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U.S. Ambassadors to Saudi Arabia
(1939-present)
The United States recognized the government of King Ibn Saud in 1931 and appointed its first U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia in 1939.
Name
|
Appointment
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Termination of Mission
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| Bert Fish |
August 7, 1939 |
February 28, 1941 |
| Alexander C. Kirk |
February 21, 1941 |
July 18, 1943 |
| James S. Moose, Jr. |
June 4, 1943 |
August 18, 1944 |
| William A. Eddy |
August 12, 1944 |
May 28, 1946 |
| J. Rives Childs |
April 27, 1946 |
July 21, 1950 |
| Raymond A. Hare |
September 20, 1950 |
July 8, 1953 |
| George Wadsworth |
October 21, 1953 |
January 1, 1958 |
| Donald R. Heath |
November 27, 1957 |
April 18, 1961 |
| Parker T. Hart |
April 6, 1961 |
May 29, 1965 |
| William J. Porter |
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| Hermann F. Eilts |
October 20, 1965 |
July 23, 1970 |
| Nicholas G. Thacher |
September 8, 1970 |
September 19, 1973 |
| James E. Akins |
September 20, 1973 |
February 10, 1976 |
| William J. Porter |
December 22, 1975 |
May 27, 1977 |
| John C. West |
June 8, 1977 |
March 21, 1981 |
| Robert Gerhard Neumann |
May 20, 1981 |
July 16, 1981 |
| Richard W. Murphy |
August 19, 1981 |
August 21, 1983 |
| Walter Leon Cutler |
February 10, 1984 |
June 22, 1987 |
| Hume Alexander Horan |
July 2, 1987 |
April 22, 1988 |
| Walter Leon Cutler |
July 15, 1988 |
April 30, 1989 |
| Charles W. Freeman, Jr. |
June 15, 1989 |
August 13, 1992 |
| John Frank Bookout, Jr. |
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| Raymond Edwin Mabus, Jr. |
July 5, 1994 |
April 25, 1996 |
| Wyche Fowler, Jr. |
August 9, 1996 |
March 1, 2001 |
| Robert W. Jordan |
October 5, 2001 |
October 13, 2003 |
| James C. Oberwetter |
December 11, 2003 |
March 31, 2007 |
| Ford M. Fraker |
March 30, 2007 |
September 16, 2009 |
| James B. Smith |
September 16, 2009 |
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