 10, 1995 |
Left post, September 27, 1997 |
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| Edward S. Walker, Jr. |
November 10, 1997 |
December 24, 1997 |
Left post, January 23, 2000 |
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| Martin
S. Indyk |
November 16, 1999 |
January 25, 2000 |
Left post, July 13, 2001 |
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| Daniel
C. Kurtzer |
July 12, 2001 |
July 18, 2001 |
Left post, September, 2005 |
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| Richard H. Jones |
September 6, 2005 |
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Source: Information Center - Jerusalem, The
Embassy of the United States of America in the State
of Israel; State Department
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