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 |
|
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 |
|
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).
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