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U.S.-Israel Relations: U.S. Consul-Generals to Jerusalem

(1844 - Present)

On May 14, 2018, the new Embassy of the United States opened in Jerusalem following the Trump administration’s recognition of the city as Israel’s capital. The Consulate General continued to operate as an independent mission from its historic Agron Road site.

On October 18, 2018, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced the Consulate General would merge with the Embassy. Pompeo also announced the U.S. would continue to conduct its reporting, outreach and program in the Palestinian Authority through a new Palestinian Affairs Unit inside the Embassy.

On March 4, 2019, the Consulate General ceased operating and was merged into the Embassy, ending the practice of having separate diplomatic missions to the Israelis and Palestinians. The Agron Road building was renamed the Palestinian Affairs Unit, which will carry out many of the former Consulate-General’s functions.

Name

Period of Appointment

Karen Sasahara
2018 - 2019
Donald Blome
2015 - 2018

Michael Ratney

2012 - 2015

Daniel Rubinstein

2009 - 2012

Jacob Walles

2005 - 2009

David Pearce

2003 - 2005

Ronald Schlicher

2000 - 2002

John Herbst

1998 - 2000

Edward Abington, Jr

1993 - 1997

Molly Williamson

1991 - 1993

Philip Wilcox, Jr

1989 - 1991

Morris Draper

1986 - 1988

Wat Cluverius, IV

1984 - 1985

Brandon Grove, Jr

1980 - 1982

Michael Newlin

1975 - 1979

Arthur Day

1972 - 1974

Stephen Campbell

1967 - 1971

Evan Wilson

1964 - 1967

William Hamilton, Jr

1962 - 1964

Eric Wendelin

1960 - 1962

Albert Franklin

1957 - 1960

William Cole, Jr

1954 - 1956

S. Roger Tyler, Jr

1951 - 1954

Raleigh Gibson

1949 - 1950

John MacDonald

1948

Thomas Wasson

1948

Robert Macatee

1946 - 1948

Lowell Pinkerton

1941 - 1945

George Wadsworth, III

1935 - 1940

Ely Palmer

1933 - 1935

Cyril Thiel

1932

Paul Knabenshue

1928 - 1930

Oscar S. Heizer

1920 - 1928

Otis A. Glazebrook

1914 - 1920

William Coffin

1910 - 1913

Thomas R. Wallace

1907

Selah Merrill

1898

Edwin S. Wallace

1893

Selah Merrill

1891

Henry Tillman

1886

Nageeb J. Arbeely

1885

Selah Merrill

1882

Joseph G. Willson

1877

Richard Beardsley

1870

Victor Beauboucher

1865 - 1866

Albert Rhodes

1863 - 1864

Isaac Van Eltten

1863

Franklin Olcott

1861 - 1862

William R. Page

1860 - 1861

John Warren Gorham

1858 - 1860

Warder Cresson

1844

 


Sources: US Consulate in Jerusalem;
“Consulate General of the United States, Jerusalem,” Wikipedia;
Michael Wilner, “U.S. merges Jerusalem embassy and consulate,” Jerusalem Post, (October 18, 2018);
“Merger of U.S. Embassy Jerusalem and U.S. Consulate General Jerusalem,” State Department, (March 3, 2019).