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Chiefs of Mission for United Arab Emirates
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Notice posted on January 12, 2024.
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Chiefs of Mission
- William A. Stoltzfus Jr. (1924–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 20, 1972–June 23, 1974
- Michael Edmund Sterner (1928–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 24, 1974–August 24, 1976
- Francois Moussiegt Dickman (1924–2015)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 14, 1976–August 4, 1979
- William Down Wolle (1928–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 15, 1979–April 6, 1981
- George Quincey Lumsden Jr. (1930–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 13, 1982–January 28, 1986
- David Lyle Mack (1940–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 7, 1986–October 24, 1989
- Edward S. Walker Jr. (1940–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 16, 1990–June 23, 1992
- William Arthur Rugh (1936–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 3, 1992–June 1, 1995
- David C. Litt (1949–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 23, 1995–October 13, 1998
- Theodore H. Kattouf (1946–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 4, 1999–August 12, 2001
- Marcelle M. Wahba (1948–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 6, 2001–June 17, 2004
- Michele Jeanne Sison (1959–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, February 7, 2005–January 19, 2008
- Richard Gustave Olson Jr. (1959–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 14, 2008–May 2, 2011
- Michael H. Corbin (1960–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 19, 2011–December 16, 2014
- Barbara A. Leaf (1958–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 20, 2015–March 23, 2018
- John Rakolta Jr. (?–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 28, 2019–
Other Nominees
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