List of ambassadors of the United States to Bahrain

The United States Ambassador to Bahrain is the official representative of the President of the United States to the head of state of Bahrain. The current Ambassador to Bahrain is Justin Siberell.

Ambassador of the United States to Bahrain
سفير الولايات المتحدة في مملكة البحرين
Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent
Maggie Nardi
Chargé d'Affaires
since July 13, 2020
NominatorThe President of the United States
AppointerThe President
with Senate advice and consent
Inaugural holderJohn N. Gatch Jr.
Formation1971
Websitebh.usembassy.gov

Until 1971, Bahrain had been part of a British protectorate along with the other sheikhdoms in the Persian Gulf. In 1971 the protectorate ended and seven of the other sheikhdoms joined in a federation to become the United Arab Emirates. Bahrain, however, did not join the federation, but declared its independence on August 15, 1971. The United States recognized the State of Bahrain on the same day and moved to establish diplomatic relations. The U.S. Embassy in Manama was opened on September 21, 1971, with John N. Gatch, Jr. as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim. Ambassador William A. Stoltzfus, Jr. presented his credentials to the government of Bahrain on February 17, 1972. Stoltzfus was concurrently the ambassador to Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, and the United Arab Emirates, while resident in Kuwait. The first ambassador commissioned solely to Bahrain was Joseph W. Twinam in 1974.[1]

Ambassadors and chiefs of mission
  • John N. Gatch, Jr. – Career FSO
    • Title: Chargé d'Affaires ad interim
    • Appointed: September 21, 1971
    • Presented credentials: —
    • Terminated mission: Superseded by ambassador, February 17, 1972
  • William Stoltzfus – Career FSO[2]
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: December 9, 1971
    • Presented credentials: February 17, 1972
    • Terminated mission: Superseded by Ambassador Twinam, June 9, 1974
  • Joseph W. Twinam – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: May 24, 1974
    • Presented credentials: June 10, 1974
    • Terminated mission: Left post August 10, 1976
  • Wat T. Cluverius IV – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: October 4, 1976
    • Presented credentials: October 23, 1976
    • Terminated mission: Left post August 2, 1978
  • Robert Pelletreau – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: February 9, 1979
    • Presented credentials: March 10, 1979
    • Terminated mission: Left post April 3, 1980
  • Peter Adams Sutherland – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: June 30, 1980
    • Presented credentials: July 12, 1980
    • Terminated mission: Left post September 1, 1983
  • Donald C. Leidel – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: October 7, 1983
    • Presented credentials: November 12, 1983
    • Terminated mission: Left post October 1, 1986
  • Sam H. Zakhem – Political appointee
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: September 12, 1986
    • Presented credentials: October 6, 1986
    • Terminated mission: Left post August 1, 1989
  • Charles Warren Hostler – Political appointee
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: October 10, 1989
    • Presented credentials: October 28, 1989
    • Terminated mission: Left post March 1, 1993
  • David S. Robins – Career FSO
    • Title: Chargé d'Affaires a.i., 1993–94
  • David M. Ransom – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: July 5, 1994
    • Presented credentials: July 18, 1994
    • Terminated mission: Left post July 28, 1997
  • Johnny Young – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: November 7, 1997
    • Presented credentials: December 11, 1997
    • Terminated mission: Left post September 29, 2001
  • Ronald E. Neumann – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: September 17, 2001
    • Presented credentials: October 9, 2001
    • Terminated mission: Left post June 7, 2004
  • William T. Monroe – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: July 2, 2004
    • Presented credentials: August 31, 2004
    • Terminated mission: Left post August 5, 2007
  • J. Adam Ereli – Political appointee
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: July 2, 2007
    • Presented credentials: September 12, 2007
    • Terminated mission: c. June 2011
  • Thomas C. Krajeski - Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: October 26, 2011
    • Terminated mission: Left post December 15, 2014
  • William V. Roebuck - Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: November 18, 2014
    • Presented credentials: January 20, 2015
    • Terminated mission: October 31, 2017
  • Justin Siberell - Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: July 27, 2017
    • Presented credentials: November 12, 2017
    • Terminated mission: July 13, 2020

Notes
  1. "Bahrain". United States Department of State. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
  2. Stoltzfus was concurrently accredited also to Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates, while resident at Kuwait.

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